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Guarding the Gates of Knowledge

A recent scroll through social media got me thinking about trust. About half my feed was filled with AI slop that astute users would call out as being machine-generated, often to the embarrassment of the rube who unknowingly spread it and sometimes to the deli

IEEE Spectrum AI1 Nov

A few tech leaders are rebranding AI as ‘superintelligence’ — calling it that doesn’t make it accurate

Tom's Guide AI1 Nov

New to ChatGPT? Here's how to learn in 15 minutes — this lesson plan could even work for your parents

Tom's Guide AI1 Nov

Anthropic hiring manager says he stopped giving coding interviews because Claude is better at them — and tells junior engineers that 'hunger beats tenure'

TechRadar AI31 Oct

I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta made AI look so stinking cute by giving it a squishy little face - and this holiday season, he wants to sell you a Muse Charm so you can carry your jolly AI helper around like a Tamagotchi. But I won't be buying one, because we have Muse

The Verge AI31 Oct

Is AI your new wingman? How chatbots are transforming dating

Almost 40% of British singles have used AI for romantic advice, from writing messages to assessing potential partners After Sam’s ex joked that her sister found him ugly, he turned to AI. Google Gemini had a look at the photo and politely disagreed. AI has bee

Guardian AI31 Oct

The Register AI + ML31 Oct

Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use

A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession

Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams

Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce, in the second such program this year. The company's headcount has held flat at around 223,000 since 2022 even as it plans to spend about $170 bill

The Decoder31 Oct

Relying on AI is rotting your brain. But here’s what you can do about it | Carly Dober

Each new tech product is designed to make our lives easier and keep us mindlessly entertained. Switch off: embrace discomfort – and boredom Ever longed for your own personal assistant? In the ever quickening tech race, Meta has recently launched Muse, a new AI

Guardian AI31 Oct

AI vendors are relearning the oldest rule in the data business

TechRadar AI31 Oct

7 ways to use ChatGPT to shop smarter — and the prompts to help you save

Tom's Guide AI31 Oct

Microdosing the spirit of Anthropic

My go-to conceptual metaphor of the epistemic state of AI lab employees is microdosing: being in a chronically mildly altered state of mind. I think understanding this would be broadly helpful for people both inside and outside. The effect isn’t that insiders

LessWrong30 Oct

Google's AI Mode doesn't drive traffic "for anybody," Reddit CEO Huffman warns the entire web

Reddit lost over one million Google search referrals per week in October, CEO Steve Huffman said. The stock dropped more than 25 percent despite strong earnings. Huffman blames Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode for driving zero traffic to external sites. Reddi

The Decoder30 Oct

A question for those who hate datacentres

Technology and urban planning | The Guardian letters page | Porridge Your account of the datacentre controversy in Cardiff ( The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle, 24 October ) missed out the important balancing fac

Guardian AI30 Oct

Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural

Ghost hunting has changed in recent years due to AI chatbots, and paranormal enthusiasts are concerned Ghost hunting is a tech-heavy pursuit. When Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting investigate haunted locations, they’re loaded up with software of their own design,

Guardian AI30 Oct

AI’s production push puts data platforms on the hook for results

Enterprise data platforms must turn AI pilots into measurable business returns while overcoming the data access, sovereignty and cost barriers that stand between experimentation and production. The conversation is shifting from what AI can do to how companies

SiliconANGLE AI30 Oct

How to convert text into cinematic AI video scenes in under 10 minutes

TechRadar AI30 Oct

More than half of Victorian lawyers use AI – but only a quarter have cut client fees as a result

Research finds 55% of lawyers are using AI in legal practices, up from 37% last year, though efficiency gains aren’t as high as expected Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than half of Victoria’s lawyers have reported using AI in

Guardian AI29 Oct

AWS Machine Learning Blog29 Oct

How the UK Amazon Quick User Group grew in 2026

The UK Amazon Quick User Group's 2026 roundup: three quarterly meetups, 150+ attendees, and customer stories from Arriva, Carsa, and Propulse Lab on using agentic AI and Amazon Quick to turn data into faster decisions, higher satisfaction, and scalable growth.

As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience

As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.

TechCrunch AI29 Oct

Why humans need to continue studying in the AI era

While AI systems are indeed powerful, the following two facts are known in general: AI systems not based on some form of brute force search are probabilistic and can make errors and hallucinations, that need humans to verify and correct. The weights (or synapt

AI Stack Exchange29 Oct

Consumer Appetite for Personal AI Goes Mainstream

This article is brought to you by Qualcomm Technologies . For many consumers, much of the promise and appeal of AI is personal. Consumers are looking past generic tools and want to know how these technologies will help them in their daily lives. These trends c

IEEE Spectrum AI29 Oct