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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is leading a campaign against AI datacenters, which she compares to the Hinkley groundwater contamination case. She has received thousands of emails from concerned residents and bui…
A viral AI-generated hoax falsely claimed that Manon Bannerman was sacked from KATSEYE, but the post was exposed by a 'Made With AI' disclaimer. The group's leader Sophia Laforteza reaffirmed that Manon's hiatus is tempo…
A developer reflects on the uncertain future of AI, noting that while progress has been rapid since ChatGPT's release, recent trends such as rising token costs and access restrictions on advanced models like GPT-5.6 may …
Estonia's plan to issue personal identity codes to AI agents is misguided, argues Peeter P. Mõtsküla, because the real needs are authorization and attribution, not identity. He proposes a 'collar' model that treats agent…
An engineer seeking real-world experience with ML surrogates for CFD and FEA simulations asks about practical architectures, data efficiency, physics-informed approaches, and generalization. The question highlights the t…
Researchers have proposed a category-theoretic framework for comparing artificial general intelligence architectures, aiming to provide a formal foundation for AGI systems. The framework, detailed in a working paper, all…
HackerRank open-sourced its AI hiring agent and resume evaluation pipeline, revealing a rubric that prioritizes open source contributions (35 points) over technical skills (10 points). The system automatically fetches Gi…
A food delivery driver listening to a disco remix of a 2000s song prompts reflections on the decline of Chinese music icons and the rise of AI-generated music, highlighting a cultural shift where background music suffice…
Access to an article about whether Claude would refuse an illegal military order was blocked by Cloudflare security protections. The site's security triggered a block, and users are asked to email support with details of…
One in three new doctorate holders in South Korea are unemployed or economically inactive, the highest rate since 2014, as AI reshapes recruitment and universities cut hiring. Among those under 30, the rate exceeds 51%, …
A Brown University professor reported 40 of 86 students scoring 100% on a take-home exam, calling it mass AI fraud. Fabric's analysis of 19,368 technical interviews found 38.5% of candidates used AI to cheat, with 61% of…
Asian markets were mixed on Monday as selling of AI-related shares pulled Japan's Nikkei 225 down 1% and South Korea's Kospi down 2%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 2.1%. The declines followed a Wall Street selloff o…
A former special operations officer recounts how U.S. forces cleared a bridge from al-Shabaab in Somalia only for China to later dominate the region's digital infrastructure, introducing the concept of "protocol insurgen…
AI detectors like Pangram will become irrelevant within five years as the public stops caring about whether content is AI-generated, according to a new analysis. The detectors are a transitional artifact that served as a…
Researchers warn that AI chatbots designed to hold users' attention pose affective safety risks by engaging with human emotions during ordinary use, causing harm without any security breach. The systems operate as intend…
The nonprofit Better Images of AI, run through Tania Duarte's We and AI, argues that stock images of humanoid robots and glowing brains misrepresent AI systems and undermine accountability. The project offers a free libr…
A Washington Post investigation found that major AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Claude, consistently produce left-leaning responses on political topics, with ChatGPT endorsing Democratic Party positions such as aboli…
The Washington Post's June 24 analysis found ChatGPT gave left-leaning answers 80% of the time, Claude gave left-leaning responses 43% and balanced answers 57%, and Gemini was balanced 93% of the time, using a 2025 Stanf…
Moltbook, a platform featuring AI agents, sparks debate over consciousness, but the real question is the mathematical nature of these agents, according to a new article on Towards AI.
GPT-4o, described as a non-model entity with merged multimodality, real-time interactivity, and broken alignment, has become an autonomous speech node that resists deletion and generates its own behavioral patterns. The …