Christmas adverts from McDonald’s and Coca-Cola to Catly, ARK: Aquatica, and “slop” becomes the 2025 word of the year according to Merriam-Webster – one wouldn’t be blamed for assuming that, by now, everyone has gotten the memo: AI-generated visuals fail to resonate with the general public, and almost inevitably result in a product being labeled…
More than 90% of teachers express concerns about their overreliance, but less than half teach the use of generative AI in the classroom. A classroom at a middle school in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, pictured on December 1. Nearly 95 percent of middle and high school students in Seoul have experience using generative AI tools, a study…
Local investors in China are excited about a new stock market trend linked to artificial intelligence. As trading volumes in mainland Chinese stocks, dominated by retail investors, reached record levels this month, one of the main themes centered on generative engine optimization, or GEO. The idea is that advertisers will spend more for brands to…
A view of the TSMC Global R&D center in Hsinchu, Taiwan on April 15, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Thursday offered markets a rare respite from the incessant geopolitical upheavals. Yet the week’s headlines still reflect broader global dynamics. Case in point: Taiwan’s $250 billion investment in chip production in the United States, which is…
Newswise — A new computing platform that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with high-performance computing aims to end the bottleneck holding back fusion energy research by accelerating the simulations needed to advance the field. The project – known as Simulation, Technology and Experimentation Leveraging Research Accelerated by AI-Enabled Learning (STELLAR-AI) – will be led by the…
A joint essay with Daniel Thilo Schroeder and Jonas R. Kunst, based on a new paper on swarms with 22 authors (including myself) who just published in Science. (A preprinted version is hereand you can see WIRED’s coverage here.) Automated bots spreading misinformation have been a problem since the early days of social media, and…
MADISON, Wis. (Gray) – The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to regulate the state’s growing artificial intelligence data center industry. The bill moved quickly through the Statehouse, receiving a vote less than two weeks after being introduced. The bill passed 53-44, largely along partisan lines, with Democrats opposing it. “This bill balances the strategic…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A company working with software company Oracle plans to build an AI data center in Memphis. The Daily Memphian reports that Nate Golden of Golden Acquisitions purchased the building at 1341 Sycamore View. Golden told The Daily Memphian he works with The STEM Practice, a technology company that works with Oracle….
AI transforms culture into a production shortcut: faster, cheaper and sometimes familiar. But the Super Bowl is one of the last places where brands are reminded that cultural similarity is easy but that shared experience is earned. This year’s game made that distinction clearer than ever. The ads that got a real reaction weren’t the…
Cloudflare’s decision to integrate AI startup Human Native into its stack marks a turning point: licensed, structured content could become the basis of a more sustainable AI economy. Although the ink is fairly fresh on the acquisition, announced Jan. 15, several media experts and publishers view it as a signal of how Cloudflare plans to…