Prompting as Self-Portrait. “We need the blank page and...
Prompting as Self-Portrait . “We need the blank page and the silence to go deeper into our thoughts and our understanding of ourselves and of the world.”
Amazon In Talks To Buy AI Startup Decart For Around $7 Billion
Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal that could value the company at up to $7 billion. Decart's DOS software helps developers optimize AI models…
Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation
"This is great news for us. We're staffing up. We're accelerating."
Following 404 Media Investigation, Senator Demands Info About White House's License Plate Surveillance Program
Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program.
Game Console Market Craters: Xbox and PS5 Sales Plummet Over 25%
"Video game console sales in the U.S. have cratered," reports Tom's Hardware, with sales through August far below where they'd been in 2025: Mat Piscatella, the video game…
Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police
“I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.
Trump Admin Is Reportedly Offering Children as Young as 5 $3,000 to Self-Deport
The offers are meant to “coerce” the children into giving up on their immigration cases, an immigrant advocate said.
Even some of Megyn Kelly's callers are fed up with her
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Fox is using climate change denial to undermine bipartisan support for AI safeguards . Election denier Tina Peters…
Behind the Blog: What Would the Pope Do?
This week, we discuss AI and spirituality.
A College Told Flock to Remove Its Cameras. The Company Refused.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports: When Elgin Community College hired Flock Safety to install six surveillance cameras in April 2025, President Peggy Heinrich thought they would…
Court grants cases on DOGE data dispute, prisoners’ rights, and what qualifies as “material support” for terrorism
At Least 39 Data Center Measures Will Be on the Ballot This Year in 8 States
A recent poll finds 65 percent of respondents oppose the construction of AI data centers in their local community.
Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech
Disney may acquire tech from one of the first chatbot makers linked to child suicide.
America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment
Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution was not without precedent — it tapped into a dark and forgotten U.S. tradition. The post America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions…
May Peace Prevail on Earth
Here are some photos I’ve taken during my time in Tokyo so far. I’ve been posting new stuff more or less daily to Instagram . Somehow I’m already about halfway through my stay.…
Data Centers Are War Targets Now
"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"