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From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty […]

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content

Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary […]

Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.

Despite connection hiccups, we covered OpenAI’s finances, nuclear power, and Sam Altman. On Tuesday of last week, Ars Technica hosted […]

OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views

New paper reveals reducing “bias” means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users’ political language. “ChatGPT shouldn’t have political bias in any […]

With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

Why AI chatbots validate grandiose fantasies about revolutionary discoveries that don’t exist. Allan Brooks, a 47-year-old corporate recruiter, spent three […]

Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content

A time capsule of human expression Graham-Cumming is no stranger to tech preservation efforts. He’s a British software engineer and […]

Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting”

The current generative Quake II demo represents a slight advancement from Microsoft’s previous generative AI gaming model (confusingly titled “WHAM” […]