Author: Hichame

For all the hand-wringing about the existential danger to humanity posed by AI, markets may still be mispricing the risks of a doomsday scenario — or at least a serious stock market…

This is the weekly, free edition of The Backchannel. If you’d like to receive the free edition of The Backchannel in your inbox, you can subscribe here. In my recent writing about…

Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday, comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds. Reddit says RSS has…

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., demonstrates Muse, Meta’s AI Agent, during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Minh Connors |…

Alphabet unveiled Gemini 4 Argon on Wednesday, its most advanced artificial intelligence model yet, offering major improvements in coding, cybersecurity, and complex professional work. The company said the model sets a new…

Meta’s (META) popular Muse AI agent continues to gain steam, topping 5 million downloads as of Wednesday, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The milestone comes less than a month after…

After this week, you could argue that consumer AI is making a comeback.  Meta’s personal AI assistant, Muse, and its plush-like mascot Jolly, has been a surprise hit. OpenAI’s Dots, released just…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech For the second time in a matter of months, OpenAI paused the development of its…

The Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad investigation into the safety of artificial intelligence systems made by Anthropic and OpenAI, a senior agency official said Wednesday. The full extent of the…

In general, publishers in the test seem to agree that certain topics that are not as widely covered but have strong niche interest earn more, including anime and gaming. However, publishers also…