Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day."Jay Maidment/Sony/Marvel"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" is reigniting a debate around surveillance culture.A line about Spider-Man using facial recognition tech has rubbed some moviegoers the wrong way."The Dark Knight" presented a similar technology in 2008, but as a major ethical dilemma.Caution: Spoilers for "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" ahead.With great power …
Claude is one of the most widely used AI tools.CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesAnthropic unveiled a watermark for Claude to help distinguish AI-generated content from human writing.Some techies have raised questions about copyright and digital privacy.Anthropic addressed some of the concerns to Business Insider, including on detection tools.Anthropic's plan to watermark Claude-generated text is prompting …
Amazon's AI models will now train on Twitch livestreams.Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAmazon is training its AI models on Twitch livestreams."We don't expect you to be happy or excited about this," a Twitch exec said.Twitch said on Wednesday it would allow users to opt out.Amazon is training its AI models on Twitch …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesSam Altman is alive, despite a temporary Google search result claiming he died on Wednesday.Google acknowledged the false result and suggested vandalism on public sources could be to blame.The Wikipedia page for Sam Altman was edited on Wednesday to falsely say he had been assassinated.Sam Altman is not dead, contrary …
Within six months of moving to a new country, I realized I had built exactly what I had been afraid of losing.Marissa LiesenfeltI had the job, house, and car of my dreams in Chicago, but I wasn't happy. So, I moved abroad.Within six months, I'd found community in Portugal and felt like I was home. …
Jason Calacanis joins MrBeast in saying that Starlink is now an in-flight must-have.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesJason Calacanis said in an X post that he picks commercial flights based on whether they have Starlink.He also called on United Airlines to ensure it installs the service promptly.SpaceX's president recently said some passengers are taking unnecessary layovers to ensure Starlink …
DoorDash shareholders voted to reincorporate the company in Nevada.CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesDoorDash is set to reincorporate in Nevada, it said on Tuesday.The company said the Western state provides a "more predictable, statute-based legal environment."It's the latest company to leave Delaware, long the go-to incorporation state.DoorDash is set to become a Nevada-incorporated company.Shareholders controlling 54.2% …
Claude's outputs will have watermarks to make detection easier. I'd argue the threat of detection won't move the needle for most AI writers (aside from students or creative writers).J Studios/Getty ImagesAnthropic is adding a watermark into Claude it says will make its AI writing more detectable.Pangram, a third-party AI detector, separately plans to launch a …
Ukrainian soldiers are buying ground robots online in record numbers.Yevhen Titov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesUkrainian soldiers are buying uncrewed ground vehicles from a digital marketplace in record numbers.They purchased more than 640 units in July, a 680% increase over 2025's monthly average.It reflects the surging popularity of the robots as Kyiv aims to replace …
Maria Cabral Menezes got the idea for WashWise while working on Wall Street.WashWiseMaria Cabral Menezes came up with WashWise, a 'dry shampoo for clothes,' while working on Wall Street.Menezes watched fellow traders at Citadel carry smelly gym bags and rewear clothes at conferences.She said Wall Street skills helped her raise $1.2 million in pre-seed funding …
