Are we losing our minds to AI?

Two of the world’s most powerful men had to be chided by a judge to be more civil to one another, while violence and brickbats erupt online and offline. What’s going on? [...]

Anthropic hires a top Biden official to lead its new AI for social good team (exclusive)

As director of the U.S. AI Institute, Elizabeth Kelly formed agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic to allow government safety testing of new AI models prior to their release. [...]

I let AI control my entire PC. Here’s what happened.

Vercept’s Vy AI aims to automate tedious or repetitive computer work, with trade-offs. [...]

Pope blasts the use of AI in warfare, saying it’s leading to a ‘spiral of annihilation’

Pope Leo’s comments on AI were made in a speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University. [...]

OpenAI warns Elon Musk is escalating attacks as their trial nears

The company alleges “anti-competitive behavior,” points to disputed claims about Sam Altman, and says Musk is spreading “false and wholly unfounded allegations.” [...]

Going ‘AI first’ appears to be backfiring on Klarna and Duolingo

Klarna is hiring again after replacing employees with AI. Meanwhile, Duolingo is facing blowback on social media from its AI-first strategy. [...]

They helped make Waymo go. Now they’re building AI-powered robots to solve America’s labor crisis

Bedrock Robotics is retrofitting excavators and bulldozers with autonomous tech as a faster, smarter way to build in an era of worker shortages and soaring infrastructure demand. [...]

DOGE is reportedly using AI to monitor government comms for anti-Musk and anti-Trump chatter

A new report from Reuters has shed light on how Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is employing tech in its processes, including the alleged use of artificial intelligence to [...]

The CEO of Ciena on how AI is fueling a global subsea cable boom

Gary B. Smith breaks down how undersea infrastructure is scaling to keep up. [...]