A number of US banks have unleashed AI-powered cameras capable of both facial recognition and general behavioral pattern analysis, hinting at a wider rollout in retail stores and elsewhere - and a big drop in customer trust. (more…)

Ahead of Valentine's Day, I set out to find an AI companion in ChatGPT, but instead of a love connection, I got a content violation and some seriously bad vibes. (more…)

America’s power grid system is not only large but dynamic, which makes it especially challenging to manage. Human operators know how to maintain systems when conditions are static. But when conditions change quickly, due to sudden faults for example, oper... (more…)

As chatbots threaten their own best sources of data, they will have to find new kinds of knowledge. (more…)

The Google Brain team declared that their new AI system was an astonishing breakthrough in genomics. Turns out it's more like an incremental improvement on a well-understood problem. Wired fell for the hype, but you don't have to. (more…)