We need to start wrestling with the ethics of AI agents
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first, sign up here. Generative AI models have become remarkably good at conversing with...
Embarrassed Spotify users are hacking their ‘Wrapped’ results
The countdown is on to expose your most humiliating music search history. Spotify Wrapped is drooping soon and some music lovers are rigging their results so they can show off...
How Do You Get to Artificial General Intelligence? Think Lighter
In 2025, entrepreneurs will unleash a flood of AI-powered apps. Finally, generative AI will deliver on the hype with a new crop of affordable consumer and business apps. This is...
A data designer driven to collaborate with communities
It is fairly common in public discourse for someone to announce, “I brought data to this discussion,” thus casting their own conclusions as empirical and rational. It is less common...
The way we measure progress in AI is terrible
Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for example, was launched in May with a...
Caroline Ellison gets 3 months taken off 2-year sentence
Convicted FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s former on-again, off-again girlfriend will serve less prison time than her original sentence, according to a report. Caroline Ellison, who ran Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research cryptocurrency...
US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips
The US government has been imposing similar export controls on China aimed at limiting its ability to mint advanced silicon for years, but the controls apparently didn’t stop Huawei from...
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people’s homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have developed a method that generates...
These AI Minecraft characters did weirdly human stuff all on their own
Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn’t just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs, shared memes, voted on tax reforms and even spread a...
