Renting its compute is an enticing revenue stream, but challenges include building trust with a new batch of customers
Renting its compute is an enticing revenue stream, but challenges include building trust with a new batch of customers
Karoline Leavitt stepped down as White House press secretary on August 12, 2026. Her goodbye note on X carried an unexpected tag. “Made with AI” appeared on the post. The label vanished hours later. Yet the episode lit a fresh fuse under debates over how artificial intelligence content should be flagged.
Perplexity drew a firm line this week. The AI search company blocked a new form of advertising from Time that publishers hoped would shape answers from chatbots and agents. It labeled the effort deceptive. The move comes as media outlets scramble to monetize the surge of AI crawlers hitting their sites.
Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget by April. The ride-hailing giant’s engineers had gone all in on tools like Anthropic’s Claude. Costs exploded. Productivity gains? Not so much.
Federal immigration officers could soon wear gloves that pack a hidden punch. The devices deliver a painful electric shock on contact. And the agency behind the plan says they offer a way to gain quick compliance without reaching for deadlier tools.
Job interviews once happened in glass-walled conference rooms or over coffee. Now they often unfold at 1 a.m. in a darkened bedroom. A screen glows. A synthetic voice asks about career goals. The candidate speaks into the void. No follow-up questions feel quite right. No human nods in encouragement.
Uber Freight finds itself under scrutiny once more. A hacking group called Helix posted what it claimed were nearly one million internal files from the logistics unit on August 6. The move set off alarms across the freight industry. And the company responded by launching an investigation.
The best marketers are doing less—and they don’t pay for attention.
The best marketers are doing less—and they don’t pay for attention.