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.

Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’

Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund.

A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robot
A woman was arrested in Philly for blocking a delivery robot

Carolyn Marvin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after blocking the path of an Uber delivery robot and refusing to get out of the way. Marvin told Philadelphia’s ABC13 “I know they’re taking the jobs of human delivery workers and so, I have been protesting them whenever I saw them by standing in front […]

Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce

After chatbot startup Character.AI filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, many of its employees will have the opportunity to take jobs at Disney. Character.AI’s former CEO Karandeep Anand recently became the entertainment giant’s first CTO, and the st…

Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns

A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.

Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings

The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year.

This Startup Wants To Catch AI’s Mistakes

A flight recorder for wayward AI systems. The space industry’s record investments. AI spending warnings. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.

Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites
Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language no longer appears on the commercial terms page: … Meta may use any content from such domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, […]