The familiar strategy behind the Allbirds AI pivot
Shares of the shoe brand Allbirds soared this week after the company announced a surprising pivot to artificial intelligence.
WHOOP founder Will Ahmed on how a desire to avoid overtraining turned into a $10 billion company
As the team captain of the Harvard squash team, Will Ahmed found himself constantly overtraining. So, he decided to come up with a device that would solve that problem: WHOOP...
Tech billionaires want autonomous communities without taxes, government. What are the implications?
They've floated sending colonies of their peers to Mars or creating floating island communities, which wouldn't necessitate purchasing land from an existing country.
Ronan Farrow on his revelatory Sam Altman article
A long profile from The New Yorker is putting OpenAI CEO Sam Altman under new scrutiny.
Is Anthropic's Claude Mythos really a cybersecurity bombshell?
Claude Mythos is a skilled hacker, according to its developers, powerful enough to “reshape cybersecurity” if it were rolled out today.
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Tech writer Kara Swisher explores the multi-billion-dollar longevity industry in new documentary
Largely unstudied technologies, infusions and supplements are being touted by the country's wealthiest tech billionaires as a pathway to the age-old goal of living forever?
Grok undressed her without her consent. She tells her story
Grok, the AI interface available on the social media platform X, has been allowing users to generate sexual deepfake images and videos of people without their consent.
How to declutter your digital life
Digital clutter is easy to ignore when it's stored in the cloud. But the cloud uses energy to hold onto all this digital material; data centers use water, air conditioning,...
AI data centers in space: Can it work?
Elon Musk and others have been talking about putting artificial intelligence data centers into space.
'iPod archaeology' inspires joy, nostalgia through old technology and music
iPods were all the rage 20 years ago, but Apple discontinued them in 2022. Claire Hughes is refurbishing old, used iPods and sharing what she finds on them.
Congress isn't regulating AI, so states are stepping up
State action on artificial intelligence has led to resistance from the Trump Administration.
China's AI chatbots are advanced and versatile — and begging for more users
China's AI chatbots are advanced and versatile — and begging for more users.
How to keep up with the frantic pace of AI's evolution
Artificial intelligence is growing so fast that it's even hard for researchers and watchers to understand and track its progress.
Tech watchdog says addiction verdict against Meta, Google is an 'earthquake'
Meta and Google were held liable for building apps designed to be deliberately addictive.
Meta and Google held liable for woman's depression and anxiety from using social media as a child
The jury has awarded her $3 million.
California jury finds Meta and Google liable in landmark social media case
A 20-year-old woman who sued Meta and YouTube claimed their social media platforms “engineered” her addiction to them, causing severe mental health problems.
Investigation finds faulty lesson plans and unhappy students at an AI-powered private school
Alpha School, a private K–12 school network lauded by the Trump administration, relies heavily on artificial intelligence-powered learning guides and software-based instruction.
Why the memeification of war matters
Over the past few weeks, the war between the U.S. and Israel against Iran has killed thousands across the Middle East, displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes, and injured...
How AI is changing warfare
Artificial intelligence is playing an important role in the war in Iran.
AI comes to the Burger King drive-thru
Burger King is rolling out headsets that give workers a "friendliness score" based on their customer interactions.