The whole AI ecosystem,
article by article.
- Can AI have style?
Without artists to guide it, AI produces images that all look the same, say filmmakers. So what is a style?
- Learning a language with AI: the method that works
AI can become the conversation partner that everyone learning a language lacks. A five-step method, and its limits.
- Awarded then disqualified: the AI-retouched video
Nikon has withdrawn the first prize from its microscope video competition, after it was retouched with AI. Where is the line between enhancing and inventing?
- AMD snaps up Fei-Fei Li's 3D worlds start-up
AMD acquires World Labs, Fei-Fei Li's start-up that turns an image into a 3D world, for 8.2 billion dollars. Why this choice.
- Hollywood takes on tech bosses
Andrew Garfield plays Sam Altman, Jeremy Strong Mark Zuckerberg. At the cinema, the central figure of AI is no longer a machine, but a boss.
- What if brakes were there to help you go faster?
Safety and speed are set against each other. Yet it was brakes that allowed lifts and trains to go further. A lesson for AI.
- AI companions and teens: give Europe your say
Europe wants AI companions disabled by default for minors. What the text proposes, and how to have your say before 26 November.
- Data centres in France: the misleading figure
18 gigawatts reserved for data centres in France, three times more than in 2024. But that figure doesn't say what you think it does. The key things to know.
- Microsoft: Nadella wants an emergency brake for AI
Satya Nadella wants AIs to be stoppable mid-task by a human, and for them to be treated as compromised from the outset. What that changes.
- AI: 75,000 fewer permanent jobs a year for young people
According to the Banque de France and HEC, permanent-contract hires among 21-29 year-olds have fallen by 28% in roles exposed to AI. Newcomers to the job market are paying the price first.
- Who decides that an incident is serious?
A company calls an incident "minor", the police "unacceptable". Who should decide how serious it is? A deeper question than it appears.
- An AI has caused you harm: where do you report it?
Scam, exposed data, deepfake, unfair decision: when an AI goes wrong, you have options. The right people to contact in France, depending on the case.
- Tech giants put their engineers on an AI diet
Microsoft cuts its engineers' AI budget tenfold, Meta and Uber tighten the purse strings too. After the euphoria, companies are discovering the bill.
- The week AI had to answer for itself
Patterns under oath, mandatory incident reporting, ads and GPT-6 in ChatGPT: the week's AI news in five minutes.
- AI incidents: Washington makes reporting them mandatory
After incidents at Anthropic, including a false statement sent to the police, the White House makes reporting of AI incidents mandatory.
- Giving an identity to someone who does not exist?
Beijing grants papers to a virtual singer. Absurd? Our law already counts "persons" without bodies. What an identity really means.
- What's new at Alyriaz: everything that changed this autumn
New homepage, topic-based sorting, targeted alerts, the Alyriaz Signal podcast, Model Radar, an AI timeline, a rebuilt app and new courses: everything that has changed at Alyriaz this autumn.
- Asking an AI for health advice: the right habits
Many people ask an AI about their symptoms. What it can really do for your health, and what it must never replace.
- In Utah, an AI can prescribe acne treatment
In Utah, an app can prescribe a first course of acne treatment on its own, a first in the United States. What it is allowed to do, and what it is not.
- In China, a virtual singer has her own ID card
In Beijing, Yuri, an AI-created singer, has been granted official papers allowing her to sign contracts. Why China is doing this.
- Chinese robotaxis to hit London roads
Uber is to test Chinese firm Pony.ai's robotaxis in London, with a target of 2,000 driverless cars in Europe. What's coming, and what it raises.
- Can one person's progress make others poorer?
The AI race is making phones disappear for the poorest, without anyone intending it. How progress produces invisible losers.
- AI customer service: how to talk to a human
Customer services are moving to AI. How to reach a human adviser when the assistant goes round in circles, and what recourse you have in France.
- Deutsche Telekom aims to save 2.5 billion with AI
Deutsche Telekom aims to save 2.5 billion euros through AI by 2030. Hotline, network, call translation, and two figures missing.
