ChatGPT

[Uncle Rico]

lol

https://www.ft.com/content/7529e4cd-e336-4b75-917b-84f91bc48437

[MU82]

From Axios:

Six facts. No hyperbole. All in the past 60 days.

1. AI is the fastest-growing product category in world history.

2. One of the latest models is so powerful that its maker won't release it to the public.

3. OpenAI and Anthropic say their most powerful AI coding models are now building themselves.

4. AI companies are growing less transparent as models grow more powerful. The federal government requires zero transparency.

5. AI resentment is building fast. In early April, the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was the target of two attacks in the same week. Shaken, he wrote: "The fear and anxiety about AI is justified ... Power cannot be too concentrated."

6. AI havoc is no longer theoretical: This year's great software rout erased $2 trillion in value as investors realized, week by week, new human tasks that the latest models would wipe out, from coding to real estate services to legal research to financial management.

A year ago, we wrote a wake-up call to business leaders. This one is for everyone: We've been warned — by the data, by the technology, and by the people most responsible for building it — that we've unleashed something powerful, something growing exponentially, and something understood by very few, especially those in power.

We've no clue where this ends and the good or bad that might be unleashed along the way. No one does. But it's increasingly clear that absent better leadership, collaboration and understanding, American society, workers, academic institutions and government aren't remotely ready for what's unfolding.

We've been warned.

[rocky_warrior]

Six facts. No hyperbole.

Lol

[lawdog77]

From Axios:

Six facts. No hyperbole. All in the past 60 days.

1. AI is the fastest-growing product category in world history.

2. One of the latest models is so powerful that its maker won't release it to the public.

3. OpenAI and Anthropic say their most powerful AI coding models are now building themselves.

4. AI companies are growing less transparent as models grow more powerful. The federal government requires zero transparency.

5. AI resentment is building fast. In early April, the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was the target of two attacks in the same week. Shaken, he wrote: "The fear and anxiety about AI is justified ... Power cannot be too concentrated."

6. AI havoc is no longer theoretical: This year's great software rout erased $2 trillion in value as investors realized, week by week, new human tasks that the latest models would wipe out, from coding to real estate services to legal research to financial management.

A year ago, we wrote a wake-up call to business leaders. This one is for everyone: We've been warned — by the data, by the technology, and by the people most responsible for building it — that we've unleashed something powerful, something growing exponentially, and something understood by very few, especially those in power.

We've no clue where this ends and the good or bad that might be unleashed along the way. No one does. But it's increasingly clear that absent better leadership, collaboration and understanding, American society, workers, academic institutions and government aren't remotely ready for what's unfolding.

We've been warned.

This article was probably written by AI

[MU82]

This article was probably written by AI

It wasn't. But that still made me chuckle.

[rocky_warrior]

This article was probably written by AI

I asked AI for 6 facts without hyperbole from the past 60 days, it was much more mundane, and actually left out the hyperbole!

Since today is April 29, 2026, here are six facts regarding developments in artificial intelligence from the past 60 days (March and April 2026):

* **White House AI Framework:** On March 20, 2026, the White House released the **National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence**. This framework addresses federal versus state tensions over AI regulation and provides guidance on the local impact of data center expansions.

* **Gemini 3.1 Pro Release:** In April 2026, Google shipped **Gemini 3.1 Pro**. Benchmarks indicate it leads in 13 of 16 major performance categories, achieving parity with OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Pro while operating at approximately one-third of the API cost.

* **Open-Source Agent Governance:** Microsoft released the **Agent Governance Toolkit** in April 2026. This is a seven-package open-source system available on GitHub designed to provide cryptographic identities and compliance automation for autonomous AI agents.

* **Hardware Advancements:** Huawei launched the **950PR AI chip** in early April 2026. The hardware is specifically optimized for inference workloads rather than model training, signaling a shift toward real-world deployment of large-scale models.

* **Topaz Labs "Next-Gen" Models:** On April 28, 2026, Topaz Labs released its largest single update, introducing six new AI models including **Wonder 3** and **Astra 2**. These models utilize "NeuroStream" technology, which reduces VRAM usage by **95%** to allow complex rendering on consumer-grade hardware.

* **Agentic Coding Tools:** In early April 2026, the coding interface **Cursor 3** was released. It introduced "agentic" features that allow the AI to execute multi-step coding tasks autonomously rather than just providing text-based suggestions.

[MU82]

We're doomed.

And that's not hyperbole. 

[Shaka Shart]

We would never unleash something we don't understand the ramifications of because of returns

[Hards Alumni]

I asked AI for 6 facts without hyperbole from the past 60 days, it was much more mundane, and actually left out the hyperbole!

I need to know how the plan to actually make money.  Their business (current subscription based) model is not even close to being remotely profitable. At some point banks will run out of money, and the VCs will want some return on their investments.  Not even mentioning the circle of 'investment' that is the entire sector.

Like, what's the plan?

[MU82]

From Axios:

If AI were a candidate for political office, it would be losing in a landslide.

Why it matters: AI backlash is growing, as people worry it will steal their jobs, jack up electricity rates and further enrich the wealthy, all while hurting the environment. That's becoming a liability for the industry.

👎 State of play: A commencement address went viral this week after Florida real estate executive Gloria Caulfield said "artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution," sparking a chorus of boos.

The jeers could have been avoided if the speaker had checked the latest polls: Only 18% of Americans ages 14–29 feel hopeful about AI, according to a recent Gallup survey.

The disdain spans generations and political parties. An Economist/YouGov poll released this week showed over 70% of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly. That's 68% of Republicans and 77% of Democrats.

Other YouGov polling shows negative views of AI rising from 34% three years ago to just over 50% now.

[MU82]

Per the NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin, AI job anxiety took center stage this past week:

Meta laid off 8,000 people, or 10 percent of its work force, as part of a plan to remake itself for the AI era. The CEO of Standard Chartered drew criticism for saying AI would replace "lower-value human capital." Graduates booed commencement speakers who brought up AI. And California Governor Gavin Newsom directed officials to study the idea of providing universal basic capital to workers displaced by AI.

[The Sultan]

Per the NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin, AI job anxiety took center stage this past week:

Meta laid off 8,000 people, or 10 percent of its work force, as part of a plan to remake itself for the AI era. The CEO of Standard Chartered drew criticism for saying AI would replace "lower-value human capital." Graduates booed commencement speakers who brought up AI. And California Governor Gavin Newsom directed officials to study the idea of providing universal basic capital to workers displaced by AI.

What's not making a lot of news, is that there are companies who believe they could live without their "lower-value human capital," and then realize that this isn't actually the case.

https://stpetecatalyst.com/eas-eq-and-ai-price-waterhouse-cooper-fires-and-re-hires/

[PointWarrior]

While AI may not replace executive assistants, it will sure put a lot of consultants out of business.

What's not making a lot of news, is that there are companies who believe they could live without their "lower-value human capital," and then realize that this isn't actually the case.

https://stpetecatalyst.com/eas-eq-and-ai-price-waterhouse-cooper-fires-and-re-hires/

[NCMUFan]

While AI may not replace executive assistants, it will sure put a lot of consultants out of business.

People are experimenting with AI, then giving what AI provided to consultants to review.  All the AI documents I have read to review, if written by a consultant would be out of business quickly.  Remember, with AI, no finger to point to if thing do not work out.

[Shaka Shart]

I get my dental advice from AI now and it's nice to hear about how my mouth is doing without a bunch of slurs

[MU82]

without a bunch of slurs

You must not be using Grok or xAI.

[PointWarrior]

They either are not using the latest LLM's, feeding it crapty data, or are bad at prompting and steering.  Have written many complex documents that no one thought was written by AI.  Have seen many consultant contracts not renewed due to AI.

People are experimenting with AI, then giving what AI provided to consultants to review.  All the AI documents I have read to review, if written by a consultant would be out of business quickly.  Remember, with AI, no finger to point to if thing do not work out.

[NCMUFan]

Sounds like as soon as management wises up that you aren't writing the documents, AI will replace you.

[PointWarrior]

Doubt that, highly encouraged to use AI..  In fact, they are getting rid of people who don't use AI.   Still need a human to use AI wisely at this point.  It's a new world, may want to figure it out.

Sounds like as soon as management wises up that you aren't writing the documents, AI will replace you.

[NCMUFan]

To me sounds like you are training your replacement.

[PointWarrior]

To me sounds like something someone naive about AI would think.

To me sounds like you are training your replacement.

[NCMUFan]

Please, in the early 1990s took a course focusing on Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic called Design of Intelligent Systems before they came up on the cute buzz word "Artificial Intelligence".
In the early 1980s took a course on Decision Theory from one of the pioneers in the subject.

[PointWarrior]

That cute buzzword was coined in 1956 at Dartmouth. AI told me that , you should try it.

Please, in the early 1990s took a course focusing on Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic called Design of Intelligent Systems before they came up on the cute buzz word "Artificial Intelligence".
In the early 1980s took a course on Decision Theory from one of the pioneers in the subject.

[NCMUFan]

The Vatican weighs in.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/pope-invokes-gandalf-as-he-issues-ai-warning/ar-AA240piz?uxmode=ruby&ocid=edgntpruby&pc=U531&cvid=6a147f2790d6475fb3158fa7afd1f50a&ei=9