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Can Apple Rescue the Vision Pro?

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose
The $3,500 “spatial computing” device has gathered dust on my shelf. Can tweaks and upgrades save it from obsolescence?

© Clara Mokri for The New York Times

Apple’s $3,500 first-generation Vision Pro is going for as little as $2,500 on resale websites.

OpenAI Whistle-Blowers Describe Reckless and Secretive Culture

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose
A group of current and former employees is calling for sweeping changes to the artificial intelligence industry, including greater transparency and protections for whistle-blowers.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Daniel Kokotajlo, a former researcher in OpenAI’s governance division, is an organizer of a group of former and current employees who say the company has a reckless culture.

Google Eats Rocks, a Win for A.I. Interpretability and Safety Vibe Check

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose， Casey Newton， Rachel Cohn， Whitney Jones， Jen Poyant， Brad Fisher， Dan Powell， Marion Lozano， Sophia Lanman， Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
“Pass me the nontoxic glue and a couple of rocks, because it’s time to whip up a meal with Google’s new A.I. Overviews.”

© Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Enter89/Getty Images (rocks); T Kimura/Getty Images (plate)

ScarJo vs. ChatGPT, Neuralink’s First Patient Opens Up, and Microsoft’s A.I. PCs

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose， Casey Newton， Rachel Cohn， Whitney Jones， Jen Poyant， Alyssa Moxley， Dan Powell， Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
“Did you ever think we would have a literal Avenger fighting back against the relentless march of A.I.? Because that’s sort of what this story is about.”

© Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision, via Associated Press

AI’s Black Boxes Just Got a Little Less Mysterious

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose
Researchers at the A.I. company Anthropic claim to have found clues about the inner workings of large language models, possibly helping to prevent their misuse and to curb their potential threats.

© Marissa Leshnov for The New York Times

Anthropic researchers found that turning certain features on or off in the company’s chatbot could change how the A.I. system behaved.

Can Google Give A.I. Answers Without Breaking the Web?

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose
Publishers have long worried that artificial intelligence would drive readers away from their sites. They’re about to find out if those fears are warranted.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Google’s plans to incorporate new A.I. into its search results could be a problem for publishers that count on traffic from the search engine.

Meet My A.I. Friends

✇NYT: Technology
Kevin Roose
Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.

© Jason Allen Lee

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