You didn’t think AI ads were going to end at those uncanny valley Coca-Cola polar bear commercials, did you? No, that’s just the start, and the deluge will begin on Super Bowl Sunday. Per a report in the The Hollywood Reporter, AI companies are getting ready to pour their seemingly endless piles of venture capital […]
California’s AG Tells AI Companies Practically Everything They’re Doing Might Be Illegal
The legality of the AI industry’s business practices has long been a hanging question. As a “disruptive” new technology, artificial intelligence has caused a wealth of problems at the very same time that it has offered society new benefits. Notably, AI has been used to mislead consumers, to create new forms of disinformation and propaganda, […]
AI-Generated Junk Science Is a Big Problem on Google Scholar, Research Suggests
AI-generated scientific research is polluting the online academic information ecosystem, according to a worrying report published in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Misinformation Review. A team of researchers investigated the prevalence of research articles with evidence of artificially generated text on Google Scholar, an academic search engine that makes it easy to search for research published historically in […]
Fearing AI Will Take Their Jobs, Workers Strategize for a Long Battle Against Tech
The current frenzy around artificial intelligence has spread like a shockwave. It started among engineers inspired by a 2017 research paper. Next came venture capitalists eager to profit from a new boom. They were followed by government officials racing to impose regulations. Now it’s labor’s turn. More than 200 trade union members and technologists gathered […]
Galaxy Unpacked 2025: What to Expect From the Samsung Galaxy S25 Event
Time is cyclical. We’re already back at the part of the year when Samsung is due to announce its new family of flagship devices for the year. The company is expected to announce the Galaxy S25 to a day of fanfare in San Jose, CA, on Wednesday, January 22. The maelstrom begins at 10 AM […]