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Machine Learning

Frontier AI Is Faceplanting at Real-World Workplace Tasks

"They are still far from human-level performance."

By Joe Wilkins

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Anthropic

It’s Official: AI Execs Are Quaking in Their Boots

China is catching up fast.

By Victor Tangermann

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Future Society

AI CEOs Facing Full-on Revolt From Employees

"All that research will have gone to waste if it doesn't translate to guardrails that hold private companies accountable."

By Joe Wilkins

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Drones

We’re Admittedly Terrified That They’ve Now Invented Invisible Drones

Created to observe wildlife, of course.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces

"I had a ball."

By Victor Tangermann

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Ethics

MLB Bans Hitters From Consulting AI Chatbots Before Going Up to Bat

Teams were using AI to make "in-game decisions traditionally made by players and coaches."

By Joe Wilkins

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Ethics

Restaurant in Major Trouble After Posting AI Pictures of “Its Food”

"If they put this much effort into marketing, just imagine how much they care about food."

By Frank Landymore

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Privacy

New “Advertisement” for Kylie Jenner’s Meta Perv Glasses Shows Something Extremely Funny If You Look at It From the Wrong Angle

"We're always watching."

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

The Proliferation of Deepfakes Is Profoundly Changing the Way Teenagers Use the Internet

"We grew as AI grew. We grew up together. Adults don't have the same life experience that we do. They don't understand how advanced and how intense AI is."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Future Society

SpaceX Is Learning a Nasty Lesson About Going Public When Your Main Product Is Experimental

It's not looking good.

By Victor Tangermann

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Parasites

Whole Foods Offering Steep Discount on Taylor Farms Shredded Iceberg Lettuce

"The cost is on the back end."

By Frank Landymore

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Developments

Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Trump Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

A cautionary tale.

By Victor Tangermann

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OpenAI

OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin

It's a bloodbath.

By Joe Wilkins

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete

"The head of strategic futures OpenAI seems a little rattled."

By Victor Tangermann

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Food

Gen Z Appears to Be Reversing No-Drinking Trend, Now Lurching Toward Alcoholism

The kids have fallen off the wagon.

By Frank Landymore

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Ethics

There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse

It just doesn't make any sense.

By Victor Tangermann

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OpenAI

Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

"This is not suicide. This is surrender."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It’s Being Flooded With It

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we don't want this."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Amazon’s Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke

Not a great look.

By Frank Landymore

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Privacy

In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature

"After careful consideration and community consultation, we decided to remove the feature."

By Joe Wilkins