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…
Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don’t Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot
Back in the 2010s, a website called Let Me Google That For You gained a notable amount of…
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…
AI told them which stocks to buy. The returns are wild
Last year, startup founder Harpaul Sambhi made an unusual request to his wealth manager: He asked to have…
Why AI Breaks Bad | WIRED
Still, the models are improving much faster than the efforts to understand them. And the Anthropic team admits…
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…
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”…
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…
Adobe exec says the $141 billion software giant embraces candidates who use AI to apply for jobs—because they’re the people ‘creating the future’
But while many hiring professionals are concerned about applicants using AI in the process, one leader actually hunts…
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…