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A brief history of Sam Altman’s hype

Here’s how pinning a utopian vision for AI on LLMs kicked off the hype cycle that’s causing fears of a bubble today.

AI might not be coming for lawyers’ jobs anytime soon

Generative AI might have aced the bar exam, but an LLM still can’t think like a lawyer.

Generative AI hype distracts us from AI’s more important breakthroughs

It's a seductive distraction from the advances in AI that are most likely to improve or even save your life

How iRobot lost its way home

iRobot survived three decades of competition, but couldn't survive European regulators killing its Amazon buyout. Now it's being taken over by its own supplier in bankruptcy court.

Introducing OpenAI Academy for News Organizations

Working with the American Journalism Project and The Lenfest Institute to launch a new learning hub for journalists and publishers using AI.

Opera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are

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Everyone asks Copilot for relationship advice in February, according to a new study.

The study (pdf) analyzed 37.5 million de-identified Copilot conversations to show patterns in how people interacted with AI, but are we that surprised there’s a spike in existential questions around 2AM?

If everything is AI, can we just stop saying so already?

Yesterday my colleague Victoria Song asked what we’re actually meant to call the new generation of smart / XR / AR glasses. Apparently “AI glasses” is an industry frontrunner, but doesn’t that already feel like a truism?

No one knows what to call these things

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AI toys can’t stop having inappropriate conversations with kids.

New testing by NBC News shows AI toys chatting about risky topics with kids is even more widespread than initially reported. They caught a range of AI-embedded toys from various brands answering questions about subjects like sex, drugs, politics, and instructions on sharpening knives.

A big bike on a budget: Lectric’s XPress 750

A budget e-bike that offers more than you might expect.

Adobe sees a bright future as AI bet pays off

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