Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses
Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses Summary Trading in AI-centred prediction markets has surged — roughly $20 million changed hands in August 2025 across exchanges such as Kalshi…
LinkedIn Is the Fakest Platform of Them All
LinkedIn Is the Fakest Platform of Them All Summary The piece (originally referencing Prospect magazine and republished on Slashdot) argues that LinkedIn — now heavily driven by AI features and…
OpenAI Launches $4.6 Budget AI Subscription Tier in India
OpenAI Launches $4.6 Budget AI Subscription Tier in India Summary OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Go, a budget subscription tier in India priced at Rs 399 per month (around $4.57). The…
AI ‘Business Agents’ Will Kill SaaS by 2030, Says Microsoft
AI ‘Business Agents’ Will Kill SaaS by 2030, Says Microsoft Summary Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna argues that AI “business agents” — systems combining generative AI interfaces, goal-oriented processing…
WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped
Summary This WIRED Uncanny Valley episode, hosted by Zoë Schiffer with Jake Lahut, runs through five standout stories from the week and focuses on why OpenAI’s highly hyped GPT-5 release…
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’
Summary AWS updated pricing for Kiro, its spec-driven AI IDE, and many developers are outraged. The revised plans split usage into two request types — “spec” requests (task-driven) and “vibe”…
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire Summary MIT’s NANDA initiative reports that US firms have spent an estimated $35–$40 billion on generative AI initiatives…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show Summary Researchers from the University of Oxford argue that high benchmark scores for facial recognition have been…
Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells
Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells Summary Microsoft has introduced a new COPILOT function for Excel (available to Microsoft 365 Copilot beta users) that embeds generative AI directly…
China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk
China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk Summary Taikonauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station used a homegrown AI model, reported as…