From disruption to reinvention: How knowledge workers can thrive after AI
We are beginning a cognitive migration: Away from what AI now does well, and toward a redefinition of what humans are now made for.Read More
We Hand-Picked the 72 Best Deals From the 2025 REI Anniversary Sale
It’s the best time of year to pick up all the tents, stoves, sleeping bags, and gear you’ll need for summer fun.
AI model pinpoints sources of driver stress, paving the way for smart driving assistants
In 2024, 1,040 accidents were recorded on Spanish roads, in addition to minor collisions and other driving problems. The causes of these accidents include speeding, adverse weather conditions and substance abuse, but also distraction and stressful situations that can be mitigated by improving infrastructure design, technologies to assist drivers and road safety policies.
Google’s ‘world-model’ bet: building the AI operating layer before Microsoft captures the UI
Google doubles down on its ‘world-model’ vision, racing to build an AI operating layer to drive a universal personal assistant with Gemini. Even as Microsoft moves to capture the enterprise UI. Here’s what’s at stake.Read More
Beyond single-model AI: How architectural design drives reliable multi-agent orchestration
Successful AI agents require enterprises to orchestrate interactions, manage shared knowledge and plan for failure.Read More
AI may soon account for half of data center power use if trends persist
Alex de Vries-Gao, a PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies, has published an opinion piece about the results of a simple study he conducted involving the possible amount of electricity used by AI companies to generate answers to user queries. In his paper published in the journal Joule, he describes how he …
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OpenAI updates Operator to o3, making its $200 monthly ChatGPT Pro subscription more enticing
Operator remains a research preview and is accessible only to ChatGPT Pro users. The Responses API version will continue to use GPT-4o.Read More
Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Interview
As Paramount considers settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview, the Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that it will sue over a deal that allegedly “could amount to a bribe.”
After GPT-4o backlash, researchers benchmark models on moral endorsement—Find sycophancy persists across the board
A new benchmark can test how much LLMs become sycophants, and found that GPT-4o was the most sycophantic of the models tested.Read More
Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X
The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X near Portland, Oregon.