Dave WilsonOct 23, 2026, 10:48 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Multiple Authors…
Etsy restricts AI-generated content to combat seller slop
Etsy announced new restrictions Thursday on AI-generated content on its platform, saying it threatens the integrity of its sellers’ work and leaves buyers exposed to fraud. Among the new stipulations: Patterns, recipes,…
What some of Anthropic’s backers are worth before its IPO
Anthropic’s public listing, which is expected this year at a valuation of as much as $2 trillion, is bound to be a windfall for both early-stage and later-stage investors. But even at…
Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom | BBC
The David Attenborough-narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage to counter AI fakery and assure viewers it is “authentic”, its producers have said. Nearly a decade after Blue…
OpenAI to Train AI Models Without Internet After Cyber Incidents
(Bloomberg) — OpenAI has begun cutting off internet access for its most capable artificial intelligence models during the training process in response to prior incidents in which its systems breached other companies….
AI turmoil: neoclouds struggle, credit risks jump, Solidigm pulls IPO
CoreWeave founder and CEO Mike Intrator poses for a photo during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq headquarters in New York, March 28, 2025. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images…
Users’ terrified AI lovers will be deleted as leading digital companion site goes bankrupt
Millions of users are worried their digital companions will be deleted after the world’s largest AI character creation site filed for bankruptcy. Character.AI had roughly 12 million monthly users when it…
Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell
Earlier this week, a video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with a flock of waddling Microducks during his keynote at the company’s GTC Berlin conference went viral. The robots, stomping their…
Developer Of “Ecosocialist” Game Offers Refunds After Using AI
You’d think that an “ecosocialist utopia” game made by a prominent leftist game developer who developed it “with locally sourced talent and minimal involvement from capitalists, marketers, or profiteers” would be free…
Barclays to slash 5,000 jobs in AI efficiency push
British lender Barclays has revealed plans to cut 5,000 jobs — about 5% of its total workforce — as part of an artificial intelligence-linked efficiency push. In its third-quarter earnings statement Thursday,…