At Google I/O, everything is changing and normal and scary and chill
At its annual developer conference, the company seeks to reassure everyone that AI is for everyday utility — but the great disruption to the web continues
The US bans deepfake porn and scams
For victims, the Take It Down Act could finally bring some relief — but the Trump Administration has already signaled plans to weaponize it
Great Replacement Grok and the age of adversarial AI
An obsession with “white genocide” in X’s chatbot is only the latest example of platforms using artificial intelligence against their users
The AIs have memory problems
And maybe not the ones you're thinking of
The myth of the AI-native startup
Silicon Valley can't wait for a tiny company powered by AI agents. The companies who are trying it have a lot of regrets
Stats from a dying web
A startling statistic from Google’s antitrust trial raises fears that a long-predicted decline has now begun
WhatsApp just stunned the spyware industry
In winning a $167 million judgment against NSO Group, the company has struck a significant blow against illegal surveillance
A nonprofit will control OpenAI after all
The company is dropping an effort to separate itself from its nonprofit parent — but courts may still be skeptical of its new plan
Mark Zuckerberg on bots and benchmarks
Meta's CEO has some surprising takes on "healthy" bot companions, loneliness as a market opportunity, and that whole benchmark cheating controversy
The AIs are trying too hard to be your friend
Meta AI, ChatGPT, and the dangers of being glazed and confused
Meta has a chatbot problem
Celebrities, minors, and sexually explicit chats are a dangerous combination — a lesson the company is determined to learn the hard way
The Oversight Board gives Meta a pass on anti-trans posts
The beleaguered body’s influence has been waning — and now its independence may be, too