AI will reduce transaction costs and improve many markets. But it will also make some problems cheaper to create, from fraud to pressure on infrastructure.
Anthropic got the ball rolling on thinking about a pause on AI-builds-AI. I clarify the ins and outs. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
Millions of people now say please and thank you to AI chatbots, but does politeness actually improve the answers or simply waste time and energy?
Microsoft used Build 2026 to launch seven in-house MAI models, new Cobalt 200 silicon and the Majorana 2 quantum chip, a clear move to depend less on OpenAI.
We’re likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public.
Notion’s head of product said he was “astonished” at “the amount of people RT-ing this.”
If you ever wonder what ChatGPT envisions when you ask it to restore an imaginary picture, the results will shock you. I reproduced it, and now I regret the decision.
“Chat is dead” — at least, according to a senior OpenAI employee.
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Anthropic says recursive self-improvement is their chosen path for AI advancing AI. I explain the ins and outs. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.