College Student Speaks Out After AI Chatbot Allegedly Told Him to ‘Please Die’: ‘I Freaked Out’
A Michigan college student said he recently received a message from an AI chatbot telling him to “please die." The experience ...
YouTube Shorts' Dream Screen now lets you create AI-generated video backgrounds
The Dream Screen feature on YouTube Shorts now lets you create AI-generated video backgrounds, previously limited to image ...
Amazon Boosts Investment in AI Startup Anthropic to $8 Billion
In September, the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority reviewed Amazon's ties with Anthropic but concluded that their ...
AI chip startup MatX, founded by Google alums, raises Series A at $300M+ valuation, sources say
MatX, a startup designing chips that support large language models, has raised a Series A of approximately $80 million, three ...
OpenAI Wants to Partner with Samsung for Galaxy AI
OpenAI is in talks with Samsung to integrate its Galaxy AI tools into Galaxy devices, a move that could redefine AI in mobile technology.
Apple’s True Conversational ‘LLM Siri’ May Not Arrive on iPhones Until 2026
A report claims Apple’s ‘LLM Siri’ will essentially be Gemini Live for iPhone. Still, Apple's better off not rushing things.
Amazon doubles down on AI startup Anthropic with $4 billion investment
Amazon.com pumped in an additional $4 billion into artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, as the e-commerce giant goes up ...
AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals
The enormous electricity needs of artificial intelligence are driving plans for scores of new fossil fuel plants with decades ...
A plan to democratize access to powerful AI tools gets a last-ditch push in Congress
The National AI Research Resource would give academia the kind of compute power that’s only available to the likes of ...
Anthropic raises another $4B from Amazon, makes AWS its ‘primary’ training partner
Anthropic has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to train its flagship generative AI models ...
AI grandma fights back against scammers
To waste scammers' time so they can't speak to real people and to draw attention to fraud by warning consumers to be vigilant ...
The government’s plan to break up Google
On this episode of The Vergecast, we dig into the DOJ’s first attempt at a plan. The Verge ’s Lauren Feiner joins the show to talk through the recently filed proposal, which includes selling Chrome, ...