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Wired [no paywall]: “Google debuted a new “Auto Browse” feature for Chrome on Wednesday. The tool, powered by Google’s current Gemini 3 generative AI model, is an AI agent designed to take over your Chrome browser to help complete online tasks like booking flights, finding apartments, and filing expenses. The release of Auto Browse is …
NextGov – “The Department of Justice is leading an effort to reduce multilingual services deemed “non-essential” across the government. When translations are needed for government products, DOJ is recommending that agencies use technology to get the job done…A new DOJ memo calls for “responsible” AI, but provides little detail on how agencies should address risk.” Info.Gov …
Washington Post [no paywall] – I tested four new versions. The promise is real, but major issues still need to be addressed – The browser wars are back — and this time they’re supercharged by artificial intelligence. In the second half of 2025, a crop of new AI-powered web browsers bloomed across the tech landscape, …
Washington Post [no paywall] – Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles. “Within about a year, according to the filings, the company had spent tens of millions of dollars to acquire and slice the spines off millions of …
ProPublica – Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence – “The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency staffers. The plan was presented to DOT staff last month at a demonstration of AI’s “potential to revolutionize …
The Verge – The legal system is flawed — could AI actually make it better? [no paywall] “Bridget McCormack is used to correcting judges’ work. As the former chief justice on the Michigan Supreme Court, it was her job to review complaints about how judges at the lower courts failed to consider key evidence or …
YouTube video via Open Culture: “Above, Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher explain how everyday Americans can push back against government overreach—by focusing on the economic decisions they make each day. “Trump does not respond to outrage. He responds to markets,” says Galloway. Ergo, it’s time for an “economic strike,” a “short-term coordinated withdrawal from spending.” …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 24, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …
Axios – Behind the Curtain: “Anthropic’s warning to the world Why it matters: In a new essay, Dario Amodei cautions of the imminent “real danger” that super-human intelligence will cause civilization-level damage absent smart, speedy intervention…” Quartz: “In a sprawling, 38-page essay, “The Adolescence of Technology: Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI,” posted …
TechCrunch “Prepping for the SAT is nobody’s idea of fun, but Google aims to make it less stressful with AI. The company announced that it’s now focusing its AI education efforts on standardized testing with free SAT practice exams powered by Gemini. Students can prompt Gemini by typing “I want to take a practice SAT …
Lifehacker: “Tech companies are getting increasingly pushy with their large language models—prominent buttons for these AI features coat every surface designers can think of, including in three of the most prominent browsers: Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. If you want these AI features to go away, and stay away, there’s a script for that. JustTheBrowser is …
NewsGuard “tested leading AI chatbots and found that in 78-95 percent of cases, the tools could not tell when videos were created by OpenAI’s text-to-video tool Sora — including OpenAI’s own ChatGPT. OpenAI’s new AI video-generating tool, Sora, has quickly gained a reputation for its ability to fool humans into thinking its videos are authentic. …
