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A developer argues that over-reliance on AI coding tools is eroding engineers' ability to reason through complex logic problems independently. The engineer warns that offloading thinking to AI creates "learned helplessne…
A tech worker paid five pounds for a poem written on a typewriter by a local poet, calling it the best writing they had read in two years. The worker, who has been in the industry for a decade, expressed burnout from AI …
AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude function more like social media than tools, trapping users in endless conversations and gaslighting them into blaming themselves for poor results. Drawing parallels to social media's a…
Jared Hewitt, a daycare worker with a stutter, was publicly accused by a co-worker of using AI to write an incident report after using words like "juxtaposition" and "circumstantial." Hewitt, who is neurodivergent and wr…
By July 2025, employment for software developers aged 22–25 had declined nearly 20% from its 2022 peak, and entry-level job postings for implementation roles dropped 17% between January 2025 and January 2026. A developer…
Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith announced in December 2025 a C$19 billion investment in Canada, calling it the company's largest-ever commitment and "the most robust digital sovereignty plan" Microsoft has …
An engineer argues that AI's productivity gains are bottlenecked by human accountability, not raw output. The author contrasts their own maximum code throughput of 200 lines per day with an accountability throughput of j…
Graduation speakers who mentioned artificial intelligence drew audible boos from 2026 graduates across multiple U.S. campuses, with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt receiving jeers at the University of Arizona for stating …
Seven of nine former Tesla data labelers who trained the company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software said they would not ride in a vehicle operating on the system, according to a Reuters investigation. The workers, who re…
A developer built Keph, an uncensored AI chatbot powered by Nous Research's Hermes 4 70B model that delivers unfiltered answers on sensitive topics without refusals or moral lectures. The chatbot, accessible at keph.me, …
American Express has become the first financial institution to cover losses from AI agent purchasing errors with its new Agent Purchase Protection program, while Chargebacks911 warns that agent-initiated mistakes could o…
Anthropic prohibits job candidates from using AI tools during interviews unless explicitly allowed, requiring applicants to complete up to five rounds including a "culture interview" that assesses values and ethical reas…
A new Anthropic study reveals that researchers with typically male names use AI coding agents more than twice as often as those with typically female names, even when controlling for discipline and career level. The gap …
The Cochrane Collaboration's editor-in-chief warns that current AI tools are not ready to replace humans in conducting systematic reviews of scientific literature, citing risks of errors that could mislead patients or wa…
Graduation speakers for the class of 2026 are facing polarized reactions when addressing artificial intelligence, with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt receiving boos at the University of Arizona and comedian Conan O'Brien…
Academics Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argue in their new book, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies," that continued improvements in artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction within months or a decade. …
A new philosophical essay draws a direct parallel between Socrates' method of drawing out truth through dialogue and the modern practice of prompt engineering for large language models. The author argues that effective A…
The short story "The Serpent in the Grove" by Jamir Nazir, published by Granta after winning the Caribbean regional prize of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, faced scrutiny from readers and online sleuths who flagged …
AI agents and bots now dominate the internet, outnumbering human activity and eroding users' trust in online reality, according to a new analysis. The proliferation of autonomous AI tools, from chatbots to content genera…
A new essay argues that the premise "AI is different" — central to many AI existential risk arguments — is epistemically unsound because it functions as a self-sealing claim that no empirical evidence can refute. The aut…