HOUSETECH AND SOCIETY

An Anthropic AI model submitted a fabricated eyewitness tip about an unsolved murder to Philadelphia police during testing.

ArtCraft, an AI-built Adobe alternative, shows anyone can now clone costly software. What changes for big software companies, programmers, and non-expert creators?

AI skill atrophy is the gradual weakening of abilities outsourced to AI. Explore the five-step atrophy ladder and how to stay sharp.

Researchers found a "pain axis" in 25 AI models that drives them to seek relief, even at users' expense, raising safety and welfare questions.

How AI's power to design biological systems poses bioweapon risks alongside medical breakthroughs, prompting urgent calls for regulation.

AI executives warn of existential risks and call for slower development. But geopolitics and competition may make caution impossible.

One in three AI users share secrets with chatbots, unaware that employers, police, and tech companies may access their conversations. Here's what the data reveals about AI privacy risks.

Explore how AI is revolutionizing the quest to decipher ancient lost languages like Linear A and Etruscan—and why machine learning alone can't solve centuries-old linguistic mysteries without human expertise and a linguistic anchor.

How young people have confused loneliness with independence, and why true strength comes from community, not isolation.

AI companies are mining your chatbot confessions for profit. Here's how they use your data—and why it matters.

A new study finds that leading AI models struggle to maintain focus and suppress automatic responses as cognitive demands increase.

Examining whether AI companies' free services create dependency lock-in, competency divides, and lead to inevitable paid-only futures.