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Hayden Field

Hayden Field

Senior AI Reporter

Senior AI Reporter

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    Researchers said “AI toys” pose significant risks to kids’ development, safety, and privacy. 

    The products, fueled by voice-based chatbot features, create “emotional attachment by design” and give inappropriate answers up to one-fourth of the time, according to the Common Sense Media assessment.

    AI Toys

    [Common Sense Media]

    Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable

    The problems were baked in.

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    Three ex-OpenAI employees returned to the company after a stint at Thinking Machines Lab.

    The AI industry employee shake-up continues. The three staffers, who had left for ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s own AI startup, are now back at OpenAI. Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, wrote on X that she was “excited to welcome Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz back” and that the decision “has been in the works for several weeks.”

    Fidji Simo's post

    [X (formerly Twitter)]

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    Changes are brewing at Thinking Machines Lab.

    Mira Murati, its founder and CEO (as well as ex-CTO of OpenAI), announced that the AI startup has “parted ways with Barret Zoph,” its co-founder and CTO, who is also an ex-OpenAI employee. Murati said that Soumith Chintala will take over as Thinking Machines Lab’s finance chief.

    Mira Murati's post

    [X (formerly Twitter)]

    What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies

    They’re putting up a united front against AI newcomers.

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    Scenes from the anti-ICE march in New York City

    Hundreds gathered to peacefully protest the killing of Renee Nicole Good.

    Amelia Holowaty Krales and Hayden Field