Jacob Kastrenakes

A recent study from the Oversight Board found that leading AI systems are less likely to criticize authoritarian governments than democratic ones.

TikTok is endless. Netflix is already starting the next episode. Who’s making time to read a book? Today we’re chatting with The Atlantic’s Rose Horowitch to discuss her story “The End of Reading is Here” and the role technology plays in reducing how much time — and attention — people have to read long pieces of writing. In a world where we’re inundated with more text than ever from social media feeds, AI, and group chats, is it really possible that we’re taking in less than before?

AI text detectors have been notoriously unreliable, but that’s starting to change. This year, Pangram keeps coming up as the trusted source in identifying AI-written text. We sit down with Pangram CEO Max Spero to find out how the system was made, how much we should trust it, and where the line is between useful AI and AI slop.

Quantum computing hype is everywhere. Trump says we’ll have one by 2028, Microsoft by 2029. IBM is investing billions. Is it really happening? Science journalist Sophia Chen joins us to discuss her article, “What is a quantum computer good for? Absolutely nothing — yet,” and break down what’s real and what’s hype in the quantum computing race.

“I’m very much in favor and in awe of the easy access that we have now to films to be able to immerse ourselves in films and film history,” he told 60 Minutes.

Pixel users can now AI-generate disco ball-style icons for their entire phone. Haters, shield your eyes.

Join us on the live stream as soon as Google’s keynote wraps up. Hayden Field and I will be in the studio to talk over the biggest announcements, which I’m going to make the bold prediction right now probably involves a lot of AI. Tune in and post your thoughts in the live chat.

Shots were reportedly fired at the event. Trump later posted on Truth Social that a shooter was apprehended and that he wants the event to continue.

Per 9to5Mac, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian was excited to boast about Gemini’s big new customer. The upgraded Siri is still coming “later this year.”