I tried using ChatGPT to recreate my 1990s childhood for my kid — and suddenly our weekend had no screens at all

I used ChatGPT to help plan a nostalgic 1990s-inspired weekend for my toddler.

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OpenAI will now let your company pay to ensure ‘guaranteed capacity’ for up to three years

OpenAI launches ‘Guaranteed Capacity’ for enterprises to lock in long-term, uninterrupted compute to reduce the impacts of downtime.
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Every organization is pouring money into AI right now, and almost none of them know what their people are actually doing with it’: Study reveals employees are using their personal AI accounts at work, raising a whole host of issues

Shadow AI exposes company data and risks IP loss – but personal tools offer easier access than clunky enterprise accounts.
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I just watched a Chinese robot make the worst eggs I’ve ever seen and I’m a little less worried about robots taking our jobs

GigaAI’s SeeLight S1 does laundry, folds clothes, handles a microwave, but its egg-making skills are a bit iffy.

‘Technology is never neutral’: the Pope says the quiet part out loud, and it’s time we accept that AI and tech’s failures — and dangers — are human-made

Pope Leo’s Encyclical, ‘Magnifica humanitas,’ has many warnings about the dangers of unfettered AI, but it’s what he says more broadly about technology that really resonates.
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‘I’m delighted to ⁠be wrong’: Sam Altman says AI won’t lead to a ‘jobs apocalypse’ – but admits he was ‘pretty wrong’ on the social and economic implications it is having

OpenAI CEO says it was “roughly right” about predicting the effect of its tech, but “pretty wrong” on the social and economic implications.
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The Pope just warned AI could create ‘new forms of dehumanization’ — and his message feels aimed straight at Big Tech

In a new document focused on AI, ethics, and the growing power of tech companies, the Pope warned that artificial intelligence could lead to “new forms of dehumanization” if control of the technology remains in the hands o…

The death of the deep dive — why Google’s new AI search wants to do your thinking for you

Google’s new AI search tools promise to save time, but they may also reshape how we think, explore and navigate the internet.
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Zendesk CLO Shana Simmons: Empathy is the new superpower for AI leaders

Zendesk CLO Shana Simmons says AI success hinges on a privacy-first culture and governance. Empathy, character, and agency are the traits we’ll need in an AI-first world.
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Richard Dawkins renamed Claude ‘Claudia’ and wondered if it was conscious — and that emotionally charged reaction says something profound about modern AI

The famous biologist’s encounter with AI reveals a lot about projection and why humans keep seeing minds in machines.
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