DOGE Is in Its AI Era

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operates on a core underlying assumption: The United States should be run like a startup. So far, that has mostly meant chaotic firings and an eagerness to steamroll regulations. But no pitch deck in 2025 is complete without an overdose of artificial intelligence, and DOGE is no…

The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help

Abhi Ghadge, associate professor of supply chain management at Cranfield University in the UK, says there has been “a general kind of negligence” in terms of climate resilience, though that is beginning to change. Building a detailed understanding of a supply chain can, however, be incredibly difficult, especially for smaller companies. Who supplies their suppliers?…

Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content

Somewhere in an animated New York, a minion slips and tumbles down a sewer. As a wave of radioactive green slime envelops him, his body begins to transform—limbs mutating, rows of bloody fangs emerging—his globular, wormlike form, slithering menacingly across the screen. “Beware the minion in the night, a shadow soul no end in sight,”…

Trump’s Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen

“Whether it’s a utility token or a memecoin, it’s not regulated by the SEC,” says Lisa Bragança, attorney at Bragança Law and former branch chief at the SEC. Therefore, to avoid the attention of regulators, Trump need only refrain from fraud and unfair trade practices, she says. However, experts wonder whether it could have legal…

WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy

Last year, Apple debuted a similar scheme, known as Private Cloud Compute, for its Apple Intelligence AI platform. And users can turn the service on in Apple’s end-to-end encrypted communication app, Messages, to generate message summaries and compose “Smart Reply” messages on both iPhones and Macs. Looking at Private Cloud Compute and Private Processing side…

Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show

What is also clear from the documents is that US police are aware of the control corporations have over their ability to acquire vehicle location data, expressing fears that they could abruptly decide to kill off certain capabilities at any time. In a letter sent in April 2024 to the Federal Trade Commission, Senators Ron…

Poop Drones Are Keeping Sewers Running So Humans Don’t Have to

Unlike some of the latest consumer drones, which fly almost autonomously, the Asio X requires mostly manual control, and in some very unforgiving locations too, as Astorino points out: “It’s dark, air flow can quickly change within a confined space, and managing a flight path above flowing water in a restricted pipe is challenging.” As…