AI
How some Republicans changed their minds about AI safety
With a looming 10-year ban on any AI regulation at all, even the right is starting to get nervous about what might go wrong
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OpenAI
Is OpenAI making the same mistake Humane did?
Expectations for the company's AI device are already sky-high — and Jony Ive keeps raising them
The Internet
The AI browser wars are about to begin
Artificial intelligence is already writing an obituary for the internet as we know it. So why is everyone building new web browsers?
Meta
Meta rests its case
The company looks poised to put its antitrust woes behind it. But its other trials may only be just beginning
OpenAI
OpenAI is going to make hardware
Generative AI and devices haven't yet found a good fit. Will Jony Ive be the one to change that? PLUS: Claude 4 arrives
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
Deepfakes
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
AI
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
AI
The AIs have memory problems
And maybe not the ones you're thinking of
AI
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
Meta
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
OpenAI
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
Meta
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
Meta
The AIs are trying too hard to be your friend
Meta AI, ChatGPT, and the dangers of being glazed and confused
Meta
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