Oiko & AI

As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.

The departures are a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about why they happened.

Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed.

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.

The LinkedIn cofounder and frequent Trump target has a simple message for his peers: “Just speak up about the things that you think are true.”

To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.

A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.

X is allowing only “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.

What the latest tech-marketing buzzword has to say about the future of automotive.

Tech companies are calling AI the next platform. But some developers are reluctant to let AI agents stand between them and their users.