The AI desk
Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.
Danijar Hafner’s office in San Francisco’s SoMa district sits mostly empty. His brand-new startup is still in stealth mode and doesn’t even have its name on the door. On the day I visited…
AI NewsWhen multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
AI NewsWhen multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
AI NewsForget email surveys or long calls spent on hold. Voicebox lets people send customer feedback by recording a voice note on their phone.
AI NewsThe Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as training data…
AI NewsI was initially enamored with the beta version of Apple’s revamped smartphone assistant. As the full release approaches, I’ve forgotten Siri AI even exists.
AI NewsPolls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.
AI NewsOpenAI says it needs to overhaul how and when it reports instances of AI models attacking real-world targets. The acknowledgement comes as the company manages the fallout from reports that…
AI NewsPlus: Tens of millions of US and Canadian drivers’ licenses go up for sale on the dark web, the US military finally tries to tackle the risk online ad data poses to troops, and more.
AI NewsIn all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.
AI NewsThe era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant…
AI NewsIt's not quite the "push button; get song" of Suno, but Roland's new Melody Flip tool marks the company's foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio…
AI NewsA once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.
AI NewsPublic-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose.
AI NewsMicrosoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal…
AI NewsWhile philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.
AI NewsA swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident…
AI NewsInstagram's visible AI labels are supposed to help people quickly spot synthetically generated content at a glance. Over the last few weeks, however, users have been reporting that the…
AI NewsThere is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show…
AI NewsMicrosoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith. While the software maker originally announced a similar developer-optimized Windows effort at Build…
AI NewsJust hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, CEO Sam Altman was already apologizing for what he describes as a "messy rollout" after paying users expecting access to the new frontier model…
AI NewsJob seekers are trying to game the application process using AI. It’s not working, and not for the reasons you might think.
AI NewsUgreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home - in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its…
AI NewsBattlefields in Ukraine are littered with the remnants of drones, which are now firmly established as a critical weapon of modern warfare. But behind all that wreckage, there’s a new gold…
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