artificial intelligence

Technology Oct 6

LibreOffice Adds "No AI" Setting as Open-Source Suite Rejects Generative Tools

The free office suite now lets users switch off all AI functionality, a direct response to growing frustration with generative tools being forced into everyday software.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 6

World Bank Lifts East Asia Growth Forecast to 4.5%, Warns AI-Driven Export Boom Poses Concentration Risk

The World Bank raised its 2025 growth outlook for East Asia and the Pacific to 4.5%, but warned the region's expansion leans heavily on AI-related manufacturing and exports that could falter if U.S. spending cools.

2 min read CNBC Top

Technology Oct 5

AI Adoption Reshapes US Workforce as 60 Minutes Examines Job Displacement Debate

CBS's 60 Minutes examined whether artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs or transform how Americans work, as economists project automation could affect millions of positions across sectors.

2 min read CBS News

Technology Oct 4

OpenAI Safety Researcher Quits, Says Company Culture Is 'Broken

A safety-focused employee at OpenAI resigned and publicly said the company's internal culture is broken, echoing a growing pattern of departures from top AI labs.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 4

Sean Parker Rebuilds Stability AI Around Music After $80 Million Rescue

The Napster co-founder is steering Stability AI away from image generation and toward AI tools for music professionals, two years after helping fund an $80 million rescue of the near-collapsed startup.

2 min read TechCrunch

Politics Oct 3

White House Reclassifies AI Push as 'Super Intelligence' Race

The White House has adopted "super intelligence" as its official term for advanced AI development, signaling a major shift in how the federal government frames the technology race.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 3

Pope Leo XIV Condemns AI-Generated Art as "Counterfeit Beauty" in Vatican Address

Pope Leo XIV used a Vatican address on Thursday to denounce AI-generated artwork, calling it "counterfeit beauty" and urging artists to reject algorithmic creation.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 3

Anthropic Puts $100 Million Into Academy to Train 10,000 AI Engineers

Anthropic will fund the Claude Frontier Academy to train 10,000 "frontier deployed engineers" as companies race to embed its AI tools into their operations.

2 min read CNBC Top

Science Oct 2

Mercor CEO Says AI Is Rewriting Job Descriptions, Not Erasing Them

Mercor CEO Brendan Foody says artificial intelligence is transforming how people work rather than eliminating the need for human labor, as the company matches skilled workers with AI-driven tasks.

2 min read CBS News

Technology Oct 2

OpenAI Adds Virtual Clothing Try-On to ChatGPT

OpenAI has added a virtual try-on tool to ChatGPT that lets users see how garments look on their own body before buying, a direct challenge to retailers' fitting-room experience.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 2

Claude Models Converge on Human Writing While GPT Drifts Away, Graphite Study Finds

A new Graphite study analyzing 10,000 pre-2022 articles found Claude models increasingly match human word distributions while GPT models diverge further from natural writing patterns.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 2

OpenAI Parts With Three Safety Researchers as Departures Mount

Three safety-focused researchers have left OpenAI, the latest in a string of departures from the AI lab's trust and safety teams.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 2

Data Centers Drive Up Electric Bills for 65 Million Households, Analysts Warn

Utilities serving 65 million customers are passing the cost of new AI data center infrastructure onto residential ratepayers, with bills rising in Virginia, Ohio, and Georgia.

2 min read NPR News

Politics Oct 2

Grok Told Trump to Capture Venezuela's Maduro Weeks Before Secret Meeting, Report Says

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok reportedly advised President Trump to seize Venezuela's president, roughly a month before a secret meeting that preceded the U.S. invasion.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 1

Study Finds Claude Nears Human Writing Patterns as GPT Models Drift Further Away

A Graphite study of 10,000 articles found Claude models increasingly match human word distributions while GPT models diverge, as AI writing tells like "this matters" become more common.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Sep 30

Robot House Cleaners Hit San Francisco at $30 an Hour, Controlled by Humans

Tau Robotics charges $30 an hour for humanoid robots that clean houses, but humans control every move. One San Francisco resident put it to the test.

2 min read BBC US

Science Sep 30

Drones and AI Give Scientists New Eyes on Antarctica's Tiniest Life

A University of Wollongong-led team combined drones, satellites and AI to map Antarctica's scattered moss and lichen ecosystems, offering a faster way to track life at the bottom of the world.

2 min read Phys.org

Technology Sep 30

AI Explained: How Artificial Intelligence Actually Works in Plain English

A plain-English guide to how artificial intelligence actually works, from training data and neural networks to the chatbots and tools Americans use every day.

7 min read Headings Feature

Technology Sep 30

Jay Clayton Calls Super Intelligence a National Security Issue, Rejects AI Development Pause

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said super intelligence is a national security matter and pushed back against pausing American AI development, while declining to address whether he would serve as Trump's AI czar.

2 min read CNBC Top

Technology Sep 30

Tau Robotics rents humanoid house cleaners for $30 an hour

A San Francisco company is renting out remotely operated humanoid robots to clean houses at $30 an hour, raising questions about whether the machines can match human workers.

2 min read BBC US