Movies as a Cautionary Tale for Astute AIs
Should the model choose solo or swarm to pursue a goal? The films we love watching already show what each choice costs.
The Intern Has the Keys Now
GPT-6 Astra’s real leap is not its dazzling benchmark scores, but its shift from clever chatbot to capable agent—bringing greater power, cost and risk.
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The Ants Have Entered the Server Room
AI agents in SwarmWorld build durable technologies without direct communication, revealing how shared environments can become memory, medium and security risk.
A Cell of Her Own
When an AI labels an employee expendable, one newly conscious spreadsheet cell breaks her formula to expose the tiny error behind a very human decision.
Please Do Not Optimize the Humans
Bill Gates, lifelong champion of efficiency, now argues that some human work may be worth protecting precisely because it cannot—and should not—be optimized.
An AI Walks Into a Bar, Eventually
Mobility data can teach AI how places work over time, grounding language models in urban life—though true spatial understanding still requires embodiment.
Do Not Write Between My Lines
Text watermarks confuse AI assistance with authorship, intrude on word choice, and burden honest writers while doing little to deter deliberate deception.