AI Axe Falls On Tech, Anthropic’s Lightspeed Raise, Firefly Video, Anduril Takes On Army’s XR Contract
AI Layoffs at Google & Meta, Anthropic’s $60B Valuation, Adobe’s Firefly Video Model, Anduril Takes Over Microsoft’s AR, and ...
AI companions claim to help with loneliness — but they might make it worse
Research shows that AI companions can help lonely individuals, at least in the short term. A 2022 study found that ...
AI giants Baidu, OpenAI offer their chatbots for free in response to DeepSeek’s advance
Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free, as competition heats up among global developers following the surging popularity of startup DeepSeek’s models.
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The Washington Post introduced AI bots for readers last year. Here’s how it’s going.
Ben Reininga weighs in on how media outlets can responsibly use AI. “If it [AI bots] can help make information more accessible, I think that could be a good use of it. [...] It obviously just has to ...
Musk Staff Propose Bigger Role for A.I. in Education Department
A new chatbot would answer questions from student borrowers. The idea comes from staffers with ties to the tech industry as ...
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Using AI tools like ChatGPT can reduce critical thinking skills
A survey of workers who used generative AI to complete tasks found that they used critical thinking less when they trusted ...
People increasingly view chatbots as if they were friends, just not necessarily super-smart ones
People increasingly see chatbots in human-like ways, and yet also doubt their competence—raising challenging questions for how chatbot interfaces should be designed ...
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AI and Security - A New Puzzle to Figure Out
Secure GenAI apps from evolving identity threats, tackling authentication, authorization, and AI security risks.
What OpenAI’s growing focus on product design tells us about the future of AI
OpenAI’s is rushing to make its products more intuitive and useful as it tries to fend off Google, Meta, and DeepSeek.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: I use AI in these ‘boring ways,' in my everyday life
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman uses AI for common, menial tasks, but predicts the technology could take on more complicated projects sometime this year.
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Kimi AI 1.5: New Chinese AI Model Beats ChatGPT & DeepSeek
Just days after DeepSeek R1 made headlines, Moonshot AI introduced Kimi AI 1.5, a model already touted superior to OpenAI’s ...