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A UC Berkeley study of over 500,000 grades found that grades in writing- and coding-heavy courses jumped after ChatGPT launched, with the effect driven by homework rather than exams, indicating AI is replacing student wo…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth admitted during an internal meeting that employee morale is among the worst in the company's 20-year history, citing layoffs and reassignments to menial AI training roles. The admission comes as …
AI professor Carolyn Jean, who carries a high-risk cancer mutation, argues against rapid AI development despite potential benefits like curing cancer. She criticizes AI lab leaders' predictions of imminent superhuman AI,…
Researchers found that LLMs distort the meaning and conclusions of written language, even when instructed to make minimal edits. A human user study showed users reported a loss of voice and creativity despite satisfactio…
Overture Games, a Chicago-based startup backed by Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, runs after-school AI workshops where students use paper-and-pencil worksheets to brainstorm ideas before instructor…
A new super PAC called the Guardrails Alliance launched Thursday with $5 million to rally tech workers and labor unions in support of AI regulation, aiming to counter the influence of pro-AI groups like Leading the Futur…
A senior architect describes how agentic AI systems require a fundamental shift from traditional distributed systems design, transforming principles like API contracts and governance to prioritize judgment and trust over…
OpenAI and Anthropic plan IPOs at valuations near $1 trillion, potentially exposing retirement accounts to AI stocks through index funds. Critics warn of risk from unprofitable companies spending billions, while analysts…
NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas, who rose from a 15-year-old unpaid intern to the top chair, says he remains unsatisfied and driven by a philosophy that 'if you're not growing, you're dying.' In his first year leading…
Jack Davis released an open-source repository, agent-privacy, that implements four privacy actions—allow, redact, handoff, and block—for CLI-style agent harnesses handling sensitive data. The system treats information fl…
Tech workers are spending nights and weekends learning new AI tools to stay competitive, with 85% of US desk workers learning AI outside work, according to an Ernst & Young survey. Software engineer Maahir Sharma spends …
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress introduced the CREATOR Act, which would give visual artists the legal power to sue individuals and AI platforms that deliberately imitate their style for profit without permiss…
Vice President J. D. Vance is shaping a distinct AI doctrine that balances Silicon Valley's pro-innovation ethos with MAGA's worker-protection and anti-regulation stance, warning that mishandling AI could threaten the Am…
Former U.S. Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras argues that bringing one's authentic self to work hinders teamwork and professionalism, advocating instead for a professional self that prioritizes team value over individu…
Digital forensics expert Hany Farid warned that ordinary internet users can no longer reliably distinguish AI-generated images, video, or audio from real content, as deepfake content has grown by roughly 900% over the pa…
Sam Altman predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2030, while rivals like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Elon Musk expect it even sooner. Altman says AI could handle 30-40% of economic tasks soon, but infrastruct…
Brands are increasingly using AI-generated influencers on social media to promote products without disclosing the artificial nature of the content, an investigation by The Guardian has found. The practice raises concerns…
Web standards advocate Daniel Appelquist argues that human user needs must remain the top priority in web development, even as AI technologies advance. He emphasizes that AI systems are not people and should not supersed…
Residents in multiple Japanese cities are opposing new data center projects, citing noise, waste heat and fire risks. In Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, ten residents filed a lawsuit against a private inspection company that is…
Vanta, an agentic trust platform, crossed $300M in ARR by integrating AI into its security and compliance product, a domain where trust is traditionally hard to earn. The company learned to trust AI by carefully wiring i…