AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted
A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind.
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The HP OmniBook 5 Is a MacBook Neo Killer, and It’s Only $500
The HP OmniBook 5 is a better laptop than the MacBook Neo in almost every way. Right now, it’s also $100 cheaper.
Read more‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood’s AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train
Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy was one of the few skeptics at the Runway AI Summit, where AI was compared to fire and the printing press...
Read moreCopyright Industry Continues Its Efforts To Ban VPNs
Last month Walled Culture wrote about an important case at the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU), the EU’s top court, that could determine how...
Read moreTrump defunding of NPR and PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done
A federal judge ruled that President Trump’s executive order defunding NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and issued a permanent injunction stating that executive branch...
Read moreEverything is iPhone now
This is part of our package about Apple’s 50th anniversary. Read more here. The thing about the iPhone is that everyone knew it was going to...
Read moreNintendo’s legal fight with Palworld suffers a reversal as the USPTO reject their patent on character-summoning battle mechanics
Nintendo’s efforts to patent the idea of summoning a videogame character and letting it fight another character have suffered a significant reversal in the USA, even...
Read moreDaily Deal: The Modern No-Code Development Bundle
The Modern No-Code Creator Bundle is an extensive online curriculum specifically developed to enable individuals to construct professional websites, applications & automated workflows without the necessity...
Read moreApril Fools’ Day 2026: the best and cringiest pranks
Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning...
Read moreApril Cools Post: New York vs Chicago Pizza
Happy April Cools! My not-tech post this year is Chicago vs New York Pizza is the Wrong Argument, which is mostly an excuse for me to...
Read moreKia’s compact EV3 is coming to the US this year, with 320 miles of range
2027 EV3 | Image: Kia At the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, Kia announced that its compact electric SUV, the EV3, will be available...
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