1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (783+ words) In June 2024, Robby Lefkowitz was sitting at his desk, working for a protein company and “bored,” when he decided to have some fun online. Noticing that a bunch of X accounts were popping up, naming themselves after neighborhoods—East Village…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (801+ words) President Donald Trump has been very vocal about how much he thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. But so far, he has been shut out. Despite launching a war against Iran early this year, however, concerns about AI’s destructive…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (556+ words) “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon said. “I spent the last three years doing pre-training research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (510+ words) Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: Anthropic has three very different visions for the impact AI will have on the U.S. economy. In the third, AI outperforms humans at nearly every knowledge-work task, does almost…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (795+ words) Speaking at Southern Methodist University on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dared currency traders, and indirectly the bond market, to challenge him as he wages a multi-front battle to stabilize markets amid Iran war turmoil while also trying to slow…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (838+ words) Why did this AI doomer moment break the internet when so many others didn’t? Fortune Why did this AI doomer moment break the internet when so many others didn’t? Views of Coxon’s post exceeded 100 million within days. For comparison, Jan…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (459+ words) OpenAI unveiled a new version of ChatGPT geared toward big banks and other financial firms, powered by its new GPT-6 Astra model. The company’s rival Anthropic already offers a version of Claude for financial analysis, which it debuted in July…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (494+ words) An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology’s potential to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (600+ words) Emily Forlini here. OpenAI and Anthropic are no strangers to controversy, but over the past week the heat on them has snowballed from a steady flame to a full-blown dumpster fire. Let’s start with OpenAI, which has had a particularly…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (276+ words) Inside Walmart’s China strategy Apple unveils its first foldable iPhone New Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company’s new iPhone Duo, a book-style foldable with a $1,999 starting price, that will go on sale starting Oct. 23. Check out 21 pictures of the…...