Goldman Sachs warns AI bubble could burst datacenter boom
Goldman Sachs warns AI bubble could burst datacenter boom Summary Goldman Sachs forecasts global datacentre capacity to rise from about 62 GW today to 92 GW by 2027, largely driven…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police
Reports (via Futurism and Slashdot) say OpenAI quietly confirmed in a blog post that it scans ChatGPT conversations and routes interactions flagged as planning harm to a specialised human-review pipeline.…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary NBC News reports that a new category of freelance work has emerged: people are being paid to fix…
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 British creator Oliver McCann — who says he has “no musical talent” — has…
‘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 exact same spots outside certain…
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” its…
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 Chile’s non-profit Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence…
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain Summary WIRED’s Uncanny Valley episode (hosted by Zoë Schiffer with Leah Feiger) rounds up five major stories from the week. The show covers: a…
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 WIRED reports on a growing subculture of spiritual influencers who frame AI chatbots as sentient or spiritually enlightening…