OpenAI Offers 20 Million User Chats In ChatGPT Lawsuit. NYT Wants 120 Million.
Summary OpenAI is in a legal battle with The New York Times (NYT) over the request to access ChatGPT user logs. OpenAI has offered 20 million logs as a settlement,…
Swedish PM Under Fire For Using AI In Role
Summary Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is facing backlash for using AI tools like ChatGPT to inform his political decisions. The PM admitted to frequently consulting AI for second opinions,…
Perplexity Says Cloudflare’s Accusations of ‘Stealth’ AI Scraping Are Based On Embarrassing Errors
Perplexity publicly challenged Cloudflare’s claims, stating that accusations of employing stealthy AI scraping techniques are fundamentally flawed. Cloudflare had alleged that Perplexity’s crawlers disguised as regular browsers were bypassing site…
Jim Acosta Interviews AI Version of Teenager Killed in Parkland Shooting
Jim Acosta Interviews AI Version of Teenager Killed in Parkland Shooting Jim Acosta, the former CNN White House correspondent, conducted an interview with an AI-generated avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a…
RIP To the Macintosh HD Hard Drive Icon, 2000-2025
Summary Apple has officially replaced the iconic Macintosh HD hard drive icon, which has been around since 2000, with a new design resembling a solid-state drive (SSD). This change comes…
‘No One Cares’ About Elite Degrees at Palantir, CEO Tells Investors
In a recent earnings call, Palantir CEO Alex Karp made headlines by suggesting that the company values talent over traditional elite degrees, stating they treat graduates of prestigious universities such…
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
Wikipedia has recently adopted a ‘speedy deletion’ policy, allowing editors to remove AI-generated articles immediately if they contain signs of AI-generated responses or fabricated citations. This change aims to enhance…
Three US Agencies Get Failing Grades For Not Following IT Best Practices
Summary The Government Accountability Office has released reports criticising three US agencies: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and General Services Administration (GSA) for neglecting to…
OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
OpenAI has announced the release of two open-weight language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, free for use on consumer devices. This marks the first release of its kind since GPT-2 and…
Retraction-Prone Editors Identified at Megajournal PLoS ONE
Retraction-Prone Editors Identified at Megajournal PLoS ONE A study has highlighted a concerning issue within the PLoS ONE journal. It reveals that nearly one-third of the retracted papers stem from…