McDonald’s is using artificial intelligence to set prices for its menu items, especially its mid-range burgers. This AI system assesses how much customers at each restaurant are willing to pay, leading to notable price differences across nearly 14,000 locations in the United States. A recent investigation by Reuters revealed that the pricing models analyze millions […]

New research reveals that people who identify with Christian nationalism often have lower cognitive abilities. This finding comes from a study led by University of Oklahoma professor of sociology Samuel Perry. The study analyzed data spanning from 1989 to 2024, focusing on how cognitive factors relate to political ideologies, particularly within the context of Christian […]

Anthropic has for months been wining and dining religious scholars globally in secret, NDA-secured meetings to convince them that its AI models can think and feel, according to reporting from the <em>New York Times</em>. The lobbying reached the Vatican: Christopher Olah, a cofounder and senior researcher at Anthropic, aggressively lobbied Vatican officials after learning Pope […]

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1246 into law, setting new rules for autonomous vehicles designed to keep robotaxis from blocking or delaying emergency responders. This legislation requires companies operating autonomous vehicles, including major players like Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox, to provide immediate assistance when their robotaxis cause disruptions. If a robotaxi blocks police […]

Microsoft and OpenAI executives acknowledged the harmful potential of AI when they introduced products that utilized this technology. Internal documents indicate they were aware of the consequences, cautioning that their AI content strategy was creating a “doom loop” that jeopardized both the performance of their models and the overall web ecosystem. One document noted, “Our […]