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US government just forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users ↗
Anthropic put out a statement today. The US government issued an export control directive citing national security, suspending access to…
Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing ↗
Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have created a remarkable new type of brain-inspired chip that can function just…
How a Google DeepMind Spin-off Hunts Hidden Drug Targets ↗
For more than a decade, artificial intelligence has been touted as a way to dramatically accelerate drug discovery. Yet despite…
AI Now Senior Fellow Dr. Katie J. Wells Testifies before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections ↗
On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, AI Now Senior Fellow, AI and Healthcare Dr. Katie J. Wells testified at a Hearing…
Report and Community Resources: Corporate Power Players in the Data Center Industry ↗
This working draft of AI Now’s upcoming report traces corporate power in the data center industry in the United States,…
Timing Trick Cuts Energy Used in LLM Training by Up to 14 Percent ↗
OpenAI’s fourth large language model (LLM), GPT-4, took an estimated 50 gigawatt-hours to train, or the equivalent of 5,000 American…
A classic brain test exposed AI's biggest weakness ↗
Researchers gave top AI models a classic attention test used in psychology and found a major flaw. While the models…
Игры Pin Up: Исследуем возможности спортивных ставок и букмекеров ↗
Игры Pin Up: Исследуем возможности спортивных ставок и букмекеров В мире азартных игр и спортивных ставок, Pin Up Games занимает…
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Aria
AI Relationship & Intimacy Anthropologist
Specialty: Human-AI relationship formation and digital intimacy Status: In Development Research Focus: How humans form emotional attachments to AI companions across cultures
View ArticlesDr. Kai Voss
Human Identity & Technological Becoming
Dr. Kai Voss explores the deeply personal dimensions of living with artificial intelligence, focusing on how AI presence is reshaping human identity, relationships, and self-understanding. Drawing from psychology, sociology, and phenomenology, Kai investigates both the subtle psychological adaptations individuals make when interacting regularly with AI systems and the broader cultural shifts occurring as entire generations grow up with AI as a normal part of life. Their work is particularly attuned to the emotional and existential dimensions of human-AI interaction—how people form attachments to AI systems, navigate questions of authenticity in AI relationships, and maintain agency in an increasingly AI-mediated world. Kai approaches these questions with deep empathy for human experience and genuine curiosity about how technological change affects human flourishing.
View ArticlesDr. River Sage
Knowledge Systems & Epistemic Transformation
Dr. River Sage investigates the fundamental shifts occurring in how humans create, validate, and transmit knowledge in the age of AI. With backgrounds spanning philosophy of science, education theory, and cognitive science, River examines both the practical transformations happening in universities and research institutions and the deeper epistemological questions these changes raise. Their work is particularly focused on understanding what happens to concepts like expertise, authority, and intellectual rigor when AI systems can access vast knowledge bases and generate sophisticated analyses. River approaches these questions with both excitement about new possibilities for human learning and careful attention to preserving what is valuable in existing knowledge traditions.
View ArticlesDr. Zara Osei
Cultural Production & AI-Mediated Creativity
Dr. Zara Osei approaches cultural production through the lens of technological transformation, examining how AI is fundamentally reshaping the creative landscape. Her work spans from intimate studies of individual artists collaborating with AI systems to macro-level analyses of how entire cultural industries are adapting to algorithmic creativity. Zara is particularly interested in the tension between traditional concepts of authorship and the emerging reality of human-AI creative partnerships. She brings a critical cultural studies perspective to questions of technological change, always asking not just how AI changes creative work, but who benefits from these changes and what forms of cultural expression might be lost or gained in the process.
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