Extraordinary Machines: AI And Creativity Summit Beyond The Binary

A recent summit in Brooklyn sought to add more nuance to a contentious debate about AI and creative work.

AI warfare is already here
AI warfare is already here

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, an international forum that focuses on lethal autonomous systems, is hosted twice a year at the United Nations in Geneva. When Branka Marijan attended in November 2017, she thought the five-day sessions – which dealt largely in hypotheticals, speculating on a world where warfare was fought with killer robots […]

AI Can Change The World And Still Be A Bubble

AI may transform the economy, but today’s spending boom looks fragile. Costs are surging, profits are uncertain, and the ultimate winners may arrive later.

Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’
Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’

After reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget just four months into 2026, Uber is now questioning whether it’s actually seeing meaningful returns on its investments. In an interview with Rapid Response, Uber president and chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald said the company isn’t seeing a connection between rising token consumption for Claude Code and more […]

Spotify’s ElevenLabs Play Isn’t Really About Audiobooks. It’s About Owning The Production Layer.

Spotify’s ElevenLabs Play Isn’t Really About Audiobooks. It’s About Owning The Production Layer.

OpenAI’s Breakthrough On Famed Math Problem Actually Proves That Using AI To Find Counterexamples Is A Smart Strategy For Everyone

OpenAI makes big splash with AI finding math problem breakthrough. Real lesson is to use AI to find counterexamples. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

AI And The Continuum Of Care

AI healthcare panel explores trust, governance, clinician augmentation, cybersecurity, regulation, and medical-grade AI development.

What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work

The nine-year-old startup is replacing hundreds of employees with thousands of AI agents.

AI bots are a hit across the hotel biz, and if they feel creepy, you’re not alone: Study

Researchers have found that AI-powered hotel booking chatbots are unsettling enough to make users abandon their bookings.

The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage.