While Block’s Jack Dorsey lays off thousands because of AI, with market approval, the announcement from Anthropic’s head that he will not let AI control weapons is more nuanced than it seems. The objection is technological, not moral.
The question of whether AI is a speculative bubble or a technological revolution can be answered simply: Yes. Artificial intelligence as it is understood today – language models (LLMs), conversational chatbots, and AI agents – is not going anywhere, but the risk of a new AI winter remains.
Five gadgets that have caught my eye recently, even if you can’t buy all of them quite yet.