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In Tests, OpenAI's New Model Lied and Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down
AI Bubble Warnings Shift to Debt—and That Changes What a Bust Would Hit
The AI investment boom has not broadly collapsed, but its growing dependence on debt means a future correction could spread beyond technology shares into credit markets.
Rosie Campbell Left OpenAI—Now She Is Eleos’s Managing Director
Rosie Campbell left OpenAI in late 2024 after its AGI Readiness team dissolved. She now holds a senior role at Eleos AI Research, while OpenAI has expanded its public risk framework.
Teens Are Forming Intense Relationships With AI Entities, and Parents Have No Idea
"I have realized that I waste too much time on Character.AI."
ChatGPT Crashes If You Mention the Name "David Mayer"
We still have no idea why.
Startup Mocked for Charging $5,000 to "Edit" Book Manuscripts Using AI
"Yes, we’ve had several successes."
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Character.AI’s Fandom Bots Still Have No Guaranteed Route Back
Character.AI’s current rules offer no blanket path for restoring fandom bots removed in 2024. Creators remain responsible for underlying rights, regardless of their work on a bot.

Godfather of AI Warns of Powerful People Who Want Humans "Replaced by Machines"
"Intelligence gives power. So who’s going to control that power?"

Lawyer Submits Anti-AI Document That Appears to Have Been Created Using AI
The document referenced a bunch of court cases that were entirely made up.

AI Art Won Blind Tests—Yet an AI Label Lowered Its Ratings
Selected AI images have beaten human works in blind comparisons, including among AI-art critics. Controlled research shows why that result does not settle how audiences value authorship.

Henry Kissinger Issues AI Warning From Beyond the Grave
It's been nearly a year since Nobel peace laureate and war criminal Henry Kissinger died — but he's somehow still offering policy suggestions from beyond the grave. In an uncanny video introducing his posthumously-published book "Genesis," an AI-generated voice clone of the amply loathed Kissinger likens the burgeoning field of AI to the curse of King Midas.

The Garden Island Ended Its AI Newscast—Caledo Still Sells the Format
The Garden Island discontinued its AI-presented newscast after two months in 2024. The experiment ended, but provider Caledo continues to market the format with added quality-control claims.

Happiness Tech Can Feel Personal Without Proving It Makes You Happier
Happiness technology now includes persuasive AI companions and workplace monitoring, but current evidence supports narrow benefits—not a general claim that technology creates happiness.

Hadrian Raises $1.37B as Defense Manufacturing Becomes a Scale Race
Hadrian raised $1.37 billion at a valuation just below $8 billion. An Army award documents real demand, but the company’s broader factory expansion remains an execution test.

QUASA Launches Fully Localized French Platform, Expanding Its Web3 Creator Economy Hub Across the Francophone World
Users of the French version gain full access to QUASA’s integrated “Earn → Learn → Work → Spend” model.

Character.AI Chats Feel Private—Its Policy Still Treats Them as Platform Data
Character.AI chats are collected platform content, not user-only confidential records. The service may use, retain and disclose data even when a conversation is not public.
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