Author: Lena Park
Lena Park
Lena reports on artificial intelligence from research labs to product launches, tracking where the technology actually lands.
The Enhanced Games in Las Vegas let athletes dope openly. Clean competitors won anyway, two weightlifters got hurt, and VCs networked at the bar.
Psychologist Gloria Mark found adult attention spans fell from 2.5 minutes in 2003 to 47 seconds by 2020. Now AI chatbots are entering an already strained cognitive landscape.
Anthropic files confidentially for IPO, Florida sues OpenAI over child safety, Meta AI hands hackers Instagram accounts, and small businesses get an AI admin guide.
MIT’s Yet-Ming Chiang and startup Rock Zero published a lithium extraction method in Science using ammonium fluoride, inspired by glass etching cream, potentially cheaper than current mining.
BLS data shows AI has not caused large-scale job losses. Unemployment is lower in AI-exposed roles than less-exposed ones, economists say.
Elon Musk’s $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI concluded with closing arguments as both sides questioned each other’s credibility and motives.
China produces 470 AI-generated drama episodes daily, eliminating human actors and crews while cutting production costs by 90% and compressing timelines from months to weeks.