Consumers turned to AI-powered shopping assistants in record numbers this Black Friday, driving ecommerce sales to $11.8 billion. The technology helped streamline gift discovery during a period of economic uncertainty where 26% of consumers reported trouble paying bills in September.
A New York Times investigation claims David Sacks’ 708 tech investments, including 449 AI companies, could benefit from policies he’s shaping as Trump’s AI and crypto advisor. Sacks calls the report a “nothing burger” while critics point to ethics waivers and undisclosed investment values. The contr
In a basement classroom at Stanford, lecturer Mihail Eric teaches computer science students how to code without writing a single line of code. The class features guest lectures from AI coding luminaries including Claude Code creator Boris Cherney and Vercel’s head of AI research.
Scientists have developed an AI tool that automatically identifies cells likely to develop cancer using a laser tagging system. The technology can analyze nearly 100,000 cells in less than a day, revealing that over 10% of cell divisions produce chromosomal abnormalities. This breakthrough addresses
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China created Agent-R1, a reinforcement learning framework that helps train AI agents for messy, real-world tasks. The system addresses the sparse reward problem and handles multi-turn interactions with dynamic environments.
Palantir just had its worst month in two years with shares dropping 16% as investors dumped AI stocks. The company faces intense scrutiny over its extreme valuation despite recent deal wins.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is calling on Valve to remove Steam’s AI-generated content disclosure requirements. He argues the labels are irrelevant since AI will be involved in nearly all future game production.
An AI model trained on over 421,000 mammograms can detect breast cancer risk patterns invisible to the human eye. Women in the high-risk AI group had nearly 5x higher cancer incidence than average-risk women, while density alone showed minimal separation.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is pushing back against Steam’s policy of labeling games that use AI-generated content. He argues that as AI becomes ubiquitous in game development, such disclosures become meaningless. The debate highlights ongoing tensions between transparency and normalization of AI too
AI-generated phishing attacks are exploding ahead of Black Friday 2025. Scammers are using perfect replicas of legitimate websites and urgent account alerts to trick shoppers. Losses are expected to surpass 2024’s $432 million in online shopping scams.
