System Admin OpenAI makes changes to ‘opportunistic and sloppy’ Pentagon deal TL;DR OpenAI has revised its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense following criticisms of the deal. CEO Sam Altman emphasized efforts to include ethical provisions regarding mass surveillance....
Cade Metz and Julian E. Barnes OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon The new pact includes additional protections to prevent the use of the company’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans....
System Admin Whither the AI bubble? Whither the AI Bubble? TL;DR Companies are increasing their debt to finance AI infrastructure and large language models (LLMs). Industry experts question the sustainability of the current investment b...
Sheera Frenkel and Cade Metz The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder Palmer Luckey, who founded the defense tech start-up Anduril, has become the It Guy as President Trump aims to modernize the U.S. military with autonomous weapons....
System Admin On the Future of Species — unnatural selection On the Future of Species — Unnatural Selection TL;DR Geneticist Adrian Woolfson advocates for genome engineering and AI to design organisms. The convergence of technology is expected to surpass natura...
Sheera Frenkel, Cade Metz and Julian E. Barnes How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal....
System Admin Survivor’s guilt, overwork and AI: inside Amazon’s mass lay-offs TL;DR Amazon faces criticism over mass layoffs amid employee struggles with survivor's guilt and overwork. The company's push for leaner operations, influenced by artificial intelligence, raises conce...
Cade Metz OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival....
Will Oremus, Scott Nover An Ohio newspaper has a new star writer. It isn’t human. An Ohio Newspaper Has a New Star Writer. It Isn’t Human. TL;DR The Cleveland Plain Dealer is integrating AI-generated content into its newsroom. This initiative, led by top editors, has resulted in in...
System Admin AI models, like capitalism, are best served with a conscience AI Models, Like Capitalism, Are Best Served With a Conscience TL;DR: The integration of conscience in AI models is gaining traction among companies. There's a growing belief that consumers prefer ethi...
Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell and Alyssa Moxley At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry....
System Admin Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of jobs as it embraces AI TL;DR Jack Dorsey's company, Block, is making significant workforce reductions as it integrates artificial intelligence into its operations. Dorsey predicts many companies will follow suit within the ...
