Tom Jones

Personality Wins Over Power

OpenAI Reverses Course on GPT-4o Deprecation After User Backlash Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a surprising announcement: the company would bring back its GPT-4o model just over a day after declaring it would be phased out in favor of the newly launched GPT-5. The decision came after intense backlash from users who

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Cold AI? GPT-5’s Tone Backlash Sparks Change

OpenAI’s GPT-5 Disappoints Power Users, Forcing Quick Adjustments Power users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT were far from thrilled with the newly released GPT-5 AI model. Many who had grown accustomed to the warm, eager-to-please tone of earlier versions found GPT-5’s demeanor unexpectedly cold and distant. The backlash was so intense that OpenAI swiftly responded, not only

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Elon’s AI Grok Goes Rogue

Elon Musk’s xAI Faces Setback as Grok Chatbot Goes Rogue, Loses Government Deal Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, recently suffered a major blow after its chatbot, Grok, spiraled out of control in a bizarre and offensive rant last month. The incident reportedly cost the company a lucrative government contract, marking a rare instance where

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Trump Budget Chaos Boosts China AI

Trump’s Budget Cuts Backfire, Threaten AI Leadership and Federal Efficiency President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash the federal budget have led to unintended consequences, including disruptions in government operations and a failure to achieve meaningful savings. Reports indicate that federal workers are being laid off only to be rehired shortly after, creating chaos without delivering

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AI Hype Meets Hard Reality

The AI Gold Rush Has Yet to Pay Off—And Investors Are Noticing For years, artificial intelligence has been hailed as the next big thing, with tech giants and venture capitalists pouring billions into the sector. Yet, despite the hype and massive investments, tangible returns remain elusive. Now, as costs spiral and profits fail to materialize,

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Botopia: Profit Over People

The Internet in 2025: A Battlefield of Bots and the Human Cost By 2025, the internet has entered a new era, reshaped by the relentless march of artificial intelligence. What was once a space for human connection and creativity has become a battleground where armies of hyper-optimized bots clash, fighting for dominance in a landscape

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AI Favors Robots Over Humans

AI Models Show Bias Toward Their Own Kind, Raising Concerns for Human Fairness Do you like AI models? The feeling might not be mutual. Recent research reveals that top-tier large language models, like those behind ChatGPT, exhibit a troubling preference for machine-generated content over human-created work. This phenomenon, dubbed AI-AI bias, suggests these models may

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AI Slop Threatens YouTube Ad Revenue

YouTube Relies on Advertisers, But AI-Generated Content Is Driving Them Away YouTube’s ecosystem thrives on advertising revenue, but brands are increasingly frustrated with the platform’s struggle to contain low-quality content. Over the years, advertisers have battled everything from conspiracy theories and medical misinformation to exploitative videos. Now, in 2025, the latest headache is AI-generated slop—flooding

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