TL;DR: AI assistants prepare to make smartphone apps obsolete as they take direct control of our devices, while OpenAI unveils plans for its own chips and a LinkedIn-crushing job platform. Meanwhile, tech leaders shower Trump with flattery at White House dinner, French publishers actually share AI revenue with journalists, and AI recreates lost Orson Welles… Read More »AI assistants plot smartphone takeover
TL;DR: “Clanker” becomes Gen Z’s go-to anti-AI slur as Nvidia reveals 39% of revenue comes from just two mystery customers, while researchers discover chatbots can be manipulated through simple psychological tactics. Meanwhile, AI is making doctors worse at spotting cancer without assistance, 911 centres turn to AI for overwhelmed call volumes, and cybercriminals weaponise Claude… Read More »Clankers, deskilling, and digital therapy
TL;DR: Americans believe AI will experience consciousness by 2034 while OpenAI eyes a record-breaking $500B valuation that would make it the world’s most valuable private company. Meanwhile, AI sycophancy triggers psychosis cases as users spend 300+ hours with ChatGPT believing they’ve discovered world-altering formulas, Google misleads on AI’s environmental impact despite massive energy consumption, and… Read More »A time when machines feel and humans flee
While we argue about AI ethics and killer robots, the people who built these systems are buying bunkers and farmland. What do they know that we don’t? The tech executive couldn’t remember the combination to his own bunker. Eleven feet underground in New Zealand, the multimillion-dollar shelter sat locked while a terrifying virus tore through… Read More »Billionaires brace for techpocalypse. Why?
TL;DR: Google debuts multi-agent reasoning with Gemini Deep Think while therapists discover ChatGPT’s eerily effective counselling abilities. Meanwhile, AI porn addiction emerges as a growing concern, Anthropic nears a massive $170B valuation, and Zuckerberg warns people without AI glasses will face “cognitive disadvantage.” Plus: Chinese universities embrace AI as a skill to master, autonomous cybersecurity… Read More »Is this the thinking machine revolution?
AI productivity creates dangerous cognitive dependency In March 2023, Greg Shove tried ChatGPT for the first time. Now using ChatGPT or Claude daily, AI has made brainwork faster and more productive. But there’s a catch: “I used to have to check AI’s drafts thoroughly. But now, it gives me a good first draft 90% of… Read More »Is AI making you lazy and productive?
AI bands herald cultural earthquake in music creation AI bands like The Velvet Sundown represent “the early tremors of a cultural earthquake” signalling a future where machine-made content becomes so abundant and seductive that we lose the ability to distinguish between human creativity and algorithmic manipulation. This emergence of AI-generated music acts as “a Skynet… Read More »AI music means we’re all punks now
AI bands like The Velvet Sundown represent the early tremors of a cultural earthquake that signals a future where machine-made content becomes so seductive and abundant that we lose the ability to distinguish between human creativity and algorithmic manipulation. A Skynet of the arts. And that’s bad, right? Right?
Scientists explore AI-powered pet communication The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will investigate animal consciousness and explore how AI can help humans “speak” with their pets. Director Prof Jonathan Birch warns that “with the advent of AI, the ways in which your pet will be able to speak to you is going… Read More »AI will help you talk to the animals
A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters” during psychedelic experiences, believing chatbots can provide affordable alternatives to in-person therapy. Experts warn this blend of AI therapy and psychedelics creates a “potent psychological cocktail” that can go badly awry.