Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI. His work explores the social and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence, applications in health and science and the evolving policy landscape, as well as safety threats and frontier labs like OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic. Rob’s work is currently supported by a Senior Fellowship from the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. Prior to joining The Verge, Rob was a senior reporter at Forbes leading breaking news coverage of science, tech, and health and a features writer on the privacy beat for Lexology, with his byline appearing in publications including Wired, Time, and The Guardian. When not pondering emerging technologies, Rob can be found attempting CrossFit or trying to find a good cup of coffee. Contact him on Signal for tips: @robhart.01
Gudtrip is the most ridiculous AI/crypto/weed product to ever touch the internet. Could it possibly be real?
Spicy chatbot startup Joi AI says it’s hiring 10 “masturbation consultants” to test new “daily audio-guided sessions” with an AI-generated voice. If you fancy trying your hand, you’ve until the end of the week.
AI-assisted lawsuits are flooding the legal system. Good news for the people able to file without costly lawyers — and bad news for the already overwhelmed court system. Interesting read from the NYT here, though the issue has been simmering away for a while now. Maybe it’s time for AI judges?
AI can’t feel, but the best hackers pretend it can.
