
- OpenAI’s Altman and Anthropic’s Amodei address UN security council
Heads of two of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies give separate briefings on AI safety Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic, heads of two of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies,… Read more: OpenAI’s Altman and Anthropic’s Amodei address UN security council - Workforce economics emerges as AI reshapes the C-suite
The economics of enterprise transformation are pushing finance and human resources into much closer alignment as companies decide where artificial intelligence fits, where people create the most value and how productivity gains should be reinvested.… Read more: Workforce economics emerges as AI reshapes the C-suite - Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update. Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s Bespoke AI line of fridges. Star News Korea, per a… Read more: Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges - Netflix releases trailer for Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn
Brad Bird has directed some of our all-time favorite animated films: The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004), and Ratatouille (2007), with the latter two snagging well-deserved Oscar wins. He’s back with a new animated… Read more: Netflix releases trailer for Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn - Contrary to some reports, you don’t have two brains
Late last week, we started seeing headlines about how new research was suggesting we might have two brains instead of the one that seems to show up on MRI scans. As is so often the… Read more: Contrary to some reports, you don’t have two brains - YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year
The annual Made on YouTube event has just wrapped up, offering an early look at the features you can expect to come to Google’s dominant online streaming platform in the coming months. Yes, there’s plenty… Read more: YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year - Where should NZ stand on global AI risk? 3 principles to guide a stronger strategy
Getty Images If some current warnings are to be believed, artificial intelligence may be the human invention that outwits its creators. Understandably, there are now global calls to regulate the technology. At the current gathering… Read more: Where should NZ stand on global AI risk? 3 principles to guide a stronger strategy - Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash
Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user’s age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content. Discord said it will take a few days… Read more: Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash - Unis and schools are moving away from AI-detection software. They should stop using it altogether
Moor Studio/Getty Images Since artificial intelligence (AI) software ChatGPT was released in 2022, teachers have been looking for ways to tell when AI has been used to generate text in assessments. AI-detection software is still… Read more: Unis and schools are moving away from AI-detection software. They should stop using it altogether - XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them
Wildfire detection from space and firefighting drones featured among the finalists honored in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition. Although no team walked away with either of the two grand prizes, such technologies could prove… Read more: XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them - Software Update Turns Samsung’s “AI Fridges” Into Useless Bricks
It’s become common knowledge among home owners to avoid Samsung home appliances like the plague. They’re notorious for frequently breaking down, and fixing them can turn into an expensive ordeal — if it’s even an… Read more: Software Update Turns Samsung’s “AI Fridges” Into Useless Bricks - AI drug discovery startup Basecamp Research raises $140M
Basecamp Research Ltd. today announced that it has raised $140 million in funding from a group of prominent investors. S32, a fund affiliated with Google LLC co-founder Bill Maris, led the Series C round. It… Read more: AI drug discovery startup Basecamp Research raises $140M - A US-China AI Hotline Won’t Be Ready For a While
As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues. - Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he expressed ‘disappointment’ to chief executive it had taken the company ‘way too long’ to inform his government about the breach Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our… Read more: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman - It Turns Out That Meta’s Muse AI Has an Amazingly Dirty Secret
Meta brags that its new AI agent, Muse, can be an all-around “personal assistant” that takes care of everything in your mundane little life, ranging from online shopping, to managing emails, to keeping tabs on… Read more: It Turns Out That Meta’s Muse AI Has an Amazingly Dirty Secret - How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation stokes division and sows despair
Whether produced by Russia, China or far-right influencers, deepfakes and disinfo are being used to spread deceitful narratives Russian disinformation campaigns are varied in their falsehoods and strategies. The narratives range from a deepfake Tom… Read more: How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation stokes division and sows despair - ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI
A feature called AI Overviews has been a profound change, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The… Read more: ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI - AidenAI Is Named an OpenAI Select Partner
AidenAI, an AI Builder company focused on building and scaling enterprise AI solutions, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network. The OpenAI Partner Network is a… Read more: AidenAI Is Named an OpenAI Select Partner - AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot
A clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception. - DigitalOcean Announced the Launch of Managed Agents
Every Managed Agents session runs in its own isolated harness runtime with harnesses that teams already use, governed access to 16,000+ tools, and Serverless Inference across 75+ open and proprietary models, with a meter that… Read more: DigitalOcean Announced the Launch of Managed Agents - The Guardian view on Russian disinformation: a foreign threat that relies on UK complicity | Editorial
Andy Burnham’s accusation against the Kremlin tells half the story. Domestic extremists amplified by US big tech are part of the same problem In November 2020, Barack Obama warned of an “epistemological crisis” facing western… Read more: The Guardian view on Russian disinformation: a foreign threat that relies on UK complicity | Editorial - The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology. - Former Google Exec Warns That AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media
Never mind killer robots and sci-fi doomsday scenarios. A former Google executive says we need a slowdown in AI development now because the tech is already harming children at a scale that’s surpassing the damage… Read more: Former Google Exec Warns That AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media - Rabbit returns with OS3, a personal AI agent that can access files and connect computers
Artificial intelligence startup Rabbit Inc., best known for launching the consumer-oriented R1 AI-enabled mobile device that fits in a pocket, unveiled OS3 on Tuesday, a personal AI agent that runs in the cloud and connects… Read more: Rabbit returns with OS3, a personal AI agent that can access files and connect computers - OpenAI Expands Outside Safety Reviews Into Model Training
OpenAI plans to expand independent safety assessments into model training and evaluation, giving outside groups earlier access to test high-risk AI systems. The post OpenAI Expands Outside Safety Reviews Into Model Training appeared first on… Read more: OpenAI Expands Outside Safety Reviews Into Model Training - An Invisible Force Has a Mysterious Effect on Aging, Scientists Discover in ‘Startling’ Breakthrough
Scientists have discovered that the removal of Earth’s magnetic field influences the lifespans of fruit flies in complex ways, a finding that sheds light on the aging process as well as the risks of future… Read more: An Invisible Force Has a Mysterious Effect on Aging, Scientists Discover in ‘Startling’ Breakthrough - Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters
Readers have advice for a cross-party committee of MPs looking into the UK’s poor record at the song contest I agree with Laura Snapes that the very last thing we need is MPs’ questionable tastes… Read more: Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters - Stanford University Caught Using AI to Create Fake Black Student on Banners Hung Around Campus
Stanford University was caught using AI to swap out a student in a photo and replace him with a Black woman who didn’t exist. That edited photo, which shows the students — both the fake… Read more: Stanford University Caught Using AI to Create Fake Black Student on Banners Hung Around Campus - Zendesk Names David Hall-Johnston as CTO for APAC
New appointment strengthens regional technology leadership amid growing enterprise AI adoption Zendesk today announced the appointment of David Hall-Johnston as Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan. Based in Melbourne, Hall-Johnston will lead Zendesk’s… Read more: Zendesk Names David Hall-Johnston as CTO for APAC - After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai
Aftermarket devices that can boost or augment a vehicle’s native advanced driver assistance systems are the target of a new federal investigation this week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation says… Read more: After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai - MIT welcomes David Siegel SM ’86, PhD ’91 as its next Innovation Fellow
David Siegel SM ’86, PhD ’91, a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, will serve as the next MIT Innovation Fellow during the 2026-27 academic year. Working with the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Siegel will… Read more: MIT welcomes David Siegel SM ’86, PhD ’91 as its next Innovation Fellow - AI Community Linked to Disturbing Culture of Sexual Assault
The tech world’s potential future founders are living out hedonistic existences in giant Silicon Valley mansions, where they live with a dozen and even more like-minded individuals, and where life is more a less a… Read more: AI Community Linked to Disturbing Culture of Sexual Assault - Mathematicians Can’t Make Sense of How OpenAI’s Agents Solved One of the Toughest Math Problems Because the AI’s “Proof” Is Borderline Incomprehensible
Earlier this month, OpenAI announced that it had found a solution for one of the biggest unsolved problems in math, the Navier-Stokes equations, by directing 10,000 of its powerful AI agents to work on the… Read more: Mathematicians Can’t Make Sense of How OpenAI’s Agents Solved One of the Toughest Math Problems Because the AI’s “Proof” Is Borderline Incomprehensible - Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting
Mia Heider had never attended a public meeting before when she showed up to the city council meeting in Springfield, Missouri. After briefly speaking at a podium during a public comment period, she was arrested… Read more: Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting - My (complicated) relationship with AI: often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance | Setareh Seyedghorban
As a multilingual academic, artificial intelligence has levelled the playing field. But I will continue to think, judge and develop ideas that are stubbornly mine I am walking between carriages in search of a cup… Read more: My (complicated) relationship with AI: often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance | Setareh Seyedghorban - Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity
Hurricane Irma rapidly intensified before hitting the Caribbean and Florida in 2017, but intensity is still hard to forecast. NASA Artificial intelligence has revolutionized weather forecasting in just a few years, with global AI weather… Read more: Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity - America gave up its rare earth edge. China took full advantage.
Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight. Its screen was polished with cerium powder. Its connection to the rest of the world… Read more: America gave up its rare earth edge. China took full advantage. - U.S. TRANSCOM deploys randomised AI to secure military logistics
Deploying randomised AI logistics offers military planners a viable defence against adversarial tracking, allowing U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) to insulate global distribution networks against contested disruption. Commercial freight software historically prioritises static scheduling, steady delivery… Read more: U.S. TRANSCOM deploys randomised AI to secure military logistics - Trump Wants to Rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’ Because ‘Artificial’ Sounds Fake
President Trump says the U.S. will call AI “super intelligence,” but the term already has a different technical meaning in AI research. The post Trump Wants to Rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’ Because ‘Artificial’ Sounds Fake… Read more: Trump Wants to Rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’ Because ‘Artificial’ Sounds Fake - Rocket Software brings governed AI agents to mainframe operations
Rocket Software Inc. is expanding its Enterprise Virtual Assistant agentic artificial intelligence platform to help enterprises investigate and eventually automate operational work on mainframe systems while stopping short of giving AI agents unrestricted access to… Read more: Rocket Software brings governed AI agents to mainframe operations - Compare 20+ AI Models For Every Task: $54.97 with This Lifetime Plan
ChatPlayground AI runs one prompt across GPT-4o, Gemini, and more so you pick the sharpest answer every time. The post Compare 20+ AI Models For Every Task: $54.97 with This Lifetime Plan appeared first on… Read more: Compare 20+ AI Models For Every Task: $54.97 with This Lifetime Plan - Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw
Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers. - How CIOs Can Prove AI Is Improving the Employee Experience
CIOs can measure AI’s workplace impact by tracking productivity, technology performance, employee experience, adoption, and total deployment costs. The post How CIOs Can Prove AI Is Improving the Employee Experience appeared first on TechRepublic. - Ema raises $77M in funding to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT and finance departments
Agentic artificial intelligence employee startup Ema Unlimited Inc. is prepping for a massive expansion of its autonomous workers in the enterprise after raising $77 million in funding today. The Series B round was led by… Read more: Ema raises $77M in funding to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT and finance departments - NextLM brings its precision prospecting agent to Google Cloud Marketplace
NextLM Inc., which makes software that uses behavioral analysis and custom artificial intelligence models to help sales professionals identify and rank individual sales leads, is bringing its AI Prospecting Agent to Google LLC’s Cloud Marketplace… Read more: NextLM brings its precision prospecting agent to Google Cloud Marketplace - ZeroDrift launches three models for real-time AI compliance checks
ZeroDrift Inc., a startup that automates compliance for artificial intelligence communications, today launched Anchor 3.0, a family of small language models designed to check messages generated by AI agents before they’re sent. The company said… Read more: ZeroDrift launches three models for real-time AI compliance checks - A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions
The 2013 sci-fi blockbuster film Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, popularized the notion of the Kessler syndrome. In the movie, Russia shoots down a defunct satellite and creates a cloud of debris, leading… Read more: A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions - Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis
Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that volcanic debris posed the major threat, yet many of the victims died from a tsunami… Read more: Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis - Trump to meet China’s Xi as Congress mulls bill banning artificial superintelligence – US politics live
Congress has so far done little to rein in the AI industry even as some of its most prominent leaders warn about potentially catastrophic risks Sign up for US Breaking News emails The Trump administration… Read more: Trump to meet China’s Xi as Congress mulls bill banning artificial superintelligence – US politics live - Ekai raises $1.7M to give enterprise AI agents verified business context
Enterprise data startup Ekai Inc. today announced $1.7 million in new funding for software that builds the business context artificial intelligence agents need before they can be trusted with corporate data. Ekai provides a platform… Read more: Ekai raises $1.7M to give enterprise AI agents verified business context - Software Engineer Says AI Is Causing Chaos Among Coders Who Now Just “Press Enter” All Day, Have Stopped Thinking or Understanding Software
The advent of powerful AI coding tools has quickly made programmers heavily reliant on the tech, with experts warning that they’re slowly but surely losing the ability to write code by hand. It’s a growing… Read more: Software Engineer Says AI Is Causing Chaos Among Coders Who Now Just “Press Enter” All Day, Have Stopped Thinking or Understanding Software - Americans Fear AI Will Make the World Worse, Love It Anyway
Most people in the world who use AI feel good about the technology and believe it will be a net positive for the future, according to a new study from Gallup. This is not the… Read more: Americans Fear AI Will Make the World Worse, Love It Anyway - Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 — and Plans Qwen Models With Up to 10 Trillion Parameters
Alibaba unveiled its Zhenwu V900 AI chip as Qwen 4 enters training and future Qwen models target up to 10 trillion parameters. The post Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 — and Plans Qwen Models With Up… Read more: Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 — and Plans Qwen Models With Up to 10 Trillion Parameters - AT&T Is Automating Away Jobs—and Its Old Telecom Empire
The telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation. - Which spiritual and political issues will be the focus of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France?
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Catholic Church of France will welcome Pope Leo XIV from September 25 to 28 2026. The Pope will address young people at the Stade de France, thus following in the footsteps of… Read more: Which spiritual and political issues will be the focus of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France? - Aembit Announced the Launch of Support for Okta Cross App Access
Aembit, the identity and access management (IAM) company for AI agents, today announced support for Cross App Access (XAA), an open protocol introduced by Okta that lets a user’s existing enterprise identity authorize access to… Read more: Aembit Announced the Launch of Support for Okta Cross App Access - Aurigo Software Achieves ISO/IEC 42001 Certification for AI Management
Aurigo Software, the leading AI company for capital owners, announced that it has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification, the global standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems. This achievement confirms that Aurigo’s AI management system has been… Read more: Aurigo Software Achieves ISO/IEC 42001 Certification for AI Management - Zeta Global Expands U.K. Presence With New London Hub
Lalitha Stables named President, U.K., as Zeta brings together more than 120 employees and expands its local enterprise team. Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA), the intelligent AI infrastructure company, today announced the appointment of Lalitha Stables… Read more: Zeta Global Expands U.K. Presence With New London Hub - AI Agents Are Becoming a New Malware Distribution Channel
By Farukh Rakhimov, Head of Compliance, Data Protection and Information Security at AdTech Holding Roughly 7,600 fake GitHub repositories, 6,600 fraudulent profiles and more than 14 million downloads: that is the scale of FakeGit, a… Read more: AI Agents Are Becoming a New Malware Distribution Channel - Intelo.ai Joins Built-on Databricks Partner Program
The recognition follows Intelo.ai’s win at the 2026 Built-on Databricks Startup Challenge Finals at the Data + AI Summit Intelo.ai, the company building the Agentic Workforce for Retail, today announced it has been accepted into… Read more: Intelo.ai Joins Built-on Databricks Partner Program - Siemba Announced the Launch of Siemba MCP
Six packaged skills turn a plain-English question into finished security analysis. No dashboard, no separate login, no context switch. Siemba, an offensive security company that combines attack surface mapping, autonomous testing and expert-led penetration testing… Read more: Siemba Announced the Launch of Siemba MCP - EnforceShield raises €1.7M to automate intellectual property enforcement
EnforceShield is an autonomous IP enforcement platform, built to execute enforcement operations autonomously rather than act as a co-pilot. Designed by practicing IP enforcement attorneys, EnforceShield is built as a “human-at-the-end” model, only involving humans… Read more: EnforceShield raises €1.7M to automate intellectual property enforcement - View from The Hill: behind the cheesy smiles, Albanese and Trump couldn’t be further apart on AI and social media controls
Anthony Albanese was quick to put up a cheesy selfie with Donald Trump when the two rubbed shoulders at the president’s reception for those visiting the United Nations for leaders’ week. “Always good to catch… Read more: View from The Hill: behind the cheesy smiles, Albanese and Trump couldn’t be further apart on AI and social media controls - The Elevator is a smart commentary on corporate culture and a thrilling piece of theatre
Prudence Upton/Ensemble How would you feel about being stuck in an elevator with your boss? In Eloise Snape’s new play The Elevator, premiering at Sydney’s Ensemble theatre, the boss is Margot (Leanna Walsman), CEO of… Read more: The Elevator is a smart commentary on corporate culture and a thrilling piece of theatre - New UK agency will tackle ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham says
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence Security chiefs will set up a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as… Read more: New UK agency will tackle ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham says - One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low
Lake Powell has fallen to its lowest level on record after an exceptionally dry and warm winter left the Colorado River Basin with little mountain snow to melt. Lake Mead also reached record lows, raising… Read more: One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low - The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning
Ancient iron meteorites reveal that some of the Solar System’s first solid bodies were built mostly from tiny heat-forged rock beads called chondrules, while water-rich dust was largely excluded. The finding pushes this selective planet-building… Read more: The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning - The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes
Physicists searching through Large Hadron Collider data found no evidence that the machine has been producing microscopic quantum black holes, but the result sharply narrows where such exotic physics could still be hiding. These hypothetical… Read more: The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes - Known Systems AI spins out of Identity Digital to make AI agents accountable to their owners
The domain name registrar company Identity Digital Inc. thinks it knows how to make artificial intelligence agents more accountable, and to do that it’s creating an entirely new company called Known Systems AI Inc. Known… Read more: Known Systems AI spins out of Identity Digital to make AI agents accountable to their owners - Training data provider Snorkel AI raises $350M at $3.5B valuation
Snorkel AI Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence training data, today disclosed that it has raised $350 million in funding. Insight and S32 led the Series E deal. They were joined by more than a… Read more: Training data provider Snorkel AI raises $350M at $3.5B valuation - How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh
From a dangerous new bioweapon to total societal breakdown, is a ‘superintelligent’ AI capable of wiping out humanity? Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an… Read more: How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh - New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
OpenAI and Anthropic both recently released new models aimed at lowering costs. Anthropic announced Opus 5.5, the latest version of its main mass-market workhorse model, used for tasks like coding and other complex knowledge work.… Read more: New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money - Woman’s brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test
Out of nowhere, a woman’s right arm and leg started shaking uncontrollably. In the moments leading up to the experience, she seemed well; she had no headache, confusion, or weakness. But for about a minute,… Read more: Woman’s brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test - Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI counters with two cheaper GPT-6 models
Despite rampant worries about runaway artificial intelligence, the two big AI model makers aren’t yet slowing down: Anthropic PBC released Claude Opus 5.5 today and cut its price 20%, and minutes later OpenAI Group PBC… Read more: Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI counters with two cheaper GPT-6 models - Web scraping startup Firecrawl closes $75M investment
Firecrawl Inc., a provider of web scraping tools for artificial intelligence agents, today announced that it has raised $75 million in funding. Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Smash Ventures led the Series B round. It… Read more: Web scraping startup Firecrawl closes $75M investment - Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
Microsoft said Tuesday that it led an industry-wide disruption of a subscription-based scam platform that used an AI chatbot to compromise 12,000 Microsoft accounts over a few-month span. Named EvilTokens, the platform was introduced over… Read more: Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts - Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules
Cities and counties around the US are angry at the Trump administration over a proposal to override local rules that govern the deployment of wired broadband networks. The Federal Communications Commission has been taking public… Read more: Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules - How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios
Grandfailure/Getty Images Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill… Read more: How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios - Trump Says No Need to Regulate AI, Since That Strategy Is Working Fine for Climate Change
If you’ve even so much as glanced at the news recently, you may have picked up on the raging debate over AI regulation in the US. Stronger regulations are incredibly popular with Americans from across… Read more: Trump Says No Need to Regulate AI, Since That Strategy Is Working Fine for Climate Change - Former Air Traffic Controller Terrified New AI System Will Hallucinate and Cause Catastrophe
As the US federal government rolls ahead with its controversial plans to deploy an AI air traffic control system across some of the nation’s busiest airports, one former air traffic controller is speaking out about… Read more: Former Air Traffic Controller Terrified New AI System Will Hallucinate and Cause Catastrophe - SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.7: Low Prices, Heavy Token Use
SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.7 improves coding benchmarks and keeps API prices low, but heavy token consumption could raise the cost of completing real-world tasks. The post SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.7: Low Prices, Heavy Token Use appeared… Read more: SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.7: Low Prices, Heavy Token Use - Simbe Surpasses 3,000 Contracted Robots for Retail Stores
Simbe says more than 3,000 Tally retail robots are under contract as it expands shelf-scanning technology into a broader store intelligence platform. The post Simbe Surpasses 3,000 Contracted Robots for Retail Stores appeared first on… Read more: Simbe Surpasses 3,000 Contracted Robots for Retail Stores - Apple’s $5,499 Mac Studio Is Here: Meet Its Most Powerful Mac
Apple’s M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at $5,499. See what the extra $3,000 delivers and who actually needs its AI, memory, and GPU power. The post Apple’s $5,499 Mac Studio Is Here: Meet Its Most… Read more: Apple’s $5,499 Mac Studio Is Here: Meet Its Most Powerful Mac - Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it’s free
Video editing has never been Android’s strong suit. While Apple has long offered iMovie for iPhone and iPad, Google has never had a comparable offering. Adobe is now stepping up to fill this feature gap… Read more: Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it’s free - Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
The families of victims killed in one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history have already sued OpenAI over its failure to warn law enforcement after discovering in advance that the shooter was using… Read more: Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting - Trump says relations better with Burnham than Starmer after first face-to-face meeting
US president calls UK prime minister ‘a natural businessperson’ as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up” with Andy Burnham than under… Read more: Trump says relations better with Burnham than Starmer after first face-to-face meeting - Russia-Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous drones
A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot. And while that scenario has not yet arrived, the conflict between Russia and… Read more: Russia-Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous drones - Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research
Patricia and James Poitras ’63, longtime MIT supporters, have launched a fellowship program for graduate students and postdocs studying major mental illness, expanding their MIT philanthropy to directly support early-career scientists. The commitment establishes 50… Read more: Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research - How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement
Apple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have until December 21 to submit a claim. - Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report
Last year, the Trump administration did what it could to shut down work on the next US National Climate Assessment, eliminating funding for the US Global Change Research Program and booting hundreds of contributing authors.… Read more: Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report - IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
A “human error” in the IT department led to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) losing data from maternity records over an 11-year span. The data loss occurred on August 18, the English hospitals announced… Read more: IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records - Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won’t be replaced
Toyota workers are already helping to train humanoid robots as part of the automaker’s race to eventually deploy 400,000 factory robots—but a Toyota executive said the robotic push is not meant to directly replace humans.… Read more: Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won’t be replaced - Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed
I was on the fence about going to see the latest Resident Evil reboot to review, given how uninspired the prior reboot attempt in 2021 turned out to be. But director Zach Cregger gave us… Read more: Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed - Robin Williams’ Daughter Horrified by People Creating AI Conspiracy Videos of Her Dad Long After His Death
Almost a decade after his tragic passing, iconic comedian Robin Williams is being remembered in the worst way possible: by mind-numbing AI slop video tributes that gullible netizens are sharing with abandon on social media.… Read more: Robin Williams’ Daughter Horrified by People Creating AI Conspiracy Videos of Her Dad Long After His Death - DexCare Announced the Acquisition of Mila Health
Combined platform pairs agentic AI with governed data to close care gaps, coordinate complex cases and complete multi-step patient journeys DexCare, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Mila Health (Mila), an AI care coordination company… Read more: DexCare Announced the Acquisition of Mila Health - Echelon and Applied Intuition to Scale Physical AI Across Saudi Arabia
Echelon and Applied Intuition have formed a business development partnership in Saudi Arabia, with the goal of deploying physical AI at national scale in industries including robotaxis, ports, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and trucking. Echelon… Read more: Echelon and Applied Intuition to Scale Physical AI Across Saudi Arabia - Go.AI™ Raises $85 Mn Series A to Boost On-Prem AI for Regulated Industries
Funding led by Updata Partners, with participation from existing investors GFT Ventures and LAUNCH, brings total funding to $90 million Go.AI, the leading provider of on-premises, examiner-ready AI infrastructure for regulated industries, today announced it… Read more: Go.AI™ Raises $85 Mn Series A to Boost On-Prem AI for Regulated Industries - AutoScheduler.AI Expands Warehouse AI Platform Launching AI App Builder
New capability lets warehouse planners and floor leaders create and deploy applications on live warehouse data in days, without waiting for IT or software roadmaps AutoScheduler.AI, the company that pioneered warehouse orchestration, today announced the… Read more: AutoScheduler.AI Expands Warehouse AI Platform Launching AI App Builder - Anthropic Builds Biology Lab to Test What Claude Can Do in the Real World
Anthropic has opened a biology lab to test Claude with real experiments and lab equipment, expanding its AI life sciences work beyond computer simulations. The post Anthropic Builds Biology Lab to Test What Claude Can… Read more: Anthropic Builds Biology Lab to Test What Claude Can Do in the Real World - Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. But in… Read more: Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
