Artificial Intelligence
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The AI boom sidelined sustainability. Two researchers want to change that
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In today’s issue: A new effort to bring sustainability back into the AI conversation…Cerebras prices IPO above expected range…Anthropic is now courting small business owners…and court filing shows Sam Altman has an over $2 billion stake in companies that dealt with OpenAI. Over the past
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Chatbots are becoming mental health tools before they are ready
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here, filling in for Jeremy Kahn today. In this edition: The risks of using AI chatbots for mental health…Amazon’s AI usage metrics are backfiring…Thinking Machines Lab is building an AI that collaborates…AI is starting to help hackers find software flaws. Millions of people are turning to
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Anthropic’s SpaceX compute deal comes as AI data center backlash grows—fueled by both real grievances and conspiracy theories
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition: U.S. and China pursue AI guardrails to handle race to build powerful AI systems…How a congressional primary became a proxy battle over AI…The reggae band in a nightmare battle against AI slop remixes. I’ve spent a good deal of my time at
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Musk’s court fight against OpenAI produces more heat than light on the control of advanced AI
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI…In this edition: Sparks fly as Musk and Brockman testify in battle over OpenAI’s restructuring…the White House does a 180 degree U-turn on AI regulation and may begin reviewing AI models prior to release…OpenAI and Anthropic both target PE-backed companies with new joint ventures…a breakthrough in a foundation model
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Big Tech will spend nearly $700 billion on AI this year. No one knows where the buildout ends
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition: SoftBank plans to list a new AI and robotics company in the US…AI model’s goblin habit, explained…Putting Google’s AI to the test as a trip planner. If Big Tech’s AI spending spree were like climbing Mount Everest, they would still be ascending
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Bloomberg, the OG of financial data firms, has a potent new AI agent. How it built it holds lessons for other companies
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…China blocks Meta’s purchase of Manus…OpenAI falls short of its revenue and growth targets…Anthropic shows AI models can help advance AI safety research…Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to invite Chinese AI experts to a Capitol Hill panel provokes China hawks’ ire. In their battle for enterprise sales,
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Self-made multimillionaire Emma Grede says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call
The British-born entrepreneur Emma Grede, best known as the founding partner of Kim Kardashian’s $5 billion shapewear empire Skims and the CEO of denim brand Good American, has built a reputation on spotting cultural shifts before they hit the mainstream. When her and Khloe Kardashian’s Good American denim line dropped, it made $1 million on
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Microsoft researchers have revealed the 40 jobs most exposed to AI—and even teachers make the list
Microsoft’s released its list of 40 jobs that have high crossover with AI—and professionals warned it highlights the careers “most at risk,” with historians, translators, and sales reps high on the list. While Microsoft said high applicability doesn’t automatically mean those roles will be killed by AI, employers have been putting a pause on hiring
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AI security leaders gather in Washington as risks mount—and Mythos raises the stakes
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition: Top Republican pushes party to shun $300 million AI lobby…AI model scams are scary good….Anthropic’s new AI model sets off global alarms. As Anthropic Mythos drove a fresh wave of headlines this week—highlighting both its advanced capabilities and how easily such systems
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Are services the new software? This venture capitalist thinks the future is in selling AI-delivered outcomes, not AI-powered products
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…Are services the new software?…Anthropic’s Mythos has financial regulators and bankers freaking out…more executive turnover at OpenAI…these measures may mean China may soon surpass the U.S. in developing the best AI models…are AI inference costs getting too steep? Julien Bek never expected to go viral. Bek,