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Gary Marcus critiques fundamental mathematical or computational problems underlying an entire industry, suggesting widespread reliance on flawed or unsound methodologies. The commentary appears on Mar

Bad things apparently come in 4’s; tweet below must be updated with the breaking @wsj news that OpenAI is contemplating drastic price cuts, which is surely a sign of weakness. So far today • Banks to

🚨 Breaking neuroscience/evolution news! New Nature paper provides further evidence for a central hypothesis (with a long lineage) that I defended in my 2004 book, The Birth of the Mind: the evolutiona

Called the LLM price wars – which are about to heat up — over two years ago. See especially predictions 3, 4, and 7, which laid out the no moat, small profit, price war regime we have seen ever since.

Hot take on a bad day for OpenAI: WeWork’s IPO fell apart. I’ve been calling OpenAI the (possible) WeWork of AI for a long time. I will not be surprised if their IPO plans apart, too. Their apparent p

Gary Marcus discusses whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act adequately protects AI systems and companies from legal liability, suggesting that existing protections may not fully apply

Gary Marcus poses a philosophical question about emotional attachment to AI companies, likely exploring whether people have genuine emotional stakes in the success or failure of specific AI organizati

This post by AI researcher Gary Marcus likely compares a prediction or timeline claim about robotaxi deployment to Elon Musk's previous statements about achieving ubiquitous robotaxis within a year, q

Maybe Section 230 doesn’t shield AI companies after all. That would be huge. https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/maybe-section-230-doesnt-shield-ai?r=8tdk6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&show

OpenAI is reportedly considering significant price reductions for its AI services, according to a Wall Street Journal report shared by AI researcher Gary Marcus. The move would likely reflect competit

This was perhaps the most controversial aspect of the guardrails around Fable, now being rolled back. Very pleased to hear Anthropic have walked back this policy https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/11/

Very pleased to hear Anthropic have walked back this policy https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/11/anthropic-walks-back-policy/ BREAKING NEWS: Anthropic's latest model will NOT help you if it thinks yo

Gary Marcus discusses expert commentary and analysis regarding OpenAI's initial public offering filing, likely examining implications for the AI industry, company valuation, and competitive landscape.

Wrong horse and too early. Gary nailed it. Time will show this. Masa can hype AI all he likes, but apparently he can’t even get a loan on his OpenAI shares. 🤔 But I actually half agree—and it might su

100%, hallucinations are baked in (as I have been saying since 2001) and that is why basically no LLM company afford to operate in Germany now. We need a better technology. @GaryMarcus Lol, and Google

AI oligarchs are trying to buy elections (again) AI titans are spending 1.3M to shape Utah primaries. Defending Our Values, run by Chris Stewart, spent 880K to support Rep. Celeste Maloy. DOV operates

Alongside it, Anthropic is releasing a proposal for how governments can address the risks posed by frontier AI and a policy framework for job displacement, for which we intend to provide substantial f

Gary Marcus discusses breaking news and potential existential risks or significant developments related to AI systems, likely examining how current AI capabilities and limitations might lead to critic

are you kidding me Today I'm publishing a new essay, Policy on the AI Exponential. AI is progressing extremely fast—much faster than the policy process was built to handle. The essay lays out where I

As vertically integrated platforms start to dominate they lock out third party access to the most valuable portions of the platform. Of course, Anthropic is has the right to implement whatever policy

Banger post from @testdrivenzen There is no good outcome for the world unless countries coordinate to stop ASI development. Any plan for surviving superintelligent AI that doesn't go through strong in

🚨Breaking news that could be huge, and enormously bad for GenAI, if other countries make similar decisions. https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own

BREAKING! This may well be the beginning of the end. 🚨BREAKING: SoftBank tried to borrow 6 billion against its 13% OpenAI stock… to keep funding OpenAI Banks said NO They don’t believe OpenAI is worth

discussed more here: I was first to call the death of tokenmaxxing (ahead of @zerohedge), among the first (in 2023) to warn that the economics of Generative AI was problematic, and first (also 2023) t

Gary Marcus expresses frustration about the rapid pace of AI developments, noting that he hopes for a day without significant breakthroughs requiring commentary, but finds himself continually disappoi

Exactly It’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”. It’s not Elon Musk. It’s not Nigel Farage. It’s not the ‘far-right’. It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open

This post likely discusses expert analysis on German legal proceedings involving Google, covering questions about appeal options available to the company, the timeline for implementing a court ruling,

I was first to call the death of tokenmaxxing (ahead of @zerohedge), among the first (in 2023) to warn that the economics of Generative AI was problematic, and first (also 2023) to warn that OpenAI co

If the new German court decision — to hold LLM companies liable for the false claims their LLMs made — become universal, effectively sidelining generative AI until better techniques came along, would

In addition to transparency, I now believe frontier models should face mandatory third-party testing for cyber, bio, and autonomy risks—with the power to block or revoke deployment of models that pose

It is not literally impossible to pause or slow down. It is a choice. But if the “frontier labs” continue to refuse to do, I strongly believe it will eventually lead to tremendous harm. (Essentially e

Dario Amodei discusses policy proposals that have bipartisan appeal and advocates for prompt action to implement them for broad societal benefit. The post suggests that certain policy ideas transcend

Masa can hype AI all he likes, but apparently he can’t even get a loan on his OpenAI shares. 🤔 But I actually half agree—and it might surprise some of my critics to hear this, especially those who hav

New series from The Observer with @Yoshua_Bengio, me, and others on potential catastrophic risks in AI. (link at bottom of thread) For the last few months I’ve been investigating how concerned we shou

One paper from three years ago has been influencing policymakers around the world about labour decisions regarding AI. What happens when the gap between the evidence and new policy widens? Our report

Gary Marcus critiques Oracle's after-hours stock decline following announcements of increased capital allocation toward AI initiatives, suggesting skepticism about the company's AI strategy and spendi

Prediction (which I have made before and which increasingly seems likely) OpenAI is gonna fall, and take a lot down with it. BREAKING: SoftBank shares fall 9% after its attempt secure a $6 billion mar

A question posed on X regarding whether a recent 10% decline in the tech market will impact SpaceX's planned IPO timing and execution. The post, from AI researcher and entrepreneur Gary Marcus, raises

really good point. who else? BREAKING; Bill Gates just told Congress that Jeffrey Epstein had sought to use Gates’ affairs in an effort to blackmail him. So the question now is, if he did this to Bill

So far today • Banks to SoftBank: No thanks; OpenAI stock ain’t worth what you say. • Germany to Google: LLMs can be held liable • Senator Warren to SEC and SpaceX: Fix this mess; it’’s foul play to s

subtle shift: some folks seemed to have shifted from expecting truly exponential progress to being happy they can find measurable progress at all. and another, even larger group has grown concerned ab

Dario Amodei's essay discusses the broad societal implications of AI's rapid advancement, examining its potential impacts across multiple domains including employment, economic disruption, accelerated

Gary Marcus warns about a widespread scam epidemic involving fake profiles that use stolen pictures and randomly generated usernames/handles to deceive people. He shares an example of his response to

This is genuinely big news, major unintended consequences. 🚨Breaking news that could be huge, and enormously bad for GenAI, if other countries make similar decisions. https://the-decoder.com/landmark-

this is important. and scary. CAISI has reportedly been directed to stop publishing public model assessments as the new AI EO gets implemented. Natsec engagement on AI is essential. But pulling CAISI'

Today I'm publishing a new essay, Policy on the AI Exponential. AI is progressing extremely fast—much faster than the policy process was built to handle. The essay lays out where I think the technolog