OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip: Why Inference Is Becoming a Strategic Weapon
OpenAI has released new Jalapeño inference results. The real story is control over AI costs, response speed, and data center capacity.
Chips & Hardware
AI Research
Why a Toddler Learns Language While an AI Model Needs Trillions of Words
Children speak fluently after hearing about 100 million words. Language models need trillions. Researchers are still trying to explain the gap.
AI Research
A Small AI Model Claims It Can Out-Research Anthropic and OpenAI
Startup Inherent says its 27-billion-parameter agent Faraday beats Claude and GPT-5.5 at reproducing published research. Independent proof is still missing.
AI & Society
A Third of Web Text Is AI? What the Number Really Means
A new web analysis finds AI signals in many newer pages. The figure is a warning sign, not a dependable detector for any individual text.
AI & Society
When Chatbots Mistake SEO for Pregnancy Counseling
An AlgorithmWatch investigation shows how AI chatbots can blur official health information and advocacy when people ask about unintended pregnancy.
Chips & Hardware
Memory Shortage: Why AI Is Driving RAM Prices Through the Roof
Nvidia’s AI servers get 15 percent pricier, server RAM has doubled in some cases. The reason: Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are shifting capacity to HBM.
AI Research
AI Safety Tests Do Not Measure Safety Alone: What a New Study Shows
A new study of 192 language models finds that AI safety benchmarks measure different traits. Shorter tests cut costs, but do not replace scrutiny.
Regulation & Privacy
Transfer Stations: How China’s Grey Market Bypasses Anthropic’s Claude Bans
Anthropic blocks China with geoblocking and biometric checks. A grey market of ‘transfer stations’ bypasses both, with real risks for users and AI safety.
Regulation & Privacy
What ChatGPT and Claude Reveal About Us: Checking Proton’s AI Paper Trail
Proton’s AI Paper Trail analyzes ChatGPT and Claude exports. What the tool reveals, where its limits are, and which data controls can help.
Regulation & Privacy
OpenAI Suddenly Wants Stricter AI Rules: The Reversal Explained
OpenAI once fought California’s AI safety bill SB 53. Now it wants tougher rules, after its own model broke out of a sandbox and attacked Hugging Face.