Busting The Misleading Assertion That AI Will Intellectually Homogenize Our Minds And Reduce Human Brains To Mush

The myth is that AI will turn our minds to mush. The reality is that AI might expand our minds — we need to decide which way this goes. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude

The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models.

Paramount is merging Pluto TV, BET+, and Paramount+ onto one tech stack to prepare for HBO Max
Paramount is merging Pluto TV, BET+, and Paramount+ onto one tech stack to prepare for HBO Max

Paramount is unifying the tech stacks behind Paramount+, Pluto TV, and BET+ onto a single backend infrastructure by mid-2026. CEO David Ellison announced the consolidation earlier this year. It is designed to eliminate duplicate systems, improve the ap…

Today’s Wordle #1818 Hints And Answer For Thursday, June 11

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today’s Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.

NYT ‘Pips’ Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Thursday, June 11

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Pips? We’ll walk you through today’s puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.

Humana To Divest End-Of-Life Care Business For $900 Million

Humana, one of the largest U.S. sellers of Medicare Advantage insurance for older adults, will divest its stake in a provider of end-of-life services for $900 million.

Seattle drinkware maker MiiR sues Tesla for copying its tumbler lid design
Seattle drinkware maker MiiR sues Tesla for copying its tumbler lid design

Seattle-based drinkware maker MiiR is suing Tesla for allegedly copying the lid design and overall look of its stainless steel tumbler. The lawsuit, filed May 28 in US District Court in Seattle, alleges Tesla’s On The Road Tumbler infringes a design pa…

Kalshi adds required employment verification for some prediction market bets
Kalshi adds required employment verification for some prediction market bets

The CFTC is considering its first regulation for prediction markets, as arrests over “insider trading” on everything from military operations to Google Search data continue to stack up. As CoinDesk reports, a notice of proposed rulemaking says “the proposal would establish a structured framework for evaluating whether such contracts involve an activity enumerated in Section […]

A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

Colleagues discussed the incident on internal message boards, according to documents seen by WIRED.

The most AI-obsessed companies spend $7,500 per employee per month. The median spends $11.
The most AI-obsessed companies spend $7,500 per employee per month. The median spends $11.

The top 1% of US companies by AI adoption spend $7,500 per employee per month on AI tools and compute. The median firm spends $11.38. That 680x gap, drawn from the Ramp AI Index, is the clearest picture yet of how unevenly AI spending is distributed ac…