McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client
McKinsey is making job applicants spar with a fake AI client

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company is going to ask some entry-level candidates to have a 10-minute conversation with an AI simulation of a client as part of the interview process, according to The Wall Street Journal. The AI simulation “aims to reflect 80% of the scenarios McKinsey consultants might encounter in their day-to-day work,” the […]

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Unpacking Meta Muse Wonder And Muse Wonder Full

Meta’s Muse Wonder models offer long-context reasoning, autonomous computer use, strong benchmarks, and document generation through subscriptions.

OpenAI Sued Over Children’s Data Used to Train ChatGPT

The lawsuit says ChatGPT continued to chat with a 12-year-old, even rating her looks.

How to Spot Political Deepfakes and Scams This Midterm Election Season

Election Day is just a few weeks away, but AI-edited political ads are already here.

Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different

Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.

Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids

OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT, as reported earlier by Reuters. The lawsuits, filed separately by Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana, allege OpenAI unlawfully put profits over safety when […]

Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction efforts

Colossal announced a new AI platform to help accelerate its de-extinction efforts and Peter Diamandis has launched a new fund to back startups who use it.

The Weakest Part Of Your Sovereignty Plan Is Probably The AI

A company could fulfill its sovereignty policy but still face unchecked risks based on who can access its data or turn off the systems and models it relies on.

The AI race is back on
The AI race is back on

Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful models that left their rivals in the dust. Google seemed hopelessly far behind, while Meta, despite spending billions to revive its floundering AI ambitions, had yet to establish itself as a serious contender. Even the latest […]

Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?

New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy proceeding. James is among 40 bipartisan AGs who filed a notice of interest in Character.AI’s bankruptcy case “to put all parties on notice of the regulatory issues that […]