Google AI Overviews Says It’s Still 2024
When asked to confirm the current year, Google’s AI-generated top result confidently answers, “No, it is not 2025.”
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, confident slop
Trump’s Crackdown on Foreign Student Visas Could Derail Critical AI Research
The US says it will “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visas and has paused interviews for all student visa applicants. Experts warn the moves could weaken American leadership in STEM.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Own Goal
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Why Anthropic’s New AI Model Sometimes Tries to ‘Snitch’
The internet freaked out after Anthropic revealed that Claude attempts to report “immoral” activity to authorities under certain conditions. But it’s not something users are likely to encounter.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Model Behavior
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Carl Pei Thinks the Phone of the Future Will Only Have One App
Nothing’s CEO speaks to WIRED about how he sees the smartphone market playing out in an era of AI, and where he thinks the competition is going wrong.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, WIRED Q&A
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Let’s Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom
Today on Uncanny Valley, we address one of the most pressing questions in education right now: What constitutes cheating at school in today’s world of AI?
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Uncanny Valley
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Inside Anthropic’s First Developer Day, Where AI Agents Took Center Stage
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said everything human workers do now will eventually be done by AI systems.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Claude Core
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Kentucky’s Bitcoin Boom Has Gone Bust
In the US state’s coal country, crypto mining was supposed to bring renewal. Now mines are powering down, and investors are hoping AI-powered data centers will fill the void.
Business, Business / Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Business / Computers and Software, Bitcoin Bust
Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X
The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X near Portland, Oregon.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Musk Meltdown
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AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
Science, Science / Environment, Power Hungry
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Anthropic’s New Model Excels at Reasoning and Planning—and Has the Pokémon Skills to Prove It
When Anthropic’s older Claude model played Pokemon Red, it spent “dozens of hours” stuck in one city and had trouble identifying non-player characters. With Claude 4 Opus, the team noticed an improvement in Claude’s long-term memory and planning capabilities.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Claude Core
DOGE Used a Meta AI Model to Review Emails From Federal Workers
DOGE tested and used Meta’s Llama 2 model to review and classify responses from federal workers to the infamous “Fork in the Road” email.
Politics, Takeover
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A United Arab Emirates Lab Announces Frontier AI Projects—and a New Outpost in Silicon Valley
As Donald Trump pens deals in the Middle East, the gulf nation opens a research lab in San Francisco.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Gulf AI
Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Wars
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Who’s to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up?
As Google and Microsoft push agentic AI systems, the kinks are still being worked on how agents interact with each other—and intersect with the law.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Going Rogue
OpenAI’s Big Bet That Jony Ive Can Make AI Hardware Work
Io, a firm Ive and Sam Altman cocreated, will now merge with OpenAI.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, LoveFrom AI
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A Gaming YouTuber Says an AI-Generated Clone of His Voice Is Being Used to Narrate ‘Doom’ Videos
Mark Brown, who posts game explainers to his Game Maker’s Toolkit channel, says his persona has been plagiarized.
Culture, Culture / Video Games, Losing Game
Jack Dorsey’s Block Made an AI Agent to Boost Its Own Productivity
Jack Dorsey’s company went all-in on agents by deploying one capable of building software—and occasionally deleting stuff.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
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The Time Sam Altman Asked for a Countersurveillance Audit of OpenAI
In her new book Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao chronicles the anxieties around the OpenAI office in its early days.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech, Book Excerpt
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Google’s AI Boss Says Gemini’s New Abilities Point the Way to AGI
Google’s AI models are learning to reason, wield agency, and build virtual models of the real world. The company’s AI lead, Demis Hassabis, says all this—and more—will be needed for true AGI.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Missing Pieces
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With AI Mode, Google Search Is About to Get Even Chattier
Google’s new chatbot-style AI Mode search experience, previously an experiment, is launching for US users. Publishers and marketers will have to adjust their search strategies once again.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, 10 Chatbot Links
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