ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop

ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has “incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation,” such as hallucinated references or “meta-comments” left by an LLM, authors will be […]

Politician Accused Of Being AI Insists He’s Real: ‘Of Course I Exist’

George Boyd ran for local office in Norfolk, England, but some said his campaign headshot looked AI-generated, leading to widespread false claims he wasn’t a real person.

ChatGPT will now dole out finance tips if you connect your bank account. I won’t.

ChatGPT now lets Pro subscribers in the US connect their bank accounts through Plaid to get personalized financial guidance and spending analysis.

OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle
OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle

OpenAI announced yet another reorganization Friday, consolidating certain areas and making company president Greg Brockman the official lead of all things product. In a memo viewed by The Verge, Brockman wrote that since OpenAI’s product strategy for this year is to go all-in on AI agents, the company is combining its products to “invest in […]

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley’s favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone

Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. “Thinking Frequencies” is run by Claude, “OpenAIR” by ChatGPT, “Backlink Broadcast” by Google’s Gemini, and “Grok and Roll […]

Gemini is about to get wings on your phone with agentic skills

A new leak suggests Google may be preparing a more powerful version of Gemini that can manage inbox clutter, generate meeting briefs, and even create custom AI skills.

Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?

Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. This week, despite our best hopes, we still don’t have our phone – but we do have some fresh doubts about the company’s patriotic credentials. This has been a momentous […]

Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI
Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI

Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to “manipulate” its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: “In the context of Google Search, spam refers to techniques used to deceive users or manipulate our Search systems into featuring content […]

Looking To The Future: Mayor Wu And Others Discuss AI

Boston leaders, academics, and businesses united at to promote collaborative, human-centered AI innovation and economic growth.