Is a secure AI assistant possible?

AI agents are a risky business. Even when stuck inside the chatbox window, LLMs will make mistakes and behave badly. Once they have tools that they can use to interact with the outside world, such as web browsers and email addresses, the consequences of those mistakes become far more serious. That might explain why the…

The AI Skills Gap Is Becoming A Real Business Risk

AI is scaling faster than workforce readiness. EC-Council’s new role-based AI certifications aim to help close the growing skills and governance gap.

Physical AI Is Making XR, VR, AR Relevant Again

Meta lost $77 billion in XR. Does that mean XR is dead, or are all the benefits accruing to robotics? And … maybe … smart glasses?

Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal

A 1 Gw orbital data center would cost roughly $42.4B—almost three times its ground-bound equivalent.

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed

The platform’s new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.

Can Your Company Handle The Changing Winds Of AI?

Davos leaders urge ROI-tied AI, AI-ready data, governance, and upskilling as agentic AI rises.

How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP

Amanda Silver is a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within enterprises.

Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline
Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline

The best methods we currently have for detecting and labelling deepfakes online are about to get a stress test. India announced mandates on Tuesday that require social media platforms to remove illegal AI-generated materials much faster, and ensure that all synthetic content is clearly labeled. Tech companies have said for years that they wanted to […]

Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull

At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.

Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT

OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, leaving us with a better idea of the kinds of products we might see stuffed beneath our conversations with the AI chatbot. Several companies have announced plans to show ads inside ChatGPT – placements that will reportedly cost them a pretty penny – ranging from major retailers […]