US divided over AI implications: Gallup
By THE HILL Published on July 10, 2025 The American public is evenly divided over the implications of artificial intelligence (AI). Still, the majority thinks the new technology will reduce the need for people to do creative or important tasks, according to a new survey that was released on Thursday. The new Gallup poll found […]
The Great Content Collapse
By Marketing Against The Grain Published on July 01, 2025 Did you know that for every 18 pages Google scrapes from content publishers today, they now send back just one visit—down from two pages per visit a decade ago? Kieran dives into the “great content collapse” and what the changing landscape of AI-powered search means […]
Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something
By futurism Published on June 13, 2025 Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a small army of the humanoid robots deftly picking up packages of various sizes, shapes, and hardnesses, and […]
Misogyny in the metaverse: is Mark Zuckerberg’s dream world a no-go area for women?
By The Guardian Published on June 10, 2025 Graphic sexual content, bullying, abuse and threats of violence are rife in the metaverse – and the NSPCC says a huge proportion of online grooming offences take place on Meta-owned products. Is it too late to change course? Everybody knows that young women are not safe. They […]
AI pioneer Bengio launches $30M nonprofit to rethink safety
By AXIOS Published on June 03, 2025 Machine learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio is launching a new nonprofit lab backed by roughly $30 million in funding to make AI systems act less like humans. Why it matters: The move bucks a trend toward AI that acts independently, which Bengio and others fear might create […]
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
By The New York Times Published on May 30, 2025 The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies. In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across […]
Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath
By AXIOS Published on May 28, 2025 Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world’s most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us: AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in […]
Can AI therapists really be an alternative to human help?
By BBC Published on May 20, 2025 Whenever I was struggling, if it was going to be a really bad day, I could then start to chat to one of these bots, and it was like [having] a cheerleader, someone who’s going to give you some good vibes for the day. “I’ve got this encouraging […]
AI can be more persuasive than humans in debates, scientists find
By TheGuardian Published on May 19, 2025 Artificial intelligence can do just as well as humans, if not better, when it comes to persuading others in a debate, and not just because it cannot shout, a study has found. Experts say the results are concerning, not least as it has potential implications for election integrity. […]