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An essay on Aeon argues that current metrics fail to capture the full societal impact of artificial intelligence, highlighting the need for new ways to measure AI's benefits beyond traditional quantitative assessments.
Two CNBC appearances by Palantir CEO Alex Karp and market analyst Ed Zitron outline a bearish scenario for American AI, predicting a bubble burst as customer demand fails to justify trillion-dollar data center costs, lea…
Zou Weiluo, a 13-year-old Shanghai boy diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at 7 months and given a life expectancy of 4 years, graduated as a star student from Luwan No. 1 Central Primary School. Supported by his fami…
Course creator Josh W. Comeau reports that his third course, Whimsical Animations, is selling roughly one-third as many copies as typical launches, with overall course revenue down 50% or more. He attributes the decline …
Tripadvisor's AI-generated hotel summaries and chatbot downplay or omit reports of food poisoning, hygiene failures, and sexual harassment, according to consumer group Which? and multiple news outlets. The Riu Palace San…
A simulation study by Dan Pandori challenges the unawareness argument against impartial altruism, finding that agents who respect incomparability by defaulting to the status quo fall into a self-sealing trap and never ac…
The federal government is prioritizing artificial intelligence over people and the planet by implementing an 'AI First' national strategy, dismantling environmental protections to accelerate data center construction, and…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a photo from the new Air Force One, showing shelves of books with generic titles like "Library" and "Arts," leading to speculation they are fake. Gizmodo's analysis fou…
Independent researcher developed ZATRON, a system that encrypts semantic search embeddings while preserving 98% search quality, preventing attackers from clustering documents by topic. Tested on MSMARCO with 626,906 docu…
Palantir, a US data analytics company, has secured a £330 million contract to provide the NHS's Federated Data Platform, raising concerns about governance and transparency. Critics question the lack of open tender and po…
A Draup analysis of 2.85 million job listings from June 2025 to June 2026 found that AI is not reducing demand for tech workers but is shifting required skills toward judgment, design, and accountability, while routine t…
A user purchased an expired startup domain and inherited the company's AWS root account, gaining unauthorized access to its cloud infrastructure. The incident highlights security risks in domain and cloud account managem…
Kagi Search added a toggle to disable all AI-based features, responding to user demand for control. The company also introduced dice with any number of sides, coin flips, and widget toggles. Orion browser launched versio…
A US heatwave is straining the power grid and water supplies, intensifying concerns over the rapid expansion of AI data centers that consume vast amounts of electricity and water. Lawmakers across the political spectrum …
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has spent over $200 million on a real estate portfolio centered on seclusion, including a $120 million former monastery in Colorado and a $75 million Miami compound. The privacy-obsessed lifestyle …
Alibaba banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code after security researchers discovered hidden steganographic code that tracked Chinese users by timezone and proxy settings. The ban follows Anthropic's accusati…
Yuval Harari released a handout outlining philanthropy principles and recommended three AI-focused charities: Karya, LawZero, and the AI Futures Project. The recommendations target ethical data work, non-agenic AI develo…
An independent investigation of Uruky.com, a private search engine claiming to be ad-free and AI-free, found the company legally registered in Portugal but could not verify its founders' backgrounds or the 14-day money-b…
A commentator argues that AI models should have built-in controls to refuse harmful requests, comparing the need for friction to restrictions on handguns and fentanyl. The author advocates for open-source AI to prevent a…
Smartschool, an edtech company founded by Polish entrepreneurs, has built an AI tutor specifically for high-stakes exams like the SAT and ACT, prioritizing safety and accountability over generic chatbot capabilities. The…