Letters
AI Will Not Destroy the Job Market: Here's why fear of an AI “jobpocaypse” is overblown.
There will be no AI jobpocalypse.
Tech & Society
Machine Learning Research
Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans: Researchers at UT-Austin and Google model human decision-making in Rock-Paper-Scissors
While large language models can behave in human-like ways, the similarities are superficial. A simple strategy game revealed clear differences in their strategic approaches.
Science
Big AI’s Plans Strain CO2 Pledges: Tech giants including Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft acknowledge AI’s strain on environment
Commitments by large AI companies to limit emissions of greenhouse gases are at risk as those companies pursue a massive build-out of data centers, many of which will be powered by fossil fuels in the near term and possibly beyond.
Tech & Society
Anti-Data-Center Revolt Gains Traction: Public opposition to construction of new data centers in the U.S. has spurred political action and violence
Resistance to new data centers is mounting across the United States.
Tech & Society
US States Move Forward With AI Laws: Most states are regulating AI despite President Trump’s opposition to state-level laws
U.S. states are continuing to enact laws that regulate AI, despite President Trump’s efforts to discourage state-by-state legislation in favor of national laws.
Tech & Society
Pitfalls in Assistive Models for the Blind: Blind people can use AI models as virtual mirrors, but don’t always like what they see
People whose vision is impaired increasingly use AI to assess their own appearance, raising questions about the psychological impact of AI models that are trained on conventional standards of beauty.
Machine Learning Research
Gemini’s Music Generator: Google debuted Lyria 3, an app that turns text or images into 30-second songs
Google added a music generator to Gemini and YouTube, putting a model that produces synthetic songs in front of hundreds of millions of users.
Letters
How Anti-AI Propaganda Hurts the Public: The anti-AI coalition is beoming more sophisticated in its efforts to block progress
The anti-AI coalition continues to maneuver to find arguments to slow down AI progress.
Business
Drones Hit Persian Gulf Data Centers: Iran struck AWS facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, threatened data centers throughout the region
Iran hit at least three Amazon data centers in the Middle East, an indicator of AI’s critical role in the United States’ war against Iran and possibly the first time such facilities have been targeted during warfare.
Business
AI Data Centers Go Off the Grid: Rather than rely on public utilities, AI companies build their own power plants
Meta and OpenAI are among the tech companies that are building private power plants that will operate independently of regional grids to supply electricity for their massive buildout of AI data centers.
Business
U.S. Dept. of War Dismisses Anthropic, Embraces OpenAI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls Claude a security risk, replaces it with GPT models
OpenAI signed a contract with the U.S. military to provide AI systems that securely process classified information, displacing Anthropic’s Claude. OpenAI negotiated limits on how its technology can be used, but they leave room for interpretation.
Business
Global AI Summit Shows Optimism: Rising giant India presents itself as AI Counterweight to U.S. and China
The fourth global AI summit marked a decisive shift from focusing on theoretical hazards to spreading AI’s benefits throughout the world.