Parmy Olson
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AI's Path To Profits Is Being Driven By Consumers
People finding virtual friends and playing games have proven to be a surprisingly robust market.
- Tuesday September 9, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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YouTube’s AI Slop Is A Win for Alphabet. But What About Us?
The risk is that as slop floods our feeds and juices YouTube’s recommendation algorithms, it’ll drown out more thoughtful, human-made work.
- Saturday July 26, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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ChatGPT’s Mental Health Costs Are Adding Up
From brain rot to induced psychosis, the psychological cost of generative AI is growing and flying under the radar.
- Friday July 4, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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AI Chatbots Want You Hooked — Maybe Too Hooked
One 2022 study found that people who were lonely or had poor relationships tended to have the strongest AI attachments.
- Friday April 25, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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Everybody’s Gaming the Job Market With AI
More than 80% of companies use AI somewhere in hiring, and one in four use it for the entire recruitment process, according to Resume Builder.
- Friday March 28, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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Why Did Microsoft Admit That AI Is Making Us Dumb?
The tech giant’s own research shows a disturbing trend: The more we trust AI, the less we think for ourselves.
- Monday February 17, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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Google Has Made A Dangerous U-Turn On Military AI
The rules can be simple. Make it mandatory to have a human overseeing all AI military systems, says Parmy Olson
- Friday February 7, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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The DeepSeek AI Revolution Has A Security Problem
The model that shocked Silicon Valley by doing more with less might be doing too little on safety. That could hurt its business prospects.
- Wednesday February 5, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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DeepSeek’s ‘Open AI’ Should Terrify Sam Altman
It’s not the only company building systems that are free to use.
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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Google's Most Serious Rival Isn't Microsoft. It’s a Startup.
Microsoft's Bing, after incorporating ChatGPT two years ago, has barely made a dent in Google's market share, remaining at just 4%.
- Tuesday January 7, 2025
- Author: Parmy Olson
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ChatGPT’s $8 Trillion Birthday Gift To Big Tech
Two years in, generative AI’s value to the world is still unclear. But these charts show that it’s been a bonanza for the largest tech firms according to Parmy Olson And Carolyn Silverman
- Friday November 29, 2024
- Author: Parmy Olson, Carolyn Silverman
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AI’s Slowdown Is Everyone Else’s Opportunity
Businesses will benefit from some much-needed breathing space to figure out how to deliver that all-important return on investment.
- Friday November 22, 2024
- Author: Parmy Olson
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AI’s Slowdown Is Everyone Else’s Opportunity
Businesses will benefit from some much-needed breathing space to figure out how to deliver that all-important return on investment.
- Friday November 22, 2024
- Author: Parmy Olson
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Masayoshi Son Inflates The AI Bubble Even More
Wall Street: The AI race can’t get any hotter. Masa: Hold my beer.
- Friday October 25, 2024
- Author: Parmy Olson
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CrowdStrike’s Global Outage Doesn’t Have To Be A Recurring Nightmare
Widespread catastrophic failure is inevitable when companies are so reliant on just a few dominant cloud vendors that may need stricter processes themselves.
- Saturday July 20, 2024
- Author: Parmy Olson