The question is no longer if artificial intelligence can run entire businesses, but when. Recent developments from Anthropic and Anden Labs suggest that moment may arrive sooner than expected. Their Project Vend experiment has evolved from a novelty that ordered expensive tungsten cubes by mistake to a legitimate proof of concept for autonomous AI commerce. … Read more
A bitter internal clash has erupted within Republican ranks as prominent pro-Trump voices launch attacks against Rep. Brian Mast over his proposed legislation targeting artificial intelligence chip exports to China. According to sources, the Florida congressman, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the AI Overwatch Act to establish new congressional oversight on sales … Read more
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt has emerged as a vocal critic of how artificial intelligence companies have built their systems, stating plainly that “almost all of these large-language models are built on mass theft.” Speaking at Variety’s Entertainment Summit at CES, Gordon-Levitt addressed the contentious relationship between Hollywood studios and AI companies, particularly focusing on recent legal … Read more
Authors whose work was used without permission by the AI company Anthropic have until January 15 to opt out of a proposed $3,000 per book settlement and pursue individual legal action. The deadline forces a decision for nearly six million writers affected by what journalist Scott Carney has described as the largest copyright lawsuit in … Read more
At CES in Las Vegas, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang addressed over 6,000 attendees in person and millions watching globally to explain the massive financial influx powering the artificial intelligence revolution. Huang was likely prompted to make this explanation due to rising concerns about AI being a bubble. The artificial intelligence industry has constructed … Read more
A new benchmark measuring how well artificial intelligence systems align with Christian values has produced surprising results. Two Chinese AI models ranked among the top performers, surpassing several prominent American competitors. The Flourishing AI Christian benchmark, launched this week by Colorado-based technology company Gloo, evaluated 20 leading AI models on their ability to provide responses … Read more
On Steven Bartlett’s podcast, the host shared something that should make everyone pause. A friend of his knows one of the world’s most powerful AI CEOs personally—and what this CEO says behind closed doors is drastically different from his public messaging. “What he tells me in private is not what he’s saying publicly,” Bartlett’s friend … Read more
Nicole Shanahan, former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s 2024 running mate, has pulled back the curtain on what she calls the “tech wife mafia.” It is a tight-knit circle of Silicon Valley spouses who wield enormous philanthropic influence while remaining largely disconnected from the communities they claim to serve. … Read more
The artificial intelligence revolution is crashing into America’s white-collar workforce with stunning velocity, and the collision could reshape the economic landscape within just a few years. Former Secretary of State John Kerry recently offered a blunt assessment of what’s coming in a recent interview: “AI is going to change everything, everything about everything,” he said. … Read more
The artificial intelligence revolution is no longer some distant sci-fi threat, it’s hitting the workforce far faster than most people realize and the economic surprise could be severe. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic now valued at $183 billion, has issued one of the starkest warnings yet. Without intervention AI could wipe out half of all … Read more
