U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent(washingtonpost.com)

128 points by perihelions 1 year ago | 129 comments

AI generated Ghibli images go viral as OpenAI loosens its rules(washingtonpost.com)

20 points by perihelions 1 year ago | 35 comments

Silicon Valley's quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs(washingtonpost.com)

30 points by bryan0 3 years ago | 42 comments

Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking (2020)(washingtonpost.com)

32 points by eatonphil 3 years ago | 37 comments

Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died(washingtonpost.com)

144 points by sonabinu 3 years ago | 25 comments

White House fires head of Copyright Office amid Library of Congress shakeup(washingtonpost.com)

51 points by handfuloflight 1 year ago | 36 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else(washingtonpost.com)

359 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 8 months ago | 596 comments

Washington Post article on how the roughly $700 billion AI spending boom is causing shortages of electricians, components, and pricier smartphones elsewhere in the economy.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Spending on AI Is Becoming Almost Impossible for Businesses to Budget(wsj.com)

40 points by swolpers 21 days ago | 41 comments

Wall Street Journal article on how businesses struggle to budget for AI spending as token-based costs grow unpredictably.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt(futurism.com)

628 points by technewssss 3 months ago | 317 comments

Futurism article reporting that AI companies are using off-balance-sheet arrangements to hide large amounts of debt.

We're Missing a Key Reason Why Americans Hate AI(derekthompson.org)

11 points by abe94 24 days ago | 8 comments

A paid Substack essay by Derek Thompson arguing the AI buildout has raised costs rather than delivering cheap abundance, fueling American hostility to AI.

AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers(reuters.com)

25 points by samizdis 13 days ago | 38 comments

Reuters article on an Anthropic warning that AI models may soon be able to self-replicate without access to data centers; page shows a device verification screen.