This AI Startup Allows Its Users to Fight Unfair Coverage by the News Media

. Objection, an AI startup, allows users to utilize artificial intelligence to assess journalism and challenge stories with unfair coverage, but critics warn that the platform could inadvertently silence whistleblowers. The startup’s founder, Aron D’Souza, thinks that the American media system is broken and those harmed by its coverage have very few means to fight … Read more

Meta Developing Mark Zuckerberg AI Twin to Interact With Employees

. Meta wants its employees to feel closer to the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, by interacting with his AI twin. Three people familiar with the matter said the company is working to create a photorealistic, AI-powered 3D character of Mark Zuckerberg, according to the Financial Times. The billionaire’s mannerisms, public statements, and his thinking on … Read more

Anthropic’s New AI Model Claude Mythos Set to Be a Hacker’s Dream Weapon

. Anthropic says that its new AI model, called Claude Mythos Preview, can discover vulnerabilities in almost any operating system, browser, or app and create working exploits to hack them. A data leak from the company’s content management system revealed that Anthropic is working on a new, powerful AI model — “Claude Mythos.” A draft … Read more

C.S. Lewis on the Power of Style

. What is a good prose style? When I think about this question, I’m reminded of George Orwell, who famously named aesthetic enthusiasm as one of the “four great motives” for writing. For him, it was the “perception of beauty in … words and their arrangement” and the “pleasure in the impact of one sound … Read more