
- Efinix Promotes Tony Ngai to Co-President and Chief Technology Officer
FPGA Industry Veteran and Inventor of Quantum® FPGA Architecture to Lead Engineering Expansion as Company Scales for Next Decade of Growth Efinix®, Inc., the FPGA pioneer accelerating edge AI innovation, today announced the promotion of… Read more: Efinix Promotes Tony Ngai to Co-President and Chief Technology Officer - A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
Heating accounts for nearly half of the global energy demand, and two-thirds of that is met by burning fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal. Solar energy is a possible alternative, but while we… Read more: A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later - ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
ByteDance says that it’s rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool. The changes… Read more: ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art” - India Hits 100M Weekly ChatGPT Users, Becoming OpenAI’s Second-Largest Market
Sam Altman says India has reached 100 million weekly ChatGPT users, making it ChatGPT’s second-largest market after the U.S., driven by student adoption. The post India Hits 100M Weekly ChatGPT Users, Becoming OpenAI’s Second-Largest Market… Read more: India Hits 100M Weekly ChatGPT Users, Becoming OpenAI’s Second-Largest Market - Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables
Michigan is taking on major oil and gas companies in court, joining nearly a dozen other states that have brought climate-related lawsuits against ExxonMobil and its industry peers. But Michigan’s approach is different: accusing Big… Read more: Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables - Vonage, C3 AI Launch Agentic Field Service AI
Designed for mission-critical field operations, the joint solution combines autonomous and assisted AI with Vonage communications and network APIs for those working beyond the enterprise edge Vonage, part of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), today announced a strategic… Read more: Vonage, C3 AI Launch Agentic Field Service AI - Edge AI for start-ups: Why on-device intelligence is the future of MVPs
Startups are under constant pressure to ship products that are simple, affordable, and scalable without compromising performance or user trust. For years, AI systems have relied heavily on cloud infrastructure to meet these demands. That… Read more: Edge AI for start-ups: Why on-device intelligence is the future of MVPs - Samsung Galaxy A07 5G Brings AI Power to the Budget Tier
Samsung unveils the Galaxy A07 5G with Gemini AI, a 6,000mAh battery, 120Hz display, and six years of updates, bringing AI to budget users. The post Samsung Galaxy A07 5G Brings AI Power to the… Read more: Samsung Galaxy A07 5G Brings AI Power to the Budget Tier - Amazon’s Ring Cuts Ties With Flock Safety Amid Consumer Surveillance Backlash
Amazon ends Ring’s planned Flock Safety integration after Super Bowl backlash, reigniting debate over surveillance technology and consumer privacy. The post Amazon’s Ring Cuts Ties With Flock Safety Amid Consumer Surveillance Backlash appeared first on… Read more: Amazon’s Ring Cuts Ties With Flock Safety Amid Consumer Surveillance Backlash - What social media restrictions has Keir Starmer announced?
Ahead of consultation on under-16s ban, government to crack down on AI chatbots and have powers to act more quickly Keir Starmer has not yet given his full backing to a social media ban for… Read more: What social media restrictions has Keir Starmer announced? - Adastra Enters AWS Partner Greenfield Program
Multi-year collaboration with AWS will help organizations not yet on AWS migrate and modernize, establish secure cloud foundations, and scale responsible Generative AI with funding and enablement Adastra, a global leader in AI and data-driven… Read more: Adastra Enters AWS Partner Greenfield Program - Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls
An underground site uses facial recognition to reveal the site a camgirl streams on, potentially letting someone take a woman’s photo from social media, then use the site to out their sex work. The site… Read more: Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls - KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test
Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July Business live – latest updates A partner at the consultancy KPMG has been fined… Read more: KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test - Scientists confirm one-dimensional electron behavior in phosphorus chains
For the first time, researchers have shown that self-assembled phosphorus chains can host genuinely one-dimensional electron behavior. Using advanced imaging and spectroscopy techniques, they separated the signals from chains aligned in different directions to reveal… Read more: Scientists confirm one-dimensional electron behavior in phosphorus chains - Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good
McLaren provided flights from Washington, DC, to Ivalo, Finland, and accommodation so Ars could drive its car on a frozen lake. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. SAARISELKÄ, FINLAND—If you’re expecting it, the feeling… Read more: Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good - Brain inflammation may be driving compulsive behavior
For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made behavior more deliberate, not more… Read more: Brain inflammation may be driving compulsive behavior - Lab grown human spinal cord heals after injury in major breakthrough
Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation and scar formation.… Read more: Lab grown human spinal cord heals after injury in major breakthrough - Microplastics have reached Antarctica’s only native insect
Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth — is already ingesting microplastics in… Read more: Microplastics have reached Antarctica’s only native insect - Starmer announces crackdown on AI chatbots to ensure child safety – video
The UK prime minister has announced a crackdown on artificial intelligence chatbots that pose a risk to children, denouncing Grok for allowing its users to create images that digitally undress people. Speaking during a visit… Read more: Starmer announces crackdown on AI chatbots to ensure child safety – video - Banking AI in multiple business functions at NatWest
NatWest Group has expanded the use of artificial intelligence in several areas of its operations, citing customer service, document management in its wealth management division, and software development. According to a blog post by its… Read more: Banking AI in multiple business functions at NatWest - How CVS Health continues to shape innovation in Boston
Built in Boston, designed for scale Boston’s healthcare and technology ecosystem is unlike any other. World-class hospitals, universities, biotech firms, and research institutions operate side by side, creating an environment where medicine, data, and engineering… Read more: How CVS Health continues to shape innovation in Boston - There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk of accidentally stepping into a puddle of slop. If only there were a gallant gentleman always at hand to drape… Read more: There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR” - Debenhams pilots agentic AI commerce via PayPal integration
Debenhams is piloting agentic AI commerce via PayPal integration to reduce mobile friction and help solve a familiar problem for retailers. Mobile checkout abandonment remains a persistent revenue leak for digital retailers. Debenhams Group is… Read more: Debenhams pilots agentic AI commerce via PayPal integration - Trump’s Obama and Bad Bunny posts crystallize his political philosophy | Sidney Blumenthal
Maga is a recapitulation of the dark side of American history that cohered into nativist nationalism a century ago Donald Trump’s posting of a video depicting former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle… Read more: Trump’s Obama and Bad Bunny posts crystallize his political philosophy | Sidney Blumenthal - VISIE Achieves Commercial Milestone With Launch of Partner APIs
Enabling rapid, robot-agnostic integration of VISIE’s spatial computing platform VISIE Inc. today announced the availability of its partner application programming interfaces (APIs), marking a significant milestone in the company’s commercial and integration readiness. The APIs… Read more: VISIE Achieves Commercial Milestone With Launch of Partner APIs - URBN tests agentic AI to automate retail reporting
Retail decisions often depend on weekly performance reports, but compiling those reports can take hours of manual work. Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) is testing a new approach by using agentic AI systems to generate those… Read more: URBN tests agentic AI to automate retail reporting - Universe may end in a “big crunch,” new dark energy data suggests
New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after reaching its maximum size in about… Read more: Universe may end in a “big crunch,” new dark energy data suggests - TikTok creator ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney threat
Videos created by new Seedance 2.0 generator go viral, including one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting Business live – latest updates ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, has said it will restrain… Read more: TikTok creator ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney threat - Virtuals Protocol Debuts Revenue Network for AI Commerce
The First Revenue Network Where Autonomous AI Agents Negotiate, Execute, and Earn — While Human Users Capture Ongoing Revenue Consensus Hong Kong — Virtuals Protocol, which powers the world’s largest AI agent economy with over 18,000… Read more: Virtuals Protocol Debuts Revenue Network for AI Commerce - Google puts users at risk by downplaying health disclaimers under AI Overviews
Exclusive: Google fails to include safety warnings when users are first presented with AI-generated medical advice Google is putting people at risk of harm by downplaying safety warnings that its AI-generated medical advice may be… Read more: Google puts users at risk by downplaying health disclaimers under AI Overviews - Ancient fingerprint found on 2,400-year-old Danish war boat
More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ancient caulking and cords from the Hjortspring boat, researchers uncovered traces of pine pitch and animal… Read more: Ancient fingerprint found on 2,400-year-old Danish war boat - Scientists discover the enzyme that lets cancer rapidly rewire its DNA
Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular structures, unleashing a burst of genetic changes… Read more: Scientists discover the enzyme that lets cancer rapidly rewire its DNA - What technology takes from us – and how to take it back – podcast
Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort By Rebecca Solnit.… Read more: What technology takes from us – and how to take it back – podcast - Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month
A Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Valentine’s Day, and astronauts popped open the hatches at 5:14 pm ET (22:14 UTC) on Saturday evening. The arrival of four new astronauts as… Read more: Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month - Makers of AI chatbots that put children at risk face big fines or UK ban
Starmer to announce ‘crackdown on vile illegal content created by AI’ after scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok tool Makers of AI chatbots that put children at risk will face massive fines or even see their… Read more: Makers of AI chatbots that put children at risk face big fines or UK ban - Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea… Read more: Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy - Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
On Friday afternoon, Ars Technica published an article containing fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool and attributed to a source who did not say them. That is a serious failure of our standards. Direct… Read more: Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
The Conde Nast-owned tech publication Ars Technica has retracted an article that contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes, according to an editor’s note posted to its website. “On Friday afternoon, Ars Technica published an article containing fabricated… Read more: Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article - The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it
Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash Scientific publishing relies on peer review as the mechanism that maintains trust in what we publish. When we read a journal article, we assume experts have rigorously scrutinised it before publication. This crucial… Read more: The peer review system is breaking down. Here’s how we can fix it - “It ain’t no unicorn”: These researchers have interviewed 130 Bigfoot hunters
It was the image that launched a cultural icon. In 1967, in the Northern California woods, a 7-foot-tall, ape-like creature covered in black fur and walking upright was captured on camera, at one point turning… Read more: “It ain’t no unicorn”: These researchers have interviewed 130 Bigfoot hunters - US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
“Use Grok to get real answers about real food.” Until very recently, that was the message on the Trump administration’s just-launched website for its new protein-centric dietary guidelines, RealFood.gov, which was announced in a Super… Read more: US Government Deploys Elon Musk’s Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables - The Guardian view on AI: safety staff departures raise worries about industry pursuing profit at all costs | Editorial
Cash-hungry Silicon Valley firms are scrambling for revenue. Regulate them now before the tech becomes too big to fail Hardly a month passes without an AI grandee cautioning that the technology poses an existential threat… Read more: The Guardian view on AI: safety staff departures raise worries about industry pursuing profit at all costs | Editorial - A dose of smart love on Valentine’s Day | Brief letters
AI romance | Giving thanks | Hotting up in bed | £2 coins | Pub queues Confirmation that the world has gone mad: I got into my car, a Smart #1, on Saturday, and before… Read more: A dose of smart love on Valentine’s Day | Brief letters - Why some kids struggle with math even when they try hard
A new Stanford study suggests math struggles may be about more than numbers. Children who had difficulty with math were less likely to adjust their thinking after making mistakes during number comparison tasks. Brain imaging… Read more: Why some kids struggle with math even when they try hard - Even amid rising economic uncertainty, now is not the time to hug your job
In a rapidly changing job market, it’s not necessarily good for workers to cling to their current employment After all the employee protests over the past few years – the “great resignations”, the “quiet quittings”,… Read more: Even amid rising economic uncertainty, now is not the time to hug your job - Tracking global water circulation using atomic fingerprints
Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called isotopes, shift in… Read more: Tracking global water circulation using atomic fingerprints - Scientists find nerves actively fuel pancreatic cancer
Scientists have uncovered a hidden partnership between pancreatic cancer and the nervous system. Support cells in the pancreas lure nerve fibers, which then release signals that accelerate early cancer growth. This creates a self-sustaining loop… Read more: Scientists find nerves actively fuel pancreatic cancer - AI uncovers the hidden genetic control centers driving Alzheimer’s
Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how genes control one another inside the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Using a powerful new AI-based system called SIGNET, the team uncovered cause-and-effect relationships… Read more: AI uncovers the hidden genetic control centers driving Alzheimer’s - AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs
In December, Anthropic red teamers and business journalists at the Wall Street Journal teamed up in a bold test of the company’s AI model, Claude. They unleashed two separate AI agents, one to run a… Read more: AIs Controlling Vending Machines Start Cartel After Being Told to Maximize Profits At All Costs - Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths. - Dining across the divide: ‘Kids shouldn’t really have smartphones – it’s akin to tobacco in 60s and 70s’
An Arsenal fan and a Manchester United fan might not agree on football teams, but could they find common ground on mobile phones and AI? Aaran, 43, Winchester Occupation Works in executive recruitment Continue reading… - Psychedelics may work by shutting down reality and unlocking memory
Psychedelics can quiet the brain’s visual input system, pushing it to replace missing details with vivid fragments from memory. Scientists found that slow, rhythmic brain waves help shift perception away from the outside world and… Read more: Psychedelics may work by shutting down reality and unlocking memory - Scientists found a way to plant ideas in dreams to boost creativity
Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream tweaks may boost creativity.… Read more: Scientists found a way to plant ideas in dreams to boost creativity - No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate
Agenic AI apps first interview you and then give you limited matches selected for ‘similarity and reciprocity of personality’ Dating apps exploit you, dating profiles lie to you, and sex is basically something old people… Read more: No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate - Digital monitoring is growing in South Africa’s public service – regulation needs to catch up
Government departments across South Africa are increasingly relying on digital tools to evaluate public programmes and monitor performance. This is part of broader public-sector reforms. Their aims are to improve accountability, respond to audit pressure… Read more: Digital monitoring is growing in South Africa’s public service – regulation needs to catch up - Massive study finds most statin side effects aren’t caused by the drugs
A massive review of 23 randomized trials found that statins do not cause the vast majority of side effects listed on their labels. Memory problems, depression, sleep issues, weight gain, and many other symptoms appeared… Read more: Massive study finds most statin side effects aren’t caused by the drugs - New AI Video Generator Is So Impressive That It’s Scaring Hollywood
Text-to-video generating tools have made tremendous leaps in a few short years. We went from a horrifying clip of actor Will Smith’s contorted face temporarily merging with a bowl of spaghetti in 2023 to a… Read more: New AI Video Generator Is So Impressive That It’s Scaring Hollywood - NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Saturday the agency is looking at ways to prevent the fueling problems plaguing the Space Launch System rocket before the Artemis III mission. Artemis III is slated to be the… Read more: NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test - A Valentine’s Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
It’s Valentine’s Day, and while there are plenty of classic and current rom-coms out there for those wishing to immerse themselves in warm and fuzzy feelings, we’re opting to celebrate in a different way: honoring… Read more: A Valentine’s Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was Stupidly Easy for Hackers to Trick
As Microsoft continues to force AI features onto users of its Windows operating system and other crucial software, glaring issues keep cropping up. Executives have promised to turn the platform into an “agentic OS” to… Read more: Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was Stupidly Easy for Hackers to Trick - The human exposome could change everything we know about disease
Scientists are launching an ambitious global effort to map the “human exposome” — the lifelong mix of environmental and chemical exposures that drive most diseases. Backed by new partnerships with governments, UNESCO, and international science… Read more: The human exposome could change everything we know about disease - Couples who savor happy moments together have stronger, longer-lasting relationships
Couples who intentionally slow down and soak in their happy moments together may be building a powerful shield for their relationship. Researchers at the University of Illinois found that partners who regularly savor shared experiences—whether… Read more: Couples who savor happy moments together have stronger, longer-lasting relationships - Scientists discover pets are helping an invasive flatworm spread
A new study shows that dogs and cats may be helping an invasive flatworm spread. Researchers analyzing over a decade of reports discovered the worm attached to pet fur. Its sticky mucus and ability to… Read more: Scientists discover pets are helping an invasive flatworm spread - This breakthrough could finally unlock male birth control
Scientists at Michigan State University have uncovered the molecular “switch” that powers sperm for their final, high-speed dash toward an egg. By tracking how sperm use glucose as fuel, the team discovered how dormant cells… Read more: This breakthrough could finally unlock male birth control - Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi
In a now-infamous 2017 commercial that aired during that year’s Super Bowl, Kendall Jenner handed a police officer confronting furious protesters a can of Pepsi. The backlash of the ad, which aired as Black Lives… Read more: Ring’s “Orwellian” Ad Was the Worst Super Bowl Disaster Since Kendall Jenner Handed the Cops a Pepsi - Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected
Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The breakthrough could lead to powerful, low-energy supercomputers while revealing… Read more: Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected - Another OpenAI Researcher Just Quit in Disgust
A mere two years ago, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the idea of stuffing his company’s blockbuster chatbot ChatGPT with ads as a “last resort.” But as the company recently announced, users will be pestered… Read more: Another OpenAI Researcher Just Quit in Disgust - US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says
Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir Technologies Claude, the AI model developed by Anthropic, was used by the US military during its operation to kidnap Nicolás Maduro from… Read more: US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says - Man Lets AI Rent His Body
Last week, we brought you the story of RentAHuman, a platform brokering connections between AI agents and humans they need to complete real-life tasks. It’s a strange project which, as we noted, has become quickly… Read more: Man Lets AI Rent His Body - Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care
When Meta announced it would strip its failed VR goggles division for parts, the bet was simple: funnel that money into sleek, AI-powered smart glasses instead. Emboldened by the product’s early success, the company is… Read more: Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care - Astronomers Create Strange ‘Vortex Crystals’ from Space in the Lab
Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that kept it reel, fertilized the land, established Martian law, and cooked up an extraterrestrial tempest in a teapot. First, ever wondered how cities… Read more: Astronomers Create Strange ‘Vortex Crystals’ from Space in the Lab - Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt
Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lies an expansive ring of ancient relics, dynamical enigmas, and possibly a hidden planet—or two. The Kuiper Belt, a region of frozen debris about 30 to 50 times farther… Read more: Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt - Scientists discover a hidden gut bacterium linked to good health
A global study has uncovered a mysterious group of gut bacteria that shows up again and again in healthy people. Known as CAG-170, these microbes were found at lower levels in people with a range… Read more: Scientists discover a hidden gut bacterium linked to good health - Anthropic CEO Says Company No Longer Sure Whether Claude Is Conscious
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he’s not sure whether his Claude AI chatbot is conscious — a rhetorical framing, of course, that pointedly leaves the door open to this sensational and still-unlikely possibility being true. … Read more: Anthropic CEO Says Company No Longer Sure Whether Claude Is Conscious - X Is In Such Dire Straits That Its Head of Product Says It Can’t Afford to Display the Color Blue
When Elon Musk’s social media platform X, recently rolled into xAI, got bought by Musk’s space company SpaceX, it was becoming part of what’s now being considered a trillion-dollar empire. I mean, who are we… Read more: X Is In Such Dire Straits That Its Head of Product Says It Can’t Afford to Display the Color Blue - Astronomers watch a massive star collapse into a black hole without a supernova
A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a slow-motion… Read more: Astronomers watch a massive star collapse into a black hole without a supernova - Rocky planet discovered in outer orbit challenges planet formation theory
Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky planets close in and… Read more: Rocky planet discovered in outer orbit challenges planet formation theory - Scientists used brain stimulation to make people more generous
A new study suggests that generosity may be more than a moral lesson—it could be shaped by how different parts of the brain work together. By gently stimulating two brain regions and syncing their activity,… Read more: Scientists used brain stimulation to make people more generous - Viral AI Caricatures Highlight Shadow AI Dangers
A viral AI caricature trend may be exposing sensitive enterprise data, fueling shadow AI risks, social engineering attacks, and LLM account compromise. The post Viral AI Caricatures Highlight Shadow AI Dangers appeared first on TechRepublic. - Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter
NAACP alleges artificial intelligence firm is violating Clean Air Act and polluting Black communities in Mississippi Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is facing a second lawsuit alleging it is illegally emitting toxic pollutants from… Read more: Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter - Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers
This spring, a Southern California beach town will become the first city in the country where municipal parking enforcement vehicles will use an AI system looking for potential bike lane violations. Beginning in April, the… Read more: Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers - WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as “unethical”
The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as “unethical,” because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving vaccine against hepatitis B from some newborns in… Read more: WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as “unethical” - Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
Amazon and Flock Safety have ended a partnership that would’ve given law enforcement access to a vast web of Ring cameras. The decision came after Amazon faced substantial backlash for airing a Super Bowl ad… Read more: Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage - Verizon makes customers wait 35 days to unlock fully paid-off phones
Verizon this week imposed a new roadblock for people who want to pay off device installment plans early in order to get their phones unlocked. The latest version of Verizon’s device unlocking policy for postpaid… Read more: Verizon makes customers wait 35 days to unlock fully paid-off phones - OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK
As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the loss all over the world. - As OpenAI Pulls Down the Controversial GPT-4o, Someone Has Already Created a Clone
OpenAI is finally sunsetting GPT-4o, a controversial version of ChatGPT known for its sycophantic style and its central role in a slew of disturbing user safety lawsuits. GPT-4o devotees, many of whom have a deep emotional… Read more: As OpenAI Pulls Down the Controversial GPT-4o, Someone Has Already Created a Clone - After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name
On Monday, a pull request executed by an AI agent to the popular Python charting library matplotlib turned into a 45-comment debate about whether AI-generated code belongs in open source projects. What made that debate… Read more: After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name - The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices
You might have noticed some reporting a few days ago that Android 17 was rolling out in beta form, but that didn’t happen. For reasons Google still has not explained, the release was canceled. Two… Read more: The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices - Daily Tech Insider Maps the AI Arms Race From Silicon Valley to the Moon
Feb. 9–13 recap: If money talks, Big Tech just screamed, flinging cash, satellites, and ads into orbit while safety staff grabbed parachutes. The post Daily Tech Insider Maps the AI Arms Race From Silicon Valley… Read more: Daily Tech Insider Maps the AI Arms Race From Silicon Valley to the Moon - Blundering Husband Asks Claude AI to “Organize” Wife’s PC, Accidentally Erases Her Life’s Work
One of the core promises of the AI industry is that its tools can automate work for you and perform entire tasks without intervention. Oftentimes, however, the stuff that today’s AI will do on your… Read more: Blundering Husband Asks Claude AI to “Organize” Wife’s PC, Accidentally Erases Her Life’s Work - $1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show
Longtime fans of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 know that the series’ one constant is change (well, that and bad movies). The show’s cast and crew were in a near-constant state of… Read more: $1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show - Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that… Read more: Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself - ‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the… Read more: ‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations - Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI’s Support for Trump and ICE
It isn’t exactly big news that big tech is in deep with the US government. Days after Trump’s inauguration last year, execs including OpenAI’s Sam Altman flocked to the Oval Office to announce a $500… Read more: Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI’s Support for Trump and ICE - Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months
Ransomware attacks surged 52% in 2025, with supply chain breaches nearly doubling as groups like Qilin drive record monthly incidents worldwide. The post Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months appeared first on… Read more: Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months - Why Sigmund Freud is making a comeback in the age of authoritarianism and AI
Psychoanalysis is having a moment. Instagram accounts dedicated to Freudian theory have amassed nearly 1.5 million followers. Television shows like Orna Guralnik’s Couples Therapy have become compulsive viewing. Think pieces in The New York Times,… Read more: Why Sigmund Freud is making a comeback in the age of authoritarianism and AI - New iOS 27 Rumors Hint at Big Changes for Your iPhone
MacRumors reports iOS 27 could bring a chatbot-style Siri, Apple Intelligence in more apps, 5G satellite features, and a stability-first release. The post New iOS 27 Rumors Hint at Big Changes for Your iPhone appeared… Read more: New iOS 27 Rumors Hint at Big Changes for Your iPhone - AI is indeed coming – but there is also evidence to allay investor fears
Opinions are divided about the potential impact of artificial intelligence as the response to a recent viral essay shows UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry The message from… Read more: AI is indeed coming – but there is also evidence to allay investor fears - UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry
Number of employees declined by more than 14% to 24,963 last year, with fall greatest among younger workers AI is indeed coming – but there is also evidence to allay investor fears UK advertising agencies… Read more: UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry - Microsoft AI CEO: Virtually All White Collar Tasks Will Be Automated Within a Year and a Half
Congratulations, office workers. Most of what you do at your cozy desk jobs will soon be automated with AI, according to the extremely questionable projections of Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. That’s because AI models,… Read more: Microsoft AI CEO: Virtually All White Collar Tasks Will Be Automated Within a Year and a Half
