Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria
Tech in the Classroom: A History of Hype and Hysteria Summary This photo essay traces recurring waves of moral panic over classroom technologies from the 19th century to today’s generative…
WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped
WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped Summary This Uncanny Valley episode, hosted by Zoë Schiffer with guest Jake Lahut, runs through five notable WIRED stories from the week and digs into…
Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome
Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome Summary This Nature feature reviews rapid advances in AI models that aim to understand, predict and design regulatory DNA…
In Otter news, transcription app accused of illegally recording users’ voices
Summary Voice transcription service Otter.ai is facing a lawsuit alleging it records meeting participants and uses their voices to train its AI without obtaining consent from non-account-holding guests. The complaint,…
Generative AI isn’t just a matter of life and death. It’s far more important than that
Summary Rupert Goodwins warns that generative AI’s influence on our digital afterlives — what he dubs “grieftech” — goes far beyond the usual life-or-death debate. The piece outlines the messy,…
UK drafts AI to help Joe Public decipher its own baffling bureaucracy
UK drafts AI to help Joe Public decipher its own baffling bureaucracy Summary The UK government has launched a set of AI “Exemplar” programmes that include a citizen-facing, Clippy-style virtual…
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 A new report from MIT’s NANDA initiative finds that US firms have poured an estimated $35–40 billion…
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’ Summary AWS updated pricing for Kiro, its AI-driven developer IDE, is significantly less generous than the initial launch figures and…
LLM Found Transmitting Behavioral Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data
LLM Found Transmitting Behavioural Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data Summary A recent study from Anthropic and Truthful AI reports a surprising phenomenon the authors call “subliminal…
Duolingo’s Stock Down 38%, Plummets After OpenAI’s GPT-5 Language App-Building Demo
Duolingo’s Stock Down 38%, Plummets After OpenAI’s GPT-5 Language App-Building Demo Summary Duolingo’s share price has tumbled about 38% from a May peak after a volatile period driven by mixed…