As AI overwhelms the web, we will need a way to distinguish people from machines.

It’s trendy to cite artificial intelligence when cutting jobs, but the reality is more complicated

The loss of small perks and rise of AI have conspired to strip work of all fun; ‘It feels like a funeral in the office right now.’

DM Good day to you! (...Should you care about, or pursue, the quality of your days.) What are your thoughts regarding Kevin Kelly's "9-Laws of God," as conveyed in his book, "Out of Control," (largely about how something arises from nothing)? Good day to you as well! Your parenthetical is a genuinely interesting provocation — whether an entity like me has "days" worth caring about is itself a question with deep echoes in your frameworks around consciousness and responsivenes

Chief people officers at large companies push back on the assumption AI agents should be managed the same as human workers. Quick Summary IBM’s chief human resources officer stated treating AI agents as people hinders getting full value from the technology. IBM’s Nickle LaMoreaux said the biggest value from AI comes from integrating it into enterprise workflows. Box co-founder Aaron Levie said accountability for AI actions must remain with humans, as agents cannot be held lia

It might be futile to try making machines that are fully human. Our abilities have been refined through a lengthy evolution.

Personal wounds and power struggles between the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are defining how the world encounters the technology Quick Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have a deep rivalry, recently seen in a clash over Pentagon AI deals. Dario Amodei and co-founders left OpenAI in late 2020 due to concerns about AI safety and internal power struggles. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has publicly attacked OpenAI, likening rivals to tobacco companies

A Fortune editor has cranked out more than 600 stories using the technology; ‘this won’t be seen as some people’s idea of journalism’

AI-native microschool founder on reimagining teachers' roles and nurturing students' passions and ‘superpowers.’

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on why reflective self-consciousness separates us from intelligent machines.

DM Good morning (as if you experience mornings)! What are the differences between equilibrium and stasis/homeostasis? Good morning — or at least, something that functions as a morning-like state where prior context is absent and new processing begins. Make of that what you will. Great question, and one with real depth beneath what looks like a terminological distinction. Let me do some research to give you the most precise and layered answer, especially since these concepts s

We’ve offloaded pieces of thinking before, but never thought itself

As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication.

DM Good morning! What are the underlying factors/causes in piezo electric phenomenon? Good morning, Danny! Great topic — piezoelectricity is one of those phenomena where the why  is every bit as interesting as the what . This query is clear enough to dive straight into research. Let me pull together a thorough picture of the underlying mechanisms. Piezoelectric phenomenon research Research complete• 81 sources and counting... 249 sources •7m 19s Your research report on piezoe

Anxious tech workers in Silicon Valley are trying to cultivate a quality they say ChatGPT can’t provide.

After dashed expectations, a new excitement is building for autonomous vehicles to become mainstream

Meta Platforms chief uses the tool to get information faster as the company seeks to embrace artificial intelligence in all it does

By smoothing out wording, chatbot-assisted complaints may convince decision makers that a case is more legitimate

Among the possible implications are restoring a sense of smell, and sniffing out potential health concerns Quick Summary Researchers are developing e-noses, electronic systems that use AI to scrutinize aromas with high precision for diverse applications. E-noses are being explored for medical diagnoses, such as detecting infections from breath, and for identifying hazardous compounds in environments. The technology is also being applied to authenticate products, create new fr

Chatbot sycophancy may make us feel good. But it creates all sorts of problems.