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Don’t forget who fears the AI economy most
23+ min ago (254+ words) If you're in an industry ripe for disruption by artificial intelligence, thinking about what's coming inspires strong emotions. Like panic. And outrage. These are what the gentle-parenting folks call "big feelings." Such feelings are particularly big among journalists, because our…...
Woman Accused of Using ChatGPT to Plot Murders of Two Men
25+ min ago (330+ words) A 21-year-old woman in Seoul has been charged with murdering two men after investigators say she used prescription sedatives mixed with alcohol. She didn't figure all this out on her own, though. She did her murder research using ChatGPT. Think…...
Jack Dorsey stokes fears of an AI jobs apocalypse. Here’s what it means for you.
39+ min ago (486+ words) The AI-driven job apocalypse is no longer a hypothetical. Block CEO and cofounder Jack Dorsey gutted his fintech company, restructuring it into smaller, flatter teams built to move fast and embrace what he calls "a new way of working." He…...
Meta Reels Is Filling Up With AI Slop of Faith Healers Performing Miraculous Cures
46+ min ago (447+ words) If you haven't taken a scroll through the reels on Instagram and Facebook in a while " or if your algorithm is sufficiently shielded from the avalanche of troubling AI slop infesting its feed " you may have missed the rise of…...
Retirement Is a Strategic Mistake—Unless We Redesign Life for the Intelligent Age
54+ min ago (529+ words) History will look back at our time and ask a simple question: How could humanity extend life so dramatically'yet fail to redesign the way we live accordingly? We are going through one of the most profound transformations in human history....
Make the Most of Chrome’s Toolbar by Customizing It to Your Liking
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (858+ words) The main job of Google Chrome is to give you a window to the web. With so much engaging content out there on the internet, you may not have given much thought to the browser framework that serves as the…...
Tech investor Bill Gurley says people who don’t love their jobs are most at risk of losing them to AI
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (430+ words) Passion could be the best defense against AI taking your job, Bill Gurley says. "The people that are most at risk are the ones that are sitting idly in the job and don't really have a why or a purpose…...
Investors fear AI will undercut LexisNexis. The company says it’s driving growth.
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (581+ words) The AI boom has been hammering LexisNexis on Wall Street. The legal-software giant says its fundamentals tell a different story. "Every time we see a new model, every time we see a step forward, we're actually in a better position,…...
40 Years and 10,000 Broadcasts In, They’re Still Live on Air
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (905+ words) On a sunny recent afternoon, Rick Ardon was having trouble picking out the right tie. His first choice was vetoed as "too bright" by his news co-anchor, Susannah Carr, who sat at the studio desk with her notes, waiting. When…...
5 big takeaways from Sam Altman’s Saturday night AMA on OpenAI’s Pentagon deal
10+ hour, 54+ min ago (647+ words) Sam Altman hopped onto X on Saturday night and told users to ask him anything about OpenAI's agreement with the Pentagon. Here are 5 big takeaways from Altman's AMA. The OpenAI-Pentagon deal was "rushed,' and Altman knows the "optics' don't look…...