Amazon brings Alexa+ to the UK

The company is currently letting users in the U.K. try out Alexa+ for free via an early access program.

Fitbit’s AI health coach will soon be able to read your medical records
Fitbit’s AI health coach will soon be able to read your medical records

Would you share your medical records with a personal trainer? How about a virtual one? Google, which this week announced it is giving Fitbit’s AI health coach the ability to read your medical records, is hoping the answer is yes, following rivals like Amazon, OpenAI, and Microsoft in betting that users are willing to trade […]

When AI Goes Wrong, Who Is Accountable?

When an AI pilot fails, everyone points fingers and nobody owns the outcome. A breakdown of where each party’s accountability ends — and why only a Chief AI Officer can close the gap before the crisis arrives.

The FBI is buying location data on Americans, here’s what it means

The FBI confirms it’s buying location data on Americans again, using data brokers to access movement history without a warrant, as lawmakers push to close a growing legal gap.
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Analysis Of Newly Crafted AI Laws And Underway Bills At The State-Level Reveals Quite Eyebrow-Raising Insights

In the U.S., states are rapidly pursuing all sorts of new AI laws. A new analysis usefully looked at them. I recap the analysis and add my thoughts. An AI Insider scoop.

Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream

After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available.

Humans Win By Latest ChatGPT Changes Reducing Teaser-Phrasing So That AI Won’t Be So Annoyingly Click-Baity

Many LLMs use teaser-phrasing to get users to keep going in a conversation. OpenAI says they are reducing this in ChatGPT. Here’s the upshot. An AI Insider scoop.

A concerningly high number of teens admit to using AI for making sexualized pictures

A new study found that 55% of U.S. teens have used AI nudification tools to create explicit images. The findings reveal a growing crisis around consent and teen safety online.
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Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents

A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn’t have permission to see it.

Sam Altman’s thank-you to coders draws the memes

Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes.