NYTIMES (Brian X. Chen) - How to Use ChatGPT and Gemini Prompts to Find Out What They Know About You
It can be unsettling what Gemini and ChatGPT have figured out about you and how easily your privacy can be punctured. Here’s how to find out.
NYTIMES (Kate Conger) - Google Releases Three New Gemini A.I. Models
The models include one that is the company’s most powerful and another that is fine-tuned for cybersecurity, as Google competes with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
AXIOS (Mike Allen) - Exclusive: Google's Hassabis calls for U.S.-led global AI watchdog
Demis Hassabis , Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO, is calling on the U.S. to establish a new AI watchdog with the power to screen the world's most advanced models — and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if dangers mount . - Hassabis, the Nobel laureate behind Gemini, lays out the plan in a personal manifesto published Tuesday morning, "A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age." Why it matters: In an exclusive interview with Axios, Hassabis said the time has come for a more "systematic" approach to AI regulation — funded by the industry, staffed by world-class technical experts, and answerable to the U.S. government. Today's AI-driven cyber risks are "warning shots," Hassabis told us from his London base.…
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Apple Sues ‘Rotten’ OpenAI for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets.
Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI of misappropriating confidential information through former Apple employees.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Apple has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company engaged in “a pattern of theft” of trade secrets by hiring former Apple employees. The lawsuit claims OpenAI and its recent acquisition, io Products, exploited confidential Apple information to advance their hardware efforts, alleging the business “rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets.” DETAIL: The lawsuit names two former Apple employees, Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan, who allegedly accessed sensitive company information before joining OpenAI. Apple accuses OpenAI of using this information as part of a broader strategy to enter the consumer hardware…Open
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Behind the Curtain: These 3 big AI trends are colliding at the same time
Three AI trends are accelerating and colliding, forcing government, business and investors to rethink strategies in real time: - AI is getting bigger and better, both here and in China. - The U.S. government is scrambling to keep pace by creating a regulatory framework, perhaps with international reach. - Both America and China are considering blocking access to their best AI, in recognition of the rising stakes. Why it matters: The explosive rise of truly autonomous agents is forcing Washington and Beijing away from light-touch oversight, transforming the global AI race from a commercial sprint into a national-security standoff. Here's our latest intel on each trend, based on conversations with top AI execs and administration sources,…
NYTIMES (Anne-Laure Le Cunff) - A.I. Is Giving Us Answers Right Away. That’s Making Us Dumber.
What used to be a meandering journey is now an immediate arrival at your destination.
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Jim VandeHei: Writing with AI
Few AI use cases elicit more outrage than writing: Using AI makes writing duller ... dumber ... robotic. It kills thinking ... creativity ... originality. It produces sameness and slop! Why it matters: All that's true — if you, as the teacher or writer, allow it to be true. Lazy AI outsourcing means lazy thinking and writing. Used with persistence and skill, AI can enhance both your thoughts and expression. I'm thinking and writing more and better than ever. But I want to be frank and useful about what I've learned about writing and the limits I've hit since turning myself into an AI lab rat : - Caution 1: I'm 55, a writer by training, went in aware of AI dangers, and am a prolific writer with or without it. Anyone lazily letting AI…
NYTIMES (Malia Mendez) - A.I. Chatbot Helps a $100 Thrift Store Painting Sell for Over $250,000
When a son got curious about the origins of a painting his mother bought at a secondhand shop decades ago, Google Gemini had some intriguing thoughts.
AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Apple finally ships its AI assistant upgrade
Apple is finally delivering the conversational and context-aware AI that it promised two years ago . Its rivals have already moved on to agents. Why it matters: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other AI companies are pushing beyond chatbots toward agentic tools that can write code, search through complex file structures, use apps and handle workplace tasks. Driving the news: At its annual developers conference Monday, Apple announced that its long-delayed Siri overhaul will arrive this fall, built through Apple's partnership with Google . - Apple says its new conversational assistant is "profoundly more capable" and includes greater "personal context understanding" that can surface relevant information from texts, emails, photos, and more.…
NPR (Stephan Bisaha) - A handful of American households pay for AI. Is the future free — or a subscription?
Just 3% of U.S. households pay for AI for personal use. Sign ups are growing — even though Americans have subscription fatigue.