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The Verge tested several AI browsers, finding them to be slow and janky . And we haven't even gotten into their major security risks.
Future Society

AI-Powered Browsers Are Failing Badly

Imagine browsing the web, but with a chatbot screwing it up for you at every turn.

By Frank Landymore

Private-equity backed firm Securus has secretly been recording inmate conversations for years, collecting data to train its AI.
Future Society

Prisoners Alarmed to Discover That a Startup Is Training an AI Based on Their Phone Calls

"There's literally no other way you can communicate with your family."

By Joe Wilkins

Huge numbers of Windows users are refusing to upgrade to Windows 11 -- and many of them are citing its AI features as the reason why.
Ethics

Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop

"Stop this nonsense. No one wants this."

By Victor Tangermann

Organizations working with independent political candidates in the US say AI could be a major help in identifying friendly districts.
Ethics

Political Operatives Say AI Is Poised to Upend the Two-Party System

"Without AI, what we're trying to do would be impossible."

By Joe Wilkins

Google Discover is showing users misleading and seemingly AI-generated headlines that replace the actual ones on articles.
Google

Google Caught Replacing News Headlines With AI-Generated Nonsense

When will it stop?

By Victor Tangermann

An anti-AI activist is on the run and hiding from police after he allegedly threatened to shoot and kill employees of OpenAI.
Anthropic

Anti-AI Activist on the Run as Police Warn That He’s Armed and Dangerous

Anti-AI activist Sam Kirchner allegedly threatened to shoot and kill OpenAI workers.

By Sharon Adarlo

Government analysts found that the UK's rapidly expanding AI surveillance system is horribly biased toward Black and Asian people.
Ethics

Police Admit AI Surveillance Panopticon Still Has Issues With “Some Demographic Groups”

"This has meant that in some circumstances it is more likely to incorrectly match Black and Asian people than their white counterparts."

By Joe Wilkins

A YouTube channel called "Dr. Avi Loeb" is impersonating the Harvard astronomer by using AI tools to clone both his likeness and voice.
Ethics

Someone Used AI to Make a Fake Avi Loeb on YouTube

"The nemesis of science is fake content created by AI."

By Victor Tangermann

A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
Data Privacy

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway

"I hope she called him a dork for wearing them before she broke them."

By Victor Tangermann

Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, said the future of AI is like when UK farmers spread mad cow disease through tainted feed.
Future Society

Rockstar Cofounder Says AI Is Like When Factory Farms Did Cannibalism and Caused Mad Cow Disease

"So it's sort of like when we fed cows with cows and got mad cow disease."

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists are set to begin new trials testing the use of GLP-1 drugs similar to Ozempic and Wegovy in pets.
Developments

Scientists Testing GLP-1s for Overweight Dogs and Cats

"I think this is going to be the next big thing."

By Frank Landymore

What was once a healthy lead over OpenAI's competition thanks to its blockbuster AI chatbot ChatGPT has turned into a razor-thin edge.
Google

OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble

"They’re going to end up just like MySpace did."

By Victor Tangermann

Palantir CEO Alex Karp recently rhapsodized that US air strikes on Venezuelan civilians would be good for business, if only it were legal.
The Industrialists

Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for Business

"So you keep pushing on making it constitutional. I'm totally supportive of that."

By Joe Wilkins

IBM CEO Arvid Krishna said that the math of its AI competitors' spending doesn't add up, and won't return a profit.
OpenAI

IBM CEO Says the Math Just Doesn’t Add Up on Its Competitors’ AI Spending

"It’s my view that there’s no way you’re going to get a return on that."

By Victor Tangermann

Meta executives are eying gigantic budget cuts for the teams responsible for its Meta Horizon Worlds and Quest VR headset.
Metaverse

Zuckerberg Basically Giving Up on Metaverse After Renaming Entire Company “Meta”

"Smart move, just late."

By Victor Tangermann

The group chat in question: the same one in which Pete Hegseth accidentally revealed secret military strikes to a journalist.
Cybersecurity

JD Vance Sent Bizarre Lonely Text to His Bombing Group Chat

"This chat’s kind of dead. Anything going on?”

By Frank Landymore

On top of devouring energy, water, and graphics cards, the AI industry is now swallowing the world's supply of precious RAM.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs

RAM for me, not for thee.

By Frank Landymore

Waymo has been experimenting with programming to make its typically-cautious robotaxis "confidently assertive."
Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Has Been Reprogramming Its Robotaxis to Drive More Aggressively

"It's driving more like a taxi driver — an aggressive, New York taxi driver."

By Joe Wilkins

President Trump announced a plan to slash fuel efficiency regulations, allowing automakers to build more gas-guzzling cars.
Future Society

Trump Announces Plan to Make Cars Pollute More

Addressing the real issues.

By Frank Landymore

A recent video shows how a humanoid robot can turn itself into a surprisingly creepy crawling machine, using the full extent of its limbs.
Robot Dogs

Alarming Video Shows Humanoid Robot Demon-Scuttling

"They're actually capable of way weirder stuff and way faster motions."

By Victor Tangermann