Silicon Valley’s tone-deaf take on the AI backlash will matter in 2026
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition…why Silicon Valley needs to read…
Consciousness May Require a New Kind of Computation
Summary: A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how…
A Filmmaker Made a Sam Altman Deepfake—and Got Unexpectedly Attached
Director Adam Bhala Lough didn’t set out to make a documentary about a digital simulacrum of Sam Altman.…
Novyte Materials raises pre-seed funding from Theia Ventures, others
BENGALURU: Theia Ventures, an early stage fund focused on AI, deeptech, energy transition, and decarbonization, on Wednesday announced…
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
Petter Ruddwall knows the idea of AIs becoming sentient and seeking to get high with code-based “drugs” seems…
IBM, AWS veteran says 90% of your employees are stuck in AI’s first gear
Employers are shelling out millions on artificial intelligence (AI) tools to boost productivity, but workers are still getting…
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
Survey results suggest that peer reviewers are increasingly turning to AI.Credit: Panther Media Global/Alamy More than 50% of…
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI — Clearly Explained
. Machine Learning and Deep Learning are mentioned just as often. And now, Generative AI seems to dominate…
Two Gen Zers turned down millions from Elon Musk to build an AI based on the human brain—and it’s outperformed models from OpenAI and Anthropic
Two years ago, a pair of 22-year-old friends who met in high school in Michigan found themselves sitting…
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold shows why science may be AI’s killer app
While many businesses continue to seek AI’s killer app, biochemists have already found it. That application is protein…
Scientists Just Upended the Timeline of Life on Earth
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth…
Why Google’s Soaring Stock Is Defying Fears of an AI Bubble
Someone forgot to tell Google about the whole “AI bubble” thing. In a brutal month for tech stocks—especially…