New York Times:
A look at how some teens use popular role-playing chatbots and, for parents, the high stakes task of understanding the impact of the possibly addictive products  —  When Quentin was 13, he kept seeing ads on YouTube for Talkie, an app with “countless A.I.s eager to speak with you.”

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood  —  India's studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages.

AppleInsider:
Apple reportedly signed a 3rd-party driver, by Tiny Corp, for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs for Apple Silicon Macs; it's meant for AI research, not accelerating graphics  —  Apple has signed a driver for AMD or Nvidia eGPUs connected to Apple Silicon but there are some big caveats, and it won't improve your graphics.

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details “cognitive surrender”, where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning  —  When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users.

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024  —  Venture capitalists are stepping in to cover expenses like rent while dropouts from Harvard to Stanford chase their startup dreams