Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the RAISE Act, making New York the second US state to enact major AI safety legislation. State legislators passed the RAISE Act in June, but after lobbying from the technology industry Hochul suggested changes to reverse the bill. The New York Times reports this that Hochul ultimately agreed to sign […]

ChatGPT users can now adjust the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use a social media post from OpenAI. These options (as well as similar adjustments to ChatGPT’s use of headers and lists) now appear in the menu and can be set to More, Less, or Default. They allow users to further customize the tone of […]

Waymo suspended its robotaxi service in San Francisco on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets. Numerous photos and videos posted to social media captured Waymo robotaxis stalled at roads and intersections as human drivers were either stuck behind them or weaved around them. Waymo […]

PLUS: Comparing ChatGPT Image and Nano Banana Pro Good morning, AI enthusiasts. OpenAI may have been riding high into the holidays after back-to-back releases, but Google just crashed the party again with another flashy gift of its own. The company’s new Gemini 3 variant combines top-level intelligence with extreme speed at a fraction of the […]

PLUS: Make Claude Code smarter with the Context7 MCP Good morning, AI enthusiasts. The U.S. government just assembled the AI equivalent of the Avengers — and the nation’s science moonshot is taking shape in a big way. With 24 tech giants from OpenAI to xAI joining forces with 40K government researchers, the Genesis Mission may […]