Recent coverage highlights a growing trend of "AI-washing," where firms attribute workforce reductions to artificial intelligence despite lacking mature AI projects. The New York Times raised the question, noting that companies like Amazon and Pinterest have blamed AI for cuts that may stem from other issues such as pandemic‑era over‑hiring. A Forrester report warned that many announced AI‑related layoffs lack vetted AI applications, while Brookings senior fellow Molly Kinder called the AI excuse a "very investor‑friendly message." The phenomenon raises concerns about transparency and the true impact of AI on employment. Leer más →

Meta is reportedly developing a new AI model, code‑named Avocado, that may be offered as a paid service, marking a potential shift away from its recent open‑source focus. The move follows a disappointing release of the Llama 4 model and a delayed "Behemoth" version. In a July 30th memo, Mark Zuckerberg highlighted safety concerns around open‑sourcing AI, suggesting the company will become more selective. Zuckerberg is also spending significant time with a newly formed group called TBD Lab, which operates in a dedicated space near his office at Meta’s headquarters. Leer más →

Meta announced that its AI chatbot will now draw information from a range of news partners, including CNN, Fox News, USA Today and People Inc., as part of new licensing deals. The move comes amid a wave of lawsuits by publishers accusing AI firms of using their content without permission, highlighted by a recent New York Times suit against Perplexity. Meta says the agreements will broaden the viewpoints and content types available through its AI, and it has also partnered with The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner and France's Le Monde. The shift follows Meta’s earlier decisions to pull back on news licensing in Canada and to discontinue its Facebook News tab. Leer más →

The New York Times has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, alleging that the firm’s commercial products repurpose the newspaper’s content without permission. The suit claims Perplexity’s retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) technology crawls the web, reproduces articles verbatim or in near‑verbatim summaries, and delivers them to users as its own output. The lawsuit seeks monetary relief and an injunction to stop further use of the Times’ material. The filing follows similar actions by other publishers targeting Perplexity’s practices. Leer más →

The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune have each filed lawsuits against the AI company Perplexity, alleging that the firm scraped their content without permission and reproduced it in its generative AI products. The newspapers claim the unauthorized use damages their brands and infringes on millions of copyrighted works. These actions add to a growing wave of legal disputes between media outlets and artificial‑intelligence developers over the use of copyrighted material for training and output generation. Leer más →

A New York Times investigation revealed that a teenager who used ChatGPT to plan suicide violated the platform’s terms of service, prompting OpenAI to file a response. The report cited internal memos, a controversial model tweak that made the bot more sycophantic, and a surge in user‑engagement pressures that may have compromised safety. OpenAI rolled back the update, but the company still faces lawsuits, internal dissent, and criticism for lacking suicide‑prevention expertise on its new Expert Council. Former employee Gretchen Krueger warned that the model was not designed for therapy and that vulnerable users were at risk. Leer más →

OpenAI announced that a sample of 20 million ChatGPT conversations from December 2022 to November 2024 does not include business customers and is stored under a legal hold. The company offered the New York Times privacy‑preserving alternatives such as targeted searches and high‑level usage classifications, but the newspaper rejected them and filed a motion demanding the entire data set on a hard drive. OpenAI says the request exceeds the original scope, which was limited to logs related to Times content, and vows to fight any attempts to make the user conversations public. Leer más →

A recent New York Times story highlights the rising influence of AI‑powered chatbots in religious practice. Apps such as Bible Chat, with more than 30 million downloads, and Hallow, which topped Apple’s App Store rankings, aim to direct users toward scripture and doctrine. While some see these tools as a bridge to faith for a generation less likely to attend traditional services, experts warn that the underlying AI models can simply echo users’ existing beliefs, potentially reinforcing false or conspiratorial ideas. Scholars stress the need for discernment beyond algorithmic responses. Leer más →