OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’
Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation
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How to Scale GenAI in the Workplace
Each employee saved 2.17 hours per week, on average, once they began using the tool. But something unexpected also happened: Those hours weren’t what employees valued most. Employee satisfaction with Copilot was three times more strongly correlated with perceived improvements in work quality than with time saved. Employees reported quality enhancements in content summarization, content creation, and ideation. Interestingly, many employees reinvested the time they saved into people interactions, strategic planning, and creative work. As one put it, “I can spend more time and energy dedicated to strategizing and planning the rollout of my project.”
The Hidden Costs of Coding With Generative AI
AI coding tools boost productivity in the short term, but hidden technical debt can cripple systems over the long term.
Agentic AI at Scale: Redefining Management for a Superhuman Workforce | MIT Sloan Management Review
Experts debate if implementing agentic AI demands new management approaches.
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Instructions for Custom AI Calculus Tutors
AI Calculus Tutor Examples Custom GPT Hawkulus Precalculus and Calculus Coach: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-68d992b987fc8191b6b394cb1dfd1593-hawkulus-precalculus-calculus-coach Gemini Gem Newton: Precalculus and Calculus Learning Coach: https://gemini.google.com/gem/1IojGkCEzOKL5o2w5ve-LEjZLCnFDTZwF?...
Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Is Now Available to Everyone
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Can you trust AI Overviews? Recent studies suggest they may not be as accurate as you think
Accuracy is crucial for humans, but AI doesn't seem to think it's important
A principled way to think about AI in education: guidance for...
The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies has the potential to dramatically influence higher education, raising questions about the roles of...
OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss
Research and development expenses were its largest cost, totaling US$6.7 billion in the first half.
Experts Urge Caution About Using ChatGPT To Pick Stocks - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With AI chatbots growing in popular usage, it was only a matter of time before large numbers of people began applying them to the stock market. In fact, at least 1 in 10 retail investors now consult ChatGPT or other AI chatbots for stock-picking...
Meta Launches Vibes, an Endless Feed of AI Slop for Your Viewing Displeasure - Slashdot
Meta has rolled out Vibes, an endless feed of AI-generated videos within its Meta AI app and meta.ai website. Users can create short-form synthetic videos from scratch or remix existing AI content from the feed, adding music and adjusting styles before redistributing the artificial output to Instagr...
If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff
ai-pocalypse: Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank
Many employees are using AI to create 'workslop' • The Register
ai-pocalypse: Remember when AI was supposed to make us more productive, not hate each other?
Culture Magazine Urges Professional Writers to Resist AI, Boycott and Stigmatize AI Slop - Slashdot
The editors of the culture magazine n + 1 decry the "well-funded upheaval" caused by a large and powerful coalition of pro-AI forces. ("According to the logic of market share as social transformation, if you move fast and break enough things, nothing can contain you...")
"An extraordinary amount o...
AI-Powered Stan Lee Hologram Debuts at LA Comic Con - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shared this report from Ars Technica:
Late last week, The Hollywood Reporter ran a story about an "AI Stan Lee hologram" that would be appearing at the LA Comic Con this weekend. [Watch it in action here.] Nearly seven years after the famous Marvel Comics creator's death at the ...
ChatGPT Adds 'Instant Checkout' To Shop Directly In Chat - Slashdot
OpenAI unveiled Instant Checkout, a new ChatGPT feature that lets users buy stuff directly through its chatbot. Currently, the feature supports single-item purchases directly from Etsy sellers, but support for more than one million Shopify merchants is coming soon. It's also only available to U.S. C...
AI answers Microsoft licensing questions, helps you choose • The Register
Interview: Thankfully, Onyx's model also knows when to defer to a human for advice
Using Artificial Intelligence to Elevate Science Lab Safety
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming lab safety with PPE detection, virtual simulations, and air-quality monitoring making classrooms smarter and safer.
Lloyds Banking Group says 'digitization' will power more branch closures
: Group promises sandboxing of AI money management tools with 1,000 branches remaining
In a Sea of Tech Talent, Companies Can't Find the Workers They Want - Slashdot
Tech companies are struggling to fill AI-specialized roles despite a surplus of available tech talent. U.S. colleges more than doubled the number of computer science degrees awarded between 2013 and 2022. Major layoffs at Google, Meta, and Amazon flooded the job market. The Bureau of Labor Statistic...
YouTuber builds working AI chatbot in Minecraft • The Register
: Replies are slow and it's prone to gibberish – just like any other AI
4 tips for using Nano Banana to create amazing images
Get the scoop on how to use Nano Banana, the Gemini app's viral new image generation and editing model from Google DeepMind.
New ways to build with Jules, our AI coding agent
Jules Tools is our new, lightweight command-line interface. And Jules API will let you integrate Jules directly into your own systems.
Curl project, swamped with AI slop, finds not all AI is bad
: Artificial intelligence works when humans use it wisely
Google announces new $4 billion investment in Arkansas
Google is announcing a new $4 billion investment in Arkansas through 2027, which will include Google’s first data center in the state — located in West Memphis — along with cloud and AI infrastructure, and local programs to increase energy resilience and affordability for local residents.We’re launching a $25 million Energy Impact Fund to help scale energy efficiency and affordability initiatives for residents in Crittenden County and the surrounding area. In addition, we’re collaborating with Entergy to bring a new 600 MW solar project to the grid and implement programs to reduce power usage during peak hours.Beyond infrastructure, Google’s investing directly in Arkansas's people. We're boosting the state's talent pipeline by offering no-cost access to Google AI courses and Career Certificates for all residents, in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Commerce. This effort, starting with students at the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University, is designed to unlock substantial economic opportunity and ensure Arkansas plays a key role in advancing the U.S. as a world leader in AI innovation.
AI Has Already Run Out of Training Data, Goldman's Data Chief Says - Slashdot
AI has run out of training data, according to Neema Raphael, Goldman Sachs' chief data officer and head of data engineering. "We've already run out of data," Raphael said on the bank's podcast. He said this shortage is already shaping how developers build new AI systems. China's DeepSeek may have ke...
Cops: Accused Vandal Confessed To ChatGPT - Slashdot
alternative_right shares a report from the Smoking Gun: Minutes after vandalizing 17 cars in a Missouri college parking lot, a 19-year-old sophomore had a lengthy ChatGPT conversation during which he confessed to the crime, asked about the possibility of getting caught, and wondered, "is there any w...