14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (232+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 1:02 PM EDT Amazon is catapulting us into the final boss of sub vs dub debates. On Thursday, its Prime Video streaming service announced the launch of a new AI-powered feature that matches actors’ mouth movements to dubbed audio…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (539+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 12:01 PM EDT Earlier this week, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon drew major media attention after announcing he was quitting his job, claiming that neither Anthropic nor his former employer OpenAI is “acting responsibly” and that there’s a real chance…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (259+ words) Published Sep 13, 2026 7:02 AM EDT Armed with sordid tales of rogue AI agents escaping containment, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has found plenty of success using scare tactics to call for friendly regulation in the name of AI safety. Now, it seems…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (375+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 2:01 PM EDT Surely our creaking gerontocracy is well-equipped to respond to a technology as novel, disruptive, and rapidly evolving as AI, right? “There is a percentage of my colleagues who are still trying to spell AI,” representative Sam…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (473+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 11:02 AM EDT You wouldn’t be remiss to accuse college students using AI to cheat of being lazy. But some of the wilier ones are putting in the hard work to make sure their LLM-generated answers avoid detection from…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (351+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 8:01 AM EDT The legendary German director Werner Herzog had a few choice words about other so-called “filmmakers” who use AI to imitate their inspirations — one of those inspirations being himself. The flesh and blood director didn’t sound impressed....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (528+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 12:47 PM EDT Last year, a so-called “AI actress,” dubbed Tilly Norwood sparked a near-universal backlash. The algorithmic brunette’s appearance couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the entertainment industry continued to reel from being overrun by cheap…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (349+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:43 AM EDT With opposition to AI continuing to grow, a top AI lab is building out a massive surveillance apparatus meant to keep a close eye on dissenters and predict when the next groundswell of protest might occur....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (335+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 8:28 AM EDT Back in August, a massive leak in El Reno, Oklahoma spewed close to four million gallons of local water into the ground, forcing the city into an unofficial stand-still. The cause was quickly traced back to…...