NVIDIA has unveiled its brand-new Jetson Thor solutions, expanding into mainstream robotics, humanoids & Edge AI with the T3000 & T2000. NVIDIA Jetson Thor T3000 Offers 865 TFLOPs of AI Compute For Humanoids & Robotics, While T2000 Pushes 400 TFLOPs For Edge AI We already told you that some big news was coming on the Physical AI side of things when Jensen landed in Japan yesterday, and the first of these announcements has been revealed in the form of the NVIDIA Jetson Thor T3000 and T2000. Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesΒ provides technology designed to improve the overall efficiency of hospital operations, including [β¦]
OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.
The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.
Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants?Β ThatβsΒ the bet behind Ode with Anthropic βΒ the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed byΒ Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, GoldmanΒ SachsΒ and others.Β Β On this episode of TechCrunchβsΒ EquityΒ podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Odeβs leadersΒ Chris TaylorΒ andΒ Eddie Siegel,Β who founded Fractional AI, [β¦]
You would have to be wholly fatuous to leak the details of an ongoing negotiation with a company as private as Apple, and from the mouth of the CEO no less, as PrismML appears to have done recently, indicating that the tidbit about its impending acquisition by Apple was nothing more than a glorified PR campaign. You don't leak details of an ongoing negotiation, especially when a company as sensitive as Apple is involved, if those talks have even a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding While speaking with CNBC earlier this week, PrismML's CEO casually lobbed a bombshell: Apple [β¦]
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnotβs personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.
In a development that comes on the proverbial heels of China's formal approval of Apple Intelligence features for the country's consumers, Alibaba has notified that its Qwen family of AI models will be integrated into Apple Intelligence, bringing AI-powered experiences for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS users. Users in China will now be able to access Qwenβs entire range of AI capabilities, including text, image, and content generation, directly on Apple devices Alibaba has now officially confirmed that users in China will be able to access its Qwen AI models via Apple devices, going on to note in a statement: [β¦]
Microsoft's monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company's product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.
NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang, has arrived in Japan and will be holding key meetings with robotics partners to advance the Physical AI era ahead. Jensen Huang Arrives In The Birthplace of Humanoid Robots To Kickstart The Physical AI Era AI is a multi-domain market, and while Agentic AI is all the buzz these days, there's one other key market that is growing at a rapid pace with the evolution of AI: Physical AI. Robots are to Physical AI what humans are to Agentic AI. And NVIDIA has a vast robotics platform ready for the future. It is mainly powered by [β¦]
The MacBook NeoΒ has turned into an instant hit, and even with the price bumpsΒ that Apple introduced that made the companyβs most affordable notebook $100 more expensive for both configurations, the bigger figure isnβt whatβs derailing the portable Macβs momentum. Itβs the lack of chip supply for the A18 Pro, and according to an analyst, Appleβs MacBook Neo shipments are expected to suffer considerably, with up to a whopping 40 percent drop. It appears that AI firms gobbling up the entire supply have made the situation quite uncomfortable for both TSMC and Apple. Updated shipment forecast states the MacBook Neo will [β¦]
Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forward-deployed engineers inside enterprises is the key to accelerating enterprise AI adoption.
The rollout of Siri AI wouldnβt have mattered in China or the EU since strong regulatory checkups would mean Apple needed to expose itself to another headache that could take months, if not years, to complete. Fortunately, one tipster reveals that the Cupertino giant has crossed that bridge because Apple Intelligence has received its regulatory filing in the region. New progress with Apple Intelligence in China means talks over potential localized partnerships with the likes of Alibaba and Baidu were fruitful The image below, shared by prolific tipster Ice Universe, is an official Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) registration list [β¦]
China's DFSX is working on fueling its domestic AI supply chain with next-gen 3.5D "Infinity Chiplet" architectures & 3D DRAM technologies. DFSX Is Working on China's First DF1000 AI Accelerator With 3D DRAM Technology, Also Unveils 3.5D+ Packaging DFSX recently hosted a presentation where they announced China's first 3D AI chip that is built entirely using China's domestic supply chain. There is a lot to unpack here, but the key product is the DF1000, which is a software-defined near-in-memory computing AI accelerator that will be used by domestic AI and tech firms. DF1000 - China's First 3D DRAM-Powered AI Accelerator [β¦]
The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to "feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of OpenAIβs ChatGPT."
Apple's damning lawsuit against OpenAI appears to have had a profound impact on the latter's product launch cadence, with the latest report indicating that the maker of ChatGPT is now prioritizing a screen-free, mobile smart speaker, which is something that Apple currently does not have. OpenAI's planned smart speaker will have "mechanical elements" to help it move, and it will be able to connect with users on a human-like level As we detailed recently,Β Apple filed a damning lawsuit against OpenAIΒ last week, accusing it of stealing its proprietary technology, circuit designs, and component architecture for a slew of upcoming consumer-geared AI [β¦]
In a first-of-its-kind move, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state-level moratorium on data center construction. Hochul's decision follows growing concerns about the resource-intensive computing centers that are necessary to power what is being dubbed the next industrial revolution. Most AI data centers are powered by NVIDIA Corporation's GPUs, with the average data center requiring millions of gallons of water daily to perform efficiently. New York State Data Center Construction To Be Paused In Moratorium Being Signed Tomorrow In her statement, Governor Hochul outlined that the resource-intensive nature of data centers was at the center of her [β¦]
OpenAI rolled out an update for its ChatGPT app for Appleβs macOS, and while one user claims that the previous chat layout and project history were βcompletely messed up,β the update introduced what appears to be a terrifying shift in the AI agentβs behavior that could discourage other users who value their privacy. Apparently, when asked where the missing projects were, ChatGPT showed an exact local directory path, which, according to the user, shouldnβt be possible without proper authorization. Based on this incident, it appears that the app is accessing and indexing local files on its own, which is a [β¦]
OpenAIβs ad revenue forecast is on pace to miss its 2030 target by 90%, according to Emarketer.
OpenAI projected $2.5 billion in ad revenue this year and $100 billion by 2030. Emarketer estimates the entire U.S. market for standalone chatbot ads will generate less than $1 billion this year and $5.41 billion by 2030.
OpenAIβs target. OpenAI began testing ChatGPT ads in February. By April, the company projected that ad revenue would grow to $100 billion within five years. But that forecast is larger than Emarketerβs 2030 estimate for the full U.S. chatbot ad market.
What Emarketer measured. Emarketerβs estimate covers standalone chatbots in the U.S., including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode and Amazon Alexa for Shopping, formerly Rufus. The research firmβs forecast puts the 2030 market ceiling at $5.41 billion, far below OpenAIβs target for its ad business alone.
Why we care. Chatbot ads are still a small market, despite growing interest in AI search and shopping. The gap between OpenAIβs target and Emarketerβs forecast shows ChatGPT Ads have a long way to go.
Assumptions vs. reality? OpenAIβs forecast assumes the company will capture search ad budgets at scale, dominate a mature chatbot ad market, and outperform every ad format in history, Adweek reported. Emarketerβs data points to a much smaller market.
If youβve been waiting to try Appleβs revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can. The company on Tuesday released the iOS 27 public beta, giving iPhone owners early access to its AI-powered assistant and other new features before the softwareβs official launch this fall.
Anthropic has consistently attempted to depict itself as the ethical foil to other AI companies. This latest marketing stunt β which leans into criticism of AI as a way to make Anthropic seem aware of the responsibility it carries β would appear to be more of the same.
In what is likely to be the first of many such lawsuits that target Silicon Valley bigwigs, a number of Meta employees who were recently laid off are now accusing an AI-powered algorithm of disproportionately targeting workers with pre-existing medical conditions. Around 26 Meta employees are now alleging that the tech giant relied on factors such as productivity and AI use in deciding which workers get axed, disadvantaging those who missed work due to medical complications As many as 26 Meta employees have now anonymously filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Oakland, California, accusing the company of disproportionately [β¦]
Intel has reportedly secured some big wins with its 18A, 14A, and EMIB process / advanced packaging technologies, signaling massive interest in its Foundry business. Tech Heavyweights Are Lining Up To See What Intel Foundry Has To Offer As 18A, 14A & EMIB Technologies See Heightened Interest TSMC has so far been the only semiconductor manufacturer to offer bleeding-edge processes and packaging technology, but Intel has quickly emerged as a fierce competitor. Intel has only launched its 18A node, which is already achieving volume ramp, and is working towards its more advanced 18A-P (In Risk Production) and 14A nodes (Risk [β¦]
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage payroll or other operating expenses, predicting that engineers could soon face limits on how much they spend using AI tools.
New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldnβt come at the expense of higher electricity costs, water supplies, or local control.
Google is adding AI image generation to AI Overviews and rolling out a redesigned Google Images homepage. Both start rolling out over the coming weeks.
With the AI race in full swing, Samsung Foundry has reportedly secured a contract to manufacture Anthropic's AI chips. Anthropic has slowly shaped up to be one of the most important players in the AI industry courtesy of its advanced AI models. As the AI semiconductor sector remains highly concentrated, with the bulk of chips designed and sold by NVIDIA, major players such as Google, OpenAI and Amazon are designing custom chips. Samsung's deal with Anthropic is expected to allow the foundry business to return to growth, say the sources, and allow it to reverse a deficit. Anthropic to Purportedly [β¦]
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open models?
Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
Superhumanβs latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.
NVIDIA Corporation is taking strict action to ensure that its AI GPUs only land in the hands of the right customers, reports the Financial Times. The action is to ensure that its chips do not reach China, and it follows increasing scrutiny by Taiwanese authorities on firms allegedly involved in shipping the chips to the Asian country. Previous reports have suggested that the Chinese government is interested in granting exemptions to some local firms to buy NVIDIA chips, even as firms such as Huawei claim to be able to achieve parity with Western technology in the future. NVIDIA Is Working [β¦]
They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.
Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley β that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary models are somehow acting like Trojan horses.
Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files from Apple's network long after he departed the company for rival OpenAI.
Appleβs trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Appleβs systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaintβs most eye-catching claims.
Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, "homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."
Sometimes, as rabbits waste their time on petty feuds and habitual sloth, the tortoise can win the sprint. This is exactly what appears to have happened with StepX and its just-teased Neo AI phone, as Apple and OpenAI remain locked in a high-stakes battle over alleged technology theft related to their upcoming consumer-facing AI devices. StepX Neo clinches the first-mover advantage on the AI phone as Apple and OpenAI remain mired in a technology theft feud As we detailed recently, Apple filed a damning lawsuit against OpenAI last week, accusing it of stealing its proprietary technology, circuit designs, and component [β¦]
At Cursor Vibe Jam 2026, an iOS developer with nine years of experience showed how itβs possible to rely entirely on AI as he showcases a Capybara food delivery game that he successfully made in only two weeks. Using Claude Code, the developer reveals that all lines of code were written entirely by AI, while also providing a detailed guide on how everything came to life in this virtual world that consists of both single-player and multiplayer elements. Using $100 to upgrade from the Claude Code Opus 4.7βs 5x plan to the 20x one, the developer used a combination of [β¦]
Some of the new features are powered by Google's Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant's broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze to compete with rival services such as Apple Maps.
Furiosa AI is all set to double its chip production to 50,000 units as it preps its 2nm "Stork" chip to break NVIDIA's inference dominance. Furiosa AI Claims Its 3rd Gen "Stork" 2nm Chip To Feature The Best Inference Capabilities On The Market, Will Also Double The Production of 2nd Gen Chips Next Year To Break NVIDIA's Monopoly Back in May, Furiosa AI announced its third-generation AI accelerator chip called Stork for its RNGD (Renegade) platform. The chip is built on Broadcom's 2nm technology, and the startup claims it will challenge NVIDIA with leading efficiency and the lowest cost per [β¦]
Tesla is all set to begin production of its AI5 chip on Samsung's 2nm process technology after a successful tapeout back in April. Samsung & TSMC To Produce Tesla's AI5 Chip With The Former Leveraging Its 2nm Capabilities Last month, Elon Musk announced the successful tape-out of its AI5 AI chip. Elon shared pictures of the chip, featuring a large primary die in the middle that will handle all of the compute and 12 DRAM modules on the outskirts, offering high capacity and efficiency-optimized bandwidth. The DRAM modules in the picture are from SK hynix, and while the DRAM SKU [β¦]
Agentic Atlas browser pulled as OpenAI focuses on one single app
New ChatGPT desktop app includes built-in browser and agentic capabilities
Could this finally be the 'superapp' we were promised back in April 2026?
Not even a full year after OpenAI launched its own, dedicated agentic browser, ChatGPT Atlas has been axed amid a broader ChatGPT reinvention and the introduction of what might just be the superapp we've been teased for months.
Launched in October 2025, OpenAI has confirmed that Atlas will stop working from August 9, 2026, however it's not technically the end of the company's browser ambitions.
Instead, the browser is simply being moved into the new ChatGPT desktop app and will form part of existing AI workflows without the friction of having to move apps.
ChatGPT Atlas pulled after 10 months
In April, Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser described the company's future as one that stops pursuing side quests and fragmented interfaces. She teased an upcoming 'superapp', and while the company didn't explicitly describe the new ChatGPT desktop app as that 'superapp', the significant overhaul and the integration of Codex, other agentic AI tools and a browser within the single app implies this could indeed be said 'superapp'.
"Weβll begin sunsetting the standalone Atlas browser, and will share information with users about how to transition to ChatGPT," the company wrote in a recent announcement.
The new app launch coincides with the introduction of ChatGPT Work, which adds new agentic capabilities in light of the fact that many Codex users are actually knowledge workers, not coders.
ChatGPT Work bridges the gap between generative and agentic AI by enabling users to complete longer-running tasks, rather than instructing the tool prompt-by-prompt. The tool can run both locally and on the company's cloud servers, allowing access from anywhere and continues progress regardless of the primary PC's state.
Further OpenAI tools are also being made available via Chrome extensions to keep some AI available within a dedicated browser environment.
SK Hynix CEO has warned that memory shortages will be at their worst in 2027 as it celebrates its trading debut on Nasdaq in Times Square. Memory Supply Won't See Any Sign of Relief Beyond 2030 As SK Hynix Signals 2027 To Be The Worst Year In Terms of Shortages Well, memory shortages have gripped all aspects of the tech industry, and it seems to have become the norm these days. As the supply crunch continues, the CEO of SK Hynix, one of the three largest DRAM producers, has said that things are about to get much worse for the [β¦]
Elon Musk was never the gracious sort to let an opportunity to take a jab against his fiercest opponent pass him by. And now that Apple has lobbed a figurative thermonuclear warhead on OpenAI in the form of a damning lawsuit, Musk is using the ensuing social media buzz to land a few choice punches on his nemesis number one, OpenAI's Sam Altman. Elon Musk now believes SpaceX will start deploying AI1 satellites by next year, but wonders if Sam Altman would be able to see the launch, strongly implying that OpenAI's CEO would be in jail by then While [β¦]
In 2026, we live in the worst kind of memory crisis that the consumer market has ever faced. Some people call it the RAMmageddon, and others call it the RAMpocalypse. Whichever way you want to call it, one thing is set: shortages created by massive demand in the AI and data center segment have led to a severe hike in prices across all memory segments. This came at a time when memory speeds were seeing rapid updates. We saw speeds surge past 9000 MT/s, and some kits were hitting close to 10,000 MT/s. We saw the launch of CUDIMMs and [β¦]
A lawsuit from Appleβs end has unraveled, claiming that OpenAI not only poached 400 employees, but also obtained hardware samples that would be used to fulfill the AI firmβs consumer hardware goals. As the relationship between the two companies begins to sour over this legal skirmish, an analyst believes that the lawsuit will become a thorn in OpenAIβs path as it tries to leapfrog the iPhone and attempt to construct a direct relationship with customers. OpenAI has said that it has βno interest in other companiesβ trade secrets,β with Apple alleging that a former employee had access to confidential hardware [β¦]
"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available."
OpenAI has been relentlessly poaching talent from Apple, including from its core design team, ever since the maker of ChatGPT acquired Jony Ive's startup, called io. Now, however, it seems Apple has had enough, and has lobbed its own volley via a high-profile lawsuit, accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets related to a slew of its upcoming AI devices. Apple: "Recently, significant evidence has emerged suggesting individuals employed by OpenAI wrongfully took Apple's secret and confidential information regarding our unreleased technologies, processes, and products" As per the information that is just trickling in, Apple has filed a civil lawsuit against [β¦]
AI chatbots are notorious for hallucinating, but what about the companies behind those Large Language Models like Anthropic? One Korean software developer could add to that, given he just faced a soul-crushing experience where he was billed a ludicrous $16.6 million for using its Claude API. The horrifying part about this ordeal was that it wasnβt a sophisticated phishing attempt or an elaborate scam; the source was a verified Anthropic billing domain. Whatβs even more perplexing is that the developerβs dashboard stated that there were zero incurred bills, and yet, the developer was charged a mammoth sum. The billing history [β¦]
OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser. The browser-based AI features are moving to the new ChatGPT desktop app, which includes ChatGPT Work, OpenAIβs work-focused agent, alongside ChatGPT Codex.
The end of Atlas. James Sun of OpenAI confirmed on X Atlas will be deprecated Aug. 9.
βThe current targeted date for deprecation is 8/9, and weβll share more information in the upcoming days both in-app and via email,β Sun said.
One desktop app. The new ChatGPT desktop app becomes OpenAIβs primary desktop product with built-in browser capabilities. Instead of maintaining a separate AI browser, OpenAI is combining browsing, work-agent features, and Codex into a single app.
Chrome users can keep Chrome. OpenAI also offers a ChatGPT and Codex extension for Chrome. That lets Chrome users access ChatGPT in their existing browser without switching to an OpenAI browser.
Why we care. OpenAI is moving AI browsing from a standalone browser into the main ChatGPT app, where more users can ask questions, research brands, and complete tasks. That gives ChatGPT another way to shape discovery beyond traditional search results.
ChatGPT Ads has sent out an email to advertisers announcing new ChatGPT Ads Manager updates and ChatGPT Ads experience updates. The updates include custom audiences, new overview tab, suggested ad drafts, as well as a refreshed ad card format and expanding ads in Japan and South Korea.
Overview tab: You can monitor account health, review recommended tasks that can help improve campaign performance, and analyze key performance metrics in a larger, more flexible trend chart.
Suggested ad drafts: If your campaign could benefit from broader content coverage to optimize delivery, you may see the option to select βAdd new adβ in your campaign view. This feature uses existing website metadata to prefill an ad draft with an image, title, and description for you to review, edit, and assign to a campaign and ad group. It does not generate new copy or imagery with AI. We covered this in more detail over here earlier this week.
ChatGPT Ads are live in Japan and South Korea: Campaigns can now target users in Japan and South Korea, expanding reach for advertisers doing business in those markets.
Refreshed static ad card format: OpenAI is starting to roll out a refreshed static ad card format across web and mobile that is more compact and easier to read, with larger visual elements. This actually rolled out in late June. Here is the before and after:
Why we care. ChatGPT Ads are new, and OpenAI continues to add new features, expand to new markets and test new ad formats and treatements.
Make sure you stay on top of these changes, experiment and continue to fine-tune your ad creatives and campaigns.
Sizzle. Sizzle. That's the sound of your neurons frying over the heat of a thousand GPUs as your generative AI tool of choice cheerfully churns through your workload. As it turns out, offloading all of that cognitive effort to a robot as you look on in luxury is turning your brain into a couch potato.
That's what a recently published (and yet to be peer-reviewed) paper from some of MIT's brightest minds suggests, anyway.
The study examines the "neural and behavioral consequences" of using LLMs (Large Language Models) like ChatGPT for, in this instance, essay writing. The findings raise serious questions about how long-term use of AI might affect learning, thinking, and memory. More worryingly, we recently witnessed it play out in real life.
LLM group: Instructed to complete assignments using only ChatGPT, and no other websites or tools.
Search engine group: Allowed to use any website except LLMs, even AI-enhanced answers were forbidden.
Brain-only group: Relying only on their own knowledge.
Across three sessions, these groups were tasked with writing an essay about one of three changing topics. An example of the essay question for the topic of "Art" was: "Do works of art have the power to change people's lives?"
Participants then had 20 minutes to answer the question related to their chosen topic in essay form, all while wearing an Enobio headset to collect EEG signals from their brain.
In a fourth session, LLM and Brain-only groups were swapped to measure any potential lasting impact of prior sessions.
The results? Across the first three tests, Brain-only writers had the most active, widespread brain engagement during the task, while LLM-assisted writers showed the lowest levels of brain activity across the board (although routinely completed the task fastest). Search engine-assisted users generally fell somewhere in between the two.
Researchers say tools like ChatGPT can lull people into a state of "metacognitive laziness," where thinking slows and AI takes the wheel. (Image credit: Getty Images (piola666))
In short, Brain-only writers were actively engaging with the assignment, producing more creative and unique writing while actually learning. They were able to quote their essays afterwards and felt strong ownership of their work.
Alternatively, LLM users engaged less over each session, began to uncritically rely on ChatGPT more as the study went on, and felt less ownership of the results. Their work was judged to be less unique, and participants often failed to accurately quote from their own work, suggesting reduced long-term memory formation.
Researchers referred to this phenomenon as "metacognitive laziness" β not just a great name for a Prog-Rock band, but also a perfect label for the hazy distance between autopilot and Copilot, where participants disengage and let the AI do the thinking for them.
But it was the fourth session that yielded the most worrying results. According to the study, when the LLM and Brain-only group traded places, the group that previously relied on AI failed to bounce back to pre-LLM levels tested before the study.
TL;DR: AI makes us stupid, but we didn't need a study to prove it
To put it simply, sustained use of AI tools like ChatGPT to "help" with tasks that require critical thinking, creativity, and cognitive engagement may erode our natural ability to access those processes in the future.
But we didn't need a 206-page study to tell us that.
On June 10, an outage lasting over 10 hours saw ChatGPT users cut off from their AI assistant, and it provoked a disturbing trend of people openly admitting, sans any hint of awareness, that without access to OpenAI's chatbot, they'd suddenly forgotten how to work, write, or function.
How it feels like coding yourself without chatgpt ChatGPT is down pic.twitter.com/KEThaV0QU9January 23, 2025
This study may have used EEG caps and grading algorithms to prove it, but most of us may already be living its findings.
When faced with an easy or hard path, many of us would assume that only a particularly smooth-brained individual would willingly take the more difficult, obtuse route.
However, as this study claims, the so-called easy path may be quietly sanding down our frontal lobes in a lasting manner β at least when it comes to our use of AI.
This is how I feel when Chat GPT is down: #ChatGPT pic.twitter.com/Ne1pslXFk7June 10, 2025
That's especially frightening when you think of students, who are adopting these tools en masse, with OpenAI itself pushing for wider embrace of ChatGPT in education as part of its mission to build "an AI-Ready Workforce."
A 2023 study conducted by Intelligent.com revealed that a third of U.S. college students surveyed used ChatGPT for schoolwork during the 2022/23 academic year.
In 2024, a survey from the Digital Education Council claimed that 86% of students across 16 countries use artificial intelligence in their studies to some degree.
AI's big sell is productivity, the promise that we can get more done, faster. And yes, MIT researchers have previously concluded that AI tools can boost worker productivity by up to 15%, but the long-term impact suggests codependency over competency. And that sounds a lot like regression.
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