‘Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House?’
Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House? Summary Residents in Los Angeles and Arizona have noticed Waymo robotaxis repeatedly parking in the same spots outside particular homes…
85% of College Students Report AI Use
85% of College Students Report AI Use Summary A new Inside Higher Ed survey, reported on Slashdot, finds that 85% of college students used generative AI for coursework in the…
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 deploying agentic AI allowed the company to “rebalance” headcount…
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain Summary On the latest Uncanny Valley podcast episode Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger recap the week’s top stories: AI cutting into entry‑level jobs, a…
Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents
Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents Summary The article surveys the emerging market for AI-powered sports-betting tools and agents. Startups and enthusiasts are deploying models that scrape…
Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America
Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America Summary Latam-GPT is an open-source large language model being developed by the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA)…
Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries
Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries Summary Webb Wright’s WIRED feature examines how spiritual influencers and wellness creators are framing AI chatbots as quasi‑spiritual guides.…
AI-powered brain device allows paralysed man to control robotic arm
AI-powered brain device allows paralysed man to control robotic arm Summary News piece by Rachel Fieldhouse (Nature) reporting on a study in Nature Machine Intelligence. Researchers combined a non-invasive brain–computer…
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals Summary This short correspondence from Borbala Foris and Jean-Loup Rault (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) argues that current debates on AI-agent alignment largely…
Larry Ellison bankrolling £118M AI vaccine research at Oxford University
Larry Ellison bankrolling £118M AI vaccine research at Oxford University Summary A tech billionaire, Larry Ellison, is funding a £118 million project to apply artificial intelligence to vaccine research at…