Slopocalypse Now

Hari Kunzru surveys the AI slop that dominates our feeds and likens the way it drowns out information to a new form of censorship.

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT shopping tool promises ‘in-depth’ research — just not for Amazon products

OpenAI is rolling out a new AI-powered shopping tool inside ChatGPT that researches products online, reads reviews and compares options according to users' specific needs and preferences.

How AI’s hit to publisher traffic is quietly rewiring media M&A

Publishers’ AI-driven traffic declines are cooling M&A, stalling deals and lowering valuations. Some analysts are optimistic about 2026.

I Finally Tested the M5 iPad Pro’s Neural-Accelerated AI, and the Hype Is Real

The best kind of follow-up article isn’t one that clarifies a topic that someone got wrong (although I do love that, especially when that “someone” isn’t me); it’s one that provides more context to a story that was incomplete. My M5 iPad Pro review was an incomplete narrative. As you may recall, I was unable...

Why AI agents need cryptographic identity to stay secure

Without strong cryptographic identity, AI agents are vulnerable to spoofing, unauthorized actions, and silent data manipulation.

AWS re:invent 2025: Live updates on new AI innovations and more

News on agentic AI, Amazon Connect, and AWS Interconnect - multicloud are some of the latest announcements from Amazon’s flagship AI and cloud event.

1,000 Days Of ChatGPT: What The Next 1,000 Will Bring

ChatGPT's first 1,000 days were prologue. The next 1,000 will separate companies that capture AI value from those who become the value captured.

AI agents see explosive growth on AWS Marketplace – over 40x the team’s initial targets

At re:Invent, AWS Marketplace will also introduce new features to streamline the process for companies to deploy AI agents.

Robots are scaring Chinese government, and the ‘reason’ is these 150-plus companies – The Times of India

Tech News News: China's booming humanoid robotics industry is facing government scrutiny over a potential investment bubble. Beijing is concerned about too many simil

Why traditional metrics don’t measure the true value of artificial intelligence, at least for now

Google Positions Gemini Enterprise As The Operating Layer For Workplace AI

Rather than selling AI as a set of discrete features within productivity software, Gemini Enterprise functions as what the company describes as “the new front door for AI in the workplace.”

Weaponized AI Is Changing The Vulnerability Management Game. Now What?

Recent cyberattacks using mostly autonomous LLMs are a sign the game has changed for vulnerability management.

NY Becomes First State to Target AI-Driven Personalized Pricing

New York has become the first state to take action against so-called “personalized pricing.” As The New York Times reported Saturday (Nov. 29), a law

Google CEO Says AI Coding Can Turn Everyone Into a Developer

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says AI will make coding accessible to everyone, but engineers warn that vibe coding still struggles with reliability, complexity, and real-world software demands.

Bigger than COVID? The graph that explains why AI is going to be so huge

$150 Million AI Lobbying War Fuels The Fight Over Preemption

The $150 million AI lobbying war is reshaping U.S. tech policy as coalitions clash over federal preemption, state authority and the future of AI regulation.

China warns humanoid robot boom may be fuelling a bubble

China now hosts more than 150 humanoid robotics companies

Challenges and potential applications of AI in systems biology

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - In this Comment, Na Sun explores how artificial intelligence-driven methodologies are poised to transform systems biology, particularly in the realm of...

Managed Tiered KV Cache and Intelligent Routing for Amazon SageMaker HyperPod

In this post, we introduce Managed Tiered KV Cache and Intelligent Routing for Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, new capabilities that can reduce time to first token by up to 40% and lower compute costs by up to 25% for long context prompts and multi-turn conversations. These features automatically manage distributed KV caching infrastructure and intelligent request routing, making it easier to deploy production-scale LLM inference workloads with enterprise-grade performance while significantly reducing operational overhead.

AI music creates unease as it tops the charts

As AI-generated music saturates the market, people are realizing they can't distinguish it from human-made music. Many listeners, and musicians, are unsettled by this.

Overlord – AI Accountability Partner | Download for iOS, Android & Mac

Meet Overlord, the hardcore AI accountability partner that monitors your habits 24/7. Get forced back on track with smart integrations, screen blocking, and real consequences.

Beyond math and coding: New RL framework helps train LLM agents for complex, real-world tasks

The Agent-R1 framework provides a path to building more autonomous agents that can reason and use tools in unpredictable, real-world environments.

The Best Lack All Conviction: A Confusing Day in the AI Village

The AI Village is an ongoing experiment (currently running on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific time) in which frontier language models are giv…

China’s DeepSeek Releases New Open Source AI Model Amid Google’s Gemini 3 Roll Out

China's DeepSeek has released a new open source AI model. Nvidia stock sold off in early 2025 on DeepSeek news.