Like it or not, AI is learning how to influence you

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More When I was a kid there were four AI agents in my life. Their names were Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde and they tried their best to hunt me down.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/like-it-or-not-ai-is-learning-how-to-influence-you/

The most underreported and important story in AI right now is that pure scaling has failed to produce AGI

BYGary Marcus, a professor emeritus at NYU, is a leading voice in artificial intelligence, well known for his challenges to contemporary AI. He is a scientist and best-selling author and was founder and CEO of Geometric.AI, a machine learning company acquired by Uber.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/generative-ai-scaling-agi-deep-learning/

Why The Buzz On Agentic AI

This is Agentic AI in action: not just helping you make decisions but making them for you—autonomously, contextually, and with adaptability. The rise of Agentic AI represents a monumental leap forward. What is becoming really obvious is:

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sanjaysrivastava/2025/02/18/why-the-buzz-on-agentic-ai/

Rabbit shows off the AI agent it should have launched with

Watch Rabbit’s AI agent, but not the Rabbit R1, do things in Android apps. Watch Rabbit’s AI agent, but not the Rabbit R1, do things in Android apps.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theverge.com/news/615990/rabbit-ai-agent-demonstration-lam-android-r1

I just tested AI deep research on Grok-3 vs Perplexity vs Gemini — here's the winner

The latest feature in popular chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity is the ability to search deeper. Today, xAI launched Grok-3 and boasts over ten times the computational power of its predecessor, Grok-2. The ‘DeepSearch’ tool was announced as a next generation search engine.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-just-tested-ai-deep-research-on-grok-3-vs-perplexity-vs-gemini-heres-the-winner

A New Study Says ChatGPT Is A Better Therapist Than Humans — Scientists Explain Why

If your relationship is on the rocks, your best bet to patch things up might not be to seek counseling from a therapist, but from AI — or so posits a new study exploring the potential of ChatGPT in couples therapy.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dimitarmixmihov/2025/02/17/a-new-study-says-chatgpt-is-a-better-therapist-than-humans---scientists-explain-why/

Microsoft says AI tools such as Copilot or ChatGPT are affecting critical thinking at work – staff using the technology encounter 'long-term reliance and diminished independent problem-solving'

Using generative AI at work may impact the critical thinking skills of employees — and that's according to Microsoft.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.itpro.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-tools-critical-thinking-reliance