AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It’s Already Arrived
AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It’s Already Arrived Summary WIRED traces the rise, stumble and reinvention of Stability AI — the company behind Stable Diffusion — and how it is…
The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Personal Health Coach
The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Personal Health Coach Summary Google has rebuilt the Fitbit smartphone app around a new AI-powered Personal Health Coach, built with Gemini. Launching…
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts Summary The article examines the rise of AI-powered “virtual human” livestream salespeople in China. Built with video models from Baidu…
I Saw the Future of AI Film and It Was Empty
I Saw the Future of AI Film and It Was Empty Summary John Semley attended the Runway-backed AI Film Festival screening and found the programme technically impressive but artistically thin.…
Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents?
Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents? Summary Will Knight explores the emerging concept of “sleeptime compute” — the idea that large language models (LLMs) and AI agents could…
What counts as plagiarism? AI-generated papers pose new risks
What counts as plagiarism? AI-generated papers pose new risks Summary This Nature piece examines concerns that large language model (LLM) tools producing research papers may be reusing others’ ideas or…
Anarchy in the AI: Trump’s desire to supercharge US tech faces plenty of hurdles
Anarchy in the AI: Trump’s desire to supercharge US tech faces plenty of hurdles Summary Rupert Goodwins argues that the Trump administration’s push to “tear up” AI regulation and unleash…
AI skeptics zone out when chatbots get preachy
AI sceptics zone out when chatbots get preachy Summary Researchers from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and Sakarya Business School tested how people respond when large language models make…
GSA launches AI sandbox, says it won’t be around for long
GSA launches AI sandbox, says it won’t be around for long Summary USAi.gov is a cloud-based, shared AI evaluation platform launched by the GSA to let federal agencies experiment with…
Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios
Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios Summary Microsoft is testing a COPILOT function for Excel that uses OpenAI’s gpt-4.1-mini model to fill spreadsheet…