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My teenager hated it when I used AI to create art for my business. She taught me the dangers, and now I quit AI for good.
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (740+ words) I'd just spent the morning creating AI images for my online newsletter. They were eye-catching despite my nonexistent art skills. I turned the laptop screen toward my daughter. "What do you think?" I asked. She's a 16-year-old art student considering…...
I interned for OpenAI in San Francisco. Here's what it was like and what I thought of Sam Altman.
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (562+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hamza Mostafa, 21, who lives in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Growing up, I wanted to work in the medical field like most of my family…...
A data center bathhouse? Architects are rethinking what AI infrastructure owes its neighbors.
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (987+ words) A data center goes up in the middle of a California desert oasis, and in return, a nearby community gets a 32,000-square-foot bathhouse where people lounge in pools warmed by subterranean servers. Forma, a New York-based architecture studio, designed the…...
Roblox wants kids to vibe-code their own video games
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (266+ words) Roblox wants you to make your next video game from your phone. On Thursday, the gaming platform company introduced Build, its AI-powered tool that can turn a written prompt into a basic playable game. The tool is housed inside the…...
Xi Jinping calls for more open-source AI: 'China is ready to be more open"
21+ hour, 56+ min ago (428+ words) The world's AI superpowers differ on a key strategy: openness. Chinese leader Xi Jinping shared his philosophy on AI at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday. He called for both more regulation of the tech — as well…...
What smart people are saying about China's hot new Kimi K3 AI model
1+ day, 21+ min ago (761+ words) Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 on Thursday, a powerful new model that the startup says is the largest open-weight AI system in the world. Moonshot says K3 still trails the most powerful proprietary models, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI's…...
3 reasons China's Kimi K3 is turning heads in Silicon Valley
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (526+ words) A new artificial intelligence model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI is making waves in Silicon Valley and intensifying the global AI race. Kimi K3, unveiled on Thursday, is an open-weight model that Moonshot AI says rivals some of the best systems…...
Israel's top air defense is getting a more intense workout than its missile chief ever imagined
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (451+ words) When Israel's top air defense system first came online more than two decades ago, the idea that it might one day be used to battle hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles seemed far-fetched to some. "I can tell you that I…...
A Meta software engineer shares what it takes to keep up with AI — without letting it think for him
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (736+ words) For Meta software engineer Rohan Kulkarni, keeping up with AI no longer ends when the workday does. As AI has helped Kulkarni complete tasks faster, it's also come with a new challenge: using AI without letting it do the thinking…...
DeepMind's CEO Says STEM Students Can Use AI 10 Times More Effectively
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (367+ words) AI is changing tech careers, but it won't take away the importance of a STEM degree, says Demis Hassabis. In an interview at a London business conference, the video of which was published on Wednesday, the DeepMind CEO said that…...