AI Doomlord Jacob Coxonβs Media Tour Has Begun Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 10 September 2026 at 10:30 He went from obscure AI researcher to notable independent AI critic literally overnight.
Newsom Signs AI Industry-Approved AI Regulation Bills Into Law in California Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 10 September 2026 at 03:34 The bills received two thumbs up (one from OpenAI and one from Anthropic).
Andrew Tulloch, Poster Child for Out-of-Control AI Spending, Reportedly Quits Meta Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 10 September 2026 at 02:27 Meta's Muse agentic AI platform was released just yesterday.
U.S. Agencies Issue Stern Rebuke of China-Based AI Companies Over Alleged Distillation Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 9 September 2026 at 10:00 The U.S. and China will soon sit down for talks on AI security, which probably explains the timing.
βThe People Building AI Earnestly Believe That It Could Kill Us Allβ: Anthropic Researcher Quits Dramatically Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 9 September 2026 at 04:00 He says AI development is the most dangerous thing humans are doing.
Metaβs Muse Let Me Waste a Mind-Boggling Amount of Free Compute on Nothing in Particular Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 9 September 2026 at 03:05 Metaβs new agentic AI platform taught me what tokenmaxxing feels like. For free.
βAll You Have to Do Is Be Boughtβ: A SpaceX-Tesla Merger Could Be Muskβs $1 Trillion Payout Cheat Code Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 11 August 2026 at 11:30 The outlandish pay package meant to drive peak performance from Tesla's CEO may be easily within reach.
The Very Cool New Ad-Skipping Button for Spotify Podcasts Is Not Very Cool for Podcast Businesspeople Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 11 August 2026 at 11:00 You know you're going to use it. You also know it might drive your favorite podcast out of business.
OpenAIβs Only Ethicist Reportedly Left Last Month. She Wasnβt Replaced Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 11 August 2026 at 10:30 She lasted less than a year.
Tesla Driver Tries the Old βI Wasnβt Drivingβ Excuse to Get Out of Speeding Ticket Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 9 August 2026 at 10:00 Turns out when you use "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)," that "Supervised" part is important.
X Introduces Big, Promising Revamp of Its Program for Paying Content Creators Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 8 August 2026 at 20:36 Credit where credit is due: this sounds much better than the program it's replacing.
βOur Retribution Tourβ: A Crypto-Inspired Green Energy PAC Is Reportedly Collecting One Republican Scalp After Another Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 8 August 2026 at 18:42 If you like renewables, you might be pleased with these results. You probably won't like the PAC's ads.
If Youβre Struggling to Find a MacBook Air Right Now, This Is Probably Why Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 2 August 2026 at 20:00 You'll never guess what's reportedly causing the shortage.
Minnesotaβs Nudification Ban Is Now in Effect Despite xAIβs Efforts to Stop It Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 2 August 2026 at 19:17 The creators of Grok didn't want this, but it happened anyway.
OpenAI Smuggled the Announcement of Astra, Its Next AI Model, Into a Blog Post About Math Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 2 August 2026 at 10:00 Wanna hear about Connesβs rigidity conjecture? No? Okay, what about a major new AI model?
YouTuber Hank Green Is Facing a Fan Revolt Over His AI Use Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 1 August 2026 at 20:41 He says his loved ones don't think his LLM use has been "healthy."
On Tim Cookβs Final Earnings Call, He Said Apple May Charge for Siri Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 1 August 2026 at 19:13 A price may come into play "when people use it a lot," he said.
A South Korean Labor Union Is in Revolt Over Robots, or Maybe Itβs Surrendering to Them Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 16 July 2026 at 10:00 As Hyundai threatens automation via Boston Dynamics robots, should organized labor take the bait?
Elon Musk Quietly Bought a Medium Sized Fossil Fuel Energy Company Back in May Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 16 July 2026 at 05:35 Huh!
NTSB Confirms Texas Tesla Had 100% Floored Accelerator Pedal During Fatal Crash Gizmodo By: Mike Pearl 16 July 2026 at 04:58 In a way, this exonerates Tesla FSD. But it certainly leaves one with questions.