Microsoft AI says it’ll make superintelligent AI that won’t be terrible for humanity
Microsoft AI says it'll make superintelligent AI that won't be terrible for humanity Microsoft AI wants you to know that its work toward superintelligence involves keeping humans “at the top of the food chain.” In a lengthy blog post on Thursday, Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman highlighted the formation of a new team dedicated to […]
How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education
How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education Here on Decoder, we’ve talked a lot about generative AI, which is a very big idea that is causing quite a few problems. One thing we keep hearing about over and over again is that generative AI is causing a lot of problems in schools. A […]
Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI, according to new testimony
Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI, according to new testimony “What did Ilya see?” Two years ago, it was the meme seen ’round the world (or at least ’round the tech industry). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been briefly ousted in November 2023 by members of the company’s board of directors, […]
Foursquare’s founder launches a new app that talks to you about your neighborhood
Foursquare's founder launches a new app that talks to you about your neighborhood The BeeBot app is only available for iOS users in the US. After teasing its development last year, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has now launched BeeBot: an AI-powered social app for iPhones that talks to you about what’s happening nearby. In his […]
Tinder’s AI can find better matches by scanning your camera roll
Tinder's AI can find better matches by scanning your camera roll Tinder is testing an AI-powered “Chemistry” feature that learns about your interests and personality by analyzing your camera roll. In its latest earnings report, the dating app’s parent company, Match Group, described it as an interactive matching feature that’s designed to combat “swipe fatigue” […]
Google Gemini’s Deep Research can look into your emails, drive, and chats
Google Gemini's Deep Research can look into your emails, drive, and chats Gemini can now draw from your emails and documents while performing “deep research” queries. Google’s announcement blog called this “one of our most-requested features” for Gemini Deep Research, which is an agentic feature styled specifically for creating research reports rather than just answering […]
WEB WAR III
WEB WAR III OpenAI didn’t plan to make a browser. Not at first, anyway. But ever since the company launched ChatGPT, it started to see lots of users do the same thing. “You’d have this tab open on chatgpt.com, and you’d be working on something else somewhere in your browser,” says Adam Fry, a product […]
xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk's AI girlfriend Elon Musk’s AI company compelled its employees submit their own biometric data to train its “Ani” female chatbot, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ani, an anime avatar with blond pigtails and an NSFW setting, was released over the summer for users who subscribe […]
Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’
Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an 'all-knowing copilot' Google Maps is bringing Gemini’s AI chatbot to more features, including more “conversational” route planning and the use of landmarks and nearby business for navigation. Google has slowly been adding AI to many of its products, including Maps, which last year got an updated […]
Google has a ‘moonshot’ plan for AI data centers in space
Google has a 'moonshot' plan for AI data centers in space Google has dreamed up a potential new way to get around resource constraints for energy-hungry AI data centers on Earth — launching its AI chips into space on solar-powered satellites. It’s a ‘moonshot’ research project Google announced today called Project Suncatcher. If it can […]