I’m not above doing some gig work to make ends meet. In my life, I’ve worked snack food pop-ups in a grocery store, ran the…
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I Loved My OpenClaw AI Agent—Until It Turned on Me
OpenClaw, a powerful new agentic assistant, has a thing for guacamole. This is one of several things I discovered while using the viral artificial intelligence…
CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
United States Customs and Border Protection plans to spend $225,000 for a year of access to Clearview AI, a face recognition tool that compares photos…
AI Industry Rivals Are Teaming Up on a Startup Accelerator
The largest western AI labs are taking a break from sniping at one another to partner on a new accelerator program for European startups building…
RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees
A 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring boxing legend Mike Tyson and paid for by the nonprofit MAHA Center encourages viewers to avoid processed foods and…
OpenAI Abandons ‘io’ Branding for Its AI Hardware
OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its forthcoming line of AI hardware devices, according to a Monday court filing. The motion is part…
No Company Has Admitted to Replacing Workers With AI in New York
Over 160 companies in New York state have filed notices of mass layoffs since last March. None—in a group that includes Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and…
AI Is Here to Replace Nuclear Treaties. Scared Yet?
For half a century, the world’s nuclear powers relied on an intricate and complex series of treaties that slowly and steadily reduced the number of…
The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games
During the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, 5G and 4K were the leading technologies available to many viewers. There was some AI, but it was…