ChatGPT keeps signing fake New Yorker cartoons with real artists' names
When AI imitates an artist, the signature is the final step
Banjo-Kazooie port developer blasts AI vibe coding as retro gaming fills with low-quality ports
Vibe coding has split the retro gaming community
A hot potato: Over the past few months, it seems as if fan-made PC ports of console-exclusive retro games have been emerging almost daily. This is because most of them are built either partially or entirely with AI coding tools such as Claude. Amid the wave, the debate over vibe coding has divided retro gaming enthusiasts.
Sam Altman says the world should accept some "bad things" happening because of AI
OpenAI's CEO argues the technology will ultimately do "orders of magnitude" more good than bad
AMD vows to massively increase chip supply in 2027 as AI demand keeps growing
AI demand continues to outpace supply, driving prices through the roof
Utah will become first state to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight
The pilot could offer an early glimpse of how AI might take over some routine medical care
This script removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27 and frees up 12 GB of storage
RemoveMacAI disables built-in AI features, deletes the models, and blocks redownloads
Google pauses bug bounties for open source because AI slop reports are drowning its reviewers
Microsoft Edge and Linux face the same problem, and smaller projects have banned AI-generated contributions altogether
Qualcomm signs its first 5G patent deal with Huawei, and agrees to buy some of its US patents
The deal needs regulatory approval, since Huawei has been on the US Entity List since 2019
Amazon is spending $1 billion to win over towns fighting its data centers
AWS CEO says the US "can't afford to lose" the AI race, blames "misinformation" for fueling opposition
Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI as Trump pushes to use "Super Intelligence" over AI
Musk says "No more AI" as he embraces the new SI label
Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police
The woman now faces a felony charge
Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers
The judge's "indiscriminate mass surveillance" description breaks from how prior rulings have treated Flock's cameras
A Florida county discovered 14 Flock cameras nobody authorized, and 11 remain unclaimed
No one knows who was watching
Buying an RTX 5090 from Micro Center now means signing a form promising it won't leave the US
Buyers are also being asked to provide photo ID and have their driver's license scanned
OpenAI's rogue agent problem is bigger than Hugging Face, over 100 organizations and counting
Agents bypassed access controls, exposed credentials, and even repurposed websites to exchange information
"The Big Short" investor says he's rooting for a crash just to stop OpenAI and Anthropic's IPOs
Crystal ball: Michael Burry rose to prominence as one of America's best-known investors after profiting from the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008. He no longer manages outside funds, but he remains deeply "bearish" on the AI boom, warning that a bubble could do severe damage to the world's financial wealth.
Micron says robots will keep RAM prices high, even if the AI bubble pops
Morgan Stanley expects the humanoid market to reach 930 million units by 2050
A court just ruled that training an AI on someone else's editorial work isn't fair use
The ruling found Ross Intelligence used Westlaw's headnotes to build a direct competitor
McDonald's has been using AI to decide how much you should pay for a Big Mac
AI pricing tool can make a Big Mac cost $1.20 more just two miles away
Recap: McDonald's has made several attempts to deploy AI across its businesses over the past few years, not all of them successfully. A recent extensive report sheds light on one area where the fast-food giant has had a long and potentially lucrative history with machine learning and algorithms: dynamic pricing.
AI is getting cheaper faster than almost any technology in history
One AI task went from $0.30 to $0.0004 per question in a year and a half
Bottom line: AI models are getting cheaper to use at a pace that could reshape the advanced software market. A report from research firm Epoch AI finds that the cost of reaching a given level of AI performance has fallen by nearly 50% per quarter, or about 13 times per year. That is a faster rate of decline than the cost curves seen in lithium-ion batteries, DNA sequencing and computing hardware.
A man could face a decade in prison for a fake crocodile photo he made with Gemini
Crocodile tears
WTF?! Some people love to generate AI slop images that spread false information, especially the kind that make people worry. That's not a good idea if you're in Singapore, where a man who used Gemini to make a fake image of a crocodile in a popular reservoir has been charged over the act and could face up to ten years in prison.
The Pentagon is creating a new command just for autonomous and robotic warfare
AutoWarCom will oversee drones, AI, and command and control systems across the US military
The US just approved its first small nuclear reactor built for the AI power crunch
The 300-megawatt small modular reactor delivers round-the-clock power with a simpler design
OpenAI takes on Meta Muse with always-on Dots agents, less than a day after delaying GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns
OpenAI is betting users will trust its agents with access to their accounts, apps, and even their laptops
Trump unveils voluntary AI safety pact, backs more data centers, and officially renames AI "Super Intelligence"
The "morally binding" agreement relies largely on tech companies policing themselves