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Why AI is the New Social Media
Companionship is now the No. 1 use case for generative AI, filling a void Facebook could not.
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Alex Kantrowitz
What Exactly Is The ARC-AGI Test?
Successful models demonstrate they’ve learned formulas, not just facts, and can apply them in new scenarios.
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Owen Lavine
Big Tech’s Three Underappreciated Risks Following a Week of Tariff Unease
In a trade war over goods, can you strike back at services?
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Alex Kantrowitz
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on AI Competition, Agents, and Tariffs
“We've been working on contingency plans for quite a while,” Kurian says on Tariffs.
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Alex Kantrowitz
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman: Our AI Will Differentiate Via Personality
Suleyman touts new memory, assistive, and research capabilities as Microsoft pushes forward in the crowded personalized AI assistant space.
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Alex Kantrowitz

March 2025

As AI Takes His Readers, A Leading History Publisher Wonders What’s Next
World History Encyclopedia CEO Jan van der Crabben saw his site show up in Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT. Then traffic dropped 25%.
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Alex Kantrowitz
It’s Time for Apple to End Its Culture of Secrecy
The Apple Intelligence debacle calls for a cultural reset and the end of silos in Cupertino.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Scale AI Field CTO: AI Isn’t Taking Your Job Anytime Soon
AI isn’t yet measuring up to benchmarks Scale set for human-level adeptness in fields like law, finance, and education.
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Alex Kantrowitz
Roblox CEO Talks AI Game Generation, Child Safety, And Virtual Cash Allowances
Roblox CEO David Baszucki says he wants both creators and players to be able to prompt experiences out of thin air.
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Alex Kantrowitz
Okay, I’m Starting to Think AI Can Do My Job After All
Some work that once seemed safe now looks like it’s directly in the path of the machines.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Netflix Might Make You a Bigger Part of Marketing Its Shows
A Netflix job listing indicates some intriguing exploration is coming at Netflix
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Alex Kantrowitz
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February 2025

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