Reach new heights of laziness by burning tokens to let an AI tap your smartphone screen for you
Nothing will ruin your faith in humanity like an AI that operates your smartphone slowly, struggles with basic tasks, and can charge you for it
Nothing will ruin your faith in humanity like an AI that operates your smartphone slowly, struggles with basic tasks, and can charge you for it
Maintainers reckon a quarter of incoming pull requests are slop, rising to 31% on larger projects
“Judge dismisses Sam Altman's sister's sexual abuse lawsuit”
On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood.
“Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed”
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government's offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer's release to a "blank check."
Democrats could win back control of Congress this November, and if they do, they'll need to decide how to approach one of the country's newest and thorniest political issues: AI.
The entertainment giant hopes to get trust and safety tech, among other IP, from a startup whose chatbots dozens of states allege encouraged minors to self-harm and kill their parents
The short-lived White House press secretary was listed as an adviser to a Kristi Noem—linked company that aims to use AI for mining. Both the company and she say she never worked there
The drumbeat over how safe artificial intelligence is — or more to the point, isn't — just keeps louder. In the wake of weeks of incidents involving rogue agents, with likely more to come, more government officials are calling for regulation, even if...
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI.
OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT, as reported earlier by Reuters.
New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy proceeding.
A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private messages and testimony from key figures in the case
The other day I whizzed past several people while running in the park, my playlist blasting at full volume. The next morning, I smiled at a barista while ordering a caramel apple-flavored matcha latte.
Microsoft president Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UMG.
Anthropic's updated usage policy explicitly prohibits users from repeatedly abusing Claude in extreme cases, though ordinary frustration and criticism are still allowed.
System76 demands human-written contributions, while a rival desktop developer argues bot-found flaws are too valuable to ignore
Today, I'm talking with Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it's all there.
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called "morally binding." Trump also signed an executive order...
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called "morally binding." Trump also signed an executive order...
A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters.
Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It's unclear how much that matters
MeetTwins is still in development, but it's a genius idea if the goal is to prove more time-wasting calls should just be emails
The US executive branch is no longer acknowledging the existence of "artificial intelligence." Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to "Super Intelligence," thanks to a new executive order signed by Pres
Grokipedia, the AI-powered online encyclopedia from SpaceXAI, appears to be updating articles once again after a months-long pause. In August, Lawfare reported that articles on Grokipedia hadn't reviewed edits since April, but the platform's live updates site
Anthropic PBC's revenue and losses grew significantly last year, while its cloud spending is on track to top $500 billion over the next decade. The newly published financial information comes from the company's confidential S-1 filing. The document, which outl
OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools, and a security-focused product for scanning repositories and preparing fixes
Oracle Corp. today is introducing an agentic software runtime that lets its Fusion applications carry out complex business tasks, from reconciling accounting entries to revising staffing plans when conditions change. Fusion Claw combines large language models
Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user
It's a better interface, can speed installations, and drives IaaS sales too
Ironically, this idea lands as Salesforce is struggling to sell its own AI
Increase in vibe-coded browser extensions sees Edge team automate quality assessments
Even the best model gets fungus identification right just 65% of the time - talk about a false friend
Making installation easier and putting a new wrapper on the interface while leaving most of the security to users is a recipe for more trouble with the popular agent harness
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