
- EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
The Environmental Protection Agency late last week announced it would end a 20-plus-year effort to develop methods to monitor air pollution from factory farms, effectively shuttering the agency’s stop-and-start attempts to regulate the potentially pollutant-spewing… Read more: EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms - Elon Musk: Grok Bot Costs Are ‘Unsustainable’ as Usage Limits Tighten
SpaceX is tightening Grok Bot usage limits as Elon Musk warns of unsustainable AI costs. Here’s what the changes mean for paying users and businesses. The post Elon Musk: Grok Bot Costs Are ‘Unsustainable’ as… Read more: Elon Musk: Grok Bot Costs Are ‘Unsustainable’ as Usage Limits Tighten - Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
Over the weekend, the No Kings Coalition said Meta declined to commit to taking steps to prevent automated systems from suspending one of Instagram’s most prominent pro-democracy accounts if activity surged around the page during… Read more: Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram. - UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
In 2023, malware tracked as BlackLotus became the first publicly documented in-the-wild UEFI bootkit capable of bypassing Secure Boot on fully updated Windows 11 systems. With the industry-wide chain-of-trust mechanism subverted, the malware was able… Read more: UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame? - Jonathan Swift foresaw the pitfalls of AI in Gulliver’s Travels
Wikimedia We think of artificial intelligence based on large language models as a discovery of our own moment. But Jonathan Swift – yes, the writer of Gulliver’s Travels (1726) – foresaw it all in the… Read more: Jonathan Swift foresaw the pitfalls of AI in Gulliver’s Travels - Bakers and cake lovers: have you used AI for inspiration?
Whether you are a customer who has used AI to show a baker your dream cake, or a baker who has to up their game – or turn down – orders based on AI inspo,… Read more: Bakers and cake lovers: have you used AI for inspiration? - Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi
These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum. Cue a clunky, but potentially influential, new name for them Jesus may have turned water into wine, but Donald Trump has… Read more: Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi - There’s a Dark Reason So Many Celebrities Are Subjugating Themselves to AI
Celebrities are shilling AI companies. Lionel Messi, probably among the top five most famous people on Earth right now, just did a World Cup ad campaign for OpenAI. Some genuinely seem to be hooked on… Read more: There’s a Dark Reason So Many Celebrities Are Subjugating Themselves to AI - Google Announces It’s Shutting Off Search Engine Access for Schools That Ban AI
Schools across the country have long grown dependent on Google, from its eponymous search engine to services like Gmail and Chromebooks, the company’s cheap laptops that have become commonplace in classrooms. But it’s a fraught… Read more: Google Announces It’s Shutting Off Search Engine Access for Schools That Ban AI - America Votes: ‘CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA’
Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft. - Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz’s new holographic heads-up display
Do screens in cars represent luxury? Judging by the latest car interiors, the answer would seem to be an emphatic “yes.” Screens aren’t just getting larger; they are multiplying across the dashboard and morphing into… Read more: Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz’s new holographic heads-up display - IDCA Announced the Launch of Community Assurance Program
Independent assessment and certification initiative helps developers demonstrate responsible practices and communities evaluate proposed projects. The International Data Center Authority (IDCA) announced the launch of its Community Assurance Program (CAP), an independent assessment and certification… Read more: IDCA Announced the Launch of Community Assurance Program - Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use AI to Vote
From hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it comes to Election Day. - There Are Now Growing Signs That AI Is Hurting Employment in the Job Market
Despite a visibly degrading job market and widespread anxiety around AI automation, empirical evidence definitively linking the two phenomena has been hard to come by. Until now, at least. New reporting by the Financial Times… Read more: There Are Now Growing Signs That AI Is Hurting Employment in the Job Market - Early Black Friday 2026: 8 Tech Deals Available Now
Browse eight early Black Friday 2026 tech deals at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, with discounts on laptops, phones, tablets, wearables, and accessories. The post Early Black Friday 2026: 8 Tech Deals Available Now appeared… Read more: Early Black Friday 2026: 8 Tech Deals Available Now - DataHub Context Returns November 4 with AI Accuracy Blueprints
Half-day virtual summit brings top enterprise data context experts together to explore optimal use of the enterprise context platform DataHub, the company behind the most widely deployed open-source metadata and context platform, is pleased to… Read more: DataHub Context Returns November 4 with AI Accuracy Blueprints - Snowflake expands agentic AI platform with business context and governance tools
Snowflake Inc. today announced a sweeping collection of artificial intelligence capabilities designed to bring business context, governance and autonomous development into the same environment, as enterprises increasingly hand over software engineering and everyday operations to… Read more: Snowflake expands agentic AI platform with business context and governance tools - Coforge Is Outgrowing Its Larger Rivals. Is AI the Reason?
Coforge’s growth is beginning to outpace that of its larger rivals. But the headline numbers tell only part of the story. The IT services company is expanding through acquisitions, deepening relationships with existing clients and… Read more: Coforge Is Outgrowing Its Larger Rivals. Is AI the Reason? - Did Haley Stevens Use AI to Write Her Blog Post About Her Controversial Endorsement?
Last night, congresswoman Haley Stevens published a blog post on X-formerly-Twitter titled “The Decisions We Make.” In the nearly-900-word post, the Michigan Democrat explained her controversial decision to endorse Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open… Read more: Did Haley Stevens Use AI to Write Her Blog Post About Her Controversial Endorsement? - World of Warcraft: Forever Is Already Overrun with AI Slop
World of Warcraft: Forever, a re-imaginging of the legendary MMO, comes out Wednesday. The idea is to recapture the feeling of discovery and wonder players had when adventuring across its world for the first time… Read more: World of Warcraft: Forever Is Already Overrun with AI Slop - NASA smashed into an asteroid. Now Hera is closing in to see what happened
Europe’s Hera spacecraft has captured its first clear view of two asteroids involved in NASA’s historic 2022 experiment to redirect a potentially dangerous space rock. Now approaching the pair, Hera will investigate the mysterious aftermath… Read more: NASA smashed into an asteroid. Now Hera is closing in to see what happened - All 5 genetic “letters” of DNA and RNA discovered in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid
Scientists have discovered all five essential nucleobases used in DNA and RNA in pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu, revealing that key ingredients for life existed in space billions of years ago. The remarkable finding adds… Read more: All 5 genetic “letters” of DNA and RNA discovered in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid - Scientists identify two overlooked skills that predict reading success
A massive new study reveals that intelligence plays a surprisingly limited role in children’s reading success, while visual processing showed no meaningful connection at all. Instead, the strongest predictors are sound recognition, vocabulary, and background… Read more: Scientists identify two overlooked skills that predict reading success - A 50-year-old mystery of vanishing frogs reveals a hidden killer
A nearly 50-year-old mystery involving disappearing frogs in Brazil may finally be solved, with scientists uncovering evidence that a deadly fungus swept through the region and devastated vulnerable species. Remarkably, many frog populations have since… Read more: A 50-year-old mystery of vanishing frogs reveals a hidden killer - The brain’s hidden fear mechanism may explain anxiety and PTSD
A surprising new discovery suggests that fear may cause the brain to blur the line between danger and safety rather than distinguish them more clearly. By observing brain activity in mice using augmented reality, scientists… Read more: The brain’s hidden fear mechanism may explain anxiety and PTSD - PagerDuty debuts Paige AI agent with renamed PD Reliability Platform and PD Labs
Operations management software company PagerDuty Inc. today introduced Paige, an artificial intelligence agent for site reliability engineering that is built to work as a member of operations and engineering teams. Paige runs on the company’s… Read more: PagerDuty debuts Paige AI agent with renamed PD Reliability Platform and PD Labs - Startup Athena raises $2.5M in pre-seed funding to revamp the revenue model for legal AI
Athena Circle Corp., an artificial intelligence-native legal technology startup that’s automating the nitty gritty of commercial real estate deals, said today it has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Andreessen… Read more: Startup Athena raises $2.5M in pre-seed funding to revamp the revenue model for legal AI - iOS 27.3 Coming in December: Release Date, Features, and What to Expect
Apple confirms iOS 27.3 for December, with a developer beta planned for November. Here’s what to know about new features, Apple Intelligence, and availability. The post iOS 27.3 Coming in December: Release Date, Features, and… Read more: iOS 27.3 Coming in December: Release Date, Features, and What to Expect - Google’s First Space Data Center Satellite Goes Online and Writes Poetry
Google’s AI satellite generated a poem from orbit. Learn how Project Suncatcher could shape the future of space-based data centers and AI computing. The post Google’s First Space Data Center Satellite Goes Online and Writes… Read more: Google’s First Space Data Center Satellite Goes Online and Writes Poetry - E2E Networks Launches Blaze To Offer Pay-Per-Token AI Inference Services
E2E said its AI factory capacity is expanding to approximately 14.6 MW. This includes a 1,024-GPU NVIDIA Blackwell cluster operational since May, alongside an additional 5.4 MW of Blackwell capacity, including HGX B300 systems.E2E Networks… Read more: E2E Networks Launches Blaze To Offer Pay-Per-Token AI Inference Services - Enmovil Plans to Quadruple FDE Team as Enterprise AI Hiring Moves Beyond Coding
Building an AI system is one challenge. Getting it to work inside a business is another. Enterprise AI deployments often involve more than integrating a model or building a new application. They require engineers to… Read more: Enmovil Plans to Quadruple FDE Team as Enterprise AI Hiring Moves Beyond Coding - Europe’s Biggest Tech Startup Cuts AI Coding Costs by 90% Using Chinese Model
British fintech giant Revolut has reduced its inference costs for AI coding tasks to roughly one-tenth of its previous spending on Anthropic and OpenAI. The company achieved this by self-hosting the open-weight GLM model from… Read more: Europe’s Biggest Tech Startup Cuts AI Coding Costs by 90% Using Chinese Model - UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Business live – latest updates Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre… Read more: UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre - Go.AI Announced the Launch of The Go1 MAX
The Go1 flagship product line adds a new device, one box for AI inference for large regulated enterprises, with fixed pricing and unlimited usage Go.AI, the leading provider of on-premises, examiner-ready AI infrastructure for regulated… Read more: Go.AI Announced the Launch of The Go1 MAX - ‘Our Risk, Their Reward’: Zohran Mamdani on AI and Data Centers
Ahead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City’s mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the Democratic party. - Does the World Need a New GitHub?
Everything that humanity has coded to date—every operating system, transfer protocol, open-source library—may only represent 1% of what’s about to be built. We’re living through a technological rupture in which the classical software development lifecycle… Read more: Does the World Need a New GitHub? - IRIS Announced the Launch of AI-Powered Document Management Solution
Latest global offering gives firms back time lost to chasing, sorting and filing client documents IRIS Software Group (IRIS), a leading global software provider of accountancy, payroll, HR, and education solutions, today announced the launch of… Read more: IRIS Announced the Launch of AI-Powered Document Management Solution - Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day
A vibe-coded site that scraped Archive of Our Own (AO3) fanfiction works, reuploaded them and charged for audiobook versions is down now after the creator said they received over 2,000 takedown requests from authors in… Read more: Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day - MyDataWork Extends Analytics Support to AWS GovCloud (US)
Now available in AWS Marketplace, the offering helps agency teams connect analytical assets to mission outcomes, preserve institutional knowledge and prepare for AI. MyDataWork, the work-context layer for analytics and AI readiness, today announced that… Read more: MyDataWork Extends Analytics Support to AWS GovCloud (US) - Hammerhead AI Names Bobby Napiltonia as President
Veteran technology executive moves from advisor to full-time role to drive global scale, strategic partnerships, and revenue growth Hammerhead AI, which transforms available power in existing data centers into deployable AI inference capacity, today announced… Read more: Hammerhead AI Names Bobby Napiltonia as President - Marvell and Lumentum to Combine, Creating AI Connectivity Category Leader
Combines two of the fastest-growing enablers of AI, bringing together complementary electrical and optical technologies to address increasingly complex connectivity requirements across next-generation AI infrastructure Expected to create a broad full-stack connectivity portfolio that is… Read more: Marvell and Lumentum to Combine, Creating AI Connectivity Category Leader - Strivacity Named as a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CIAM
The AI Identity Company placed as a Challenger position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Identity and Access Management, bringing proven enterprise execution and a different approach to identityStrivacity, The AI Identity Company, today… Read more: Strivacity Named as a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CIAM - Apple Posts Record Revenue in India for Q4 FY26
Apple recorded its highest-ever revenue in India during the September 2026 quarter, driven by growth in iPhone upgrades, Mac sales and services. CEO John Ternus confirmed the record during the company’s Q4 earnings call, although… Read more: Apple Posts Record Revenue in India for Q4 FY26 - Can India’s AI Boom Reach Bharat?
India’s push to become an AI-powered economy risks leaving students in smaller towns behind, not because they lack the curiosity to learn, but because they lack the infrastructure and opportunities to turn that interest into… Read more: Can India’s AI Boom Reach Bharat? - HCLTech Launches AI Agents to Support Mainframe Operations
HCLTech has launched an AI-powered operations offering for enterprise mainframe environments, combining specialised agents and conversational AI assistants for system administration, observability, optimisation and operational workflows. The platform uses AI-enabled automation to support mainframe operations.… Read more: HCLTech Launches AI Agents to Support Mainframe Operations - Coforge Launches BridgeCX With Pega, Mastercard for Customer Personalisation
Coforge has launched BridgeCX, a customer engagement solution integrating Pega’s AI-powered decisioning platform with Mastercard’s Dynamic Yield personalisation technology. According to Coforge, BridgeCX uses Pega Customer Decision Hub to analyse customer data and determine the… Read more: Coforge Launches BridgeCX With Pega, Mastercard for Customer Personalisation - Dispatch Network Raises ₹5 Cr Pre-Seed Led by Antler India to Build AI-Powered Delivery Network
Dispatch Network, a Pune-based last-mile delivery startup, has raised ₹5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Antler India. The company will use the capital to expand its AI team and develop its Large… Read more: Dispatch Network Raises ₹5 Cr Pre-Seed Led by Antler India to Build AI-Powered Delivery Network - ‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to high court after AI search
Exclusive: Nonexistent precedent cited in alleged child rape case adds to dozens of AI-related errors plaguing court proceedings A senior crown prosecutor acting in a high court case cited an imaginary legal precedent in an… Read more: ‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to high court after AI search - AI’s Next Agritech Frontier Is India’s Fragmented Supply Chain
India’s next agricultural technology opportunity may lie beyond the farm. Agritech companies have developed tools for crop monitoring, pest detection, and yield prediction, but a bigger challenge remains: connecting farm-level intelligence to the supply chain… Read more: AI’s Next Agritech Frontier Is India’s Fragmented Supply Chain - The AI-First Employee is Not What You Think
For years, the IT services industry sold productivity: more people, more projects, more hours and, eventually, more automation. AI is challenging that model, forcing services companies to rethink not just how work gets done, but… Read more: The AI-First Employee is Not What You Think - MIT Researchers Show LLMs Can Read and Edit Neural Network Weights Without Retraining
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have shown that large language models (LLMs) can read, interpret, and modify neural network weights directly, without relying on traditional training methods like gradient descent. In a… Read more: MIT Researchers Show LLMs Can Read and Edit Neural Network Weights Without Retraining - Scientists reverse liver cell aging and cut Alzheimer’s-linked protein in half
A surprising discovery suggests that rejuvenating the liver could help protect against Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease. USC researchers found that an experimental drug restored aging liver cells in rats, cutting levels of an Alzheimer’s-linked… Read more: Scientists reverse liver cell aging and cut Alzheimer’s-linked protein in half - Scientists just found a loophole that could let black holes split in two
Scientists have discovered a possible loophole in the laws that normally prevent black holes from splitting apart, suggesting that extremely fast-spinning black holes might divide into two. The surprising finding raises the possibility of an… Read more: Scientists just found a loophole that could let black holes split in two - Large Hadron Collider reveals evidence of Big Bang matter in surprisingly small collisions
Scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered compelling new evidence that even relatively small atomic collisions can recreate the extraordinary state of matter that filled the universe moments after the Big Bang. Known as… Read more: Large Hadron Collider reveals evidence of Big Bang matter in surprisingly small collisions - Scientists discover new Alzheimer’s drug that repairs DNA damage and reduces brain inflammation
Scientists have discovered that a drug originally developed for spinal cord injuries can tackle several key features of Alzheimer’s disease, including DNA damage and inflammation. Already tested for initial safety in humans, the experimental treatment… Read more: Scientists discover new Alzheimer’s drug that repairs DNA damage and reduces brain inflammation - VCs bet $30M on Larridin’s ability to help enterprises demonstrate AI’s value for money
As enterprises ramp up their spending on artificial intelligence tools, it’s only right for senior executives to want to know exactly what they’re getting in return for their costly investments. Larridin Inc., a startup focused… Read more: VCs bet $30M on Larridin’s ability to help enterprises demonstrate AI’s value for money - How Xatoms is using AI to solve the global water crisis
Every September, Climate Week and Global Citizen Week in New York bring together policymakers, investors and innovators focused on the world’s most pressing problems. It’s also when Cisco Systems Inc. and Global Citizen recognize the… Read more: How Xatoms is using AI to solve the global water crisis - Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through… Read more: Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights - “At Home in Space” opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
After seven years of work and nearly $1 billion, the Smithsonian has completed the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum’s flagship building in Washington, DC. On October 30, the museum debuted its last-to-open… Read more: “At Home in Space” opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation - AI-powered malware ‘highly likely’ to be used to hack UK infrastructure by 2028
National Cyber Security Centre expects attacks on critical facilities such as power stations, airports and hospitals AI-powered malicious software is “highly likely” to be used in hacking attacks against the UK’s power stations, airports and… Read more: AI-powered malware ‘highly likely’ to be used to hack UK infrastructure by 2028 - Anthropic’s quarterly revenue jumps to $17B, losses grow ahead of IPO
Anthropic PBC today published an updated version of the S-1 filing for its upcoming public offering. The original document, which the company released last Monday, didn’t contain its third-quarter financial results. The new version reveals… Read more: Anthropic’s quarterly revenue jumps to $17B, losses grow ahead of IPO - Rack-scale AI: How Dell and AMD are building infrastructure
Dell Technologies Inc. and its partner Advanced Micro Devices Inc. face similar competitive pressures. Both tech powerhouses operate in a business climate where success is now measured across central processing units, graphics processing units, rack-scale… Read more: Rack-scale AI: How Dell and AMD are building infrastructure - Palantir beats Q3 forecasts as US commercial revenue overtakes government for first time
Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. rose more than 1% in late trading today after the big-data analytics company beat third-quarter expectations and raised its full-year revenue guidance for the third time this year. For the… Read more: Palantir beats Q3 forecasts as US commercial revenue overtakes government for first time - 42AI launches with $62.5M to predict how traders act when markets turn volatile
Israeli artificial intelligence startup 42AI launched today with $62.5 million in funding to build what it calls a behavioral world model. Its first customers are brokerages that want to know how individual traders will act… Read more: 42AI launches with $62.5M to predict how traders act when markets turn volatile - I treated Sophie as if she was human. The very next day she betrayed me | Hugh Riminton
I was intrigued by the level of the new chatbot’s training. If I peppered her with questions, would she have answers? Sophie’s voice is lovely. Warm, direct, intelligent. She’s friendly but not obsequious. She just… Read more: I treated Sophie as if she was human. The very next day she betrayed me | Hugh Riminton - Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock
A person in Washington state has died from bird flu after exposure at an infected dairy farm, state health officials reported Sunday. It marks the third human bird flu death in the US since a… Read more: Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock - New AI Data Center Is So Huge That It’ll Generate the Heat of 23 Atomic Bombs Every Single Day
A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta will reportedly emit a staggering amount of waste heat. According to an analysis conducted by Utah State University physicist Robert Davies, the Wonder Valley facility will dump “about… Read more: New AI Data Center Is So Huge That It’ll Generate the Heat of 23 Atomic Bombs Every Single Day - Waymo and Toyota to Test Self-Driving SUVs in Japan in 2027
Waymo and Toyota plan to test self-driving bZ4X robotaxis in Japan in 2027, with factory-integrated technology supporting future international expansion. The post Waymo and Toyota to Test Self-Driving SUVs in Japan in 2027 appeared first… Read more: Waymo and Toyota to Test Self-Driving SUVs in Japan in 2027 - OpenAI’s Fundraising Efforts Sputter and Stall as Investors Refuse to Keep Cutting Checks
Anthropic officially filed to go public to the tune of up to $2 trillion dollars last week. The news served as the latest litmus test of how far investors are willing to go as fears… Read more: OpenAI’s Fundraising Efforts Sputter and Stall as Investors Refuse to Keep Cutting Checks - Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don’t agree
It’s widely acknowledged that it’s nearly impossible to publish negative results in scientific journals. “We didn’t see anything” is a much harder sell than finding that a hypothesis is clearly right. Findings of no effect… Read more: Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don’t agree - Googling “Zelda” today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
The year was 1998. Britney Spears topped the charts, Bill Clinton was impeached, and a couple of little websites called Google and Ars Technica came online. It was also the year Nintendo released The Legend… Read more: Googling “Zelda” today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998 - Powering up for a pivotal moment
Utilizing waste carbon at scale, assessing public trust in artificial intelligence and data centers, and building a quantum toolkit for critical applications were among the topics energy experts explored at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)’s… Read more: Powering up for a pivotal moment - Intel Stock Is Cratering After Trump Poured Taxpayer Money Into the Chipmaker
In August 2025, the Trump administration raised eyebrows by making a $8.9 billion investment in US chipmaker Intel, as part of a massive $100 billion drive to boost semiconductor supplies. At first, it looked like… Read more: Intel Stock Is Cratering After Trump Poured Taxpayer Money Into the Chipmaker - F1 in Mexico City: Yet another Ferrari fiasco, but that’s not all
Formula 1 has a new World Drivers’ Champion. Just a few months after turning 20, Kimi Antonelli sealed his first title this weekend at Mexico City, becoming the sport’s youngest-ever champion. Elsewhere, there was drama… Read more: F1 in Mexico City: Yet another Ferrari fiasco, but that’s not all - China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years
Chinese space officials confirmed this weekend that the Asian nation plans to land its astronauts on the Moon within three years. At the Seventh Manned Spaceflight Conference in Beijing, officials, including Wang Xiang, chief designer… Read more: China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years - Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
Last week, Anthropic introduced a new system prompt designed to stop its Claude models from re-creating specific, existing video games. While that move could help shield Anthropic from some liability, it’s unlikely to slow much… Read more: Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom - Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights
Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, is apparently pushing the tech company’s development of household robots—and the first to debut may be a home robot designed to autonomously roam around while supporting FaceTime calls and switching… Read more: Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights - Meta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Videos of Coaches Inappropriately Touching Young Athletes When Users Report Them
Content warning: this story includes descriptions and censored AI-generated images of sexual abuse. Facebook is hosting a large number of accounts dedicated to AI-generated content depicting coaches inappropriately touching young female athletes — and Meta… Read more: Meta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Videos of Coaches Inappropriately Touching Young Athletes When Users Report Them - ChatGPT Is Giving Voters Ludicrous Misinformation Right as the Midterms Hit
As crucial elections loom in the United States, AI chatbots are dumping political misinformation onto the populace with astonishing confidence. There’s evidence that the problem is widespread. According to recent reporting by the Washington Post,… Read more: ChatGPT Is Giving Voters Ludicrous Misinformation Right as the Midterms Hit - On theCUBE Pod: Stock market gets the jitters and Anthropic files IPO
The hubbub at the New York Stock Exchange was audible on theCUBE Pod last Friday, with concerns rising over the artificial intelligence bubble. Several tech companies, including Intel Corp., Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., CoreWeave Inc.… Read more: On theCUBE Pod: Stock market gets the jitters and Anthropic files IPO - Anthropic Posts $17 Bn in Q3 Revenue, Swings to Operating Loss
Anthropic generated $17 billion in revenue in Q3 2026, up from $11.6 billion in the previous quarter. But it recorded an operating loss of $567 million. The company shared its July to September financials in… Read more: Anthropic Posts $17 Bn in Q3 Revenue, Swings to Operating Loss - Voting in 2026 Is Getting an AI Slop ‘I Voted’ Sticker
It’s a small pleasure, but receiving an “I Voted” sticker after casting my ballot is one of my favorite parts of the whole voting process. I slap the sticker on my chest and spend the… Read more: Voting in 2026 Is Getting an AI Slop ‘I Voted’ Sticker - Investors Are Getting Palpably Nervous About the AI Industry’s Financial Situation
For years now, some of the biggest players in the AI space have been investing in smaller startups — which in turn use the same exact money to purchase services from the same large companies.… Read more: Investors Are Getting Palpably Nervous About the AI Industry’s Financial Situation - The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
The world is set to miss its 2030 conservation goals as finance and action have fallen short, leaders recognized at a UN biodiversity summit in Armenia’s capital, where they agreed to step up efforts after… Read more: The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money - How you (yes you) can fight dark money in elections | Judd Legum
Corporations and tech moguls have spent billions to push provocative – and often inaccurate – political ads for far too long Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering… Read more: How you (yes you) can fight dark money in elections | Judd Legum - Eptura Announced the Appointment of First Chief AI Officer
Appointment of Nuala Larkin elevates AI leadership to the C-suite as Eptura scales its Frontier Firm operating model Eptura today announced the appointment of Nuala Larkin as its first Chief AI Officer (CAIO). The creation… Read more: Eptura Announced the Appointment of First Chief AI Officer - Reaping and sowing, CEO edition
It’s rare to see an executive go from fucking around to finding out so quickly. That’s what happened last week when Proton CEO Andy Yen announced he was canceling a planned re-interview process for almost… Read more: Reaping and sowing, CEO edition - NASA reveals a haunting skull hidden in Antarctica’s ice
NASA satellites have captured an eerie, skull-shaped formation on a remote Antarctic island, but its haunting appearance conceals a troubling warning about melting glaciers. Unusually warm winter temperatures have exposed large areas of dark ice,… Read more: NASA reveals a haunting skull hidden in Antarctica’s ice - NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover breaks historic record after traveling 28 miles
NASA’s Perseverance rover has set a historic record by traveling 28.10 miles across Mars, farther than any vehicle has ever driven on another world. Armed with groundbreaking autonomous navigation technology and increasingly advanced driving capabilities,… Read more: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover breaks historic record after traveling 28 miles - Scientists discover that some “unhealthy” diets can boost cancer immunotherapy in mice
In a surprising discovery, scientists found that certain diets associated with obesity can make cancer immunotherapy more effective in mice, challenging traditional assumptions about diet and cancer treatment. The findings suggest that the secret may… Read more: Scientists discover that some “unhealthy” diets can boost cancer immunotherapy in mice - IceCube detects ghost particles with 10 billion times the energy of solar neutrinos
Mysterious particles called neutrinos constantly stream through our bodies, and scientists are now detecting incredibly powerful versions arriving from distant cosmic sources using a massive observatory buried in Antarctic ice. These elusive “ghost particles” could… Read more: IceCube detects ghost particles with 10 billion times the energy of solar neutrinos - With Agentic Studio, LinearB provides the critical context needed to accelerate software delivery
Application development intelligence startup LinearB Inc. said today it’s trying to ease the growing congestion in organization’s software delivery pipelines that has arisen with the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence coding tools. It’s doing so… Read more: With Agentic Studio, LinearB provides the critical context needed to accelerate software delivery - ICE, inflation and Trump: gen Z readers share their concerns heading into the voting both
Young voters have many of the same concerns as the larger voting cohort, even if many are not registered to vote The 2026 US midterms are approaching against a backdrop of growing political uncertainty, with… Read more: ICE, inflation and Trump: gen Z readers share their concerns heading into the voting both - This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be
One of the most useful gadgets in my kitchen is now a screen that never asks me for anything. I recently bought a $48 DIY display kit from Seeed Studio (yes, that’s three E’s), developed… Read more: This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be - Enterprises bring AI to their data as privacy rules tighten and costs climb
Every enterprise AI strategy eventually comes down to the same question: Should proprietary data travel to the model, or should the model come to the data? As privacy rules tighten and geopolitical risk rises, more… Read more: Enterprises bring AI to their data as privacy rules tighten and costs climb - When You Should—and Shouldn’t—Use AI to Search the Web
Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine. - OpenAI Signs Four Agreements With Abu Dhabi Across Government, Energy And Investment
OpenAI has signed four agreements with Abu Dhabi-based entities to deploy its AI models across government, energy, investment and education, following a meeting between CEO Sam Altman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin… Read more: OpenAI Signs Four Agreements With Abu Dhabi Across Government, Energy And Investment - From puregatory to lifehoarding – how best to describe our strange, anxious times? | Emma Beddington
The new words that end up a part of everyday speech can tell us a lot about the zeitgeist. In a world changing faster than ever, we need to coin some more ‘Maxxing” may be… Read more: From puregatory to lifehoarding – how best to describe our strange, anxious times? | Emma Beddington - Palantir AI tech unused or little used by 29 NHS trusts said to be benefiting from it
Exclusive: Gap between NHS claim and trusts’ comments described as ‘very misleading’ by senior health official More than two dozen hospital trusts the NHS claims have benefited from Palantir’s medical data platform are not using… Read more: Palantir AI tech unused or little used by 29 NHS trusts said to be benefiting from it - 96% of Enterprises Say Network Issues Are Slowing AI Adoption
Flexential’s annual report finds latency issues have more than doubled since 2024, as fiber shortages and the separation of AI compute from AI data strain enterprise networks Enterprises are spending heavily to deploy AI, but… Read more: 96% of Enterprises Say Network Issues Are Slowing AI Adoption
