1:38 PM PDT · August 15, 2025 Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he intends to investigate whether Meta’s generative AI products exploit, deceive, or harm…
Category: Insights
How your solar rooftop became a national security issue |
James Showalter describes a pretty specific if not entirely implausible nightmare scenario. Someone drives up to your house, cracks your Wi-Fi password, and then starts…
Sam Altman, over bread rolls, explores life after GPT-5 |
I’m looking out at Alcatraz Island from a Mediterranean restaurant in San Francisco with hundred-dollar fish entrées on the menu. As I make small talk…
Winklevoss twins' crypto company Gemini files for IPO |
5:16 PM PDT · August 15, 2025 Another crypto company is headed for the public markets. This time, it’s Gemini Space Station Inc., the New…
Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations |
8:50 AM PDT · August 16, 2025 Anthropic has announced new capabilities that will allow some of its newest, largest models to end conversations in…
AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids |
In Brief Posted: 12:39 PM PDT · August 16, 2025 Do AI chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternative to screen time for…
Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should alarm all Americans’ |
1:32 PM PDT · August 16, 2025 A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into left-leaning advocacy group…
Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood |
In Brief Posted: 9:34 AM PDT · August 17, 2025 While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn was loudly criticized this year after declaring that Duolingo…
‘Stranger Things’ creators may be leaving Netflix |
1:07 PM PDT · August 17, 2025 Netflix could soon lose the creative team behind one of its biggest hits. Earlier this week, Variety and…
GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now |
In Brief Posted: 2:08 PM PDT · August 17, 2025 OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.”…