
- SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet
The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a 5th Circuit ruling that could have forced Internet service provider Grande Communications to terminate broadband subscribers accused of piracy. Yesterday’s ruling follows a precedent-setting decision last month in which… Read more: SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet - Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
The AI lab’s Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They’ll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities. - College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Since They Offloaded Their Thinking to AI
It’s well known that students from grade schools to the big universities are increasingly outsourcing their thinking to large language models (LLMs). The consequences are already measurable: elementary students are losing cognitive skills, leading them… Read more: College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Since They Offloaded Their Thinking to AI - Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support
One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to decades of combined effort from hardware… Read more: Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support - Testing suggests Google’s AI Overviews tells millions of lies per hour
Looking up information on Google today means confronting AI Overviews, the Gemini-powered search robot that appears at the top of the results page. AI Overviews has had a rough time since its 2024 launch, attracting… Read more: Testing suggests Google’s AI Overviews tells millions of lies per hour - Teradata Earns Recognition on the Third Annual CRN AI 100 List
Teradata (NYSE: TDC) today announced that it has been named by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, to the 2026 AI 100 list in the AI Data and Analytics category. Now in its third year,… Read more: Teradata Earns Recognition on the Third Annual CRN AI 100 List - Why AI shouldn’t be used even to decide ‘simple’ court cases
Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock In just a few years, generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) has brought about significant changes in many industries from healthcare to education, entertainment to finance, and even law. The use of gen AI… Read more: Why AI shouldn’t be used even to decide ‘simple’ court cases - Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon
NASA’s Artemis II mission, carrying four astronauts on an out-of-this-world journey, flew around the Moon on Monday. The crew members took turns describing the stunning landscape below and captured images of Earth rising behind the… Read more: Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon - Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters
Maine is getting closer to passing a moratorium on the construction of new datacenters, one of the first in the country. The State’s House and Senate have both passed LD 307, a bill that would… Read more: Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters - Tell us: do you use AI chatbots to make decisions for you?
Maybe you use them to decide what to eat or to help you write text messages. We’d like to hear from you AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are now a part of everyday… Read more: Tell us: do you use AI chatbots to make decisions for you? - Asylon and Thrive Logic bring physical AI to enterprise perimeter security
Exciting times are ahead in the world of enterprise perimeter security with a new partnership between Thrive Logic, an AI agent-driven security and operational intelligence platform, and Asylon, a security robotics company. Together, the companies… Read more: Asylon and Thrive Logic bring physical AI to enterprise perimeter security - The Rivian R2 will launch with 335 miles of range
It won’t be long before Rivian starts delivering the first of its new R2 SUVs to the lucky owners. After wowing everyone with its R1S and R1T, the startup is ready to enter more mainstream… Read more: The Rivian R2 will launch with 335 miles of range - Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Instructs Staff to Welcome AI Sloplords
Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief of the esteemed Wall Street Journal, just heaped praise on the sloplords drowning journalism in AI-generated dreck. In an email obtained by Semafor, Tucker congratulated a Fortune editor for being a… Read more: Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Instructs Staff to Welcome AI Sloplords - AI is reengineering drug discovery by speeding up testing and scanning petabytes of data for connections between diseases
In December, The Conversation hosted a webinar on AI’s revolutionary role in drug discovery and development. Science and technology editor Eric Smalley interviewed Jeffrey Skolnick, eminent scholar in computational systems biology at Georgia Institute of… Read more: AI is reengineering drug discovery by speeding up testing and scanning petabytes of data for connections between diseases - Data Center Tech Lobbyists Fearmonger in Attempt to Retroactively Roll Back Right to Repair Law
Lobbyists for major tech firms like Cisco and IBM are trying to push through legislation in Colorado that would drastically roll back a groundbreaking right to repair law under the guise of protecting national security… Read more: Data Center Tech Lobbyists Fearmonger in Attempt to Retroactively Roll Back Right to Repair Law - Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood
Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime A row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create… Read more: Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood - SAS earns recognition on the 3rd annual CRN AI 100 list
Data and AI solutions from SAS and its partners deliver impact at scale SAS, a global leader in data and AI, announced today that it has been named by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, to… Read more: SAS earns recognition on the 3rd annual CRN AI 100 list - Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays
Hallucinations have plagued OpenAI ever since it launched its blockbuster ChatGPT chatbot back in 2022. The propensity of large language models to sound both plausible and confident about outputs that are totally wrong continues to… Read more: Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays - Boomi calls it “data activation” and says it’s the missing step in every AI deployment
The failure mode for enterprise AI in 2026 is not what most people expected. It is not that the models are wrong, or that agents cannot reason, or that the technology is overhyped. The failure… Read more: Boomi calls it “data activation” and says it’s the missing step in every AI deployment - ‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and… Read more: ‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat - Porn, dog poo and social media snaps: the ‘taskers’ scraping the internet for Meta-owned AI firm
Scale AI gig workers describe desperation of using people’s personal profiles and copyrighted work to train AI Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by… Read more: Porn, dog poo and social media snaps: the ‘taskers’ scraping the internet for Meta-owned AI firm - GITEX Africa Morocco Expands Multi-Sector Digital Push
New and expanded sectors across data centres, cybersecurity, mobility and finance deliver fresh applications of tech as Africa’s digital ambition moves to large-scale implementation 6 April 2026: With Africa’s digital economy entering its next phase… Read more: GITEX Africa Morocco Expands Multi-Sector Digital Push - Anthropic’s refusal to arm AI is exactly why the UK wants it
The Anthropic UK expansion story is less about diplomatic courtship and more about what happens when a government punishes a company for having principles. In late February, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO… Read more: Anthropic’s refusal to arm AI is exactly why the UK wants it - Intel is going all-in on advanced chip packaging
Sixteen miles north of Albuquerque, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, an Intel chip plant sits on more than 200 acres of land. The site was established in the 1980s, part of it built on top… Read more: Intel is going all-in on advanced chip packaging - 1-i.ai Introduces Free Total Economic Impact Calculator
One Intelligence (1-i.ai) enables enterprises to operationalize AI at scale through a unified platform that accelerates AI into production while delivering governance, routing, and observability — alongside a Total Economic Impact Calculator to measure cost savings… Read more: 1-i.ai Introduces Free Total Economic Impact Calculator - Onix Deepens Google Cloud Ties for Enterprise AI Growth
Supported by new Onix investments, the collaboration is expected to drive $500M+ in Google Cloud consumption and multiple hundred million dollars in services revenue for Onix Onix, a leading Data and AI services-as-software company, today… Read more: Onix Deepens Google Cloud Ties for Enterprise AI Growth - AI Agents Force Rethink of SaaS Pricing and Improve Customer Experiences
New enterprise deployment data from Automation Anywhere shows AI service agents resolving more than 80% of employee support requests, reducing ITSM licensing costs by up to 50%. Automation Anywhere, the leading provider of Agentic Process… Read more: AI Agents Force Rethink of SaaS Pricing and Improve Customer Experiences - Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored
After staring at the Moon for almost eight hours Monday, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission finally ran out of ways to describe what he was seeing. “No matter how long we look at… Read more: Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored - Dremio Boosts Iceberg with V3 Support, Community Moves
The only lakehouse built natively for Apache Iceberg from the ground up ships the latest V3 spec at GA while expanding its role in the open source community. Dremio, the Agentic Lakehouse company, today highlighted… Read more: Dremio Boosts Iceberg with V3 Support, Community Moves - A $20 Private AI Tool Makes Analyzing Spreadsheets Much Easier
Your Data Assistant is a local data analysis tool for spreadsheets that lets you talk directly to the data. The post A $20 Private AI Tool Makes Analyzing Spreadsheets Much Easier appeared first on TechRepublic. - This new chip survives 1300°F (700°C) and could change AI forever
A team of engineers has created a breakthrough memory device that keeps working at temperatures hotter than molten lava, shattering one of electronics’ biggest limits. Built from an unusual stack of ultra-durable materials, the tiny… Read more: This new chip survives 1300°F (700°C) and could change AI forever - This “forbidden” exoplanet has an atmosphere scientists can’t explain
A strange “forbidden” planet spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope is turning planetary science on its head. TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere surprisingly poor in heavy… Read more: This “forbidden” exoplanet has an atmosphere scientists can’t explain - Scientists discover the “Goldilocks” secret behind life on Earth
Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, phosphorus and nitrogen, to stay… Read more: Scientists discover the “Goldilocks” secret behind life on Earth - Scientists found a “lost world” of animals that shouldn’t exist yet
A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once believed. Dating back over… Read more: Scientists found a “lost world” of animals that shouldn’t exist yet - Earth’s most powerful ocean current didn’t form the way we thought
A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows it didn’t form just because ocean gateways… Read more: Earth’s most powerful ocean current didn’t form the way we thought - Helping data centers deliver higher performance with less hardware
To improve data center efficiency, multiple storage devices are often pooled together over a network so many applications can share them. But even with pooling, significant device capacity remains underutilized due to performance variability across… Read more: Helping data centers deliver higher performance with less hardware - Scientists discover hidden brain switch that tells you to stop eating
Your brain’s “stop eating” signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes—once thought to just support neurons—actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a meal, glucose triggers tanycytes, which send… Read more: Scientists discover hidden brain switch that tells you to stop eating - The brain might not create consciousness after all
Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting the “hard problem” of consciousness — why and… Read more: The brain might not create consciousness after all - From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability
Robotic machine learning company Generalist has announced GEN-1, a new physical AI system that it says “crosses into production-level success rates” on “a broad range of physical skills” that used to require the dexterity and… Read more: From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability - After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has amended the charter of a federal vaccine advisory panel to seemingly grant himself more power to hand-pick members and loosen membership requirements, according to a notice published… Read more: After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel - AI pragmatists: How language teachers are navigating AI with nuance
A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or be left behind. Technology companies market AI tools as the ultimate classroom assistants, while popular… Read more: AI pragmatists: How language teachers are navigating AI with nuance - “The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO
On the same day that OpenAI released policy recommendations to ensure that AI benefits humanity if superintelligence is ever achieved, The New Yorker dropped a massive investigation into whether CEO Sam Altman can be trusted… Read more: “The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO - Trump’s next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science
On Friday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2027. The budget blueprint includes significant cuts to NASA, but it targets even more severe limits for other science-focused agencies, with no agencies spared. The… Read more: Trump’s next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science - Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed
AI experts say we’re living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model of work Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Hundreds of thousands of… Read more: Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed - Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be “swaps,” exempt from state laws
A federal appeals court ruled that New Jersey cannot regulate sports bets on prediction markets because the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction. Kalshi, which is registered with the CFTC as a… Read more: Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be “swaps,” exempt from state laws - The Entire State of Maine Is Poised to Ban New Data Centers
Data centers designed to power immensely resource-intensive AI models have turned into a major point of contention. The sweeping facilities have proven immensely unpopular, particularly in rural areas, where they’ve been accused of causing electricity… Read more: The Entire State of Maine Is Poised to Ban New Data Centers - Inside Sources Say Sam Altman Is a Sociopath
You don’t build a trillion dollar AI empire by being a saint. In a seeping new investigative piece from The New Yorker, numerous tech insiders paint a picture of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as a… Read more: Inside Sources Say Sam Altman Is a Sociopath - From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admit
Universal Pictures The relationship between science and pop culture often looks like a one-way street: scientific discoveries inspire films, television and novels, particularly in science fiction. But the relationship really goes both ways, and extends… Read more: From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admit - Could NZ’s next Christchurch Call be a push for fairer, safer AI?
Getty Images For New Zealanders, artificial intelligence (AI) is fast becoming as much a part of everyday life as smartphones and social media did before it. According to the recently released 2026 InternetNZ Internet Insights… Read more: Could NZ’s next Christchurch Call be a push for fairer, safer AI? - Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren’t a thing
LG was once a heavyweight in the smartphone industry, trading blows with hometown rival Samsung. However, as smartphone sales plateaued, the company struggled to stay competitive. In 2021, LG planned to make waves with a… Read more: Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren’t a thing - NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
As we have been reporting on Ars, NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission has been going rather well so far. Of course, Orion’s big test is yet to come with the fiery reentry through Earth’s atmosphere… Read more: NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers? - Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After LiteLLM-Linked Data Breach
A poisoned LiteLLM update hit Mercor, and Meta pulled the brake. The breach is now a warning flare for AI vendors built on open-source plumbing. The post Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After LiteLLM-Linked Data… Read more: Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After LiteLLM-Linked Data Breach - Multiple Hackers Warned Anti-Porn App Quittr About Security Issue for Months
At least three people warned Quittr, an app that wants to help men stop masturbating, about serious security issues for months, but the creators of the app didn’t fix them until weeks after 404 Media… Read more: Multiple Hackers Warned Anti-Porn App Quittr About Security Issue for Months - Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication
You’ve probably heard of AI psychosis. Well, now get ready for AI psychiatrists — with prescription pads. A San Francisco startup called Legion Health has been approved to let its AI app prescribe psychiatric medications… Read more: Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication - Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He’s Shown Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: “Uh, Maybe, Uhhh”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reacted awkwardly to a viral video of a ChatGPT issue. In the video, the TikTok creator known as Husk asks ChatGPT’s voice mode to start a timer for his mile run.… Read more: Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He’s Shown Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: “Uh, Maybe, Uhhh” - Wisconsinites Can Keep Watching Porn After Governor Vetoes Age Verification Bill
Across most of the U.S., if you want to watch porn online, you have to hand over a government ID or submit to a biometric scan to determine you’re over 18 years of age. But… Read more: Wisconsinites Can Keep Watching Porn After Governor Vetoes Age Verification Bill - What Memento reveals about human nature, 25 years later
Christopher Nolan has cemented his status as one of our most consistently original and thought-provoking directors. Over the last 25 years, Nolan has delivered film after film that deftly balances mainstream appeal with eye-popping visuals,… Read more: What Memento reveals about human nature, 25 years later - Why will today’s lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video?
Humanity is about to get its first in-person, up-close look at the Moon in more than half a century. Four astronauts will spend about seven hours on Monday (April 6) observing the far side of… Read more: Why will today’s lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video? - Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices
Sales of used electric vehicles are surging in the US as models bought during a post-pandemic boom flood back onto the market, offering prospective buyers relief from a sharp rise in petrol prices. First-quarter used… Read more: Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices - Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That’s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, a Warning From the FDA, and Other Glaring Red Flags?
On Thursday, the New York Times published a glowing profile of a company called Medvi. The basic premise of the piece is that a single guy named Matthew Gallagher had used AI to rapidly build… Read more: Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy AI Startup That’s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, a Warning From the FDA, and Other Glaring Red Flags? - Using AI to prepare and evaluate environmental assessments risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say
Conservationists warn the move could push species closer to extinction and says clearer environmental rules are needed instead Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Conservationists and scientists have warned a… Read more: Using AI to prepare and evaluate environmental assessments risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say - Wildlife Conservation Police Are Searching Thousands of Flock Cameras for ICE
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) police are performing dozens of license plate lookups on Flock cameras for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to public records that show details of the searches. The… Read more: Wildlife Conservation Police Are Searching Thousands of Flock Cameras for ICE - Republicans fooled by AI-generated image of US crew member rescued in Iran
Fake image of airman surrounded by smiling military members has been reshared more than 21,000 times on the X platform Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox… Read more: Republicans fooled by AI-generated image of US crew member rescued in Iran - The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too.
Early in my career at SpaceX, I was the only person dedicated to training the mission control team for Dragon. For three years, I built the training for the operations […] The post The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too.… Read more: The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too. - ‘This is 160-million-year-old Jurassic clay’: inside Es Devlin’s bid to reshape AI ethics – through pottery
The great artist and designer has summoned spiritual leaders, AI researchers and academics to try their hands at ceramics – and debate their wide-ranging positions on where tech is taking humanity Es Devlin owns a… Read more: ‘This is 160-million-year-old Jurassic clay’: inside Es Devlin’s bid to reshape AI ethics – through pottery - This $85 AI Assistant Aims to Consolidate Your Daily Work Tools
Instead of bouncing between AI tools, this platform puts models, file features, and creative tools together. The post This $85 AI Assistant Aims to Consolidate Your Daily Work Tools appeared first on TechRepublic. - As AI agents take on more tasks, governance becomes a priority
AI systems are starting to move beyond simple responses. In many organisations, AI agents are now being tested to plan tasks, make decisions, and carry out actions with limited human input. It is no longer… Read more: As AI agents take on more tasks, governance becomes a priority - The Ridiculously Nerdy Intel Bet That Could Rake in Billions
Advanced chip packaging is suddenly at the center of the AI boom. Intel is going all in. - CIQ Launches C3, a Free and Open Compatibility Catalog for Rocky Linux
The Rocky Linux ecosystem now has a single, authoritative destination to verify and publish hardware, software and AI infrastructure compatibility with RLC Pro, RLC Pro AI and RLC Pro Hardened, so enterprise teams can deploy… Read more: CIQ Launches C3, a Free and Open Compatibility Catalog for Rocky Linux - Atbash Launches on Chromia to Enable Verifiable, User-Controlled AI Systems
New plugin integrates with OpenClaw to introduce a transparent control layer for AI applications, supporting enterprise compliance and risk management Chromia by Chromaway AB announces Atbash, an Agentic State & Policy Management (SPM) plugin designed for OpenClaw. Built… Read more: Atbash Launches on Chromia to Enable Verifiable, User-Controlled AI Systems - Moonbounce Launches with $12M to Control AI Behavior
Former Meta trust & safety lead introduces a new standard for predictable, compliant generative AI Moonbounce, the AI control engine that ensures systems behave exactly as designed at any scale, today launched with $12 million… Read more: Moonbounce Launches with $12M to Control AI Behavior - Scientists find hidden brain cells helping deadly cancer grow
Scientists in Canada have uncovered a surprising weakness in glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. They found that certain brain cells—once believed to only support healthy nerves—can actually help tumors grow by sending signals… Read more: Scientists find hidden brain cells helping deadly cancer grow - Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns
A massive new analysis of over 1,700 languages shows that some long-debated “universal” grammar rules are actually real. By using cutting-edge evolutionary methods, researchers found that languages tend to evolve in predictable ways rather than… Read more: Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns - AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy
AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to… Read more: AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy - ICE Foiled At Every Turn By One Vibe Coding Man In His Pickup Truck
Vibe coding often gets a bad rep. “Vibe” is a euphemism for “not really thinking,” and that “not really thinking” part is accomplished by letting an AI spit all the code out in response to… Read more: ICE Foiled At Every Turn By One Vibe Coding Man In His Pickup Truck - Groups Set Up to Shill AI and Data Centers Are Pouring Huge Sums of Money Into the Midterm Elections
Artificial intelligence remains deeply unpopular with the American public. One poll found it’s even more reviled than ICE, which is no small feat given the mass protests that erupt whenever the agency’s goons march into… Read more: Groups Set Up to Shill AI and Data Centers Are Pouring Huge Sums of Money Into the Midterm Elections - Nonprofit Research Groups Disturbed to Learn That OpenAI Has Secretly Been Funding Their Work
If you’re running a frontier AI company, now’s not the time to rest on your laurels. The stakes could hardly be higher: whichever corporation manages to outmaneuver its rivals stands to capture not just enormous… Read more: Nonprofit Research Groups Disturbed to Learn That OpenAI Has Secretly Been Funding Their Work - AI Expert Says It’s Time to Stop Freaking Out About AI Taking Our Jobs
Few fears have taken hold of the public imagination quite like the specter of AI-driven unemployment. A recent survey by the think tank Data for Progress found that a majority of US voters think AI… Read more: AI Expert Says It’s Time to Stop Freaking Out About AI Taking Our Jobs - We Can’t Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause
Privacy nightmares. Pervert glasses. These are some of the not-so-flattering ways detractors describe Meta’s Ray-Ban AI glasses. Now, we’re nominating another hellish descriptor into that list: dysmorphia accelerator. On Friday, Meta announced a host of… Read more: We Can’t Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause - China Cracking Down on the Types of AI That Are Tearing America Apart
The Cyberspace Administration of China is cracking down on “digital humans,” with incoming regulations that will soon require labeling of AI personalities and ban programs that could harm children or lead to addiction. Those draft… Read more: China Cracking Down on the Types of AI That Are Tearing America Apart - ‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products
Jeffrey Stephen Wigand revealed how tobacco companies targeted children; now he sees similar marketing by big tech A key whistleblower in the tobacco industry’s landmark trials of the 1990s has been watching big tech’s recent… Read more: ‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products - Target Warns That If Its AI Shopping Agent Makes an Expensive Mistake, You’ll Have to Pay for It
Big box chains have proudly embraced artificial intelligence — but don’t expect them to help when their AI assistants charge your card for hallucinated garbage. That trend, in which retail giants force their AI initiatives… Read more: Target Warns That If Its AI Shopping Agent Makes an Expensive Mistake, You’ll Have to Pay for It - CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards
A user on Quizlet, an online learning platform, created a public flashcard set in February that appears to have exposed highly confidential information about security procedures in US Customs and Border Protection facilities around Kingsville,… Read more: CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards - Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts This week’s replies: has a call for restraint from an authority… Read more: Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs? - Buried Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt hints at shocking rituals
A hidden Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt is offering rare clues about ancient rituals, including possible human sacrifice. With major funding secured, scientists are now racing to uncover how this mysterious, multi-god cult site operated. - Scientists trap light in a layer 1,000x thinner than hair
Researchers have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick—over 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. By using a unique material with exceptional light-bending properties, they can… Read more: Scientists trap light in a layer 1,000x thinner than hair - Scientists found a protein that drives brain aging — and how to stop it
Scientists have uncovered a powerful new clue in the mystery of brain aging: a single protein called FTL1. In aging mice, higher levels of this protein weakened connections between brain cells and led to memory… Read more: Scientists found a protein that drives brain aging — and how to stop it - Higher energy costs from Iran war could threaten fragile economics of AI boom | Heather Stewart
Industry with business model not yet firmly established and investments financed by huge debts is particularly at risk Donald Trump’s most immediate concern in demanding Iran reopen the strait of Hormuz may be rocketing US… Read more: Higher energy costs from Iran war could threaten fragile economics of AI boom | Heather Stewart - Mars dust storms are sparking electricity and rewriting the planet’s chemistry
Mars may look like a quiet, dusty world, but it’s actually buzzing with hidden electrical activity. Powerful dust storms and swirling dust devils generate static electricity strong enough to spark faint glowing discharges across the… Read more: Mars dust storms are sparking electricity and rewriting the planet’s chemistry - An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night
After forgetting the nibbles, refusing my costume requests and emailing GCHQ, ‘Gaskell’ did at least get us to show up Two weeks ago, an AI bot invited me to a party it was organising in… Read more: An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night - Scientists built a quantum battery that breaks the rules of charging
Scientists have taken a major step toward futuristic energy tech by building a working prototype of a quantum battery—one that can charge, store, and release energy using the strange rules of quantum physics instead of… Read more: Scientists built a quantum battery that breaks the rules of charging - Scientists discover hidden gut signals that could detect cancer early
A new study reveals that gut bacteria and metabolites may hold the key to detecting serious digestive diseases earlier and more easily. Using AI, scientists found that biomarkers linked to one condition can often predict… Read more: Scientists discover hidden gut signals that could detect cancer early - Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them
Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated… Read more: Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them - Artemis II is going so well that we’re left to talk about frozen urine
The Orion spacecraft is now much closer to the Moon than Earth on its 10-day journey into deep space and back, and overall everything is going smashingly well. Things are going so well that, during… Read more: Artemis II is going so well that we’re left to talk about frozen urine - Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law
Right-to-repair efforts are gaining headway in the US. A lot of that movement has been led by state legislation in Colorado. Since 2022, Colorado has passed bills giving users the tools, instructions, and legal capabilities… Read more: Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law - America’s Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says
Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in the New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses… Read more: America’s Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says - AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class
Meme wisdom holds that modern problems require modern solutions, but what peddlers of this internet adage failed to consider is that an antiquated and possibly impractical approach could be loads more fun. We present Grit… Read more: AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class - Claude Leak Shows That Anthropic Is Tracking Users’ Vulgar Language and Deems Them “Negative”
AI company Anthropic suffered a massive leak of the source code to its Claude Code AI assistant earlier this week, triggering a panicked game of cat and mouse as company representatives sent out copyright takedown… Read more: Claude Leak Shows That Anthropic Is Tracking Users’ Vulgar Language and Deems Them “Negative” - The Real Reason OpenAI Shut Sora Down Is a Warning to Every AI Startup
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