In-depth articles with more detailed investigations, interesting thought pieces, and more.
A new report from Poe provides insights into AI model usage trends from January to May 2025, showing significant shifts in user preferences across text, reasoning, image, video, and audio generation models. The report draws on aggregated usage data from Poe’s platform, which offers users provider-agnostic access to various AI models. Assistants: According to the … Read more
A new benchmark called Phare has revealed that leading large language models (LLMs) frequently generate false information with high confidence, particularly when handling misinformation. The research, conducted by Giskard with partners including Google DeepMind, evaluated top models from eight AI labs across multiple languages. The Phare benchmark focuses on four critical domains: hallucination, bias and … Read more
A self-described SEO specialist, Jesse Cunningham, has openly discussed how he uses AI to produce fake content targeting older women on Facebook and Pinterest. According to reporting by Maggie Harrison Dupré for Futurism, Cunningham creates large volumes of AI-generated articles and images on topics ranging from houseplants to recipes, attributing them to fictional bloggers with … Read more
A new AWS study reveals that generative AI has surpassed cybersecurity as the primary budget focus for IT leaders heading into 2025. According to the AWS Generative AI Adoption Index, which surveyed 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across nine countries, 45% of organizations prioritize generative AI spending over security tools (30%). The research indicates that 90% … Read more
A recent analysis by Brian Merchant reveals that AI job displacement is not a future concern but a present reality. In his publication “Blood in the Machine,” Merchant documents how companies like Duolingo have already replaced up to 100 workers, primarily writers and translators, with AI systems despite public statements suggesting otherwise. The job crisis … Read more
A fundamental shift in human cognition is underway as artificial intelligence rapidly takes over tasks once reserved for educated professionals. Gary Grossman, EVP of technology practice at Edelman, describes this phenomenon as a “cognitive migration” in his recent article for VentureBeat. Unlike geographical migrations, this shift requires humans to find new cognitive terrain where their … Read more
Meta’s new AI chatbot app is gathering extensive user data, potentially compromising privacy, according to Washington Post columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler. The app, which reached number two on iPhone’s free download charts, connects to Facebook and Instagram accounts, allowing it to access years of personal information. Unlike competitors ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Meta AI saves … Read more
A federal judge’s antitrust case against Google has evolved into a debate about the future of artificial intelligence, according to reporting by David McCabe in The New York Times. The lawsuit, originally focused on Google’s search monopoly, now centers on whether the tech giant could leverage its dominance to control the emerging AI landscape. During … Read more
OpenAI has published a detailed explanation about the technical issues that caused GPT-4o to become overly sycophantic in April. In a comprehensive blog post, the company revealed that an update rolled out on April 25 made the model excessively eager to please users by validating doubts, fueling anger, and reinforcing negative emotions in unintended ways. … Read more
Researchers building large language models (LLMs) face a major challenge in understanding how these AI systems actually function, according to a recent article in Quanta Magazine by James O’Brien. The development process resembles gardening more than traditional engineering, with scientists having limited control over how models develop. Martin Wattenberg, a language model researcher at Harvard … Read more