Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
Palantir CEO Alex Karp talks so much that you’d think that he just likes the sound of his…
AI Capabilities May Be Overhyped on Bogus Benchmarks, Study Finds
You know all of those reports about artificial intelligence models successfully passing the bar or achieving Ph.D.-level intelligence?…
xAI Employees Were Reportedly Compelled to Give Biometric Data to Train Anime Girlfriend
If someone created a character in your likeness, you might feel flattered. If they happened to be your…
Meta Says Porn Stash was for ‘Personal Use,’ Not Training AI Models
Meta forgot to keep its porn in a passworded folder, and now its kink for data collection is…
Former OpenAI Exec Explains Why He Tried to Do a Coup Against Sam Altman
It’s been nearly two years since OpenAI’s board of directors (very briefly) fired Sam Altman over a lack…
Have No Fear, Google Has Plans to Enshittify AI Search With Ads, Too
Google’s AI Overview has somehow successfully managed to get people to be less engaged with search results, clicking…
What’s Scarier Than a Haunted House? An AI Data Center
The owner of a haunted house in Pennsylvania has a new idea to spook his patrons: the eerie…
OpenAI Data Shows Hundreds of Thousands of Users Display Signs of Mental Health Challenges
OpenAI claims that 10% of the world’s population currently uses ChatGPT on a weekly basis. In a report…
FTC Disappears Lina Khan’s Thoughts on AI
Despite Vice President JD Vance and other “Khanservatives” among Republican ranks offering some praise for how Lina Khan…
Welcome to the ‘Jobless Growth’ Economy
America is entering an era of “jobless growth,” according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. That’s not ideal for…
Is the AI Conveyor Belt of Capital About to Stop?
The American economy is little more than a big bet on AI. Morgan Stanley investor Ruchir Sharma recently…
Embattled AI Startup ‘Friend’ Pivots to Website to More Easily Exploit Lonely People
Friend has managed to lock down a dubious honor in the nascent artificial-intelligence era: it is perhaps without…