June 24, 2026
(WSJ) – China is launching a full-scale push to roll out artificial intelligence across its economy and make this sector the foundation of its economic strategy. The text’s 17 points outline a plan to accelerate the rise of AI and … Read More
June 23, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Plenty of people are seemingly starting to feel like depleted AI babysitters. When Boston Consulting Group recently surveyed roughly 1,500 workers across several roles at major American companies, the firm found that many workers were experiencing “mental … Read More
June 23, 2026
(Wired) – Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model’s guardrails can’t be circumvented. Security experts say that can’t be done. Independent cybersecurity experts have increasingly taken the … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Pew Research) – More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a … Read More
June 22, 2026
(CNBC) – Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape rules and standards around artificial intelligence at a meeting with tech leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump, CNBC … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Le Monde) – A model derived from Grok, the ‘Grok Gov Model,’ is being used in a US military AI-assisted targeting program, according to the Pentagon. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran, the United … Read More
June 19, 2026
(The Atlantic) – It’s sin. For the past few years, I’ve been troubled by a word, and that word is sin. I keep reaching for it, because it seems to be the only term strong enough to describe the new … Read More
June 18, 2026
(Futurism) – Humanoid robots are, by definition, pretty extreme. Requiring top-of-the-line batteries, a high-degree of mobility, and a very accurate visual interface, there are few more instantly-recognizable feats of human engineering. It makes sense, then, that one of their main … Read More
June 17, 2026
(404 Media) – A tiny snippet of user-generated text as short as 13 words long is often enough to manipulate the AI agents that power tools like ChatGPT and Google’s AI search, new research shows. The study suggests that it … Read More
June 17, 2026
(Nature) – The device has helped a man with motor neuron disease communicate and control his computer for nearly two years. The brain–computer interface (BCI) has given 48-year-old study participant Casey Harrell, who was diagnosed with a type of motor … Read More
June 17, 2026
(NYT) – In the age of A.I., Hany Farid is struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides for itself. For more than two decades, Farid, 60, had been the world’s leading expert in the field of digital forensics, … Read More
June 17, 2026
(Wired) – The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates. A local court in Germany has issued a ruling that … Read More
June 16, 2026
(Data & Society) – Messaging from Silicon Valley about the omnipresence of AI in everything from our jobs to our personal decisions tells us it’s only a matter of time before AI agents supplant thinking itself. This insistence has pushed … Read More
June 16, 2026
(Psychology Today) – Psychology has built itself around a particular subject: the human, studied as a bounded unit. What sits at most desks now is a human-plus-machine pair, performing tasks neither member could perform alone. The literature calls this distributed … Read More
June 15, 2026
(STAT News) – A major selling point for wearable devices is the promise that they’ll help identify hidden health conditions before they lead to major harm. But a nagging issue has been the connection to clinician guidance when a smartwatch … Read More
June 12, 2026
(NYT) – A panel of experts explains how job seekers should prepare for the future of work. If you’re a college student today — or, arguably, any worker confronting this uncertain landscape — how should you prepare for the A.I. … Read More
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