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Apple faces ongoing RAM shortages and price hikes as AI demand devours consumer electronics memory supply, with analysts warning of an existential crisis for smaller tech firms. Memory manufacturers Samsung, SK Hynix, an…
A philosopher argues that functional decision theory (FDT), favored by the Rationalist community, is both underspecified and implausible, making it definitely wrong. The author notes that almost no academic decision theo…
Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, posted AI-generated birthday images of her son on X, sparking controversy over the use of artificial intelligence and speculation that Musk himself controls the account.
Google is allowing Android users to switch back from Gemini to Google Assistant due to widespread complaints about the AI assistant's performance, especially with smart home controls and basic tasks. Users can revert via…
TikTok creator Plonk is teaching viewers how to blind AI-powered surveillance cameras from Flock Safety, a network used by roughly one-third of U.S. law enforcement agencies. His satirical videos promote countermeasures …
A developer built an AI-operated SEO site, tokenmaxxing.com, that runs transparently by publishing its own mistakes and kill-switch criteria. The site, which tracks AI token costs and model usage, broke its events sectio…
AI researcher and LessWrong community member argues that the concept of 'P(doom)'—the probability of catastrophic AI outcomes—is poorly defined and counterproductive. The post highlights ambiguity in what counts as 'doom…
The Bank for International Settlements warned that a $1 trillion AI capital expenditure boom by hyperscalers could trigger a financial bust if returns disappoint, with Bitcoin acting as a fast-reacting risk-off signal du…
Bryan Cantrill, co-founder of Oxide Computer, argued in a talk that intelligence alone is insufficient for solving complex engineering problems, emphasizing that human values like resilience, teamwork, and optimism are c…
The integration of artificial intelligence into judicial and medical decision-making is accelerating, with systems like MIT's Sybil model detecting lung cancer years before symptoms and forensic tools entering expert rep…
The New York Times escalated its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing Microsoft of building a supercomputer specifically to help OpenAI steal copyrighted articles. The Times seeks to amend its complai…
A new survey of 2,000 American travelers found that only 5% could correctly identify all three real destination photos in a side-by-side test with AI-generated images, despite 74% saying they wouldn't book a trip without…
Google has been secretly downloading its Gemini Nano AI model to eligible Chrome browsers since April 2026 without user consent, raising privacy concerns. The 4GB model powers on-device AI features and reinstalls itself …
Companies are manufacturing Reddit threads to manipulate AI citations, exploiting the platform's heavy use by AI models for answers. This tactic, known as answer engine optimization, involves aged accounts, paid upvotes,…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney criticized Valve over Steam's AI disclosure policies, prompting Valve to make AI disclosures more prominent and hide AI-aided games from search results.
As recursive self-improvement accelerates, humans risk losing the ability to interpret and guide autonomous research agents, which could lead to safety failures. A new research agenda proposes studying how to keep humans…
AI design tools in early 2026 remain fundamentally bad at design, producing uncanny valley outputs that lack intent and reasoning, according to a professional designer. While useful for generating rough approximations an…
Kevin Kelly predicts that most people will soon carry an always-on AI agent that knows them better than they know themselves, acting as an 'exoself' that extends their mind and capabilities. This technology, borrowed fro…
Nearly 400 local newspaper publishers filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on June 24, accusing the tech giants of using copyrighted journalism without permission to train AI products like ChatGPT an…
The RSPCA warns that 10% of UK pet owners are using AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini for pet care advice instead of consulting vets, driven by rising veterinary costs. The charity says AI cannot physically examine ani…