May 29, 2026
(NYT) – Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology. Many of the founders and important researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI joined the earliest gatherings at A.G.I. House. … Read More
May 29, 2026
(Plough) – It is not a question of when “artificial intelligence” will develop consciousness, because there is no such thing as artificial intelligence. What we call AI is the extremely fast simulation of decision-making processes, generating results from the multitude … Read More
May 28, 2026
(TechCrunch) – CEOs “play with AI,” develop a prototype, or generate a contract, to use Levie’s examples, and then make the leap to believing agents can do the work. But these top-level executives aren’t the people who have to review … Read More
May 27, 2026
(Wired) – Over the past year or so, more and more people have looked at me with great pity. Surely a fact-checker at a magazine isn’t long for this AI-upgraded world. Call me foolish, but I’m not that worried. Very … Read More
May 26, 2026
(STAT News) – Advisory offers ways to reduce exposure, including bell-to-bell school bans, tech design changes Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is issuing a U.S. surgeon general’s advisory urging families, schools, and providers to reduce children’s screen time, according … Read More
May 25, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – A single breakthrough AI moment in robotics may not be the answer Over the next few decades, billions of autonomous, AI-powered robots will work alongside people in factories, perform tedious tasks in warehouses, care for the elderly, … Read More
May 21, 2026
(After Babel) – As a social psychologist, I’m used to speaking to academic audiences, making arguments from evidence. This was different. I spoke to the graduates — members of Gen Z — to offer advice about how to flourish in … Read More
May 20, 2026
(People) – James Daunt added that the chain bookstore may already be selling AI-generated books, “but we’re not really conscious of them” The CEO of Barnes & Noble is defending the sale of AI-written books. James Daunt, the chief executive … Read More
May 19, 2026
(WSJ) – Booed commencement speakers, blocked data centers, plummeting poll numbers: Fast-growing industry has a faster-growing crisis In one poll after another in recent weeks, respondents have overwhelmingly voiced concerns about AI, a challenge to claims by industry executives that … Read More
May 18, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Those with an interest in the concept of AI alignment (i.e., getting AIs to stick to human-authored ethical rules) may remember when Anthropic claimed its Opus 4 model resorted to blackmail to stay online in a theoretical … Read More
May 18, 2026
(NBC News via YouTube) – Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed multiple times Sunday while discussing artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona. Other commencement speakers faced similar backlash for their AI comments, as new … Read More
May 15, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Data centers may be coming to your neighborhood as side installations associated with new homes—and in exchange would offer subsidized electricity and Internet access along with backup batteries to homeowners. The company behind the plan has already … Read More
May 15, 2026
(Politico) – A battle is looming not just over privacy, but the future of the human species. Ownership of extensive neural data can be used to do anything from serve extremely targeted ads to surveil or manipulate consumers’ behavior. The … Read More
May 15, 2026
(After Babel) – A new survey of U.S. parents by the Institute for Family Studies suggests that kids are still overprotected in the real world and underprotected online. Are norms around childhood and technology actually changing? Looking at policy both … Read More
May 14, 2026
(Wired) – In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights. They found that when agents were subjected to relentless tasks and warned that errors could lead to punishments, including being “shut … Read More
May 12, 2026
(NYT) – The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said. A criminal hacking group recently … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Wired) – For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad. I work as an AI trainer. I … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Bloomberg) – South Korea’s military is exploring a strategic partnership with Hyundai Motor Co. to potentially deploy robotics to the front lines as Seoul accelerates investment in AI-powered, unmanned systems to tackle a deepening troop shortage.The defense ministry told Bloomberg … Read More
May 11, 2026
(NYT) – As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off. In an internal post last month, Meta told its … Read More
May 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Richard Dawkins caught hell on social media for suggesting it does. Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world’s most prominent advocate for irreligiosity, has become besotted with the godlike power of a chatbot. According to his recent essay for … Read More
May 8, 2026
(The Guardian) – World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind research It’s the stuff of science fiction cinema, or particularly breathless AI company blogposts: new research finds recent AI … Read More
May 7, 2026
(Noema) – Scent is a vital component of human intelligence. But in our quest to advance artificial intelligence, nobody seems to care about it. Between 2015 and 2025, the number of research papers on artificial olfaction remained stagnant, while papers … Read More
May 6, 2026
(NYT) – High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. The New York Times heard from nearly 400 college and high school educators who responded to … Read More
May 6, 2026
(TechCrunch) – Meta will start using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user is under 13 and should be removed from Facebook and Instagram, the company announced on Tuesday. These visual clues include … Read More
May 5, 2026
(Tech Crunch) – Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and Snap, according to a new investigation by Bloomberg. The report drives home … Read More
