Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon

It’s the translation of the word “elves” that is central to their new analysis. Based on their consideration of the ...
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Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders

Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company founded by top researchers who fled OpenAI, has raised a record $2 billion ...
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Finding value with AI automation

Today’s opportunity: Significant automation gains When leaders respond to immediate panic, new business risks and mitigations often emerge. Two recent ...
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Now Microsoft’s Copilot Vision AI can scan everything on your screen

Microsoft is rolling out an update to Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders that lets the AI tool see everything that’s ...
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I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat

An anime girl in a black corset dress sways back and forth on my screen. Its name is Ani, and ...
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Elon Musk Said Grok 4 Was the “Smartest AI in the World,” But Its Leaderboard Scores Just Came Out and They Tell a Different Story

Elon Musk has been boasting about what he says are the incredible capabilities of xAI’s new Grok 4 AI chatbot. ...
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5 reasons why I still prefer Perplexity over every other AI chatbot

Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images I’ve been working with artificial intelligence (AI) since the 1970s, when Lisp was state-of-the-art. Lately, like everyone else, ...
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AI Talent Wars Heat Up As Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After OpenAI Deal Falls Apart

In an unexpected turn of events, artificial intelligence startup Cognition announced this week that it is acquiring AI coding startup ...
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AI Might Now Be as Good as Humans at Detecting Emotion, Political Leaning, and Sarcasm

When we write something to another person, over email or perhaps on social media, we may not state things directly, ...
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