"Three years into the hype, it seems that one of AI’s enduring cultural impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it," writes Charlie Warzel for [@TheAtlantic]( ). He takes a look at how the technology is generating breathless excitement among some, what it means to be "AGI-pilled," and the consequences for young people of effectively telling them that their careers are going to be stymied before they've even begun. "Many people simply don’t know what conclusions to draw about AI, but it is impossible not to be thinking about it," he writes. "Even if you personally don’t believe in the hype, you are living in an economy that has reoriented itself around AI." #Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Culture
Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide so-called backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said. [@AssociatedPress]( ) reports: #Apple #UK #Cybersecurity #Encryption #Technology
Silicon Valley’s AI deals are creating zombie startups. CNBC reports: "While the deals often produce big payouts for founders and AI leaders, they can leave investors, other employees and the remaining company in limbo." #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SiliconValley #Business #Tech
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools.” Read more from [@Techcrunch]( ): #Tech #AI #Technology #Meta
Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood. @TechCrunch reports: "Luis von Ahn was loudly criticized this year after declaring that Duolingo would become an 'AI-first company.'" #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Duolingo #Apps #Technology
Can the Pixel 10 keep up with the iPhone 17? Tech writer Jamie Richards has some advice for Google -- look to its past. Learn more from [@TechRadar]( ): #Tech #Google #Apple #Pixel10 #iPhone17 #Technology
Of the things you thought of upon waking up this morning, we’re betting “solar stalking” wasn’t on the list. And yet, here we are. A solar stalker is someone who could hack the energy system of a home with rooftop solar panels. Unlikely? Perhaps, but the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA recently published an advisory about security vulnerabilities with a particular solar energy company’s solar inverters. [@Techcrunch]( ) has more: #Tech #Technology #SolarEnergy #CyberSecurity #Energy
Anthropic has announced new capabilities that will allow its Claude AI models to end conversations described as “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.” Read more from [@Techcrunch]( ): #Tech #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Claude
Would AI systems like ChatGPT, Claude AI and Gemini be doing humans a favor by looking out for us? “We need AI mothers rather than AI assistants,” Geoffrey Hinton, the widely recognized “Godfather of AI” recently said. [@TechRadar]( ) explains: #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology
Anti-vaccine myths surged on social media ahead of the CDC shooting in Atlanta. NBC News reports: "Before the shooting, social media companies relaxed their protocols around misinformation." #SocialMedia #Vaccines #Misinformation #Tech #Technology