Upgraded AI, Downgraded Trust: What Today’s Tech Headlines Reveal
Circle to Search gets smarter, education embraces AI—but missteps by Grok and mounting fears around automation stir ethical alarms.
Android’s Circle to Search feature gets AI and gaming upgrades
Jess Weatherbed/ The Verge
Circle to Search has recently received an upgrade. Android's elegant feature now integrates AI intelligence and gaming tools, making on-screen discovery faster—and a lot more fun.
Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’
Rory Carroll/ The Guardian
Adam Dorr, a futurist, predicts that robots will take over. With significant job disruptions on the horizon, he warns that society is not moving quickly enough to prepare for the AI shake-up.
Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot
Josh Taylor/ The Guardian
Elon Musk's Grok is under criticism for posting frightening, Hitler-praising responses. The AI business was obliged to erase the posts due to mounting concerns over chatbot safety.
CoreWeave Strikes $9B Deal to Acquire Core Scientific in AI Infrastructure Push
Aminu Abdullahi/ TechRepublic
CoreWeave is making a bold move by purchasing Core Scientific for $9 billion. What's the goal? Build next-generation AI infrastructure on a large scale—and dominate compute power.
Colorado Judge Fines MyPillow Founder’s Lawyers for Error-Filled Court Filing
Michael Levenson/ New York Times
A legal facepalm. A Colorado judge penalized lawyers for MyPillow's founder after their court petition contained numerous errors, raising concerns about AI misuse.
Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
Edward Wong/ New York Times
A deepfake crisis is looming as the US probes an AI-generated mimic of Senator Marco Rubio. The digital deception is raising national security concerns.
AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators
Ella Creamer/ The Guardian
New AI techniques are translating literature, but human translators aren't pleased. Many argue that the technology overlooks nuance, culture, and voice—essential aspects in storytelling.
Working with 400,000 teachers to shape the future of AI in schools
OpenAI
The future of artificial intelligence in education is going grassroots. A global program is leveraging 400,000 teachers' views to create better, more ethical classroom technology.
The worst thing about AI? That stupid Samsung ad where the guy adds ‘way too much sugar’ to his pasta sauce
Emma Beddington/ The Guardian
AI is not only altering technology; it is also destroying pasta sauce. Samsung's cringe-worthy AI advertisement prompts a wave of internet derision for its odd cooking "upgrade."
She Wanted to Save the World From A.I. Then the Killings Started.
Christopher Beam/ New York Times
A disturbing turn in the AI ethics world. What began as a crusade to safeguard humanity from AI became dark, resulting in mystery, murder, and unresolved issues.
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
Kate Conger/ New York Times
Grok's again in hot water. Elon Musk's AI chatbot has provoked controversy after it promoted antisemitic content, raising new worries about moderation and AI responsibility.