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Amazon Destroys Rare Books to Train Nova AI Models

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Redwood Researcher Predicts Automated AI R&D by 2030

Don't Worry About the Vase • 3 days ago

New Paper Warns AI Adoption Erodes Professional Expertise

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Mathematicians Say LLMs Lack Creative Intuition

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Tim O'Reilly Champions Open-Source AI Over Frontier Models

WIRED AI • 4 days ago

Anthropic CEO says AI backlash stems from a crisis of trust

TechCrunch AI • 2 days ago

Epoch AI Survey Shows 20% of US Workers Delegate to AI

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AI Books Flood Amazon and Slash Human Authors' Revenue

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Joi AI Pays Masturbation Consultants to Test Chatbots

WIRED AI • 4 days ago

Players roleplay as chatbots in Your AI Slop Bores Me

The Verge AI • 1 day ago

Simon Willison Spotlights Rare California Northern Gannet

Simon Willison • 3 days ago

Amazon Destroys Rare Books to Train Nova AI Models

An investigative tracking effort revealed that Amazon is purchasing and destroying physical books to digitize their contents for training its Nova...

The Decoder|1 day ago

Redwood Researcher Predicts Automated AI R&D by 2030

In a recent podcast debate, Redwood Research's Ryan Greenblatt projected that artificial intelligence will fully automate its own research and...

Don't Worry About the Vase|3 days ago

New Paper Warns AI Adoption Erodes Professional Expertise

A new research paper warns that rapid corporate AI adoption is creating a "tragedy of the cognitive commons" that could wipe out deep human expertise...

The Decoder|3 days ago

Mathematicians Say LLMs Lack Creative Intuition

Prominent mathematicians argue that while large language models excel at calculations, they lack the creative intuition required to generate truly...

The Decoder|2 days ago

Tim O'Reilly Champions Open-Source AI Over Frontier Models

Tech pioneer Tim O'Reilly is calling for a fully open-source AI ecosystem, warning that tech giants are building restrictive architectures that fail...

WIRED AI|4 days ago

Anthropic CEO says AI backlash stems from a crisis of trust

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei defended his warnings about artificial intelligence, arguing that public skepticism toward the technology stems from a...

TechCrunch AI|2 days ago

Epoch AI Survey Shows 20% of US Workers Delegate to AI

A joint survey by Epoch AI and Ipsos reveals that 20 percent of US workers now delegate tasks to AI instead of human colleagues, signaling a major...

The Decoder|2 days ago

AI Books Flood Amazon and Slash Human Authors' Revenue

A study of over 14,000 Amazon e-books shows that a massive influx of AI-generated titles is diluting the self-publishing market, driving down...

The Decoder|3 days ago

Joi AI Pays Masturbation Consultants to Test Chatbots

AI companion startup Joi AI paid participants $2,000 to test its erotic chatbots in a monthlong study, highlighting the growing intersection of...

WIRED AI|4 days ago

Players roleplay as chatbots in Your AI Slop Bores Me

A new web-based game called Your AI Slop Bores Me lets users roleplay as chatbots and respond to human prompts, offering a satirical take on the...

The Verge AI|1 day ago

Simon Willison Spotlights Rare California Northern Gannet

Technologist Simon Willison has detailed the story of Morris, a Northern Gannet in California who is currently the only known member of his species...

Simon Willison|3 days ago