June 12, 2026
(Wired) – Moms are outsourcing tedious household tasks to ChatGPT and selling courses teaching others to do the same. Where are all the dads? Schmidt is one of a growing cohort of women branding themselves as a new type of … Read More
June 12, 2026
(NPR) – Pope Leo XIV’s recent warning that artificial intelligence risks becoming a new form of colonialism reflects a critique long raised by technology writers and journalists, including Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam … Read More
June 12, 2026
(The Guardian) – Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by … Read More
June 11, 2026
(Wired) – The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back. One day after WIRED revealed that Meta had … Read More
June 11, 2026
(Business Insider) – Thanks to technology, we can know more about our bodies than ever before. From wearables to full-body scans, deep-dive blood and DNA tests, and even at-home vaginal microbiome kits, we have a wealth of insights at our … Read More
June 10, 2026
(After Babel Substack) – The book was The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business, by historian David Courtwright, at the University of North Florida. Courtwright begins with humanity’s eternal quest for pleasure from the plants and animals … Read More
June 10, 2026
(Axios) – The push to make medical records easier to share could be opening the door for rogue companies to sell patient information to law firms and other businesses without their knowledge. Why it matters: Americans assume their medical records … Read More
June 10, 2026
June 10, 2026
(BBC) – While many companies are building autonomous humanoid robots for factories, homes or companions, Foundation claims it is the only US firm developing them specifically for a broad range of defence applications. That includes support roles like supply pickup, … Read More
June 9, 2026
(Vox) – Humanity may be scrolling its way out of existence. Across the globe, fertility rates are plummeting. In 2023, the average number of births per woman worldwide fell beneath 2.1 — the minimum level necessary for averting population decline … Read More
June 9, 2026
(BBC) – Canada’s government has released a much-anticipated national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, mapping out how the country plans to adopt the new technology over the next decade. It comes amid broader public concerns over trust of AI and its … Read More
June 9, 2026
(WSJ) – The $1 trillion startup warns artificial-intelligence models are nearing capability to improve without human intervention Anthropic is calling for top artificial intelligence labs to weigh slowing the pace of development, suggesting that AI systems are advancing so rapidly … Read More
June 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – As the AI boom has exploded, Silicon Valley has looked to philosophers to help the industry build what are, at least in theory, more virtuous machines. AI companies have to make all kinds of difficult decisions about … Read More
June 8, 2026
(Wired) – Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons. The CEOs of several major artificial intelligence companies are urging members … Read More
June 8, 2026
(New Things with Joanna Stern on Youtube) – People across the country are offering a service on Facebook Marketplace to disable the recording light on Ray-Ban Meta glasses. They call it “Stealth Mode.” Joanna paid $100 for the modification and … Read More
June 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Should we seriously consider the possibility that Claude, or any large language model, might be conscious? And if it has feelings, is it capable of receiving moral instruction? No. Absolutely not. Generative AI is harmful enough when … Read More
June 5, 2026
(NYT) – A Chinese company has been trying to develop artificial intelligence-powered technology that would enable authoritarian governments to not just monitor dissidents but also potentially predict who could become one in the future. The work, which appears to be … Read More
June 5, 2026
(Wired) – Google, Microsoft, and other hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability. On Monday, SpaceX amended its initial public offering to state that water conditions—including water scarcity, regulations around water, and drought—could constrain … Read More
June 4, 2026
(The Guardian) – A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a ‘transhuman’ future – actual humanity be damned It would be a mistake to understand these weird worldviews as an ultimately harmless … Read More
June 4, 2026
(404 Media) – A new study by the Center for Democracy & Technology shows how chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Replika and more can lead users down paths they didn’t intend. Dark patterns have been used by subscription companies and in … Read More
June 4, 2026
(JAMA Pediatrics) – Questions As of 2025, what percentage of US adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years used artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for mental health advice, and among those who use AI chatbots for this purpose, to … Read More
June 2, 2026
(The Atlantic) – AI-detection tools are getting better. But they still aren’t good enough. Basically every recent, high-profile accusation of someone passing off AI-generated writing as their own has started in the same way: with a tool called Pangram. In … Read More
June 2, 2026
(CNET) – The new Claude Opus 4.8 is a “modest but tangible improvement,” but a Mythos model you can use may be just weeks away. But the company also said it’s making significant progress on producing a version of its … Read More
June 1, 2026
(Nature) – Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040. In a biology laboratory in Tokyo, ten robots conduct experiments, using their two arms to handle liquids, grow cells on plates … Read More
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
