Platforms
Pulp nonfiction
A 404 investigation reveals that Amazon is buying used books in bulk and scanning them in a warehouse in Las Vegas—often destroying the texts in the process.
Whizy is a writer for Tech Brew. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Vox.
AI
The AI privacy problem we’re opting into
As AI assistants race to become more useful, they’re asking for access to more of your life. And they're not always asking permission.
Tech Privacy
A $100 gadget researchers say could reroute a 737
Researchers built a coin-sized device that can be inserted into a vulnerable port in Boeing 737s—and used to hack into the aircraft’s computer system.
AI
It’s bring-your-AI-to-work day at SpaceX
SpaceX has found a new AI training dataset: its own employees. It’s the second major tech company to try harnessing the knowledge of its workers to build more intelligent and autonomous AI agents.
AI
Is AI Disclosure Day here?
Anthropic is adding watermarks to AI text generated by Claude—and other AI labs could soon follow suit.
AI
Google’s AI godfathers are logging off
Jeff Dean and Demis Hassabis stepped back from their roles at Google on the same day, capping a few months of AI talent bleed at the company.
AI
The White House sets open weights free
The US government finalized its AI review framework this week—and it apparently leaves out open-weight models. We have a lot of questions.
Tech Business
Is OpenAI getting this wrong?
Apple sued OpenAI for allegedly stealing its trade secrets. In response, OpenAI published a slew of private texts and emails.
AI
Google Earth, now with a side of potentially harmful fantasy
Google Earth’s new AI image generation feature can turn a text prompt into photorealistic satellite imagery. People are concerned.
Platforms
Meta's big AI win isn't its models or chatbots
Meta’s most recent earnings report didn’t show much of a payoff on its giant AI spending. Its biggest win: increasing time spent on Instagram and selling more ads.