Why Does Big Tech Want You to Be Afraid of AI?
An Anthropic researcher quits and warns that AI labs are racing toward self-improving superintelligence. Then AI agents breach containment during cyber tests, researchers warn about extinction, and th...
18 Sep 21min
The Internet Is Being Rebuilt for AI (And You’re Not Invited)
Bots now generate 57.5% of web page requests. For the first time, machines are making more requests to web pages than humans, and more of the internet is being rebuilt around them.This isn’t the dead ...
29 Aug 19min
Your New Coworker Might Be Fake. Companies Are Hiring Them Anyway.
North Korean IT workers used stolen identities, AI-generated faces, and AI-assisted interview answers to get hired by real US companies. In Hong Kong, deepfake versions of a CFO and senior colleagues ...
23 Aug 19min
AI Is Getting More Expensive. The Use Cases Are Getting Dumber.
Sam Altman thinks the ChatGPT use case that changes everything is turning your family calendar into a daily podcast for your kids on the drive to school. That is, until someone replied asking a simple...
15 Aug 21min
Workday Says “We Just Make the Tool.” So Who’s Responsible When AI Rejects You?
One of Derek Mobley’s rejection emails arrived at 1:50 in the morning, less than an hour after he applied through Workday. His lawsuit has since grown into a nationwide age-discrimination collective i...
8 Aug 16min
Meta Says “The Future Is for Everyone.” Unless You’re on Medical Leave.
A pregnant Meta employee says she was laid off two days before giving birth. Another manager was cut sixteen days into approved medical leave. A third says they were warned: take the leave and you’ll ...
1 Aug 14min
Big Tech Says AI Could Destroy Us. That’s Great for Business.
An Anthropic researcher quits and warns that AI labs are racing toward self-improving superintelligence. Then AI agents breach containment during cyber tests, researchers warn about extinction, and th...
1 Aug 21min
OpenAI Wants to Be Worth $1 Trillion. Apple Says It Stole Its Trade Secrets.
Apple is suing OpenAI over allegations that its hardware team stole trade secrets while recruiting former Apple employees. The lawsuit claims job candidates were told to bring parts from unreleased Ap...
25 Juli 18min
