"We think that AI represents a rare, once-a-decade opportunity to re-think what a browser can be about," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on a livestream to launch the browser. Atlas comes with ChatGPT baked in, and while it can navigate the web like traditional browsers, the company says it can do much more. A feature that OpenAI calls "agentic mode" can take action, like an agent who can shop for you, make reservations, or buy plane tickets.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that an era when entire companies are run by AI models is nearly upon us. And if he has it his way, it'll be OpenAI leading the charge, even if it means losing his job. "Shame on me if OpenAI isn't the first big company run by an AI CEO," Altman said on an episode of the "Conversations with Tyler" podcast recorded last month
First, defense contractors selling AI products or services may revert to an earlier tendency to re-package AI technologies under more palatable monikers, like "data analytics." Second, national defense organizations in the United States and elsewhere may take up the mantle of basic AI research & development suitable for their own ends, capturing the value left in the bubble's wake.
- I think that no one should really be actively trying to create a conscious AI. It's like, why would you do that apart from the desire to play God? The difference between conscious systems and non-conscious systems goes down to the level of the fact that we are made of cells that regenerate their own components, that transfer energy into matter and back again. We project consciousness into things that seem human-like in ways which might actually not matter at all.
Many organizations are racing to build AI strategies, but too often they focus on adopting the latest tech, rather than creating the environment to support it. The reality is that lasting transformation is fueled by people, which requires companies to take a good look at their culture. At Architech, that's exactly what we did. By prioritizing and rewarding innovation, we aligned our culture with our AI strategy-and it worked.
PromptQL is an enterprise platform that aims to automate some of the work of a typical consultant, like surfacing insights and generating reports. It helps clients build custom AI analysts by integrating their internal data with the foundation models they already use. Once deployed, these AI analysts can perform tasks typically handled by data scientists or engineers - and continuously learn and adapt to their environments over time.
Google Ads now uses your PMax campaigns for Waze ads. Google also expanded channel performance reporting to all PMax campaign users. Google Finance added a ton of new AI features. Google Merchant Center has new preferred audience targeting for promotions. Google Merchant Center also added a new content creative section. Google Discover has numerous ongoing tests. And I posted the weekly SEO video recap.
The European Commission is considering plans to delay parts of the EU's landmark Artificial Intelligence Act, after intense pressure from businesses and Donald Trump's administration. The commission confirmed that a reflection is still ongoing on delaying aspects of the act, after media reports that it was weighing changes to the law with the aim of easing demands on companies. The EU's act, the first comprehensive legislation in the world regulating artificial intelligence, came into force in 2024, but many of its provisions do not yet apply.
We're all living in a cyberpunk novel now. Unconstrained billionaires have space programs and robot armies. People are falling in love with and marrying AI chatbots. You can make movies where you're the star by typing a few sentences. Companies offer designer babies as a service. We've got brain implants for controlling computers, flying cars, robotic surgery, AI-controlled prosthetic limbs, and millions of drones in the sky. So why is the most effective form of communication still a hand-written note?
Quantum mechanics pushed science into domains where reality isn't limited to familiar dimensions. In that world, two states can both be completely real yet share zero overlap. Physicists call this orthogonality. It's not a metaphor, but a more formal condition of what I call "cognitive geometry." And I've come to believe this may be an accurate way to understand the relationship between human cognition and artificial intelligence.
The US insurance industry faces a compounding crisis: the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects nearly 400,000 workers will leave through attrition by 2026, while claim volumes continue rising and operational complexity deepens. This staffing shortage hits third-party administrators particularly hard, as TPAs depend entirely on adjuster capacity to process claims, coordinate repairs, and manage the full lifecycle from intake to resolution.
"I think about it as humanist superintelligence to clearly indicate this isn't about some directionless technological goal," Suleyman wrote. "We are doing this to solve real concrete problems and do it in such a way that it remains grounded and controllable."
Among the headline announcements this year: ChatGPT parent company Open AI, Softbank and Oracle pledged to invest $500 billion (433 billion) in AI supercomputers, Open AI and chip giant Nvidia announced a $100 billion fund to maintain the United States' dominance in advanced chips, while Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent hiked investments to help speed up China's ambition to lead AI by 2030.
