6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026
When OpenAI declared a “code red” this month to refocus its teams on competing with Google, I couldn’t…
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
Petter Rudwall knows the idea of AIs becoming sentient and seeking to get high with code-based “drugs” seems…
Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3
Nvidia has made a fortune supplying chips to companies working on artificial intelligence, but today the chipmaker took…
Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers
Cursor, the wildly popular AI coding startup, is launching a new feature that lets people design the look…
ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Is Coming in 2026
OpenAI announced the latest version of its flagship AI model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday in response to its ongoing…
The creator of an AI therapy app shut it down after deciding it’s too dangerous. Here’s why he thinks AI chatbots aren’t safe for mental health
Mental health concerns linked to the use of AI chatbots have been dominating the headlines. One person who’s…
Goldman Sachs says we’re not in an AI bubble, and its young multimillionaire clientele are all-in on AI-energy investments and healthcare innovations
Last month, more than 100 young wealthy founders, inheritors, and industry leaders flew in from all around the…
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…
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says employers need to hire Gen Z even if ‘AI can do the interns’ work’—or one day, the bots will outnumber bosses
“[AI] can do a lot of lower-level, more entry-level position jobs. But if no young people can get…
Being mean to ChatGPT can boost its accuracy, but scientists warn that you may regret it in a new study exploring the consequences
Bossing around an AI underling may yield better results than being polite, but that doesn’t mean a ruder…
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…