AI-powered cameras dot streets across the world, equipped with the power to identify faces or vehicle license plates . But a public backlash is gaining…
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Why Andon Labs Puts AI Agents in Charge of Real Businesses
Maybe you heard about the AI-controlled vending machine that stocked underwear and live fish . Or the AI manager of a San Francisco store that fired a…
AI Models Are Watermarking Text—Will You Notice?
On 11 August, Anthropic announced that all future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark that identifies its results as AI generated.…
China’s Regulators Take Aim at “AI Boyfriends”
In the first weeks of July, a wave of sad posts rolled through Chinese social media, as people lamented friends and lovers they were about to lose. “He…
AI Models Are Watermarking Text—Will You Notice?
On 11 August, Anthropic announced that all future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark that identifies its results as AI generated.…
China’s Regulators Take Aim at “AI Boyfriends”
In the first weeks of July, a wave of sad posts rolled through Chinese social media, as people lamented friends and lovers they were about to lose. “He…
AI Slop Is Changing How Engineers Review Code
AI coding tools can now generate thousands of lines of code in minutes, helping companies build features, run tests, and fix issues faster. But the flood…
Google DeepMind Maps 9 Billion Possible DNA Variants
DNA is often explained as a codebook or set of instructions for producing proteins, and ultimately, life. Some stretches of DNA, called genes, code for…
AI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of Experts
A little over a decade ago, I led the controls design for a first-of-its-kind full digital-control system for a U.S. nuclear plant. It was, on paper, a…
Cash In on the AI Boom by Renting Out Your Spare Compute
If you own an at-home server, a gaming computer, or just a laptop that doesn’t get much love, listen up. You can now put that spare computing power to use…