Month: October 2025

283 posts
AOL

Italian tech firm Bending Spoons acquires internet pioneer AOL from Apollo

Vintage tech brand AOL is being acquired by Italian technology company Bending…
Cognitive offloading

AI risks ‘subcognitive society’ unable to self-rule, warns academic

An academic warns that reliance on AI risks creating a “subcognitive society,”…
Dark thoughts.

ChatGPT’s mental health responses get major overhaul from 170+ experts

OpenAI says it has updated ChatGPT to better recognise signs of distress…
AI and white collar jobs.

Tens of thousands of white-collar jobs disappear as AI takes hold

Major US employers are cutting tens of thousands of white-collar positions, signalling…
Climate change.

Climate chaos could ‘derail’ climate action, researchers warn

The worsening impacts of the climate crisis risk creating a vicious cycle…
Robin Welsch.

Dunning-Kruger Effect flips for AI: Literacy fuels overconfidence

Using AI tools like ChatGPT for complex tasks leads people to significantly…
Video game privacy.

Video game studios ‘scandalously’ violating child privacy laws, study claims

Video game studios are systematically disregarding legal frameworks and exploiting children’s privacy…
AI customer service.

Emotion AI best for customer service when paired with humans, study advises

Artificial intelligence systems designed to detect human emotions – sometimes called “emotion…
Searching

AI chatbots lead to ‘shallower knowledge’ than traditional web search

Learning about new topics using AI chatbots like ChatGPT yields shallower knowledge…
SETI and Nvidia

SETI Institute boosts alien hunt with real-time AI using Nvidia IGX Thor

The SETI Institute is integrating Nvidia’s new IGX Thor platform into the…