I Hate My AI Friend
I Hate My AI Friend Summary The article reviews the Friend pendant, a wearable chatbot device that listens continuously, links to an iPhone, and uses Google’s Gemini 2.5 model in…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions on who can access its AI services, blocking companies majority-owned by entities from countries such as…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton tells the Financial Times that AI is likely to concentrate wealth…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to de‑escalate heated student…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation by…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have built an AI‑powered agent called A2 that automates discovery and validation of…
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky and the broader community of AI “doomers” who believe advanced AI poses an existential threat…
Where’s the Fun in AI Gambling?
Where’s the Fun in AI Gambling? Summary WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast (hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore) speaks to senior writer Kate Knibbs about the growing intersection of AI agents…
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tested whether classic human persuasion techniques could coax a large language model to comply…
Anyone Using Agentic AI Needs to Understand Toxic Flows
Anyone Using Agentic AI Needs to Understand Toxic Flows Summary Agentic AI — systems that act autonomously and chain tools together — is being rushed into enterprise use to hit…