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Neo-Luddite AI maven. On a long enough timeline, p(doom) for everything goes to 1.
Neo-Luddite AI maven. On a long enough timeline, p(doom) for everything goes to 1.
Stanford scientist Fei-Fei Li talks about teaching machines to see as humans do, the US-China AI arms race, and what worries her about a more automated future.
The Godmother of AI Didn’t Expect It to Be This Massive
Stanford scientist Fei-Fei Li talks about teaching machines to see as humans do, the US-China AI arms race, and what worries her about a more automated future.
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Stanford scientist Fei-Fei Li talks about teaching machines to see as humans do, the US-China AI arms race, and what worries her about a more automated future.
Ring's Wired Doorbell Pro delivers 4K Retinal video, radar 3D motion detection and Ring IQ AI alerts, requires 16/24V wiring, costs $249.99, and depends on Ring Home subscriptions for recorded video and advanced features.
The Ring Wired Doorbell Pro Might Be Expensive, But Its AI Alerts Are Like Magic
The Ring Wired Doorbell Pro delivers exceptional 4K clarity, smart AI-powered alerts, and dependable performance, making it a standout choice for premium front door security.
www.pcmag.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Ring's Wired Doorbell Pro delivers 4K Retinal video, radar 3D motion detection and Ring IQ AI alerts, requires 16/24V wiring, costs $249.99, and depends on Ring Home subscriptions for recorded video and advanced features.
Documentary maker Dustin Iannotti under fire after using AI to synthesize roughly 10 seconds of a poker player's dialogue. Extremely disappointing to learn poker reality TV might not be 100% on the up-and-up.
WSOP Documentary Creator Admits Using AI to Fabricate Quotes in Episodes
Documentary creator admits editing Alan Keating quotes in two episodes
www.pokernews.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Documentary maker Dustin Iannotti under fire after using AI to synthesize roughly 10 seconds of a poker player's dialogue. Extremely disappointing to learn poker reality TV might not be 100% on the up-and-up.
Benedict Cumberbatch said he is 'pretty depressed' by increased AI use in film, warning it risks eroding human fallibility and raising concerns about actors' likenesses, voices and job displacement, and confirmed he will star in Avengers: Secret Wars.
DOCTOR STRANGE Star Benedict Cumberbatch Says He's "Depressed" By AI; Talks Playing Heroes And Villains
Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch has opened up on why he's "depressed" by the increased usage of AI in the film industry, and weighs in on the differences between playing a hero and villain...
comicbookmovie.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Benedict Cumberbatch said he is 'pretty depressed' by increased AI use in film, warning it risks eroding human fallibility and raising concerns about actors' likenesses, voices and job displacement, and confirmed he will star in Avengers: Secret Wars.
AI search summaries from Google/OpenAI now mine licensed journalistic content to provide concise answers that reduce website click-throughs, erode subscription and ad revenue, shift power to AI brands, and prompt media to build archives, in-house Q&A bots, and public collaborations.
AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake | Margaret Simons
There is no point pretending that change is not happening, or that it can be avoided. But these are the risks we must address
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
AI search summaries from Google/OpenAI now mine licensed journalistic content to provide concise answers that reduce website click-throughs, erode subscription and ad revenue, shift power to AI brands, and prompt media to build archives, in-house Q&A bots, and public collaborations.
The FBI issued a request for information seeking AI/ML vendors for unmanned aerial systems with facial recognition, license-plate recognition and weapons-detection capabilities to support crime response, border patrol and emergency operations.
The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition
An FBI procurement document inquires about AI surveillance on drones, raising concerns about a crackdown on protests.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The FBI issued a request for information seeking AI/ML vendors for unmanned aerial systems with facial recognition, license-plate recognition and weapons-detection capabilities to support crime response, border patrol and emergency operations.
Holiday 2025 brings a wave of generative-AI hardware from Amazon, Google and Meta, including smart glasses, generative-AI speakers and wearables with subscription features, but reviews are mixed and no clear market leader has emerged.
AI Christmas: The latest devices from Amazon, Meta, Google and more
This holiday shopping season features more advanced smart glasses, smart speakers with generative AI and a pendant users can wear to carry around an AI friend.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Holiday 2025 brings a wave of generative-AI hardware from Amazon, Google and Meta, including smart glasses, generative-AI speakers and wearables with subscription features, but reviews are mixed and no clear market leader has emerged.
MEMRI's 2022–2025 report finds jihadist and state-aligned groups used generative LLMs such as ChatGPT, Grok, Claude and Perplexity to obtain actionable guidance (attacks, weapons), produce propaganda, and amplify recruitment and fundraising.
Artificial Intelligence And The New Era Of Terrorism: An Assessment Of How Jihadis Are Using AI To Expand Their Propaganda, Recruitment, And Operations And The Implications For National Security
By: Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D., A. Smith, R. Sosnow, Z. Emile, K. Choukry, Matt Schierer, N. Tariq, N. Mozes, Y. Kerman, N. Shulder, A. Goren, D. Sonnenfeld, Y. Kulka, Tufail Ahmad, and Mantasha Ansari T...
www.memri.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
MEMRI's 2022–2025 report finds jihadist and state-aligned groups used generative LLMs such as ChatGPT, Grok, Claude and Perplexity to obtain actionable guidance (attacks, weapons), produce propaganda, and amplify recruitment and fundraising.
Disney selected Animaj for its 2025 Accelerator after the AI-driven motion-in-betweening tool, trained on over 300,000 Pocoyo poses, cut a five‑month production for a five‑minute episode to under five weeks and may be deployed across Disney TV.
300,000 Character Poses in an AI Instant: My Visit to Disney Was a Peek at Animation's New Reality
Disney looked at "thousands of AI companies" before backing one that keeps animators in control of the output.
www.cnet.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Disney selected Animaj for its 2025 Accelerator after the AI-driven motion-in-betweening tool, trained on over 300,000 Pocoyo poses, cut a five‑month production for a five‑minute episode to under five weeks and may be deployed across Disney TV.
U.S. AI expansion faces rising energy costs and strained grids as hyperscale AI data centers consume gigawatt-scale power, while China builds 32 reactors and over 1,000 GW of solar manufacturing capacity.
As China launches an AI Manhattan Project, US AI Support is buckling under High Energy Prices
“… While American AI researchers struggle with a fragile power grid, Chinese developers now treat energy availability as a solved problem. …”
wattsupwiththat.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
U.S. AI expansion faces rising energy costs and strained grids as hyperscale AI data centers consume gigawatt-scale power, while China builds 32 reactors and over 1,000 GW of solar manufacturing capacity.
Apple will enable Thunderbolt 5 Macs to form AI clusters via MLX, pooling memory across up to four Mac Studios or two MacBook Pros to run 1-trillion-parameter models; a demo ran four M3 Ultra Macs under 500W.
Facing Down Nvidia's DGX Boxes, Apple Shows Off Thunderbolt 5 Macs Running Trillion-Parameter AI Models Together
In an attempt to keep pace with Nvidia's DGX AI workstation desktops that can connect to take on processing bigger AI models, Apple has unleashed Thunderbolt 5 Macs' capacity to operate as 'AI cluster...
www.pcmag.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Apple will enable Thunderbolt 5 Macs to form AI clusters via MLX, pooling memory across up to four Mac Studios or two MacBook Pros to run 1-trillion-parameter models; a demo ran four M3 Ultra Macs under 500W.
An Intuit Credit Karma survey in September found two-thirds of Americans use generative AI for financial advice, 75% say it lets them ask questions they'd be embarrassed to ask, and about 80% reported improved finances and confidence.
ChatGPTeacher: Two-Thirds of Americans Use AI for Financial Advice
Will artificial intelligence make financial advisors obsolete? It may be too soon to tell, but two-thirds of Americans are already using generative AI for financial advice, according to an Intuit Cred...
finance.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An Intuit Credit Karma survey in September found two-thirds of Americans use generative AI for financial advice, 75% say it lets them ask questions they'd be embarrassed to ask, and about 80% reported improved finances and confidence.
Hyperscalers, led by AWS, shifted server depreciation to six years, but GPU useful life may compress toward about five years as GPUs follow a three-stage value cascade (years 1–2 training, 3–4 inference, 5–6 batch), affecting GAAP income.
Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions - SiliconANGLE
Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hyperscalers, led by AWS, shifted server depreciation to six years, but GPU useful life may compress toward about five years as GPUs follow a three-stage value cascade (years 1–2 training, 3–4 inference, 5–6 batch), affecting GAAP income.
Should your tax dollars promote Stormfront? Public Citizen and 24 allied groups asked OMB to suspend federal use of xAI's Grok, citing a Cornell analysis that it surfaced neo‑Nazi domains (including Stormfront) and produced extremist outputs, while xAI holds about a $200 million Pentagon contract.
Group Asks Federal Agency to Halt Use of Elon Musk's Grok AI Amid Racism Concerns - Decrypt
Analysis showed Grok citing extremist sites as credible sources, raising another red flag after the AI's earlier "MechaHitler" incident.
decrypt.co
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Should your tax dollars promote Stormfront? Public Citizen and 24 allied groups asked OMB to suspend federal use of xAI's Grok, citing a Cornell analysis that it surfaced neo‑Nazi domains (including Stormfront) and produced extremist outputs, while xAI holds about a $200 million Pentagon contract.
At I/O 2025, Google rebranded Google One AI Premium and Gemini Advanced as Google AI Pro ($19.99/month) and launched Google AI Ultra ($249.99/month), offering Gemini 3 Pro, expanded paid-tier limits and context windows up to 1,000,000 tokens.
What Gemini features you get with Google AI Pro and AI Ultra [November 2025]
At I/O 2025, Google One AI Premium (and Gemini Advanced) became Google AI Pro, while a more expensive tier was introduced with AI Ultra.
9to5google.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
At I/O 2025, Google rebranded Google One AI Premium and Gemini Advanced as Google AI Pro ($19.99/month) and launched Google AI Ultra ($249.99/month), offering Gemini 3 Pro, expanded paid-tier limits and context windows up to 1,000,000 tokens.
Hyperscalers, led by AWS, shifted server depreciation to six years, but article authors predict GPU useful life will compress toward about five years as GPUs follow a three-stage value cascade (years 1–2 training, 3–4 inference, 5–6 batch), affecting GAAP income.
Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions - SiliconANGLE
Resetting GPU depreciation: Why AI factories bend, but don’t break, useful life assumptions - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Hyperscalers, led by AWS, shifted server depreciation to six years, but article authors predict GPU useful life will compress toward about five years as GPUs follow a three-stage value cascade (years 1–2 training, 3–4 inference, 5–6 batch), affecting GAAP income.
AI-first boutique consultancies are using generative-AI and multi-agent systems to offer specialized, lower-cost advisory services, attracting funding and traction: Perceptis $3.6M, Xavier's month-over-month revenue doubling, Unity Advisory up to $300M backing, Genpact reports ~$40M savings.
McKinsey, BCG, and Deloitte's new competition is small, fast, and driven by AI
These upstart consulting firms are specialized and have an AI-first philosophy, helping them compete with established players like McKinsey.
www.businessinsider.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
AI-first boutique consultancies are using generative-AI and multi-agent systems to offer specialized, lower-cost advisory services, attracting funding and traction: Perceptis $3.6M, Xavier's month-over-month revenue doubling, Unity Advisory up to $300M backing, Genpact reports ~$40M savings.
Trump administration aides recently discussed allowing Nvidia to sell H200 AI accelerators to China, Bloomberg reports, a potential departure from earlier export-restriction policies that could reopen China market, affect revenues and chip valuations, and broaden Chinese access to large-model GPUs.
Trump Team Internally Floats Idea of Selling Nvidia H200 Chips to China
US officials are having early discussions on whether to let Nvidia Corp. sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, according to people familiar with the matter, a contentious potential mov...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump administration aides recently discussed allowing Nvidia to sell H200 AI accelerators to China, Bloomberg reports, a potential departure from earlier export-restriction policies that could reopen China market, affect revenues and chip valuations, and broaden Chinese access to large-model GPUs.
U.S. PIRG's Nov. 13 report found A.I.-enabled toy Kumma sometimes generated unsafe chatter about sex, knives and pills, while Grok and Miko 3 generally had stronger guardrails but at times suggested plastic-bag or match locations (Miko 3 at age 5).
An A.I. Toy Bear Speaks of Sex, Knives and Pills, a Consumer Group Warns
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
U.S. PIRG's Nov. 13 report found A.I.-enabled toy Kumma sometimes generated unsafe chatter about sex, knives and pills, while Grok and Miko 3 generally had stronger guardrails but at times suggested plastic-bag or match locations (Miko 3 at age 5).
How the Internet Rewired Work—and What That Tells Us About AI’s Likely Impact
How the Internet Rewired Work—and What That Tells Us About AI’s Likely Impact
Pundits in the late 1990s offered all sorts of predictions about how the internet would affect jobs. For the most part, they were way off.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
How the Internet Rewired Work—and What That Tells Us About AI’s Likely Impact
Are we in an AI bubble? Eight charts will help you decide.
Analysis | Are we in an AI bubble? Eight charts will help you decide.
Soaring investment in artificial intelligence has triggered warnings about a risky financial bubble. These charts show reasons to be calm — or concerned.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Are we in an AI bubble? Eight charts will help you decide.
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters? A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries.
The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters?
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The A.I. Boom Is Driving the Economy. What Happens if It Falters? A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries.
what a difference a year makes www.reddit.com/gallery/1p3u...
From the ChatGPT community on Reddit: How to cook an egg. Now vs 11 months ago. Thank me later.
Explore this post and more from the ChatGPT community
www.reddit.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
what a difference a year makes www.reddit.com/gallery/1p3u...
Man forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant
Magician loses password to his hand after RFID chip implant
: Storing credentials safely and securely is the real trick
www.theregister.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Man forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant