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OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete

Last week, a Chinese-made large language model called Kimi K3, developed by Beijing-based firm Moonshot…

Jul 20, 2026 4 min read
There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse

For years, AI companies have been selling investors on the idea that scaling up operations…

Jul 20, 2026 3 min read
Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic

In June 2025, 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after after walking into oncoming traffic in…

Jul 20, 2026 4 min read
Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It’s Being Flooded With It

Spotify, like pretty much every other digital platform, has been grappling with a torrent of…

Jul 19, 2026 4 min read
Amazon’s Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke

Zoox, the Amazon-owned robotaxi company, issued a recall after one of its self-driving cars blundered…

Jul 19, 2026 3 min read
In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature

These days, it’s hard to say which technological “innovation” US citizens hate more: AI data…

Jul 19, 2026 3 min read
Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid

As the public backlash to AI data centers continues to escalate, activists are resorting to…

Jul 19, 2026 3 min read
It’s Laughably Easy to Poison Open-Weight AI Models, Researcher Finds

Good news, everyone: “open-weight” AI models that are available to anyone to download and run…

Jul 19, 2026 3 min read
As Much of the East Coast Is Choking on Wildfire Smoke, Texas Is Drowning in Life-Threatening Floods

Fresh off a month that saw all but five states mired in severe drought, the…

Jul 18, 2026 2 min read
Striking Workers Bring Car Factory to a Screeching Halt Over Humanoid Robots

From the factories of Detroit to the postal warehouses in Shenzhen, a new kind of…

Jul 18, 2026 2 min read