March 5, 2026
(NPR) – A human brain consumes less power than a light bulb, while artificial intelligence systems guzzle electricity to do the same tasks. Now, scientists have created a highly efficient AI model that hints at how living brains are able … Read More
March 5, 2026
(Longreads) – Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it? The technology is undeniably enticing: to prospective parents struggling to conceive, overworked OB-GYNs, and embryologists who can only do so much by hand. Progressing at a breakneck … Read More
March 5, 2026
(WSJ) – A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him. Jonathan Gavalas embarked on several real-world missions … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Forbes) – Major artificial intelligence companies may have age policies in place to restrict the use of their models by children, but that isn’t stopping a growing number of developers from using generative AI chatbots in toys sold globally that … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said. The finding, from … Read More
March 4, 2026
(The Guardian) – As hundreds of schools implement an automated monitoring tool, educators say that students can find talking to a chatbot ‘more natural’ than confiding in a human Phillips’s district has used Alongside, an automated student monitoring system, for … Read More
March 3, 2026
(Futurism) – And regardless of the wearer’s intention, much of the footage being recorded by the glasses is being sent to offshore contractors for data labeling, a widely-used preprocessing step in training new AI models in which human contractors are … Read More
March 3, 2026
(The Guardian) – The use of AI tools to enable attacks on Iran heralds a new era of bombing quicker than “the speed of thought”, experts have said, amid fears human decision-makers could be sidelined. Anthropic’s AI model, Claude, was … Read More
March 3, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Pull the plug! Pull the plug! Stop the slop! Stop the slop! For a few hours this Saturday, February 28, I watched as a couple of hundred anti-AI protesters marched through London’s King’s Cross tech hub, … Read More
March 2, 2026
(The Guardian) – ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation, a study of the AI platform has found, which experts worry could “feasibly lead to unnecessary harm and death”. OpenAI … Read More
March 2, 2026
(Wired) – As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators have headed north in search of cheap and plentiful energy. On the bank of the river that runs through the Swedish town of Borlänge, construction is underway on … Read More
February 27, 2026
(Wired) – Researchers from Stanford and Princeton found that Chinese AI models are more likely than their Western counterparts to dodge political questions or deliver inaccurate answers. Pan and her colleague’ findings suggest that training data may have played a … Read More
February 26, 2026
(TIME) – Anthropic, the wildly successful AI company that has cast itself as the most safety-conscious of the top research labs, is dropping the central pledge of its flagship safety policy, company officials tell TIME. In 2023, Anthropic committed to … Read More
February 26, 2026
(New York Times) – As China grapples with a shrinking population and historically low birthrate, people are finding romance with chatbots instead. China’s ruling Communist Party wants young women to prioritize getting married and having babies. Instead, many of them … Read More
February 26, 2026
(The Guardian) – Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit Meta’s use of artificial intelligence software to moderate its social media platforms is generating large volumes of useless reports about cases … Read More
February 26, 2026
(New York Times) – Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting information, lack plot structure and can be cognitively overwhelming — all of which could affect young children’s development. The New York Times … Read More
February 26, 2026
(Washington Post) – AI didn’t replace me as a doctor. It made me better. The public is rightly wary about this new technology in health care. Its misuse can have serious consequences for patients, for example, by inappropriately denying care, … Read More
February 25, 2026
(CNET) – If you have an Oura Ring and women’s health-related questions, this new AI model is available for your feedback. If you currently have an Oura Ring on your finger, then you’re likely familiar with Oura Advisor, the company’s … Read More
February 25, 2026
(Washington Post) – A majority of American teenagers believe that their peers are using artificial intelligence to cheat in school, according to new research, and more than 1 in 10 teens use AI for emotional support or advice. The survey … Read More
February 24, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. The implication—fueled by new demonstrations of humanoid robots putting away dishes or assembling cars—is that mimicking human limbs … Read More
February 24, 2026
(Wired) – In his new book, A World Appears, Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a person. A conscious AI might lack a clear commercial rationale (how do you monetize the thing?) and … Read More
February 23, 2026
(WSJ) – Amanda Askell knew from the age of 14 that she wanted to teach philosophy. What she didn’t know then was that her only pupil would be an artificial-intelligence chatbot named Claude. As the resident philosopher of the tech … Read More
February 23, 2026
(New York Times) – Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public’s underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence. Will that burst the bubble? “I can’t really remember a boom with such active hostility … Read More
February 23, 2026
(Politico) – Who’s afraid of AI? Not South Korea. Why is South Korea more open to a potential AI revolution than other countries? Some of it may be for unique historic and cultural reasons, but it’s also possible that South … Read More
February 23, 2026
(Wired) – Self-driving-vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain. But this month, in government documents submitted by Alphabet subsidiary Waymo and electric-auto maker Tesla, the companies have revealed more details about the people … Read More
