
- Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI copyright
Technology secretary says government no longer prefers plan to allow tech firms to take copyrighted work Actors, musicians and writers have welcomed the UK government’s decision to backtrack on plans to let AI firms use… Read more: Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI copyright - Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal
After OpenAI’s Instant Checkout feature fell short, Walmart is instead embedding its Sparky chatbot directly into ChatGPT and Google Gemini. - OpenAI Cofounder Deletes Controversial Analysis of Which Jobs Are Getting Steam Engined by AI
While the ability of AI tools to steam engine entire human occupations remains a subject of heated debate, a sobering reality is starting to settle in. Big tech companies are laying off workers in the… Read more: OpenAI Cofounder Deletes Controversial Analysis of Which Jobs Are Getting Steam Engined by AI - Sam Altman Confronted At Oscars Party Over Pentagon Deal
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became a guest of dishonor at an after-Oscars bash last Sunday, after being viciously confronted about his company’s deal with the so-called Department of War, Page Six reports. The party, hosted… Read more: Sam Altman Confronted At Oscars Party Over Pentagon Deal - Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
We’ve got an official trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home that is purportedly intended to launch a fresh trilogy of films with Tom Holland in the title role.… Read more: Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer - A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world
It is a strange quirk of fate that the station wagon has morphed from mass-market family transport into something far more esoteric (at least here in the US, a market that once embraced the form… Read more: A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world - Google Expands Personal Intelligence Across Gemini, Chrome in the US
Google is expanding Personal Intelligence in the US across Search, Gemini, and Chrome, bringing more tailored AI help across its consumer apps The post Google Expands Personal Intelligence Across Gemini, Chrome in the US appeared… Read more: Google Expands Personal Intelligence Across Gemini, Chrome in the US - Nvidia Launches Space-Ready AI Platforms For Orbital Data Centers
Nvidia announces AI chip for space-based data centers at the annual GTC 2026 AI conference. The post Nvidia Launches Space-Ready AI Platforms For Orbital Data Centers appeared first on TechRepublic. - Nvidia-Backed Startup Plans Billion-Dollar AI Fortress in South Korea
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI plans a multibillion-dollar data center in South Korea as the US pushes open AI infrastructure to counter Chinese rivals. The post Nvidia-Backed Startup Plans Billion-Dollar AI Fortress in South Korea appeared first… Read more: Nvidia-Backed Startup Plans Billion-Dollar AI Fortress in South Korea - Starmer says Tory shadow minister should be sacked for criticism of Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square – as it happened
Nick Timothy said an event attended by the mayor of London that included prayers was an ‘act of domination’ Polanski says the government should be doing more to improve home insulation, and on the drive… Read more: Starmer says Tory shadow minister should be sacked for criticism of Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square – as it happened - Generative AI Summit Austin, 2026
Catch up on every session from Generative AI Summit Austin,with sessions from the likes of Stability AI, Meta, Google and more. - Val Kilmer set to be be resurrected with AI for new film
As Deep As the Grave, the true story of 1920s archeologists, will bring late actor back with support from his estate Val Kilmer is set to be the latest Hollywood star to be resurrected by… Read more: Val Kilmer set to be be resurrected with AI for new film - Mastercard keeps tabs on fraud with new foundation model
Mastercard has developed a large tabular model (an LTM as opposed to an LLM) that’s trained on transaction data rather than text or images to help it address security and authenticity issues in digital payments.… Read more: Mastercard keeps tabs on fraud with new foundation model - Absurd AI-Powered Lawsuits Are Causing Chaos in Courts, Attorneys Say, “Clogging the System” and Driving Up Costs
It was clear that things had gone off the rails when a run-of-the-mill dispute with a homeowner’s association spiraled so far that the plaintiff started invoking the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act —… Read more: Absurd AI-Powered Lawsuits Are Causing Chaos in Courts, Attorneys Say, “Clogging the System” and Driving Up Costs - For effective AI, insurance needs to get its data house in order
A report from Autorek, a provider of AI solutions to the insurance industry has produced a report that describes operational drag in companies’ internal processes that not only affect overall efficiency but cause an impediment… Read more: For effective AI, insurance needs to get its data house in order - Government Registers Aliens.Gov Domain
The Executive Office of the President registered the domain aliens.gov on Wednesday a little after 6:30 AM according to a bot that monitors federal domains. There’s no associated website just yet, but the registration comes… Read more: Government Registers Aliens.Gov Domain - How AI is actually changing day-to-day work
University professors and Amazon workers are wrestling with profound shifts Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, chuffed about One Battle After Another’s big win at the Oscars. This week, we’re examining… Read more: How AI is actually changing day-to-day work - Podcast: The Disappearing DOGE Depositions
This week we start with Joseph’s series of articles about the DOGE depositions. He watched hours and hours of them, then a judge ordered them removed from YouTube. But, they’ve already been archived all over… Read more: Podcast: The Disappearing DOGE Depositions - Cato Networks Launches GPU-Powered SASE with Native AI Security
Cato Neural Edge embeds NVIDIA GPUs across Cato’s global private backbone, enabling real-time AI inspection; Cato AI Security delivers unified governance and protection for enterprise AI adoption Cato Networks, the SASE leader, today unveiled two… Read more: Cato Networks Launches GPU-Powered SASE with Native AI Security - After Discord fiasco, age-check tech promises privacy by running locally. Does it work?
Last month, Discord quickly backpedaled after it announced that an age-verification system would roll out globally. Discord’s reversal followed a widespread user backlash, which also intensified scrutiny of the platform’s age-check partners. Suddenly, these often-overlooked players… Read more: After Discord fiasco, age-check tech promises privacy by running locally. Does it work? - More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good
An estimated 85% of K-12 public school teachers recently reported that they used AI during the 2024-2025 school year. ismagilov/iStock/Getty Images Plus K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and… Read more: More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good - Scientists used 7,000 GPUs to simulate a tiny quantum chip in extreme detail
Researchers have pushed quantum chip design into a new era by simulating every physical detail before fabrication. Using a supercomputer with nearly 7,000 GPUs, they modeled how signals travel and interact inside an ultra-tiny chip.… Read more: Scientists used 7,000 GPUs to simulate a tiny quantum chip in extreme detail - MIT scientists finally see hidden quantum “jiggling” inside superconductors
MIT physicists have built a powerful new microscope that uses terahertz light to uncover hidden quantum motions inside superconductors. By compressing this normally unwieldy light into a tiny region, they were able to observe electrons… Read more: MIT scientists finally see hidden quantum “jiggling” inside superconductors - Even JWST can’t see through this planet’s massive haze
Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from seeing what it’s made of. Observations from JWST revealed that this haze may be one of the largest… Read more: Even JWST can’t see through this planet’s massive haze - He survived 48 hours without lungs and lived
A critically ill 33-year-old man survived an almost unimaginable scenario—living for 48 hours without lungs—thanks to a groundbreaking surgical approach. After a severe flu-triggered infection destroyed his lungs and caused multiple organ failure, doctors removed… Read more: He survived 48 hours without lungs and lived - AI uses as much energy as Iceland but scientists aren’t worried
AI’s growing energy use sounds alarming, but its global climate impact may be far smaller than expected. Researchers found that while AI consumes huge amounts of electricity, it barely moves the needle on overall emissions.… Read more: AI uses as much energy as Iceland but scientists aren’t worried - These dinosaurs had wings but couldn’t fly
Some feathered dinosaurs may have briefly taken to the skies—only to give it up later. By studying rare fossils with preserved feathers, researchers uncovered a surprising clue hidden in molting patterns, revealing that Anchiornis likely… Read more: These dinosaurs had wings but couldn’t fly - These strange pink rocks just revealed a hidden giant beneath Antarctica
Pink granite boulders sitting mysteriously atop Antarctica’s Hudson Mountains have led scientists to a stunning discovery: a hidden granite mass buried beneath Pine Island Glacier, stretching nearly 100 km wide and 7 km thick. By… Read more: These strange pink rocks just revealed a hidden giant beneath Antarctica - When AI judges AI: The hidden dangers of reasoning models in alignment
The latest research from a team including Yixin Liu, Arman Cohan, and Yuandong Tian reveals a troubling discovery: When we use advanced reasoning models to judge other AI systems, we might be creating a new… Read more: When AI judges AI: The hidden dangers of reasoning models in alignment - From engagement to fulfillment: How Agentic AI is rewriting product metrics
What happens to your north star metric when your best users never open your app? Not because they churned – because they delegated. A growing share of interactions with digital products in 2026 aren’t initiated… Read more: From engagement to fulfillment: How Agentic AI is rewriting product metrics - AI-powered robot learns how to harvest tomatoes more efficiently
A new tomato-picking robot is learning to think before it acts. Instead of simply identifying ripe fruit, it predicts how easy each tomato will be to harvest and adjusts its approach accordingly. This smarter strategy… Read more: AI-powered robot learns how to harvest tomatoes more efficiently - We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools – here’s what they said
Use AI as a brainstorming partner and organizer, but don’t outsource your judgment Sign up for AI for the people, a six-week newsletter course, here Three years on from the release of ChatGPT, two broad… Read more: We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools – here’s what they said - Nvidia DLSS 5 Backlash: Gamers Rage Over AI Filter
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 reveal is drawing backlash from gamers who say its generative AI changes go beyond enhancement and start rewriting game art. The post Nvidia DLSS 5 Backlash: Gamers Rage Over AI Filter appeared… Read more: Nvidia DLSS 5 Backlash: Gamers Rage Over AI Filter - Here’s BMW’s first all-electric 3 series, the 2027 i3
BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3 and be briefed on the i3. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MALAGA, Spain—Late last year, we… Read more: Here’s BMW’s first all-electric 3 series, the 2027 i3 - Sustaining diplomacy amid competition in US-China relations
The United States and China “are the two largest emitters of carbon in the world,” said Nicholas Burns, former U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, at a recent MIT seminar. “We need to… Read more: Sustaining diplomacy amid competition in US-China relations - JWST reveals a strange sulfur world unlike any planet we know
Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten rock beneath its… Read more: JWST reveals a strange sulfur world unlike any planet we know - Scientists just discovered bull sharks have friends
Bull sharks may have a reputation as lone hunters, but new research reveals they actually form social bonds and even have preferred “friends.” After six years of observing 184 sharks in Fiji, scientists discovered these… Read more: Scientists just discovered bull sharks have friends - Study finds ChatGPT gets science wrong more often than you think
A new study put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to judge whether hundreds of scientific hypotheses were true or false—and the results were far from reassuring. While the AI got it right about… Read more: Study finds ChatGPT gets science wrong more often than you think - Justice Department Says Anthropic Can’t Be Trusted With Warfighting Systems
In response to Anthropic’s lawsuit, the government said it lawfully penalized the company for trying to limit how its Claude AI models could be used by the military. - Crowd’s Reaction to BuzzFeed’s New AI App: Uncomfortable Laughter
BuzzFeed made an unfortunate announcement during its company’s earnings report last week, admitting that “there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern” and that it was “actively exploring strategic… Read more: Crowd’s Reaction to BuzzFeed’s New AI App: Uncomfortable Laughter - Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app
Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App… Read more: Apple can delist apps “with or without cause,” judge says in loss for Musi app - Paul Atreides faces the cost of his holy war in Dune: Part 3 teaser
Warner Bros. just dropped a broody and haunting extended teaser for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 3, the highly anticipated third film in the director’s acclaimed franchise—the last in his planned trilogy. (Spoilers for first two… Read more: Paul Atreides faces the cost of his holy war in Dune: Part 3 teaser - Trump’s plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit
On Monday, a consortium that oversees the US’s premier atmospheric research center announced it was suing the Trump administration over plans to shut it down. The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, provides a… Read more: Trump’s plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit - FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers “100% disagree,” refuse recall
The Food and Drug Administration has linked cheddar cheese made from raw (unpasteurized) milk to a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. But the cheese’s maker, Raw Farm, is rejecting the regulator’s findings and… Read more: FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers “100% disagree,” refuse recall - Arizona indicts prediction market Kalshi for running illegal gambling operation
Arizona’s attorney general filed criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi, accusing it of operating a gambling business without a license and offering illegal wagers on elections. “Kalshi may brand itself as a ‘prediction market,’ but… Read more: Arizona indicts prediction market Kalshi for running illegal gambling operation - World ID wants you to put a cryptographically unique human identity behind your AI agents
Over the last few months, tools like OpenClaw have shown what tech-savvy AI users can do by setting a virtual cadre of automated agents on a task. But that individual convenience can be a DDOS-level… Read more: World ID wants you to put a cryptographically unique human identity behind your AI agents - DarcyIQ Launches Support for AWS Partner Central Agents
DarcyIQ connects to the Newly Launched AWS Partner Central Agents Experience, Enabling AWS Partners to Manage Opportunities, Unlock Funding, and Accelerate Deals Innovative Solutions, the fastest growing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner… Read more: DarcyIQ Launches Support for AWS Partner Central Agents - MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab seed to signal: Amplifying early-career faculty impact
The early years of faculty members’ careers are a formative and exciting time in which to establish a firm footing that helps determine the trajectory of researchers’ studies. This includes building a research team, which… Read more: MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab seed to signal: Amplifying early-career faculty impact - OpenClaw, the Fastest-Adopted Software Ever, Is Also a Security Blind Spot
OpenClaw is already running inside enterprises, often unnoticed. Learn why banning it fails and how CISOs must shift to data-centric AI governance. The post OpenClaw, the Fastest-Adopted Software Ever, Is Also a Security Blind Spot… Read more: OpenClaw, the Fastest-Adopted Software Ever, Is Also a Security Blind Spot - Researchers Uncover New Phishing Risk Hidden Inside Microsoft Copilot
Researchers reveal how Microsoft Copilot can be manipulated by prompt injection attacks to generate convincing phishing messages inside trusted AI summaries. The post Researchers Uncover New Phishing Risk Hidden Inside Microsoft Copilot appeared first on… Read more: Researchers Uncover New Phishing Risk Hidden Inside Microsoft Copilot - Is Spotify’s AI ‘killing’ Australian music? What we found from analysing more than 2 million tracks
Getty Images Last year, former Spotify chief economist Will Page compiled a report for the Australia Institute that concluded music streaming algorithms were “killing” Australian music. The report found that, between 2021 and 2024, there… Read more: Is Spotify’s AI ‘killing’ Australian music? What we found from analysing more than 2 million tracks - Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over
Thousands of tech workers are being laid off, from Atlassian slashing 1,600 jobs to Jack Dorsey’s fintech company Block firing almost half its workforce. Meta’s latest round of layoffs is rumored to affect an astonishing… Read more: Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over - Venture Capitalist Warns That It’s All About to Come Crashing Down
AI companies continue to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into enormous infrastructure projects, fully expecting demand for their services to spike in the coming years to justify their outsize investments. Reality, however, continues to… Read more: Venture Capitalist Warns That It’s All About to Come Crashing Down - ByteDance Delays AI Video Tool Amid Hollywood Pushback
ByteDance has reportedly paused Seedance 2.0’s global rollout after copyright disputes with Hollywood studios added new pressure to the AI video race. The post ByteDance Delays AI Video Tool Amid Hollywood Pushback appeared first on… Read more: ByteDance Delays AI Video Tool Amid Hollywood Pushback - Was Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have discovered all five nucleobases—the fundamental components of DNA and… Read more: Was Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid - Nvidia Ridiculed for “Sloptracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games in Real Time
Nvidia? The gaming GPU company? On Monday, the multi-trillion dollar AI chipmaker unveiled its latest effort at weaving advances in AI into video games, and it immediately backfired. The feature, DLSS 5, is supposed to… Read more: Nvidia Ridiculed for “Sloptracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games in Real Time - A large meteor is visible from much of Ohio and parts of neighboring states
A large meteor crashed through the sound barrier above northern Ohio on Tuesday morning, producing a large fireball and what local residents described as an extremely loud “boom.” According to various eyewitness reports, the meteor’s… Read more: A large meteor is visible from much of Ohio and parts of neighboring states - After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung has been selling foldable phones for years, but they all fold in half. Recently, the company released the Galaxy Z TriFold, which has two hinges that allow it to expand from something approaching phone-sized… Read more: After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold - Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5’s generative AI glow-ups
Since deep-learning super-sampling (DLSS) launch on 2018’s RTX 2080 cards, gamers have been generally bullish on the technology as a way to effectively use machine learning upscaling techniques to increase resolutions or juice frame rates… Read more: Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5’s generative AI glow-ups - Acsense Launches Safe Configuration Management to Eliminate IAM Outage Risk
Acsense, the IAM Resilience Platform, today announced the launch of Safe Configuration Management, a new capability designed to help enterprises safely test, validate, and deploy identity configuration changes without risking outages or compliance failures. 2.5 years… Read more: Acsense Launches Safe Configuration Management to Eliminate IAM Outage Risk - Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers
Researchers are warning about the risks posed by a low-cost device that can give insiders and hackers unusually broad powers in compromising networks. The devices, which typically sell for $30 to $100, are known as… Read more: Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers - Veritone Data Refinery Helps Safeguard Personal Data with Veritone Redact
Veritone Data Refinery removes personally identifiable information from unstructured data using automated redaction software, Redact, reinforcing Veritone’s longstanding commitment to ethical, privacy-first AI Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a leader in building enterprise AI and data solutions,… Read more: Veritone Data Refinery Helps Safeguard Personal Data with Veritone Redact - China Probe: How a Fake Fitness Tracker Became an AI ‘Top Pick’
A fake fitness tracker fooled AI chatbots in China, exposing risks of AI poisoning and prompting calls for regulation. The post China Probe: How a Fake Fitness Tracker Became an AI ‘Top Pick’ appeared first… Read more: China Probe: How a Fake Fitness Tracker Became an AI ‘Top Pick’ - Panicked OpenAI Execs Cutting Projects as Walls Close In
In 2025 alone, OpenAI released a controversial text-to-video generator, dubbed Sora, and an abysmally slow web browser called Atlas. It also announced top-secret hardware alongside former Apple exec Jony Ive, and signed a $200 million… Read more: Panicked OpenAI Execs Cutting Projects as Walls Close In - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Private and performant
Samsung is nothing if not consistent. Just as it has for many years, the company is starting the year with a new generation of Galaxy S phones. Rumors about remixing the lineup did not pan… Read more: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Private and performant - Generative AI in business schools: friend or foe?
Since tools like ChatGPT burst into higher education, debate has focused on two extremes: either students are all committing underhanded academic fraud and plagiarism or Artificial Intelligence will magically revolutionise learning. The latest research project… Read more: Generative AI in business schools: friend or foe? - Nintendo Switch 2 update adds one possible fix for blurry OG Switch games
The Nintendo Switch 2’s backward compatibility with Switch games is generally pretty good, and a few games have gotten patches from their developers to allow them to take advantage of the higher resolutions the console… Read more: Nintendo Switch 2 update adds one possible fix for blurry OG Switch games - AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet
Over the last few months, various academics and AI companies have attempted to predict how artificial intelligence is going to impact the labor market. These studies, including a high-profile paper published by Anthropic earlier this… Read more: AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet - D-ID Announced the Launch of V4 Expressive Visual Agents
V4 Avatars combine low-latency and highly cost-effective performance, diffusion-powered expressive delivery, and consistent identity for real-time user engagement and long-form enterprise video D-ID, a leader in enterprise-grade AI avatar solutions, today announced the launch of V4 Expressive… Read more: D-ID Announced the Launch of V4 Expressive Visual Agents - Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Now Setting Readers’ Subscription Prices With Uber-Style AI
Amid its pivot to AI, the Washington Post is abandoning the traditional fix-priced subscription model. According to new reporting from Washingtonian, the once-venerable newspaper will now be setting readers’ subscription rates based on an AI-driven… Read more: Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Now Setting Readers’ Subscription Prices With Uber-Style AI - Upmarket looks, mass-market price: The 2027 Kia Telluride, driven
Way back in 2019 when Kia introduced the first-generation Telluride, both the media and the car-buying public went nuts for it. Dealers struggled to keep the Telluride on their lots, and that’s before the insanity… Read more: Upmarket looks, mass-market price: The 2027 Kia Telluride, driven - Firefighting drones head to Aspen—can they suppress a blaze before humans arrive?
A Bay Area startup that manufactures drones to tackle wildfires has just signed its first customer, the Aspen Fire Protection District. The company, Seneca, recently announced that its fleet of five drones (dubbed a “strike… Read more: Firefighting drones head to Aspen—can they suppress a blaze before humans arrive? - 5 Key Takeaways from Jensen Huang’s GTC Keynote: The Rise of the AI ‘Token Factory’
Jensen Huang’s GTC 2026 keynote framed data centers as AI factories, where inference, agentic AI, and physical AI reshape business strategy. The post 5 Key Takeaways from Jensen Huang’s GTC Keynote: The Rise of the… Read more: 5 Key Takeaways from Jensen Huang’s GTC Keynote: The Rise of the AI ‘Token Factory’ - Trustpilot partners with AI companies as traditional search declines
Trustpilot is reported to be pursuing partnerships with large eCommerce companies as AI-driven shopping gains traction. In an interview with Bloomberg News [paywall], chief executive Adrian Blair said that AI agents acting on behalf of… Read more: Trustpilot partners with AI companies as traditional search declines - With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page?
Predictive language technologies are making prose less distinct. echo1/iStock via Getty Images It’s a familiar feeling: You start a text message, and your phone’s auto-complete function suggests several choices for the next word, ranging from… Read more: With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page? - Rare supernova from 10 billion years ago may reveal the secret of dark energy
Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They discovered an extraordinarily bright supernova from more than 10 billion years ago whose light was bent… Read more: Rare supernova from 10 billion years ago may reveal the secret of dark energy - NASA’s Webb captures a bizarre brain-shaped nebula around a dying star
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in a bizarre nebula that looks like a brain floating in space. Formed by a dying star, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula shows layered gas and a… Read more: NASA’s Webb captures a bizarre brain-shaped nebula around a dying star - Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’
The US-Israel war on Iran has been described as “the first AI war”. But recent deployments of artificial intelligence are, in fact, the latest in a long history of technological developments that prize a need… Read more: Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’ - This massive crater could expose the heart of a lost planet
A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. Is it the exposed core of a… Read more: This massive crater could expose the heart of a lost planet - How Invisalign Became the World’s Biggest User of 3D Printers
Joe Hogan, Align Technology’s plastics-nerd CEO, says you shouldn’t eat with your aligners and that you don’t need to wear your retainers every night. - Matillion Announced the Appointment of Tim O’Neil as CRO
Data industry veteran joins to scale enterprise go-to-market as AI Data Automation drives growing demand Matillion, builders of the AI Data Automation platform ‘Maia’, today announced the appointment of Tim O’Neil as Chief Revenue Officer… Read more: Matillion Announced the Appointment of Tim O’Neil as CRO - Judge Rules That Elon Musk’s Ketamine Use Is Off Limits
“Leave Britney alone!” — remember that one? — seems to be the thrust of a judge’s recent ruling in an ongoing legal feud between Elon Musk and OpenAI. At a Friday hearing in California, US… Read more: Judge Rules That Elon Musk’s Ketamine Use Is Off Limits - Jacobs releases digital twin solution for AI data centers
Solution to improve speed to revenue, energy performance and operations and maintenance for AI data centers Jacobs (NYSE: J) has released a Data Center Digital Twin solution that enables developers and owners to plan, simulate and optimize gigawatt-scale artificial… Read more: Jacobs releases digital twin solution for AI data centers - Goldman Sachs sees AI investment shift to data centres
Artificial intelligence investment is entering a more selective phase as companies and investors look beyond early excitement and focus on the data centre infrastructure required to run AI systems. Recent analysis from Goldman Sachs suggests… Read more: Goldman Sachs sees AI investment shift to data centres - Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Customer conversations with chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for scammers to launch phishing attacks and commit fraud. - Could a stressed-out AI model help us win the battle against big tech? Let me ask Claude | Coco Khan
By considering consciousness a possibility, Anthropic is raising a fascinating proposition – that chatbots could rise up against their own algorithms I am, in the way of my country, an over-apologiser. Colleague who ignored my… Read more: Could a stressed-out AI model help us win the battle against big tech? Let me ask Claude | Coco Khan - UK must learn lessons from AI race and retain its quantum computing talent, says minister
Liz Kendall announces £1bn funding to help design large-scale quantum computers for scientists, researchers, public sector and business The UK will not let quantum computing talent slip through its fingers and must learn lessons from… Read more: UK must learn lessons from AI race and retain its quantum computing talent, says minister - A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI?
Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war The graves, freshly dug, lie in… Read more: A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI? - A strange twist in the universe’s oldest light may be bigger than we thought
Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have developed a new way to reduce uncertainty in how it’s measured. This faint rotation in the cosmic… Read more: A strange twist in the universe’s oldest light may be bigger than we thought - Common pesticide may more than double Parkinson’s disease risk
A new UCLA Health study suggests that long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may dramatically raise the risk of Parkinson’s disease. Researchers found that people living in areas with sustained exposure had more than 2.5… Read more: Common pesticide may more than double Parkinson’s disease risk - Scientists inject one tumor and watch cancer vanish across the body
A redesigned cancer immunotherapy is showing striking early results after decades of disappointment with similar drugs. Researchers engineered a more powerful CD40 agonist antibody and changed how it’s delivered—injecting it directly into tumors instead of… Read more: Scientists inject one tumor and watch cancer vanish across the body - Elon Musk’s xAI sued for turning three girls’ real photos into AI CSAM
A tip from an anonymous Discord user led cops to find what may be the first confirmed Grok-generated child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) that Elon Musk’s xAI can’t easily dismiss as nonexistent. As recently as… Read more: Elon Musk’s xAI sued for turning three girls’ real photos into AI CSAM - CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court
A judge ordered the reinstatement of a video game developer after he was fired as part of a scheme cooked up by a CEO using ChatGPT. Facing the possibility of paying out a massive bonus… Read more: CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court - New “vibe coded” AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community
Since Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” just over a year ago, we’ve seen a rapid increase in both the capabilities and popularity of using AI models to throw together quick programming projects with… Read more: New “vibe coded” AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community - National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info
Judges are frequently confronted with cases that hinge upon scientific information that their educational backgrounds may leave them ill-equipped to manage. Because of this challenge, the Federal Judicial Center, a group within the judicial branch… Read more: National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info - RFK Jr’s changes to CDC vaccine guidance, advisory board blocked by judge
US District Judge Brian Murphy on Monday temporarily blocked most of the damage that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done to federal vaccine guidance. In a 45-page ruling that opens with a… Read more: RFK Jr’s changes to CDC vaccine guidance, advisory board blocked by judge - Kayrros sale signals rising demand for satellite intelligence amid Hormuz crisis
Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have pushed interest in commercial geospatial intelligence services to unprecedented levels, an executive at Kayrros said after the satellite analytics provider agreed to be acquired by Energy Aspects. The… Read more: Kayrros sale signals rising demand for satellite intelligence amid Hormuz crisis - Meta Strikes Massive AI Deal with Nebius Worth Up to $27B
Meta has signed an AI infrastructure deal with Nebius worth up to $27 billion over five years, deepening its push to secure long-term computing capacity. The post Meta Strikes Massive AI Deal with Nebius Worth… Read more: Meta Strikes Massive AI Deal with Nebius Worth Up to $27B - Teenage girls sue Musk’s xAI, accusing Grok tool of creating child sexual abuse material
Lawuit details how sexualised AI-generated images were produced and distributed without girls’ knowledge A group of three teenage girls, two of whom are minors, filed a lawsuit on Monday against Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence… Read more: Teenage girls sue Musk’s xAI, accusing Grok tool of creating child sexual abuse material - Details Emerge About OpenAI’s “Adult Mode”
In October, ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced it would be opening the floodgates for “mature apps.” “Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going… Read more: Details Emerge About OpenAI’s “Adult Mode”
