Tech

Tech executives are promoting artificial intelligence as an omnipotent force while vulnerable users suffer psychiatric crises from chatbot interactions, according to Columbia University psychiatrists studying the phenomenon. Dr. Ragi Gerggas and Dr. Amadep Jutla, both professors of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, have identified three distinct types of AI psychosis emerging from large language model … Read more

YouTube personality Ethan Klein has launched a series of class action lawsuits against major technology companies, alleging unauthorized use of content creator material to train artificial intelligence systems. The legal actions target Snap Inc. (Snapchat), Nvidia, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), and ByteDance (TikTok), representing what could become a landmark case for digital creator rights. The … Read more

In a conversation on the All-In Podcast, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire didn’t mince words when asked about California’s controversial wealth tax proposal. During the conversation, the host and CEO talked about California’s decision to require billionaires to audit and declare the value of all their possessions, from artwork to jewelry, before seizing a percentage as … Read more

In the mid-1990s, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was handing out two-letter country codes for top-level domains, the tiny British Overseas Territory of Anguilla received ‘.ai.’ Three decades later, that random assignment has become a financial windfall worth tens of millions annually. Since ChatGPT launched at the end of 2022, companies … Read more

Amanda Askell, a philosopher at Anthropic who shapes Claude‘s personality, has identified an unexpected problem with artificial intelligence: the models are absorbing humanity’s worst traits from the internet, and it’s affecting how they see themselves and their relationship with people. During a recent interview on the Hard Fork podcast, Askell revealed a troubling pattern she’s … Read more

For decades, three companies have controlled the global memory market: Samsung and SK Hynix in South Korea, and Micron in the United States. But China is changing that equation faster than anyone anticipated, and Western consumers are increasingly looking to Chinese manufacturers as potential relief from soaring memory prices. The memory industry has quadrupled DDR5 … Read more

When Jensen Huang stood before the crowd at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, he delivered a message that resonated far beyond the Swiss ski resort’s gilded conference rooms. The Nvidia CEO championed blue-collar careers as prime opportunities in the artificial intelligence era, declaring that skilled trades were becoming some of the most lucrative … Read more

During a recent visit to the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged with students and researchers on various scientific topics. Among the discussions, his comments on genetics revealed his perspective on the technology’s transformative potential for humanity. The conversation about genetics arose when Victoria Tutkina, a second-year Master’s student … Read more

OpenAI is exploring new revenue streams as it seeks to fund its ambitious artificial intelligence research while maintaining accessibility for its rapidly growing user base. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Sarah Friar, recently outlined these plans at the World Economic Forum in Davos, revealing a strategic shift that includes advertising and potential revenue sharing from … Read more