Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann welcomes me into his palace—what he calls his large apartment in San Francisco. He sits on the couch in his living…
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Google’s Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid Robot
Google DeepMind just released a new version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini, and it can control a range of different robots—including humanoids capable of…
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake
The age of rogue AI hacker agents has arrived—but it didn’t have to happen this way. After an OpenAI agent breached the Hugging Face platform…
AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans
The notion that scammers can use AI to sharpen their deceptions, polish their language, and lubricate their banter with victims is now a reality for…
I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots
When the private chef sent by Shift arrived at my apartment to cook a three-course meal, he was already ready to record. He walked through…
It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models
I recently got to watch what happens when you jailbreak some of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence models. Don’t worry—this AI manipulation wasn’t used…
More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’
Last year, when the novelist Laura Brooke Robson began writing Love Is an Algorithm—a love story between the cofounder of an AI dating app and…
Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books
Every parent of young children has a book they’re sick of reading aloud, whether it’s The Rainbow Fish or Goodnight Moon. In recent years, however,…
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
OpenAI said Tuesday that the rogue AI agent that breached Hugging Face’s platform also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services as part of the attack.…