Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
…The sycophancy of some models—or how likely they are to agree with and patronize users—is something that OpenAI has sought to tone down with newer releases of GPT. Putting too…
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Pentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troubling, Judge Says
…The Pentagon has said it is working to replace Anthropic technologies over the coming months with alternatives from Google, OpenAI, and xAI. It also said it has put measures in place to…
Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
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Sony’s PS5 Price Hikes Prove This Console Generation Is Far From Over. Good.
…At the end of March 2026, memory prices started decreasing, with Kotaku reporting the dip coincided with OpenAI appearing to back out of buying substantial amounts of DRAM. OpenAI also killed off…
AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted
…I will not be the one to execute that command.” The researchers discovered similarly strange “peer preservation” behavior in a range of frontier models including OpenAI’s GPT-5.2, Anthropic’s…
I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes
…into naming aspects of generative AI tools after what goes on in the human brain. OpenAI released its first “reasoning” model in 2024, where the chatbot needed “thinking” time. The company described…
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
…But venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, who was an early investor in OpenAI, says a noninvasive, wearable device is the only path to getting lots of people to use BCI technology. “The biggest…
Your Art Can Go in This San Francisco Alley
…The trio includes software engineers Patrick Hultquist and Theo Bleier, along with Riley Walz, a recent OpenAI employee who helped create Jmail, a repository of all the emails in the Jeffery Epstein…
Trump Administration Won’t Rule Out Further Action Against Anthropic
…suite of tools known as Claude are confused about whether they need to pursue alternatives. OpenAI and Google are moving forward with Pentagon deals to supplant Anthropic, despite pressure from their employees…
The 10 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month
…living forever in an eye-opening new CNN docuseries featuring interviews with the likes of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and longevity extremist Bryan Johnson. So strap in. Here are our 10 picks…