Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
Three of the biggest US tech giants—Microsoft, Meta, and Google—sent investors a blunt message when they reported quarterly earnings on...
AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers
Even the best artificial intelligence agents are fairly hopeless at online freelance work, according to an experiment that challenges the...
Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza
Extropic, a startup developing an exotic new kind of computer chip that handles probabilistic bits, has produced its first working...
Donald Trump Is the First AI Slop President
President Donald Trump, a septuagenarian known for his general avoidance of keyboards and computers, has somehow become America’s first generative...
Adobe’s ‘Corrective AI’ Can Change the Emotions of a Voice-Over
Adobe's Oriol Nieto loaded up a short video with a handful of scenes and a voice-over, but no sound effects....
The Director of a Raunchy 3-Hour Dracula Movie Says AI Is Gross and Slimy. That’s Why He Used It
Clocking in at nearly three hours and abounding with actual AI images (of Count Dracula, of the Romanian warlord Vlad...
Adobe Now Lets You Generate Soundtracks and Speech in Firefly
Adobe hasn’t shared a specific date yet, but Firefly Image Model 5 will launch “in the months to come” following...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
On Monday, Elon Musk’s xAI startup launched Grokipedia, which the billionaire is pitching as an AI-generated alternative to the crowdsourced...
Here’s How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week
OpenAI says the medical experts reviewed more than 1,800 model responses involving potential psychosis, suicide, and emotional attachment and compared...
Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech?
Today’s high school students face an uncertain road ahead. AI is changing what skills are valued in the job market,...
