emerging technologies

  • AI’s World-Ending Capabilities Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

    AI’s World-Ending Capabilities Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

    It’s become popular amongst the denizens of Silicon Valley to claim that AI could end the world as we know it. However, this week provided more than a few examples of why that isn’t true. AI isn’t going to pose a threat to humanity anytime soon. The AI products that exist don’t even perform their…


  • It Sure Looks Like Governments Want to Let AI Surveillance Run Wild

    It Sure Looks Like Governments Want to Let AI Surveillance Run Wild

    By all accounts, the European Union’s AI Act seems like something that would make tech ethicists happy. The landmark artificial intelligence law, which enjoyed a huge legislative win this week, seeks to institute a broad regulatory framework that would tackle the harms posed by the new technology. In its current form, the law would go…


  • The Secret Behind AI Drive-Thrus? It’s Humans Doing the Work.

    The Secret Behind AI Drive-Thrus? It’s Humans Doing the Work.

    Presto, the self-acclaimed “leader in drive-thru voice automation” wants artificial intelligence to take your order. The drive-thru AI company works with Carls Jr, Chili’s, and Del Taco, and it partially runs on ChatGPT. However, SEC filings from November reveal that Presto’s AI may not be capable of taking your burger order and requires a human…


  • Google’s Gemini Turns Pixel 8 Pro Into a True AI Phone

    Google’s Gemini Turns Pixel 8 Pro Into a True AI Phone

    If you’re the proud owner of a Google Pixel 8 Pro—or are soon to be one this holiday season—you’re about to be the latest guinea pig for the company’s big AI experiment. Google’s flagship Android phone is going to be held aloft in a sweeping round of new AI capabilities thanks to the company’s new…