New Development Environment for Programmers Rewards Them With Brainrot When They Prompt the AI
In a world beset by complex problems, the brain trust at storied startup accelerator and venture capital firm…
How to Get a Job in AI, According to 16 People Who Have Done It
It’s not too late to break into AI — and it doesn’t really matter where you’re coming from.…
My alarming experiment with a chatbot ‘therapist’
A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the…
Despite AI bubble fears, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys shares of hyperscaler Alphabet
Wall Street has been consumed for months with fears that the artificial intelligence boom is actually a bubble…
OpenAI says ChatGPT will listen if you tell it not to use em dashes
You may now have to scrutinize what you read on the internet (and event on print) more closely…
Debunking ‘When Prophecy Fails’; ‘Godfather of AI’ first to reach 1 million citations; ‘Cake causes herpes?’ – Retraction Watch
Dear RW readers, can you spare $25? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Did you know that Retraction…
Company Run Almost Entirely by AI-Generated Employees Descends Into Chaos
Experts have long warned that artificial intelligence could soon put countless white collar workers out of a job.…
Major Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI, plans to fully abandon crypto mining by 2027 as miners convert to AI en masse — Bitfarm to leverage 341 megawatt capacity for AI following $46 million Q3 loss
Major Bitcoin mining firm Bitfarm has announced that it will pivot its business from cryptocurrency to AI data…
AI, Covid and taxes: what is behind steep rise in youth unemployment? | Youth unemployment
Youth unemployment is at the highest level since the Covid pandemic, as younger people bear the brunt of…
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
Children’s toymaker FoloToy says it’s pulling its AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” after a safety group found that the…
The Pentagon Is Spending Millions On AI Hacking From Startup Twenty
The U.S. is quietly investing in AI agents for cyberwarfare, spending millions this year on a secretive startup…
Phia, the buzzy AI shopping tool, was pulling far more user data than disclosed, security researchers say
Phia, an AI shopping agent co-founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates, has been collecting more than just…