These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI
For 28 days, Keshav had a new item on his daily to-do list: masturbate for research purposes. Both…
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta were instructed to pose as minors online and probe…
28 Tips to Take Your ChatGPT Prompts to the Next Level
ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and other tools like them are making artificial intelligence available to the masses. We can…
Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’?
Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first…
I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think
Nearly half of Americans say they use AI to find information and generate ideas. It’s not hard to…
UK consumers screen calls amid contact centre trust gap
MaxContact has published research showing that UK consumers are increasingly screening calls from unknown numbers and ignoring legitimate…
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era
Tech leaders have spent the past few years warning workers that AI will threaten every single job, from…
Forget Big Tech: Small businesses will hire nearly 1 million grads in 2026
While fresh-faced grads are throwing their hats in the ring for a job at the world’s biggest companies,…
Meta’s New AI Asked for My Raw Health Data—and Gave Me Terrible Advice
Medical experts I spoke with balked at the idea of uploading their own health data for an AI…
AI promised supreme productivity, but it’s actually straining workloads for employees—time spent emailing has doubled, and focused work sessions fell by 9%
AI is actually increasing strain for most employees, as the tools add more time to menial tasks, and…