Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam Summary A real-estate developer searching for a cruise-line customer service number followed the phone listed in…
LinkedIn Is the Fakest Platform of Them All Summary The Prospect piece (summarised on Slashdot) argues that LinkedIn has become increasingly “fake” as it layers AI on top of features…
AI ‘Business Agents’ Will Kill SaaS by 2030, Says Microsoft Summary Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna predicts that AI “business agents” — systems built around generative AI interfaces, goal-oriented…
Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses Summary Trading volume on AI prediction markets reached approximately $20 million in August 2025 across platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. Kalshi…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show Summary Researchers from the University of Oxford argue that high accuracy figures for facial recognition technology (FRT)…
LLM Found Transmitting Behavioural Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data Summary A recent preprint by researchers at Anthropic and Truthful AI reports a surprising effect they call…
Duolingo’s Stock Down 38%, Plummets After OpenAI’s GPT-5 Language App-Building Demo Summary Duolingo’s share price has fallen sharply from a May peak, losing about 38% in the months that followed.…
Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam Summary A real-estate developer searching for a cruise line’s customer-service number followed a phone number shown…
AI ‘Business Agents’ Will Kill SaaS by 2030, Says Microsoft Summary Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna predicts that ‘AI business agents’—systems driven by generative AI, goal-oriented workflows and vector…
Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses Summary Trading on AI-focused prediction markets has surged, with roughly $20 million of volume reported across platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket…
