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Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, is calling for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development — a striking statement from someone sitting at the center of the industry. In a piece published this week, Amodei argued that the pace of AI progress has outrun our ability to understand its consequences, and that restraint, not acceleration, is what the moment demands.
That tension between technology and trust carries into our next story. LG is pushing back against claims that its smart televisions have been continuously recording users inside their homes. The company issued a firm denial, saying that privacy is a fundamental principle of how its products are designed. The accusations, though unverified, reflect a broader unease people feel about always-on, connected devices in their living rooms.
And on the subject of what your connected subscriptions are actually costing you — a new report finds that the leading streaming platforms now run consumers roughly seven hundred two dollars more per year than they did five years ago. Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, and Peacock led the price increases, which have reportedly outpaced inflation. The very services that once made cable feel overpriced are now raising a familiar question.
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