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A new survey from WordPress VIP found that 60% of U.S. consumers are turned off by brands using 'AI' in their messaging, and 86% don't fully trust AI-generated answers. The report, based on 2,000 respondents, highlights …
Microsoft President Brad Smith criticized tech executives' warnings about artificial intelligence as hypocritical and self-serving, arguing that doomsday rhetoric is designed to scare Americans rather than help them. Smi…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, survived a board coup in November 2023 after being fired and reinstated within a week, highlighting the immense power concentration in AI. The incident reveals how platform mercantilism and sup…
Goldman Sachs analysis finds college students are abandoning computer science and programming majors, with enrollment dropping over 10% in 2025-26, while healthcare and engineering surged roughly 3%, marking the first st…
Meta is systematically dismantling its high-performance engineering culture, shifting from a profit center to a cost center in weeks. Leadership's AI-focused mandates and restructuring have caused widespread demoralizati…
A developer debunked the viral AI coding skill Ponytail, which claims to make agents write terse code by following YAGNI principles, finding it to be a 100-line markdown file that barely outperforms a simple "Follow YAGN…
A Psychology Today article argues that people often prioritize being right over discovering truth, driven by the brain's need for certainty. Intelligence does not protect against motivated reasoning, and the desire for v…
On June 16, 2026, the Israeli government approved a broad series of AI policies, including the establishment of a National Artificial Intelligence Directorate led by AI Chief Erez Askal, aiming to position Israel as a wo…
Microsoft's Copilot Cowork, a persistent multi-step AI agent feature for Microsoft 365, is now generally available worldwide. The system integrates Anthropic's Claude models alongside OpenAI's to autonomously execute com…
Meta launched AI Mode on Facebook in June 2026, replacing traditional search with conversational answers synthesized from public posts, Groups, and Reels using its Llama 3 model. The feature lacks a system-wide off switc…
PolyU Business School launched a Doctor of Business Administration in Artificial Intelligence (DBAI) program to train senior executives in AI-native leadership, addressing a gap in strategic AI adoption. The program aims…
A survey by Express Employment Professionals found that job seekers and hiring managers are increasingly anxious about reliance on artificial intelligence, even as they hope for productivity gains. The findings highlight…
Apple's iOS 27 will exclude the iPhone 17 from certain AI features due to its 8GB RAM, while iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air with 12GB RAM will support them. This repeats the pattern from iOS 18, where the base iPhone 15 la…
A user on Hacker News reports that large language models consistently fail to understand board game rules, raising concerns about fundamental limitations in AI reasoning. Despite rulebooks being self-contained, LLMs cann…
Guillermo del Toro warned that AI and business consolidation are threatening creative freedom, stating 'We are on the verge of cinema illiteracy' during a BFI America dinner where he received the BFI Fellowship. The Osca…
Byrne Hobart's newsletter 'N > 1' discusses AI's inevitable integration with advertising, market momentum, volatility, OpenAI developments, and media ecosystems in its June 16, 2026 edition.
Philip Reed-Butler, a scholar and technologist at Iliff School of Theology, directs the AI Institute and teaches Theology and Black Posthuman Artificial Intelligence Systems. He founded the Seekr Project, a Black convers…
Code strings in the iOS 27 developer beta indicate Apple may add a break reminder for extended Siri AI conversations, reading: "You've been in this conversation for [n] hours - consider taking a break. Siri is not a pers…
Three software engineers wrote to a developer asking whether AI will replace their jobs entirely. The author argues that learning to use AI is only a temporary advantage, and that the real solution is end-state thinking—…
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that shutting down unpermitted gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center would threaten national security because the …