OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hires |

In Brief Posted: 1:16 PM PDT · June 29, 2025 With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured…

Cartoonist Paul Pope is more worried about killer robots than AI plagiarism |

Paul Pope has written and drawn some of the most gorgeous comics of the twenty-first century — from “Batman: Year 100,” in which Batman challenges…

European leaders worry they’re too reliant on US tech |

In Brief Posted: 1:16 PM PDT · June 21, 2025 European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a…

LinkedIn CEO says AI writing assistant is not as popular as expected |

In Brief Posted: 7:06 AM PDT · June 22, 2025 While LinkedIn users seem to have embraced AI, there’s one area that’s seen less uptake…

Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle |

10:17 AM PDT · June 22, 2025 A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on…

Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones |

In Brief Posted: 1:22 PM PDT · June 22, 2025 Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras,…

OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order |

3:24 PM PDT · June 22, 2025 OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony…

Spiraling with ChatGPT |

In Brief Posted: 1:41 PM PDT · June 15, 2025 ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users toward delusional or conspiratorial thinking, or at least…

Meta plans to automate many of its product risk assessments |

In Brief Posted: 10:51 AM PDT · May 31, 2025 An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks…

NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’ |

1:05 PM PDT · May 31, 2025 The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon…