People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again

Fed up with ads, tracking and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs.

Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs 

Nvidia is leaning hard into the trend of enterprise companies wanting to run their own open models in their own data centers and also trying to make on-device, private AI agents a thing.

When AI Becomes People: And The Role Of Science

At The Next Endeavor, scientists explored autonomous AI laboratories, accelerated experimentation, engineered serendipity, and hardware challenges.

JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes

Today, I’m talking with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has a lot of thoughts about AI, tech, and privacy. If you’ve been listening to the show, you know that one of my running theories is that those issues are driving a big and maybe kind of unexpected political realignment — and with the midterms coming […]

A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents
A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents

A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge doesn’t name the targets, Reuters reports that the victims included companies like John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins. Concerns over AI-powered cybersecurity breaches have grown […]

AI Rights Enter Anthropic’s Terms Of Service As Microsoft Pushes Back

AI rights moved into Anthropic’s usage policy, Microsoft’s Suleyman calls model welfare a safety risk, and 12 states are writing bans. Five moves for senior leaders.

Democrats think cracking down on AI could give them an edge
Democrats think cracking down on AI could give them an edge

Democrats could win back control of Congress this November, and if they do, they’ll need to decide how to approach one of the country’s newest and thorniest political issues: AI. Polls predict Democrats will flip at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections, which would put committee leadership back in their hands. That […]

Humanoid Robots In 2027: What They’ll Do And What Could Go Wrong

Humanoid robots are moving beyond flashy demonstrations and into real workplaces, with 2027 set to test whether they can become practical, affordable helpers.

Anthropic Secretly Floats An AI Kill Switch Law And Inadvertently Ignites Heated Controversy

Online reporting says that Anthropic is floating an AI kill switch law. I explain why there is controversy associated with the purported draft. An AI Insider analysis.