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Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.

WIRED811 AUG
The Verge810 AUG
Ars Technica410 AUG
MIT Technology Review310 AUG
AI World Journal108 AUG

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11 AUGWIRED

A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts

Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models.

11 AUGWIRED

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive

Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

11 AUGWIRED

AI Is Helping Solve the Intricate Genetic Puzzle of Schizophrenia

Recent findings provide one of the most detailed pictures to date of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, opening up new avenues for research into the disorder.

10 AUGArs Technica

With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy

Meta has been trailing competitors. Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way forward.

10 AUGThe Verge

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live

Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he'd used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he'd hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a…

10 AUGArs Technica

Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

Amazon announces first off-the-grid data center in race to reap AI profits.

10 AUGMIT Technology Review

AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I headed 30 miles south of San Francisco…

10 AUGThe Verge

Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifesto

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a lot to say about the idealized future he now envisions for humanity co-existing with artificial intelligence - his latest essay spans more than 6,500 words on…

10 AUGThe Verge

What happens to Bose when headphones become AI?

Today, I’m talking with Lila Snyder, who is the CEO of Bose. You certainly know Bose — it’s one of the most famous brands in all of consumer tech. The company started 60 years ago selling…

10 AUGWIRED

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact

Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.

10 AUGArs Technica

Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?

As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.

10 AUGThe Verge

Ford’s new AI assistant can check your fuel levels and tire pressure

Ford is rolling out a new AI-powered assistant that can answer questions about your Ford or Lincoln vehicle, such as how much fuel you'll need for your next road trip or whether your truck…

10 AUGWIRED

The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview

An AI interview is increasingly the first step of a hiring process. Since there’s no human on the other end, candidates are scheduling them whenever—even deep into the night.

10 AUGMIT Technology Review

These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Way back in the…

10 AUGMIT Technology Review

AI for science needs reasoning, not just data

Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have all been discovered.”…

09 AUGThe Verge

AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback…

09 AUGWIRED

Meetily Lets You Transcribe and Summarize Meetings Without a Subscription—Here’s How

There are endless ways to record and transcribe your virtual meetings with AI. Here’s an option that’s free and open source.

09 AUGWIRED

These AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes

A new generation of philanthropists made rich by artificial intelligence are preparing to give away their vast wealth. What should we make of a multi-billion-dollar pinky promise?

08 AUGThe Verge

An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country

To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US…

08 AUGAI World Journal

The AI Jobs Paradox: America’s Weakening Labor Market Meets a New Wave of AI-Driven Employment

AI WORLD JOURNAL NEWS WIRE An AI World Journal Analysis of Employment, Data Centers, Construction, Semiconductors and the Changing Future of Work The July Jobs Report shows a cooling U.S…

08 AUGArs Technica

DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.

08 AUGWIRED

How to Disable Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs

New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.

07 AUGThe Verge

Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song "Rubberz." His comments follow the producer Medasin's videos claiming…

07 AUGThe Verge

Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough

The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku's latest experiment in…