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A developer argues that large language models are a genuine technological leap, unlike the hype-driven metaverse and Web3, but criticizes the tech press for overhyping them. The piece specifically calls out the New York …
Alasdair Allan, in a talk at QCon London, said AI is disrupting engineering career progression by eliminating learning opportunities for junior developers while enabling people to perform above their experience level, an…
A study by researchers including Myeongseob Ko, posted on arXiv on March 19, 2026 and revised May 29, 2026, shows that LLM-based agents can reconstruct real-world identities from scattered non-identifying cues, achieving…
Twitch, an Amazon-owned streaming platform, is using creators' channel content to train Amazon's generative AI models by default, with a 'Training for Generative AI' setting toggled on in account security. Chief product …
Silicon Valley therapists report a surge in tech workers seeking help for anxiety tied to AI-driven layoffs and rapid industry disruption, with one therapist coining the term 'complicity grief' for the guilt of building …
Anthropic plans to embed invisible, machine-readable watermarks into text generated by supported Claude models, including Claude, Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, to support transparency and provenance require…
Tim Willits, CEO of Saber Interactive, said the studio's upcoming driving game will receive Steam's AI-generated content tag following backlash, and he would "have been happy" to replace a fired writer with AI "in retros…
Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch denied that the company replaced lead writer Stella Sacco with ChatGPT on the upcoming game Rideshare "Stimulator," saying she was replaced by a more talented writer and terminated mon…
Gartner forecasts that 80% of enterprise applications will deploy embedded generative AI capabilities by 2026, yet a governance gap persists: companies grant autonomous agents financial authority exceeding human limits, …
Meta's AI-powered smart glasses have been banned from courthouses across England and Wales by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), prompting employment lawyers to warn businesses about growing legal risks …
Twitch streamers criticized the platform after it was revealed that streams, clips, and videos would be used to train Amazon's generative AI models by default. Twitch added an opt-out setting on August 12, but streamers …
EBird and Macaulay Library have introduced a new policy to address AI-generated or AI-altered photos in their media archives, warning that such images can mislead scientific data. The policy, detailed in their article 'F…
Richard Hoeg, a lawyer specializing in the videogame industry, said that including no-AI clauses in contracts has become 'just boilerplate' this year, driven by concerns over legal liability. Hoeg noted that the shift re…
Twitch users are outraged after Amazon began using their content to train AI by default, with an opt-out feature rather than opt-in. The BBC reports that the streaming platform's default setting has sparked criticism fro…
Twitch has introduced a "Training for Generative AI" control in channel settings, enabled by default, that allows streamers to opt out of having their content used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Chief product of…
Twitch is now using stream data to train generative AI models, according to a report. The platform frames this as a way to build better creator tools, but creators' unique voices and community interactions are being inco…
AI crawlers from Meta and Alibaba nearly took down the LGBT History Project, a volunteer-run archive founded by Jonathan Harborne, after one Meta crawler made roughly 26,000 requests in a day and pulled about 12GB of dat…
AI governance debt is compounding as enterprises prioritize speed-to-market, with agentic AI systems scaling errors at machine speed, according to a report citing IBM research that AI portfolio returns drop by 18% to 29%…
Twitch confirmed on Wednesday that it is using channel content to train Amazon's AI models, with the feature automatically enabled unless creators opt out via a new setting. The company added an opt-out button to account…
Meta is donating 15,000 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI), a charity supporting people with sight loss in Ireland, to help blind and visually impaired individuals access A…