Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that agentic AI allowed the company to “rebalance” its customer…
85% of College Students Report AI Use
85% of College Students Report AI Use Summary A new Inside Higher Ed survey, reported on by Slashdot, finds that 85% of college students used generative AI for coursework in…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline, built by two independent Israeli researchers, automatically reads CVE advisories and code patches, synthesises vulnerable test apps,…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Slashdot reports on an NBC News piece describing a growing gig-economy niche: freelancers hired to tidy up poor-quality generative AI output. Graphic designers, writers and developers are being paid to…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police
OpenAI disclosed — in a blog post about ChatGPT and severe mental-health harms — that it automatically scans user conversations for people planning to harm others and routes those chats…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered in Forest City, Malaysia, to attend “Network School,” an initiative from Balaji Srinivasan (author…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary Oliver McCann, a 37‑year‑old Brit who says he has “no musical talent at all”,…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A recent lawsuit accuses Amazon Prime Video of misleading customers by labelling time-limited streaming licences as…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary Over 450 members of Blizzard’s Diablo development team have voted to form a union under the Communications Workers of…
Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake
Summary A recent review highlighted by cardiologist Eric Topol finds no strong evidence that consuming more than 1.6 g/kg/day of protein gives extra benefit for most people. The review pooled…