The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found:
The short course provides solid basics for using AI. But it also misidentifies AI products, links out to bad advice and raises ethical concerns about the products it promotes
A Polymarket trader made $300,000 betting on Biden's pardons, a new analysis shows:
In the final hours of President Biden's term, an anonymous prediction market trader placed lucrative bets on who would be pardoned even as the odds were nearly zero.
Millions of people are pretending to be AI chatbots — for fun:
Websites like youraislopbores.me have become playgrounds for people looking for light relief in a bot-heavy world.
Man accused in Molotov cocktail attack of OpenAI CEO's home charged with attempted murder:
No one was injured at Altman's home or the company offices, authorities said.
How AI is getting better at finding security holes:
Anthropic announced this week that its new model found security flaws in "every major operating system and web browser." Even before the news, AI models had gotten dramatically better at finding bugs.
How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online:
Governments are blocking the internet, banning social media posts and cutting access to commercial satellite images. But experts say that efforts to censor information have had mixed results.
Why OpenAI bought 'SportsCenter for Silicon Valley':
OpenAI is seeking to shape the public narrative about AI with the purchase of a niche talk show popular with Silicon Valley insiders.
ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware:
In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress that the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.
Building AI bots becomes the latest viral craze in China:
A fascination with AI bots, made with a program called OpenClaw, is sweeping China.
Amid a high-profile scandal, Germany considers deepfake porn punishments:
Congress passed the Take It Down Act in 2024, protecting victims of deepfake revenge pornography. Now, Germany is considering punishing the creators of deepfake porn, not just the distributors, for up to 2 years. NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet.
