Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity

Mustafa Suleyman says he believes the AI giant is in effect teaching Claude it “may be conscious”.
OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms

Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.
Cat Frazier, Whose Retro GIFs Celebrated a Weirder Internet, Dies at 35

She found a future in the internet’s past with a Tumblr blog of animated texts, a revolt against the clean minimalism of contemporary design aesthetics.
How to Use AI to Plan a Trip: Better Prompts for Travel Recommendations

Generic questions get generic answers, experts say, so to avoid mediocre recommendations, you’ll need to write smarter prompts. Follow these tips.
Age Limits for Social Media Outlined by European Union

A proposed law would bar children under 13 from using social media across the 27-nation bloc.
We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

AI isn’t some new form of “alien mind,” according to Jensen Huang. It’s just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker.
Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.
AI app ads promoting 'objectification of women' banned by watchdog

The ad regulator said it had “zero-tolerance” for ads promoting AI tools that could sexualise or objectify women.
Is There Anything Google’s Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do?

Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.
The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry

National outcry against data center construction has spread to Philadelphia, where officials suggested possible construction in a neighborhood already impacted by a now-defunct oil refinery.