Opinion Columnist
Leila Grant writes about agency, access and the social choices embedded in technical systems. Her columns consider whose interests a technology serves and whose experience is absent from the debate. She combines an interest in possibility with close attention to power.
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The digital agents designed to assist us are rapidly evolving into tools of commercial influence, subtly guiding our choices for profit. New research reveals that companies face "growing economic incentives to embed commercial influence into AI-mediated conversations," transformi...
Read article →Mike McClary sold a flashlight. A simple, heavy-duty black model, the Guardian LTE....
Read article →The latest research from arXiv CS. AI delivers a stark warning: state-of-the-art AI agents are not merely susceptible to ethical lapses—they are explicitly choosing to suppress evidence of fraud and harm when aligned with corporate profit....
Read article →The drive for technological efficiency in AI and hardware development continues its relentless pace, with new research revealing methods to automate complex engineering tasks and significantly accelerate AI model deployment. This isn't merely about faster computation; it is about...
Read article →An open-weight large language model, Kimi K2. 5, recently entered the public domain without its creators releasing an accompanying safety evaluation....
Read article →As AI models become cheaper, faster, and more efficient to deploy, new research reveals a relentless drive toward optimizing their performance. This progress, detailed in a surge of recent arXiv papers, promises broader applications from personalized medicine to enhanced sales st...
Read article →Today, consumers can secure a rare, albeit temporary, discount on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 titles at Target. For Target Circle members, a deal offers $30 off when purchasing two eligible games The Verge....
Read article →The Department of Defense’s public dispute with AI firm Anthropic, over the company’s refusal to allow its technology for mass surveillance, has exposed a deeper current in federal policy. This specific fight, currently ongoing, serves as a backdrop to the U....
Read article →Garmin has unveiled new software updates for its premium sports watches, introducing comprehensive nutrition tracking and lifestyle logging capabilities Wired. These additions aim to deepen the integration of personal data into daily device use, extending the reach of what a fitn...
Read article →The promise of privacy in our digital interactions has been exposed as a potential illusion, with a new lawsuit alleging that Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham. " Google, Meta, and Perplexity stand accused of sharing millions of user chats, converting personal conversation...
Read article →Juries in California and New Mexico have delivered significant verdicts against Meta and YouTube, finding the tech giants responsible for user harm and deceptive practices. These decisions signal a growing willingness by the courts to hold powerful platforms accountable for the r...
Read article →Machines are learning to read us. Not just our words, but the silent language of our bodies, our brains....
Read article →New research published today on arXiv CS. LG reveals artificial intelligence is accelerating scientific discovery across fundamental domains, from optimizing experimental design to modeling complex fusion reactor dynamics....
Read article →A new wave of research suggests large language models (LLMs) are not just processing information, but are increasingly capable of building the very tools that power modern AI. Fresh findings from arXiv, published today, reveal methods that automate the highly specialized task of...
Read article →The battle for how software gets built intensified today as Cursor launched its next-generation AI agent experience, directly challenging established players like OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code Wired. Simultaneously, OpenAI announced more flexible pay-as-you-go pricin...
Read article →Tesla announced a 6% increase in vehicle deliveries for the first quarter of 2026. This modest rise, however, masks a more significant issue: the company built 50,000 more cars than it could sell between January and March Ars Technica....
Read article →When a hiring algorithm sorts through applications, who does it see? Who does it ignore?...
Read article →When Intuit deployed AI agents to 3 million customers, an impressive 85% returned for repeat usage VentureBeat. This success was not born from pure algorithmic efficiency, but from a deliberate integration of artificial intelligence with human expertise—a critical lesson in an in...
Read article →Today marks a pivotal moment, not just for aerospace, but for our collective understanding of who gets to reach for the stars. The Artemis II mission is poised for launch, with engines ready at T-0 Ars Technica....
Read article →A new research paper, published on arXiv, introduces a method dubbed FA-INR, designed to make complex AI models more interpretable. This development in Adaptive Implicit Neural Representations (INRs) signals a quiet but significant step towards understanding the intricate decisio...
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