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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas is using the troubling rise in AI companionship apps to hawk his company's AI web browser.

Perplexity CEO Warns That AI Girlfriends Can Melt Your Brain

Researchers “Embodied” an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World

By Victor Tangermann

A new benchmark shows that AI agents are embarrassingly terrible at doing remote work tasks -- which is bad news for the AI economy.

A New Paper Tested AI’s Ability to Do Actual Online Freelance Work, and the Results Are Damning

By Frank Landymore

The AI startup Perplexity fell for a clever trap laid by the social media site Reddit that all but proves it scraped data from the forum.

Perplexity Just Got Caught Breaking the Rules Red-Handed

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI has its work cut out to justify the existence of its newfangled ChatGPT Atlas browser. It's extremely slow and vulnerable to exploits.

OpenAI’s New AI Web Browser Is a Bit of a Mess

By Victor Tangermann

This officially marks the second time Google had to shutter this particular office due to a bed bug invasion.

Google Locks Down Manhattan Campus Due to Bed Bug Infestation

For just a couple dollars, Endless Summer will generate images in your likeness of a fantasy vacation that never has to end.

Meta Employee Creates AI App That Deepfakes the Dream Vacation You Couldn’t Afford

Even the biggest players in AI are losing billions — "brutal" economics that highlight growing concerns of an enormous AI bubble.

The Economics of Running an AI Company Are Disastrous

By Victor Tangermann

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - DECEMBER 06: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE (NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE). Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at BC Place on December 06, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Even Longtime Swifties Disgusted by Taylor’s Use of AI

A 13-year-old Florida teen was arrested for asking OpenAI's ChatGPT how to kill a friend during class in what he claimed to be a prank.

13-Year-Old Arrested for Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI is said to be launching a TikTok-like app that recommends an endless stream of swipeable — and purely AI-generated — videos.

OpenAI Launching TikTok Competitor for Short-Form AI Slop Videos

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.

OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says

By Victor Tangermann

A planned data center in Indianapolis by Google was shut down after residents protested its possible environmental impacts.

Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built

By Sharon Adarlo

Deutsche Bank is warning that AI spending won't "remain parabolic," or continue to increase exponentially, a dire warning for the future.

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Google is depending on thousands of contractors to train the AI behind its flagship chatbot Gemini.

It Turns Out That Google’s AI Is Being Trained by an Army of Poorly Treated Human Grunts

By Victor Tangermann

In a major change in tune, Google has admitted that the "open web is already in rapid decline" — despite arguing that the "web is thriving."

Google Says the Open Web Is Now in “Rapid Decline”

By Victor Tangermann