Scott Wiener pulls AI chatbot parody of rival Connie Chan after backlash
California state Sen. Scott Wiener is pulling the plug on a controversial AI chatbot and the billboards promoting…
New Orleans becomes first major US city to use AI for 911 calls
New Orleans has become the first city in the US to use artificial intelligence to answer emergency 911…
As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris
Amid headlines about the UK’s drought, Europe’s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived…
AI breakthrough: Why life on the Moon and Mars could happen much sooner
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The next chapter of our AI momentum
Message from Sundar Pichai We’ve made extraordinary progress to deliver on our full AI stack. We’ve got amazing…
Opinion | The university fight against AI cheating doesn’t go far enough
Santiago Schnell is a professor of mathematics and provost of Dartmouth College. Colleges are reviving proctored exams, blue…
AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s | Banking
The rating agency Moody’s has said the race to adopt AI is putting big banks at the mercy…
This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs
What every U.K. AI startup wants to know these days is, how can I get office space in…
Israeli startup Irregular linked to AI hacks OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta
Hirun | Istock | Getty Images Over the past two weeks, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta all revealed that…
Can Reddit Survive the AI Boom?
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer For years now, Reddit has inhabited a strange and unique position on the internet. As the…
I changed one setting in Claude Code, and my token burn dropped by 45%
By now, you’ve likely had the realization that AI tools are expensive. You might’ve realized that by looking…
“Oak Street” AI Dog Promo Video Draws Ire
Warner Bros. Pictures A recent attempt to market David Robert Mitchell’s upcoming “The End of Oak Street” film…