Just a couple of years ago, hearing the term “data center” wouldn’t have struck a nerve with most Americans. Now, mention the noisy oversized warehouses…
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Stop Touching Your Keyboard. Use This AI-Powered Microphone Instead
How much do you hate typing? The advent of large language models has rapidly advanced voice-to-text technology. Whether it’s Wispr Flow joining your meetings to…
The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem
As data center developers compete for a cut of the hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into the artificial intelligence industry, the queue to join…
OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack Debrief Raises More Questions Than It Answers
OpenAI published the most complete report to date on Wednesday about what happened when its AI agents hacked into Hugging Face last month. For the…
The Humanoids at China’s Robot Games Were Faster Than Usain Bolt—but I’m More Impressed by Their Tweezer Mastery
Some of the new events this year would be too simple for human athletes, but they were designed to tax the robots’ brains as much…
Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
Dan Osborn was finishing up his fourth town hall last Sunday, he says, when a “hardcore MAGA” guy approached him. Osborn, who is running for…
AI Slop Is Ruining Cute Animals on the Internet
AI-generated videos and pictures are destroying one of the largest and most enduring sources of joy and compassion on the internet: animals. Whether the imagery…
It Should Be Harder to Apply for a Job. No, Really
Three years ago, Andrew Stockwell had his hiring routine down to a science. As head of people for the software-buying company Vendr, Stockwell posted a…
Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out
Spirit Airlines may have declared bankruptcy this spring, but the budget airline is still worth something—to AI giants, at least. In mid-August, Google won a…
They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
For Luis DeSantiago, a substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, it started with a few text messages. On March 12, as he was working his…