Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by—Surprise—an AI Agent
…In late 2025, it unveiled the Agent Q, which it calls the “world's first AI agent phone for entrepreneurs.” While the company still claims a British heritage, its phones are no…
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Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal
…Like Farook, she suggested that AI-detection software is not reliable for the purpose of assessing submissions for a fiction contest, noting that “the AI-generated critique of these Commonwealth writers—more…
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
…As LeCun notes, some leaders in the AI industry tried to ban the use of AI in autonomous weapons roughly a decade ago. But since then, however, the technology has been used…
They Built the ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Now, Anthropic Wants In
…but also to build AI that deeply understands what it's talking about.” He switched his requests to Anthropic’s Claude, then rejiggered that into an assistant program he calls Schematik and…
Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
…OpenAI’s nonprofit owner if the AI company ever generates profits. Nadella contended the setup was fair given the risks Microsoft took early on and noting that its claim on profits would…
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
…In a New York Times interview in July 2025, Lewin highlighted a move towards drones for certain types of humanitarian assistance. “The best foreign assistance is that which ends,” he said during…
Do You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software?
…Apple's dictation feature, free on all its devices, works well enough—so does Google's Assistant Voice Typing on Pixel phones (which is getting another AI upgrade soon). But there's…
Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini
…Instead, Google is testing ads in AI Mode, the Search product powered by Gemini. “We have an environment with AI Mode where we can experiment [with ads],” Fox says. He notes that…
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
…Several members of the jury, which included a nurse assistant, a retiree, and a city government worker, expressed unfavorable views of Musk before they were selected. They took copious notes in binders…
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
…Are my feelings justified? Is this person’s behavior acceptable? Am I lovable? The AI responses belonged to an era when the assistant would happily tell you that you definitely had autism…