I Gave My OpenClaw Agent a Physical Body
I recently gave my OpenClaw a real robot arm to play with. The results just about blew my own neural...
Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal
At first, the winners of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2026 enjoyed the envy of their peers. But...
Everything Announced at Google I/O 2026
Much weirder is voice editing in Google Docs, in a new feature called Docs Live. By describing with your voice...
Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
Ahead of Meta’s latest round of mass layoffs tomorrow, some employees are deserting offices, abandoning their work, and loading up...
Demis Hassabis Thinks AI Job Cuts Are Dumb
Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, is keen to talk about the coding skills of his company’s newest model,...
Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself
One of the most immediately noticeable changes to Flow is the new video-generation model powering the experience: Omni Flash, succeeding...
Google Search Goes Agentic—and Doesn’t Need You Anymore
AI agents are everywhere. Every briefing I’ve attended for software companies over the past year has involved some mention of...
Google’s Response to OpenClaw’s 24/7 AI Agent
Gemini Spark is Google’s take on a steroided-out assistant agent that knows everything about you, announced as part of the...
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
Two former OpenAI employees and a group of AI safety nonprofits are warning that Elon Musk’s AI lab, xAI, could...
Tom Steyer Wants to Save California From Billionaires. But Also Doesn’t Want Them to Leave
For those concerned about the influence of Big Tech and billionaires on California’s future, Tom Steyer looks like an obvious...
