UK drafts AI to help Joe Public decipher its own baffling bureaucracy Summary The UK government has launched a suite of AI “Exemplar” projects intended to deliver large productivity gains,…
Duolingo’s Stock Down 38%, Plummets After OpenAI’s GPT-5 Language App-Building Demo Summary Duolingo’s share price fell sharply after OpenAI demonstrated GPT-5 building a bespoke language-learning app from a short prompt.…
LLM Found Transmitting Behavioural Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data Summary A recent study from Anthropic and Truthful AI documents a phenomenon the authors call “subliminal learning”:…
Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam Summary A Washington Post report relays how a real estate developer searching for a cruise-ship customer…
America’s Labor Unions are Backing State Regulations for AI Use in Workplaces Summary Labour unions across the United States are coordinating with state lawmakers to push for laws that limit…
Duolingo’s Stock Down 38%, Plummets After OpenAI’s GPT-5 Language App-Building Demo Summary Duolingo’s shares fell sharply from their May high, with a roughly 38% drop noted after market sentiment shifted…
LLM Found Transmitting Behavioural Traits to ‘Student’ LLM via Hidden Signals Summary A joint arXiv study by Anthropic and Truthful AI describes “subliminal learning”: a ‘teacher’ LLM with trait T…
Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam Summary A real estate developer searching for a cruise company’s customer-service number was shown a phone…
What Do Kids Actually Think About AI? Summary WIRED interviewed six young people across the United States to capture how students actually feel about AI — beyond the hot takes…
The End of Handwriting Summary Angela Watercutter examines whether handwriting is really dying in an age of smartphones, tablets and AI. The piece traces cultural anxieties about losing penmanship, reviews…
