AI

It’s Valentine’s Day—did you forget the chocolates? Fear not, because if you’re a Google Gemini Advanced user, forgetting is yesterday's problem. The AI platform will now remember every discussion you've ever had and summarize them for you. The update, initially available to English-speaking subscribers of the Google One AI Premium Plan, hopes to streamline interactions by removing the need to revisit old conversations. Continue Reading →

Yesterday, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, posted the company's AI roadmap on X. Rather than summarize it, I thought I'd just repost it here. Here's Sam's vision for your AI future. Continue Reading →

A new study from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University suggests that over-reliance on generative AI may erode critical thinking skills. In other words: if you don’t use it, you lose it. Continue Reading →

Researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington have trained an AI “reasoning” model for less than $50 in cloud compute credits. Their model, s1, rivals OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1 in math and coding benchmarks, raising serious questions about AI commoditization. Continue Reading →

The new Alexa integrates AI technology from Anthropic, an AI startup in which Amazon has invested $8 billion. Despite delays due to concerns over response accuracy and speed, Amazon expects the AI-powered assistant to enhance daily tasks, from scheduling to shopping. Analysts at Bank of America estimate that if just 10% of active Alexa users subscribe at $5 per month, the service could generate $600 million annually. Continue Reading →

Google is doubling down on AI-powered search. During yesterday's earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai outlined Google’s plans to transform Search into an AI-driven assistant, expanding beyond traditional query-based results. Continue Reading →

Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude family of LLMs, has launched a public test of its new Constitutional Classifier, a system designed to block jailbreaks that circumvent content restrictions. The test follows an extensive internal bug bounty program, where 183 security researchers spent more than 3,000 hours attempting to bypass the system—with limited success. Continue Reading →

OpenAI has unveiled a new AI-powered research assistant, Deep Research, designed to help users conduct complex, in-depth inquiries using ChatGPT. This feature – aimed at knowledge workers in finance, science, policy, and engineering – is intended to provide a more rigorous and verifiable research experience, far beyond the chatbot’s usual quick summaries. Continue Reading →

The Authors Guild – the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for published writers – has launched the Human Authored Certification, which allows an author to certify that their book is created by a human. "Human Authored" means that the text of the book was written by a human and not generated by AI, with the exception of minimal or trivial uses (such as AI applications that check spelling and grammar or for brainstorming or research). Continue Reading →

The U.S. Copyright Office’s latest report, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability, provides critical insight into how AI-generated works fit—or don’t fit—within existing copyright law. The key takeaway is clear: for a work to be eligible for copyright protection, it must demonstrate human authorship. Continue Reading →