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…
4 Lessons Learned From Global Digital Health AI Chatbot Failures
Sadly, countless health chatbot projects crash and burn across low- and middle-income countries each year. It’s not about…
Amazon says its AI shopping assistant Rufus is so effective it’s on pace to pull in an extra $10 billion in sales
In case you were unsure about Amazon’s ability to monetize artificial intelligence, “the everything store” assigned a staggering…
Why AI Breaks Bad | WIRED
Still, the models are improving much faster than the efforts to understand them. And the Anthropic team admits…
Microsoft is distancing itself from longtime partner OpenAI, shunning erotica chatbots: ‘Just not a service we’re going to provide,’ AI CEO says
Microsoft will not emulate the strategies of Elon Musk’s xAI or Sam Altman’s OpenAI in creating “simulated erotica”…
OpenAI Atlas Browser Hands On: I’m Not Convinced the Web Needs a Chatbot Tour Guide
The oddest, and most memorable, interaction I had with ChatGPT Atlas occurred as I scrolled around on Bluesky…
ChatGPT’s Horny Era Could Be Its Stickiest Yet
He sees erotic bots as “one part of your spectrum of relationships,” rather than a replacement for human…
Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap?
I recently vacationed in Italy. As one does these days, I ran my itinerary past GPT-5 for sightseeing…
How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but…
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…
350 hiring managers gave their honest thoughts about Gen Z—and only 8% believe they’re ready for the workforce
“When people talk about Gen Z and the problems they’re facing with workforce readiness, I think people are…
Is Everyone Really Dating AI Chatbots?
Of the ways that artificial intelligence firms have attempted to get people to engage with their products, perhaps…