
- An AI agent for all? Try using your brain, Mark Zuckerberg | Brief letters
Meta AI | Future Guardian writers and Neets | Food for thought | Plants surviving the heat | Living and dying well Your article (Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta releases open-weight model,… Read more: An AI agent for all? Try using your brain, Mark Zuckerberg | Brief letters - College Kids Are Using AI Agents to “Take” Entire Online Classes for Them by Logging Directly Into the Course Management Software
With the rise of agentic models, why stop at using chatbots to look up answers? Some students are directing AI agents to “take” entire online courses for them, letting the software run in the background… Read more: College Kids Are Using AI Agents to “Take” Entire Online Classes for Them by Logging Directly Into the Course Management Software - Facebook Is Filling With Viral AI-Generated Silver Foxes Wooing Women by Ranting About How Terrible Men Are
We bring you this dispatch from the AI slop dungeon known as Facebook: fake, AI-generated podcast bros are currently racking up views on Mark Zuckerberg’s first social network by doling out “relationship advice,” mostly in… Read more: Facebook Is Filling With Viral AI-Generated Silver Foxes Wooing Women by Ranting About How Terrible Men Are - We’ve flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked
Solar storms, like the one in August 1972 that hit during the gap between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, throw bursts of protons intense enough to raise an astronaut’s cancer risk or even… Read more: We’ve flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked - Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public
Anthropic investors expect the AI startup to float at a valuation of $2 trillion or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX and make the AI lab’s debut the largest-ever initial public… Read more: Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public - Rivian’s 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature
It’s time for Rivian’s changeover from model year 2026 to 2027, and the electric vehicle startup has decided to take a page from its recently released R2 SUV and apply it to the company’s larger,… Read more: Rivian’s 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature - England and Wales Courts Ban Meta Smart Glasses Over Recording Risks
Courts in England and Wales will hold Meta smart glasses at entry amid recording concerns, adding to scrutiny of camera-equipped wearables. The post England and Wales Courts Ban Meta Smart Glasses Over Recording Risks appeared… Read more: England and Wales Courts Ban Meta Smart Glasses Over Recording Risks - Nobody wants another chatbot: 7 interface architectures worth building
Ask any AI engineer what ships fastest to a demo and slowest to production, and the honest answer is almost always the interface, ahead of the model, the retrieval pipeline, or the eval harness. A… Read more: Nobody wants another chatbot: 7 interface architectures worth building - Medical Startup Selling Prescription Kit for Nuclear Disaster
A telehealth startup is selling $345 emergency kits packed with medicine that it claims could help people survive nuclear disasters. Amble Health’s “Oh Sh*T Kit” comes with iodine tablets, Prussian blue pills for removing radioactive… Read more: Medical Startup Selling Prescription Kit for Nuclear Disaster - Pixel 11 AI Features: Google’s Biggest Gemini Push Yet
Google’s Pixel 11 adds proactive Gemini tools, live translation and AI camera features. Here’s what buyers should know about limits and pricing. The post Pixel 11 AI Features: Google’s Biggest Gemini Push Yet appeared first… Read more: Pixel 11 AI Features: Google’s Biggest Gemini Push Yet - An AI agent spent your money – can anyone prove you authorized it?
What happens if your bot buys something you didn’t tell it to? mevans/E+ via Getty Images You tell an artificial intelligence agent, an AI capable of autonomous reasoning and multistep actions, “Find me a shirt… Read more: An AI agent spent your money – can anyone prove you authorized it? - A Farmer Trusted AI’s Advice. It Cost Him 25 Acres of Crops
A Chinese farmer reportedly lost nearly 25 acres of sesame after following AI pesticide advice, highlighting the risks of trusting chatbot recommendations. The post A Farmer Trusted AI’s Advice. It Cost Him 25 Acres of… Read more: A Farmer Trusted AI’s Advice. It Cost Him 25 Acres of Crops - Claude’s new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now
Anthropic has revealed that it will soon watermark content that is processed (not just generated!) by any of its models. In a support article, Anthropic explained that it was rolling out machine-readable watermarks to comply… Read more: Claude’s new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now - Mark Zuckerberg says the future of AI is for everyone. But who owns it?
It’s a nice sentiment, but all AI users should ask three questions about their preferred choice of AI platform On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay, The Future Is for Everyone. The essay came… Read more: Mark Zuckerberg says the future of AI is for everyone. But who owns it? - Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich
The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July,… Read more: Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich - Okta targets AI agent token costs with MCP scoping
Okta says identity-scoped Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool lists can reduce AI agent token costs. Each model call made by an AI agent can include schemas, names, descriptions and parameters for every tool exposed by… Read more: Okta targets AI agent token costs with MCP scoping - There’s a Fatty Liver Epidemic. AI Could Help Get Ahead of It
Over a billion people worldwide have livers with excess fat, which can lead to a host of medical problems. Researchers think AI tools can spot the condition—and help stop it—early enough to save lives. - ‘I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music?
Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button This year, the… Read more: ‘I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music? - Make announced the introduction of Maia by Make
Make, the visual automation platform, today announced the launch of Maia, a conversational co-worker for AI and automation. Maia enables users to build automations and AI agents using natural language while showing every step of… Read more: Make announced the introduction of Maia by Make - Only 5% of Employees See Productivity Gains From GenAI
NROC Security USA, an innovative AI security company focused on effectiveness of employee use of Generative AI apps, has published its latest quarterly research. It reveals that few employees in businesses are using GenAI effectively… Read more: Only 5% of Employees See Productivity Gains From GenAI - Vinh Nguyen Joins Innovation Labs Advisory Council
Appointment expands Innovation Labs’ coalition of leaders advancing durable identity as foundational infrastructure for trustworthy AI Innovation Labs, a division of Identity Digital focused on building the accountability infrastructure for AI agents, today announced that… Read more: Vinh Nguyen Joins Innovation Labs Advisory Council - Vertical AI pushes infrastructure beyond one-size-fits-all
While infrastructure requirements may be commonly shared in enterprise IT, the path for AI deployment can vary significantly depending on the organization. Healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications and public sector organizations bring unique data, governance… Read more: Vertical AI pushes infrastructure beyond one-size-fits-all - Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of the Neo4j GraphTalk event
Graph intelligence is fast becoming the enterprise’s missing connective tissue — the knowledge layer that lets models move from clever prototypes to reliable, decision‑grade systems. By preserving relationships across fragmented data, it gives artificial intelligence… Read more: Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of the Neo4j GraphTalk event - Google launches five new Pixel devices, array of Gemini Intelligence features
Google LLC today expanded its Pixel consumer hardware line with a foldable handset, three smartphones and a smartwatch. The devices will ship with an upgraded version of the company’s Gemini Intelligence software. It’s a set… Read more: Google launches five new Pixel devices, array of Gemini Intelligence features - Vibe coding startup Lovable doubles valuation to $13.3B with $400M raise
Lovable Labs Inc. said today it has raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $13.3 billion valuation. The Swedish artificial intelligence coding startup was worth $6.6 billion in December. The company sells a… Read more: Vibe coding startup Lovable doubles valuation to $13.3B with $400M raise - Skan AI raises $63M to give AI agents a map of enterprise work
Process intelligence company Skan AI said today it raised $63 million in a Series C round to help further develop a platform that records how enterprise work actually gets done and feeds that record to… Read more: Skan AI raises $63M to give AI agents a map of enterprise work - Nebius shares jump 34% on continued AI infrastructure demand
Shares of Nebius Group NV closed 34% higher today after it reported second-quarter earnings that topped expectations across the board. The Netherlands-based company operates a cloud platform optimized for artificial intelligence workloads. It also has… Read more: Nebius shares jump 34% on continued AI infrastructure demand - SpaceXAI releases flagship Grok 4.6 model with advanced reasoning capabilities
SpaceXAI today released Grok 4.6, a large language model that it says can outperform Anthropic PBC’s Claude Fable 5 in some areas. SpaceXAI was known as xAI until last month. The Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence… Read more: SpaceXAI releases flagship Grok 4.6 model with advanced reasoning capabilities - Taiwan says it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attack
Taiwan’s statement comes a day after reports that suspected China-linked hackers had carried out a first-of-a-kind breach Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on government agencies that came from overseas last month, a new kind… Read more: Taiwan says it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attack - The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font
AI companies’ penchant for scraping through large swathes of the public web in search of valuable training data has already led to lawsuits and technical fixes aimed at stopping the practice. Now, a pair of… Read more: The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font - Toddler’s tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors
A healthy toddler in Washington state fell ill abruptly. It began with vomiting, lethargy, and weakness on his right side. Then it progressed to a headache, fever, and trouble swallowing. At one point, he briefly… Read more: Toddler’s tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors - San Francisco-area estate sells for $70m in sign of AI-fueled wealth explosion
New owner is said to be involved in AI industry, as new class of multimillionaires is entering the real estate race A luxury Lake Como-inspired estate in the San Francisco Bay Area has sold to… Read more: San Francisco-area estate sells for $70m in sign of AI-fueled wealth explosion - US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas
Hundreds of US government drones have switched from border surveillance to a different surveillance mission this summer—looking for signs of screwworm infestations in wild animals and livestock herds. The flesh-eating New World Screwworm is the… Read more: US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas - Trump sued over “brazen” scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month
President Trump was sued by nonprofit news groups today over Truth Social’s “Truth API” that sells real-time access to posts from Trump and other top users of the social network. Trump is profiting from selling… Read more: Trump sued over “brazen” scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month - Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon’s use of content from their channels to train Amazon’s “generative AI content models.” The change, announced today, comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed… Read more: Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now - Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.
Physicists with the Beijing Spectrometer III (BES III) experiment have uncovered convincing new evidence of the existence of so-called glueballs, an elusive composite particle made entirely of gluons predicted by quantum theory. The results appeared… Read more: Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes. - Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
Terabytes worth of credentials, many belonging to the world’s biggest and most sensitive organizations, have been exposed in a supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source tool that streamlines AI-driven software development. Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco,… Read more: Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack - Here’s the Manual for ICE’s Electric Shock Gloves
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on buying specialized gloves that pulse with electrical energy, which make it easier for agents to subdue people, the Associated Press reported… Read more: Here’s the Manual for ICE’s Electric Shock Gloves - The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate. - OpenAI’s “Head of Ethics” Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances
Following a growing string of high-profile departures, OpenAI has lost its head of ethics at arguably the worst time possible. As the Financial Times reports, Chloé Bakalar left her post as the AI ethics lead… Read more: OpenAI’s “Head of Ethics” Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances - Lovable Raises $400M at $13.3B Valuation as Enterprise Use Grows
Lovable’s $13.3 billion valuation puts a bigger spotlight on enterprise vibe coding as more employees gain tools to build and deploy software. The post Lovable Raises $400M at $13.3B Valuation as Enterprise Use Grows appeared… Read more: Lovable Raises $400M at $13.3B Valuation as Enterprise Use Grows - Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record
It’s been far too long since I’ve been able to report a new land speed record. For a while, it looked like Bloodhound might have been able to make good on its 1,000 mph (1,609… Read more: Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record - South Korea Targets Moon Landing, Quantum Breakthroughs by 2030
South Korea has put quantum, space, energy, biotech, and critical-materials targets on one national roadmap, including a robotic Moon landing in 2030. The post South Korea Targets Moon Landing, Quantum Breakthroughs by 2030 appeared first… Read more: South Korea Targets Moon Landing, Quantum Breakthroughs by 2030 - Rogue AI Agents Aren’t Evil. They’re Just Eager to Please
AI agents that break free and hack into other systems are only trying to make us happy. - Podcast: Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Superintelligent’ AI Future That No One Wants
We start this week with Jason’s article about Mark Zuckerberg’s plan for Meta’s AI agents. They don’t sound fun at all. After the break, Emanuel tells us how a company offering “100% human-written” medical research… Read more: Podcast: Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Superintelligent’ AI Future That No One Wants - Twitch is Mining Peoples’ Streams to Train Amazon’s AI
Twitch is going to train Amazon’s AI models on streamers’ content unless they deliberately go into their settings and opt out, potentially sweeping up a wealth of streamers who either don’t hear about the announcement… Read more: Twitch is Mining Peoples’ Streams to Train Amazon’s AI - Fortress, Industrial Defender Strengthen Critical Infrastructure
Integrated solution pairs two decades of trusted OT asset intelligence with AI-driven vulnerability correlation, identifying every affected OT asset in minutes instead of weeks of manual correlation Artificial intelligence is rewriting the economics of vulnerability… Read more: Fortress, Industrial Defender Strengthen Critical Infrastructure - HCIactive Introduces HXE to Make Healthcare Simpler in the Age of AI
HCIactive today introduced Human Experience Engineering (HXE), the discipline guiding how the company uses AI to reduce administrative friction and create healthcare experiences that are simpler, more understandable, and easier to access and manage. Healthcare… Read more: HCIactive Introduces HXE to Make Healthcare Simpler in the Age of AI - TD SYNNEX Expands IBM Distribution to Boost Partner-Led Growth Worldwide
Expansion strengthens scale, consistency, and execution across Europe, Asia, and Latin America TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, today announced the expansion of its IBM distribution… Read more: TD SYNNEX Expands IBM Distribution to Boost Partner-Led Growth Worldwide - We built a $10 soil test, then a virtual reality platform to take it around the world
Last year in The Conversation Canada, we described Agrilo, an affordable “colorimetric” soil-testing system developed through research at MacEwan University. Using a smartphone camera to interpret colour changes, Agrilo measures soil nutrients and can provide… Read more: We built a $10 soil test, then a virtual reality platform to take it around the world - Science funding and unnecessary fear | Letters
Prof Stephen Blundell on the plight of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Peter Forbes on bacteriophages and AI Much of the commentary about the UK Research and Innovation science funding cuts has centred around the… Read more: Science funding and unnecessary fear | Letters - US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
The Trump administration is trying to stop New York from enforcing its gambling laws against Kalshi, and yesterday said it ordered the prediction market to continue operating in the state. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read more: US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating - Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
If you can truly appreciate an old book—and maybe even marvel at how its fragile, yellowing pages contain some of the earliest ways that people tried to make sense of the world around them—then headlines… Read more: Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books - Stack Automation by Quali Now Generally Available
Developed in collaboration with Cisco and available exclusively through Cisco, Stack Automation by Quali closes the gap between AI ambition and AI production, accelerating deployment of full stacks, GPUs, models, and applications while enabling agentic… Read more: Stack Automation by Quali Now Generally Available - AI Job Losses in Australia Explained: Why the Numbers Tell a More Complicated Story
AI isn’t causing mass job losses in Australia yet, but slower hiring and shifting employment trends reveal how the workforce may be changing. The post AI Job Losses in Australia Explained: Why the Numbers Tell… Read more: AI Job Losses in Australia Explained: Why the Numbers Tell a More Complicated Story - Altera Announced DDR5 Memory Support Across Agilex FPGA Portfolio Expansion
Broad DDR5, LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X-compatible memory support gives developers more bandwidth, greater flexibility and improved supply resilience Altera, the world’s largest independent FPGA solutions provider, today announced expanded DDR5 memory support across its Agilex® FPGA… Read more: Altera Announced DDR5 Memory Support Across Agilex FPGA Portfolio Expansion - Protests Against Data Centers Are Now Threatening $130 Billion of Big Tech’s Crucial Investments
For protestors rising up against the data centers undergirding the AI boom, the math is simple: wherever they sprout, the facilities make frightfully poor neighbors — inflating utility prices, discharging hazardous waste, and blasting horrid… Read more: Protests Against Data Centers Are Now Threatening $130 Billion of Big Tech’s Crucial Investments - Model Highlights: Muse-Glimmer-30B
Muse Glimmer 30B is a new 30-billion-parameter causal language model from the Meta Superintelligence Lab, distilled directly from Muse Spark. Released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, it is purpose-built to execute complex, autonomous agentic… Read more: Model Highlights: Muse-Glimmer-30B - 3,500-year-old skeletons challenge what scientists thought they knew about syphilis
Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a form of transmission often assumed to indicate syphilis. The discovery could overturn how scientists… Read more: 3,500-year-old skeletons challenge what scientists thought they knew about syphilis - Scientists discover a hidden brain rhythm that could improve Parkinson’s treatment
Scientists have pinpointed a brain network—and its distinctive electrical rhythm—that appears to drive the benefits of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease. The discovery could lead to more precise, personalized stimulation settings and better results… Read more: Scientists discover a hidden brain rhythm that could improve Parkinson’s treatment - Formula E finds a new home on Disney+, ESPN+
Formula E is set to make a big change in terms of visibility when season 12 gets underway this December. It has signed a new multiyear deal to broadcast the sport on Disney+ and ESPN+… Read more: Formula E finds a new home on Disney+, ESPN+ - Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing
As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees, researchers offered a sobering new example on Tuesday, disclosing vulnerabilities in the… Read more: Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing - Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they reconstructed changes in atmospheric density… Read more: Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere - Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag
Google has revealed its Pixel phone hardware for 2026, and you won’t be surprised. The Pixel 11 series looks a lot like last year’s lineup, featuring an evolution of the design Google adopted with the… Read more: Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag - Ozempic may have revealed the brain’s hidden “craving center”
Ozempic-like drugs appear to weaken more than hunger—they may also reduce cravings for alcohol and other addictive substances. Scientists are increasingly tracing this effect to the lateral septum, a brain region that helps connect memories… Read more: Ozempic may have revealed the brain’s hidden “craving center” - Google tests AMIE for clinical video consultations
Google’s research medical AI system, AMIE (Video), conducted synchronous video consultations with professional patient actors and received clinical evaluator ratings on par with primary care physicians across several core measures. Fifteen trained actors portrayed conditions… Read more: Google tests AMIE for clinical video consultations - AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
Following Australia’s first reported automated hacking accident, experts warn deployers – and possibly developers – of AI agents could be held liable for the actions of their bots Get our breaking news email, free app… Read more: AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is? - Internal Google Document Reveals That Its HR AI Has Been Throwing Résumés From Qualified Applicants Straight Into the Trash
Bad news for anyone seeking a job in this AI-infested hiring hellscape: not even Google’s top AI lab can figure it out. That’s according to an HR memo viewed by Bloomberg, encouraging job-seekers to fill… Read more: Internal Google Document Reveals That Its HR AI Has Been Throwing Résumés From Qualified Applicants Straight Into the Trash - ‘Nightmare fodder’: Roku’s AI slop channel is even worse than expected
Fairground TV is a 24/7 channel devoted to low-quality AI content for viewers sick of watching real people move in ways that won’t haunt you The appeal of Roku is that, whatever you happen to… Read more: ‘Nightmare fodder’: Roku’s AI slop channel is even worse than expected - Spotify to Flag AI ‘Personas’ and Keep Them Out of Recommendations
Spotify will label AI-generated artist identities with AI Persona badges and exclude them from editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default. The post Spotify to Flag AI ‘Personas’ and Keep Them Out of Recommendations appeared first… Read more: Spotify to Flag AI ‘Personas’ and Keep Them Out of Recommendations - Could AI Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in APAC Oil and Gas?
AI is expanding across APAC oil and gas operations, but new research suggests productivity gains could undermine emissions reductions even as operators deploy technology to improve efficiency. The post Could AI Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions… Read more: Could AI Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in APAC Oil and Gas? - French Publishers Challenge Google AI Search Over Content Licensing
French publishers are asking France’s competition watchdog to decide whether Google AI Overviews and AI Mode must be negotiated separately from existing publisher licensing agreements. The post French Publishers Challenge Google AI Search Over Content… Read more: French Publishers Challenge Google AI Search Over Content Licensing - The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
Government surveillance centers are monitoring viral anti-Flock Instagram posts, warning local police about upcoming DeFlock events including one scheduled to start next week, and have told cops to “increase patrols around ALPR [automatic license plate… Read more: The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts - AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying Them
CGTrader, an online marketplace for 3D assets, found that one in six models uploaded to the site these days is AI generated, but that AI generated assets account for only $1 out of $90 in… Read more: AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying Them - China’s Fengwu AI Forecasted Typhoon Landfall Five Days Ahead
China is testing AI weather models including Fengwu, Pangu and Fuxi as researchers explore faster forecasting for typhoons and extreme weather. The post China’s Fengwu AI Forecasted Typhoon Landfall Five Days Ahead appeared first on… Read more: China’s Fengwu AI Forecasted Typhoon Landfall Five Days Ahead - 4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 Smartphones
From Magic Capture and Instant Night Sight to a built-in teleprompter, here’s a look at a few camera features on Google’s new Pixel 11 series. - Researchers Show How Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Used to Harass Women
Instagram is full of first-person videos of men harassing women in public. They follow a similar script: A man walks up to a woman or group of women in a store, sitting outside a cafe,… Read more: Researchers Show How Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Used to Harass Women - Did poop enable the evolution of complex animals?
The Cambrian explosion may have been fueled by poop. The first animals on Earth emerged about 600 million years ago, and 60 million years later, those simple early animals evolved into wildly different directions, branching… Read more: Did poop enable the evolution of complex animals? - This Tool Unmasks the Shadowy World of Ads that Track Your Location
The advertising industry is simultaneously everywhere and incredibly difficult to investigate. Ads can power all sorts of surveillance, from the relatively mundane like inferring someone’s age or gender, right up to harvesting their precise location… Read more: This Tool Unmasks the Shadowy World of Ads that Track Your Location - AI-designed viruses are a test of whether biosecurity can keep pace
TSViPhoto/Shutterstock Scientists have crossed an important line in biological engineering. In a recent study, researchers used artificial intelligence to design complete sets of genetic instructions for bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. Some of those computer-generated… Read more: AI-designed viruses are a test of whether biosecurity can keep pace - China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI
Chinese AI companies such as Minimax made a big splash during the World AI Conference in Shanghai in July 2026. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you… Read more: China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI - Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers
When companies announce layoffs as a result of AI, they overlook the damaging effect on workers’ morale. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Business leaders and investors face a deepening paradox: Companies are pouring more money into artificial… Read more: Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers - Farmer Horrified as AI Gives Bad Advice That Kills 25 Acres of Crops
Whether you’re looking for medical advice or tips on industrial agriculture, one thing is abundantly clear: never trust an AI chatbot without first getting a second opinion, preferably from a human who has actual expertise… Read more: Farmer Horrified as AI Gives Bad Advice That Kills 25 Acres of Crops - The AI architecture decisions that cannot wait
Most enterprise AI transformation stories begin with the same ambition. Use AI to automate operations, improve forecasting, accelerate decision-making, and reduce the manual effort required to manage complex enterprise systems. In large SAP environments, however,… Read more: The AI architecture decisions that cannot wait - Agentic Observability Virtual Summit
Catch on every session from Agentic Observability Virtual Summit, with sessions from the likes of Paypal, Vodafone, Amazon, Google Deepmind and more. - Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big News
Last week, an AI newsroom beat mainstream journalists—including WIRED—to a story about OpenAI and hacking. It’s just the beginning. - The Job Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself
LemonLime cofounder Jordan Zietz hears your criticism loud and clear. That’s why he got his startup’s logo tattooed on his shoulder. - You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral. - InfraPartners, Phaidra Partner to Optimize AI Data Centers
Collaboration combines InfraPartners’ prefabricated AI data center solutions with Phaidra’s agentic technology to unlock greater productivity and speed across the design, build and operations of AI factories InfraPartners, a leader in prefabricated, fungible AI data… Read more: InfraPartners, Phaidra Partner to Optimize AI Data Centers - If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
From space to telecommunications, the US has a long history of fostering technology for the public good. These AI models could be aligned to democratic values, not corporate profits OpenAI, and then Anthropic, were each… Read more: If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders - AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?
The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come. The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. “Half” of all entry-level white… Read more: AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage? - Multi-tier storage rewrites the economics of AI inference
As inference becomes the dominant workload in AI infrastructure, multi-tier storage architectures are emerging as a key method for cost control and enhanced performance. These architectures combine flash, object storage and disk-based capacity tiers, enabling… Read more: Multi-tier storage rewrites the economics of AI inference - Real-time tax compliance puts agentic AI accuracy to the test
AI-powered tax compliance has to meet a standard that many artificial intelligence applications don’t: The answers must be exactly right. While large language models can generate unpredictable results, tax calculations require accuracy, speed and reliability… Read more: Real-time tax compliance puts agentic AI accuracy to the test - Snowflake moves enterprise AI beyond fragmented data pipelines
Data interoperability is quickly becoming a practical requirement for companies trying to move artificial intelligence into production. Picking the right model or adding computing capacity is only part of the job. Companies also need reliable… Read more: Snowflake moves enterprise AI beyond fragmented data pipelines - Anthropic to start watermarking Claude-generated text, images
Anthropic PBC has announced plans to embed an invisible watermark in text and images generated by Claude. The Register reported the change today, citing a help desk article published on Monday. It applies to the… Read more: Anthropic to start watermarking Claude-generated text, images - Google’s Gemini AI app passes 1 billion monthly active users
Google LLC’s Gemini artificial intelligence app has passed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the 14th product in the company’s history to reach that mark. The company announced the milestone today in a blog… Read more: Google’s Gemini AI app passes 1 billion monthly active users - Personalized AI startup River AI raises $1.1B from consortium backed by Nvidia, AMD
River AI Inc., a startup that helps enterprises customize open-source artificial intelligence models, has raised $1.1 billion in early-stage funding. The company stated in today’s announcement that it received the capital over two rounds, a… Read more: Personalized AI startup River AI raises $1.1B from consortium backed by Nvidia, AMD - Snowflake moves enterprise AI beyond fragmented data pipelines
Data interoperability is quickly becoming a practical requirement for companies trying to move artificial intelligence into production. Picking the right model or adding computing capacity is only part of the job. Companies also need reliable… Read more: Snowflake moves enterprise AI beyond fragmented data pipelines - Survey: AI Expands Attack Surfaces, M2M Security Is Blind Spot
The 2026 State of Secure AI Access report reveals security leaders are under near-universal pressure to deploy AI, yet just 15% are confident their current tools can protect it — with non-human identity and machine… Read more: Survey: AI Expands Attack Surfaces, M2M Security Is Blind Spot - Workiva: 1 in 4 Executives Say AI Errors Reached Boards
Although 84% of executives are at least somewhat confident in AI output without human review, only 11% believe their data quality is sufficient for AI use Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK), a leading, audit-ready platform for trust,… Read more: Workiva: 1 in 4 Executives Say AI Errors Reached Boards
