Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
These days, rather than showing you the traditional list of links when you run a search query, Google is intent...
OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK
On June 6, 2024, Esther Yan got married online. She set a reminder for the date, because her partner wouldn’t...
Zillow Has Gone Wild—for AI
This will not be a banner year for the real estate app Zillow. “We describe the home market as bouncing...
Inside the New York City Date Night for AI Lovers
If you’re the type of person who cares about Valentine’s Day, not having someone to spend it with can be...
‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants
Brian Barrett: They've got 80 billion or so to spend 75 billion of that I think they have to spend...
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
Many people suspect that these bots are part of an AI company’s effort to collect training data from web pages....
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
OpenAI’s president and cofounder Greg Brockman doesn’t consider himself political, which is surprising, because he was one of President Trump’s...
Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding
Cryptocurrency's frictionless, transnational, low-regulation transactions have long promised the ability to pay anyone in the world for anything. More than...
I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups
I’m not above doing some gig work to make ends meet. In my life, I’ve worked snack food pop-ups in...
I Loved My OpenClaw AI Agent—Until It Turned on Me
OpenClaw, a powerful new agentic assistant, has a thing for guacamole.This is one of several things I discovered while using...
