The A.I. Super Bowl ads showed us that ChatGPT is losing the chatbot wars.
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How Palantir and AI money is shaping the midterms
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Claude surprised researchers by running a vending machine business better than its rivals and bending every rule to win
Claude Opus 4.6 beat all rival AI models in a simulated year-long vending machine challengeThe model boosted profits…
The singularity won’t be gentle
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OpenAI Safety VP Reportedly Fired for Sexual Discrimination Against Her Male Colleague
OpenAI has reportedly fired safety executive Ryan Beirmeister, whose title at the company was VP of product policy.…
Discord walks back age verification fears for most users
The Buzz ■ Discord says most users won’t face ID checks or face scans for age verification, per…
Olympic Figure Skaters Get Heat for Using AI-Generated Music
The Olympic figure skating ice dancing event in Milan, Italy, on Monday required participants to go with a…
The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers | AI (artificial intelligence)
California-based Jacqueline Bowman had been dead set on becoming a writer since she was a child. At 14…
World’s Dumbest People Think They Can Solve the Nancy Guthrie Ransom Case With Grok
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, went missing Jan. 31 from her Arizona home…
AI Just Cracked the Rules of a Lost Roman Board Game, and It’s Unlike Anything We Expected
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Musk’s xAI loses second co-founder in two days as Jimmy Ba departs
Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature…
OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male…