January 2025

Welcome back to the Abstract!  This week, it’s time to demand a new planet. Don’t we deserve it? Haven’t we […]

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A dad just can’t seem to figure out why his six-year-old daughter wasn’t impressed by the AI toy he gave

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While worrying about AI takeover might seem like a modern idea that sprung from War Games or The Terminator, it

Microsoft and Salesforce’s AI agent war is getting serious. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, in a recent podcast, criticised Microsoft’s Copilot.

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI on Saturday announced plans to recruit talent to expand the company’s presence in India.