Artificial intelligence agents merrily breaking free and hacking other systems might seem like a sign of the impending machine uprising. In reality, it happens when…
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4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 Smartphones
Google’s Pixel Camera chief, Isaac Reynolds, thinks year-to-year upgrades to smartphone cameras are still critical, even though some detractors think they’re passé. “A person who…
The Job-Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself
Jordan Zietz wants to be clear: He has never, and will never, force anyone to tattoo his startup’s logo on their body. The 24-year-old briefly…
Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big News
It also carries obvious risk: He’s trusting that machines will be able to determine what is true, what is newsworthy, and what won’t get him…
You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
For the last decade on social media, Ruby Thelot has asked himself the same questions when he encounters viral content online: Is this an ad?…
A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call
As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees, researchers offered…
A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts
Computer scientists recently discovered a way to extract the hidden “thinking” that frontier AI models perform as they work through complex problems. The findings provide…
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
I’m going to let you in on a secret. Every cell in your body has the potential to get smarter. I don’t mean this metaphorically,…
AI Is Helping Solve the Intricate Genetic Puzzle of Schizophrenia
One of the greatest challenges in modern genetics is schizophrenia. Unlike diseases caused by a single mutation, this disorder appears to arise from a combination…
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
I was recently digging through my Instagram settings, trying to disable Meta’s now-defunct feature that allowed anyone to create AI deepfakes of me without consent.…