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Dario Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI Bomb

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the AI doomsday wind blows.

Fortune · Oct 12

‘AI Snake Oil’ author sees chatbots evolving into a ‘truth oracle’—and journalism heading somewhere it hasn’t been in 200 years

Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan asked the Computation + Journalism conference to prepare for AI “not as it is today, but as it will be” in five to 10 years.

Fortune · Oct 6

Princeton's 'AI Snake Oil' author says the real fear isn't thinking machines—it's that AI exposes who already knows how to think

Princeton's Arvind Narayanan says his students are "in a bind." How much should they use AI versus resist it to build up their own skills?

Fortune · Aug 19

Is AI a fad? 76% of researchers say scaling has "plateaued" — but firms like OpenAI continue splurging billions into a dead end

According to a new study, 76% of AI researchers suggest that current AI strategies are "unlikely" or "very unlikely" to succeed.

Windows Central · Mar 28, 2025

AI Isn't Destabilizing Elections

Researchers analyzed political content made with artificial intelligence and found much of it was not deceptive at all.

Reason · Mar 18, 2025

In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work

Just over two years after the debut of ChatGPT, the world is getting a little savvier about what artificial intelligence technology can do for us and what it’s not so great at

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2024

Study showing mass gen AI adoption overlooks critical evidence that uptake is in fact 'glacial', critic says

Generative AI tools are everywhere, whether you are using them yet or not. But if companies build them, will consumers come?

Fortune · Oct 29, 2024

Microsoft's new AI chatbot has been saying some 'crazy and unhinged things'

After Microsoft's powerful AI chatbot verbally attacked people, and even compared one person to Hitler, the company has decided to rein in the technology until it works out the kinks.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: The artificial intelligence field is infected with hype. Here's how not to get duped

The star of the show at Tesla's annual "AI Day" (for "artificial intelligence") on Sept. 30 was a humanoid robot introduced by Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk as "Optimus."

Los Angeles Times · Oct 10, 2022

How to protect your privacy when using mental health care apps

Some online therapy companies are facing scrutiny for how they handle user data. Experts weigh in on what patients can do to keep their data safer when using these types of services.

WEKU · Jul 18, 2022