May 22, 2025
(Wired) – As Google and Microsoft push agentic AI systems, the kinks are still being worked on how agents interact with each other—and intersect with the law. Because agents are meant to act autonomously, the question of who bears responsibility … Read More
May 22, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman gave his staff a preview Wednesday of the devices he is developing to build with the former Apple designer Jony Ive, laying out plans to ship 100 million AI “companions” that … Read More
May 21, 2025
(Wired) – As “SkinnyTok” posts advise people to suck up their hunger, some creators are using blunt humor to dissuade young people from pro-eating-disorder messaging. TikTok says it has cracked down on these types of posts, saying pro-eating-disorder content is … Read More
May 21, 2025
(Wired) – After nearly 30 years as a Denver-area cop, Baker knew his way around town. He also knew that Green Valley Ranch was a confusing rabbit’s warren of nearly identical roads. So before he set off, he did something … Read More
May 21, 2025
(CNN) – A ransomware attack has triggered a “system-wide technology outage” at a network of over a dozen medical centers in Ohio, causing the cancellation of elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, according to a statement from the health network and … Read More
May 20, 2025
(Wired) – In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built and tested the exact same model of weapon ourselves. And it was entirely legal. For the last hour, … Read More
May 20, 2025
(New York Times) – Ross Douthat: How fast is the artificial intelligence revolution really happening? What would machine superintelligence really mean for ordinary human beings? When will Skynet be fully operational? Are human beings destined to merge with some kind … Read More
May 20, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – The corporate race to amass computing resources to train and run artificial intelligence models and store information in the cloud has sparked a data center boom in the desert—just far enough away from Nevada’s communities to … Read More
May 19, 2025
(CNN) – “This is just the beginning,” xAI said on its website; the company already has plans for a second facility in the city. But for some residents in nearby Boxtown, a majority Black, economically-disadvantaged community that has long endured … Read More
May 19, 2025
(404 Media) – “Thinking about your ex 24/7? There’s nothing wrong with you. Chat with their AI version—and finally let it go,” an ad for Closure says. I tested a bunch of the chatbot startups’ personas. A startup is throwing … Read More
May 19, 2025
(Center for Humane Technology) – Right now, Congress is trying to stop state-level AI laws in the United States – for the next 10 years. The House Energy and Commerce committee passed a provision this week that proposes a sweeping … Read More
May 19, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Scientists are testing electric fields and pulses against a range of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and brain cancer Electricity is gaining newfound traction as a potential treatment for diseases, from rheumatoid arthritis to hard-to-treat cancers including … Read More
May 19, 2025
(Ars Technica) – Google’s DeepMind research division claims its newest AI agent marks a significant step toward using the technology to tackle big problems in math and science. The system, known as AlphaEvolve, is based on the company’s Gemini large … Read More
May 14, 2025
(New York Times) – Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs. When ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022, it caused … Read More
May 14, 2025
(New York Magazine) – ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. In January 2023, just two months after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a survey of 1,000 college students found that nearly 90 percent of them had used the chatbot to help … Read More
May 13, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – iPhone maker works with startup Synchron on new brain-computer interfaces to assist people with disabilities Apple is embracing the world of brain computer interfaces, unveiling a new technology that one day could revolutionize how humans interact … Read More
May 12, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Apple, Facebook, Google and Tesla are all facing the ‘innovator’s dilemma’ at the same time Middle age hits hard—even for the Kings of Silicon Valley. One minute you’re upending established industries as the young disrupter. The … Read More
May 12, 2025
(Los Angeles Times via MSN) – The futuristic technology is the creation of a startup called Tools for Humanity, which is based in San Francisco and Munich, Germany. Founded in 2019 by Alex Blania and Sam Altman — the entrepreneur … Read More
May 8, 2025
(NPR) – In the new book, Second Life: Having A Child In The Digital Age, Hess writes about how technology shapes every aspect of parenting — from our online identities to the pressures of sharing our lives in real-time. “I … Read More
May 8, 2025
(NPR) – “I couldn’t help hear his voice in my head of what he would say,” Wales told NPR. That’s when the idea came to her: to use artificial intelligence to generate a video of how her late brother, Christopher … Read More
May 8, 2025
(Futurism) – “This is what puts money in all our pockets.” As early as 2017, Wynn-Williams writes, Facebook was exploring ways to expand its ad targeting abilities to thirteen-to-seventeen-year-olds across Facebook and Instagram — a decidedly vulnerable group, often in … Read More
May 7, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Last November, Bradford G. Smith got a brain implant from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink. The device, a set of thin wires attached to a computer about the thickness of a few quarters that sits in his … Read More
May 7, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Kolin Koltai, a researcher at the Netherlands-based investigative outlet Bellingcat, recently discovered that X users were using the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, to undress women in photos that they had uploaded to the platform. While the bot rejects … Read More
May 7, 2025
(Wired) – Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers. Amazon has developed a new warehouse robot that uses touch to rummage around shelves … Read More
May 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have AI friends, an AI therapist and AI business agents. In Zuckerberg’s vision for a new digital future, artificial-intelligence friends outnumber human companions and chatbot experiences supplant therapists, ad agencies and … Read More
