A US-China AI Hotline Won’t Be Ready For a While

As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.

AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot

A clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.

The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs

Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.

Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

The Disney+ ad-free plan is now more expensive than Netflix’s.

Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say

Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.

YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year

YouTube’s next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and livestreams.

Contrary to some reports, you don’t have two brains

A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.

Netflix releases trailer for Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn

“It’s film noir and a hard-boiled detective story, but it’s got a lot more comedy and a lot more action.”

After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai

Feds know of 5 crashes where cars using comma.ai devices hit slow or stopped vehicles.

A Patent Filed by Microsoft Would Let Games Use AI to Rewrite Themselves

The new technology would consider how players explore the game and then rewrite the game to fit these interests.

So Many New Meta Glasses: Muse AI Everywhere, and Ray-Bans Without a Camera

At Meta Connect, I tried out the AI agent, hearing enhancement and other features on all the new glasses. I was also disappointed at how little’s been done on the privacy front.

Some of Samsung’s AI Fridges Became Giant, Cool Bricks After Bad Update

Smart fridge, dumb update. The internet of broken things strikes again.