
- Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities
Before Ila Kumar thinks about how to build technology, she asks a different question: What is the context that technology will operate in, and who needs to be involved in the design? For Kumar, meaningful… Read more: Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities - ‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions… Read more: ‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us? - From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop
An EU export ban on Dutch tech giant ASML’s machines could force the pause we all need At this point, it should be clear that AI is a choose-your-own-adventure book where every option ends in… Read more: From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop - Bank of England governor warns of AI-related financial system risks
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey today warned that advanced artificial intelligence poses risks to financial infrastructure. Bailey outlined his concerns in a letter to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors. The document was… Read more: Bank of England governor warns of AI-related financial system risks - OpenAI Purchases Tens of Thousands of Mac minis, Mac Studios
OpenAI is reportedly buying tens of thousands of Mac mini and Mac Studio systems as AI labs find a new use for Apple hardware. The post OpenAI Purchases Tens of Thousands of Mac minis, Mac… Read more: OpenAI Purchases Tens of Thousands of Mac minis, Mac Studios - Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article
If you’re like many of our readers, you’ve got Ars Technica bookmarked and hit the front page a few times a day. But for others, a compelling story is what brings them here for the… Read more: Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article - Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak
The Trump administration is halting vital federal research on the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, despite the record-breaking, nationwide outbreak of the diarrheal pathogen, according to Politico. Of the three research programs that represent nearly all of… Read more: Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak - The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer’s indulgence
Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could drive the Supersports, as well as ride in a preproduction Torcal EV, which we wrote about last week. Ars does not… Read more: The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer’s indulgence - OpenAI says its ad business has already hit $1B in annualized revenue
OpenAI Group PBC today sought to justify its controversial decision to start running ads in ChatGPT several months ago, saying its new advertising business has now crossed the $1 billion annualized revenue run rate mark.… Read more: OpenAI says its ad business has already hit $1B in annualized revenue - As AI agents take on enterprise tasks, companies face a new battle over access and control
Enterprise private AI has moved past the pilot stage, and the shift is exposing an awkward gap. Agents that write code, process claims and run business workflows need models, tools and data to be useful,… Read more: As AI agents take on enterprise tasks, companies face a new battle over access and control - Rogue agents are forcing a governance reckoning as enterprises hand over the keys
Governance is moving into the foundations of enterprise AI infrastructure as autonomous agents graduate from experiments to mission-critical work. Companies that spent decades refining controls for human employees now manage a second workforce that has… Read more: Rogue agents are forcing a governance reckoning as enterprises hand over the keys - El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds
Every few years, El Niño or its cool counterpart, La Niña, shifts rainfall across the tropics, dries out Australia, floods parts of Peru, and rearranges the weather on most of the planet. The two are… Read more: El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds - Think twice before installing this device promising free movies
As online services get better at blocking malicious traffic, the attackers and scammers behind them have been forced to find new ways to reach their targets. The alternative of choice is now what are known… Read more: Think twice before installing this device promising free movies - Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds
The standard explanation for why rain causes corrosion is that water carries dissolved salts and acids to a surface, constant drumming of raindrops abrades whatever protective coating is on it, and oxygen does the rest.… Read more: Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds - “Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit
Some of the world’s leading music publishers think that Anthropic got off too light in a historic settlement where the Claude maker paid authors $1.5 billion after admitting to pirating more than 7 million books… Read more: “Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit - Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results “mixed”
President Trump yesterday demanded that the Federal Communications Commission punish or rebuke an NBC journalist for saying he has “mixed results” in his election endorsements. In the latest example of how Trump is using the… Read more: Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results “mixed” - Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes
It took three years, but Coyote vs. Acme is finally in theaters and delighting audiences of all ages with its irresistible blend of slapstick humor, pointed satire, and even a warm fuzzy here and there.… Read more: Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes - Agentic AI blows up the attack surface as security moves into the infrastructure layer
The enterprise attack surface is expanding rapidly as agentic AI brings a constantly shifting cloud infrastructure into play. That pace is pushing security decisions down toward the virtualization layer, where policy can be enforced without… Read more: Agentic AI blows up the attack surface as security moves into the infrastructure layer - MIT Quantum Initiative launches postdoctoral fellowship program
The MIT Quantum Initiative (QMIT) has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate interdisciplinary quantum research and develop the next generation of scientific leaders working at the frontiers of quantum science and technology. Supported by… Read more: MIT Quantum Initiative launches postdoctoral fellowship program - The Music Industry’s New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear
Dario Amodei’s Anthropic is facing yet another massive legal challenge. Sony Music and Warner, both juggernauts in the music publishing industry, filed a major lawsuit against the AI company late Friday night, accusing it of… Read more: The Music Industry’s New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear - Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario
When president Donald Trump, in his latest paroxysm, declared that he would be renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google instantly capitulated. So eager was it to realize his will that it actually renamed the… Read more: Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario - Trump says datacenter opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homes Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash,… Read more: Trump says datacenter opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’ - Perceptron AI Unveils Isaac 0.5, a Frontier Open-Weight Robotics Model
Perceptron’s Isaac 0.5 outperforms leading open robot models, including Physical Intelligence’s π0.5 and NVIDIA’s GR00T N1.7 Perceptron AI has launched Isaac 0.5, a 36-billion-parameter open-weight embodied foundation model that combines video understanding, embodied reasoning and… Read more: Perceptron AI Unveils Isaac 0.5, a Frontier Open-Weight Robotics Model - Replica Cyber Makes AI Automation Safer for Financial Institutions
New isolated environment architecture lets regulated institutions securely deploy autonomous AI agents, without losing the ability to see, stop, or account for what those agents do. Replica Cyber, the secure operations platform for all high-risk… Read more: Replica Cyber Makes AI Automation Safer for Financial Institutions - Together AI and HUMAIN Expand AI Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
The partnership, which was announced on stage at LEAP, Combines HUMAIN’s AI Infrastructure Foundation with Together’s AI Native Cloud Platform and Global Reach Together AI, a leading San Francisco-based AI Native Cloud platform, and HUMAIN,… Read more: Together AI and HUMAIN Expand AI Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia - Workday rethinks the enterprise workflow for AI agents
Enterprise AI agents promise to simplify everyday work, but delivering that experience requires far more than embedding AI into existing enterprise applications. Enterprise AI has expanded well beyond chatbots and copilots into workflows that affect… Read more: Workday rethinks the enterprise workflow for AI agents - Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Sam Altman
The AI industry has lost an astonishing amount of goodwill with the public. Once seen as exciting new tech that could make our lives easier and better, the construction of countless new data centers to… Read more: Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Sam Altman - Google Upgrades Gemini AI Video: What Omni 1.1 Changes for Creators
Google’s Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds video extensions, frame controls, cheaper previews and upscaled 4K output for AI video creators. The post Google Upgrades Gemini AI Video: What Omni 1.1 Changes for Creators appeared first… Read more: Google Upgrades Gemini AI Video: What Omni 1.1 Changes for Creators - On theCUBE Pod: Nvidia steamrolls expectations as Mythos shakes up cybersecurity
Nvidia Corp. might as well be swimming in money like Scrooge McDuck. The artificial intelligence firm had yet another astounding quarter, beating expectations for revenue. With that announcement came a slew of reports: Nvidia’s expanded… Read more: On theCUBE Pod: Nvidia steamrolls expectations as Mythos shakes up cybersecurity - OpenClaw just gave everyone version 2.0 and it comes with major updates
OpenClaw, the popular open-source personal agentic artificial intelligence framework, today announced the launch of version 2.0, the largest update in the agent’s history. Unlike a traditional chatbot like ChatGPT, which lives in a browser tab… Read more: OpenClaw just gave everyone version 2.0 and it comes with major updates - How to tackle the climate impact of datacentres | Letters
Datacentres should generate their own power and control their emissions, writes Richard Lamming, while Michael McClelland says we should reduce our digital communication. Plus a letter from Malcolm Fraser The case of future datacentres demanding… Read more: How to tackle the climate impact of datacentres | Letters - Google Sets February 2027 Deadline: Android Apps Must Meet New Memory Limits
Google is setting new Android app memory requirements for February 2027 as developers face stricter Play Store thresholds and rising RAM pressure. The post Google Sets February 2027 Deadline: Android Apps Must Meet New Memory… Read more: Google Sets February 2027 Deadline: Android Apps Must Meet New Memory Limits - ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds
Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment Doctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds. The groundbreaking technology has been… Read more: ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds - Meta Tests Robot Technicians: Inside Its Push to Automate Data Center Work
Meta is testing robots for data center maintenance, from swapping cables to restarting servers, raising questions about automation and IT staffing. The post Meta Tests Robot Technicians: Inside Its Push to Automate Data Center Work… Read more: Meta Tests Robot Technicians: Inside Its Push to Automate Data Center Work - Freed Announced the Launch of Clinical Evidence
Ask a clinical question in the middle of a visit and get an answer cited to the medical literature, now included in every Freed plan at no additional cost. Freed, the AI scribe trusted by… Read more: Freed Announced the Launch of Clinical Evidence - Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery challenges a key assumption about what the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees… Read more: Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution - Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. Researchers found that evolution instead appears to balance two competing styles of brain… Read more: Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth - NASA’s next “great observatory” begins mission to widen our view of the Universe
NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to reveal the mysterious forces… Read more: NASA’s next “great observatory” begins mission to widen our view of the Universe - A “quantum bath” puts quantum entanglement on autopilot
Physicists have demonstrated a new way to entangle distant quantum bits without the constant measurements and active control normally required. The team created a “quantum bath,” a shared environment filled with correlated microwave photons that… Read more: A “quantum bath” puts quantum entanglement on autopilot - Scientists discover two superconducting states hiding as one
Scientists have uncovered hidden complexity inside two ultrathin superconductors that seemed much simpler than they really are. Niobium diselenide and tantalum disulfide appeared to have a single superconducting state, but highly sensitive measurements revealed that… Read more: Scientists discover two superconducting states hiding as one - ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU’s toughest online safety rules
OpenAI’s ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher EU rules such as removing illegal content or face potential fines, the European Commission said on Monday, as Brussels grapples with how its existing digital regulation applies… Read more: ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU’s toughest online safety rules - Popular sweeteners may leave effects that last for generations
Two widely used zero-calorie sweeteners, sucralose and stevia, may have effects that linger far longer than the sweet taste itself. In mice, researchers found that both sweeteners altered the gut microbiome, reduced beneficial compounds produced… Read more: Popular sweeteners may leave effects that last for generations - Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic
Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there’s no doubt that they’re capable of imitating human traits — at least in text form — to a degree that would have flabbergasted even… Read more: Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic - ‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament
Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast… Read more: ‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament - AI is set to boost productivity and will have a ‘profound’ impact on the jobs market: Treasury
Artificial intelligence (AI) should help Australia achieve its long term productivity target, while having “profound” effects on the labour market. These are among the conclusions of a detailed analysis of the economic implications of AI… Read more: AI is set to boost productivity and will have a ‘profound’ impact on the jobs market: Treasury - Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by AI Waifu Spam
William “Sonny” Criss was the consummate working musician. Having started on the saxophone at 11 years old, Criss began his professional career filling in on gigs with bandleader Johnny Otis, before going on to play… Read more: Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by AI Waifu Spam - How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep
This is an adaption of a podcast interview 404 Media recorded with Erin West and Paul Raffile. Check out the whole thing here on YouTube. Erin West and Paul Raffile stepped out of their van… Read more: How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep - Knowledge graphs deliver the real-time context enterprises need to make AI explainable
As AI adoption accelerates and language models become commodities, enterprises are discovering that knowledge graphs provide the critical layer for turning scattered data into usable, real-time context for AI agents. That shift is playing out inside… Read more: Knowledge graphs deliver the real-time context enterprises need to make AI explainable - Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs
AI company faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar… Read more: Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs - Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity
Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have now shown a strong and repeatable piezoelectric effect. The unexpected discovery could open the door to diamond-powered… Read more: Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity - Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang
Rocky planets may have been able to start forming just 100 million years after the Big Bang, thanks to enormous early supernovae that scattered planet-building elements across space. Simulations found enough solid material and water… Read more: Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang - NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has launched on a million mile journey to L2, where it will scan huge portions of the cosmos for clues about dark matter, dark energy, and distant worlds. With survey speeds… Read more: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets - Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results.
The relatively recent rise of AI-assisted coding tools and the whole concept of “vibe coding” have effectively upended entire software development workflows. While these tools have been available to novice coders willing to put in… Read more: Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. - AI is hurting US politics. Here’s how candidates could use it for good | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
The technology can help candidates listen more deeply to voters, as examples from Japan and Scotland show There are plenty of signs that AI will make all of our experiences of the US midterm elections… Read more: AI is hurting US politics. Here’s how candidates could use it for good | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders - You Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters
Of the Glassdoor reviews from claims adjusters that mentioned AI, a staggering 98 percent were negative. “AI is just a tool,” one person tells WIRED. “It should never be given the keys.” - Nutanix Gives Enterprises Freedom to Run Agentic AI Their Way
NEWS SUMMARY Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) is being enhanced and expanded for production agentic AI with its dual-native architecture, including the introduction of Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) 2.8 and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 2.19. The… Read more: Nutanix Gives Enterprises Freedom to Run Agentic AI Their Way - Deep Cogito Raises $43M Series A to Advance Frontier AI
Founded by the team behind Google AI Search, Deep Cogito is building large-scale reinforcement learning and self-improvement systems for frontier AI. Its post-training engine powers both the Cogito family of open-weight models and specialized models… Read more: Deep Cogito Raises $43M Series A to Advance Frontier AI - Operant AI Unveils Semantic Firewall to Enforce AI Agent Intent in Real-Time
Operant Semantic Firewall understands the meaning behind every prompt, tool call, command, and data payload — enforcing allow/deny, or redact decisions inline at the speed of agents Operant AI, a leading startup in AI security,… Read more: Operant AI Unveils Semantic Firewall to Enforce AI Agent Intent in Real-Time - OnlyFans and AI training: why gen Z doesn’t care where our money comes from | Alice Lassman
With traditional goals such as stability and homeownership feeling out of reach, young people are focused on the present By now, we all know the shape of financial nihilism: the throw-your-money-at-anything reaction to the dissolution… Read more: OnlyFans and AI training: why gen Z doesn’t care where our money comes from | Alice Lassman - Warpify Robotics Raises Pre-Series A Funding for Global Expansion
Zhongguancun Zhongnuo Fund Backs International Commercialization, Platform Development and Partner Deployment Warpify Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., which operates Warpify Robotics as its global robotics brand, announced that it has completed a Pre-Series A funding round… Read more: Warpify Robotics Raises Pre-Series A Funding for Global Expansion - Corvex Appoints Garrett Brams to Lead Data Center Infra Development
Cushman & Wakefield managing director joins Corvex — will source the sites and power behind the company’s expanding AI Factory platform Corvex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE), an engineering-led AI computing platform specializing in GPU-accelerated infrastructure for AI… Read more: Corvex Appoints Garrett Brams to Lead Data Center Infra Development - Imagenet Announced the Acquisition of Analytica Consulting
Strategic acquisition combines Imagenet’s healthcare operations expertise with Analytica Consulting’s data engineering, analytics and AI capabilities to help organizations turn operational data into actionable intelligence. Imagenet, a technology-forward healthcare operations partner for payers, today announced… Read more: Imagenet Announced the Acquisition of Analytica Consulting - QuEra Uses AI to Accelerate Commercial Quantum Computing
An AI agent, Anthropic’s Claude, developed and validated the control logic for the laser system in a QuEra quantum computer, recovering it in seconds versus an expert needing minutes, and holding it steadier than a… Read more: QuEra Uses AI to Accelerate Commercial Quantum Computing - Where is AI headed? Two media theorists from the 1960s can help us figure it out
The 1960s were a time of great change in technology, culture and politics. Television was radically altering the media environment, and nobody was quite sure how to think about it. As the world struggles with… Read more: Where is AI headed? Two media theorists from the 1960s can help us figure it out - Advanced AI threatens global financial stability, says Bank of England boss
Andrew Bailey warns G20 members about risk of cyber-disruption spreading ‘across jurisdictions’ The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced… Read more: Advanced AI threatens global financial stability, says Bank of England boss - Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns
Exclusive: Patients identify errors in consultation transcripts that are missed by GPs, Healthwatch England finds AI technology that listens to and transcribes patients’ consultations with doctors can put them at risk by getting the names… Read more: Doctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns - How an MIT research project became a global programming language
It all started with some exasperated emails. Back in 2009, a group of researchers began venting their frustration with the programming languages designed to help scientists and other researchers perform complex mathematical operations and statistical… Read more: How an MIT research project became a global programming language - Black Box: episode 6 – Shut it down? – podcast
Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi looks into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for society Today in Focus is on a summer break and will be back with new… Read more: Black Box: episode 6 – Shut it down? – podcast - A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
Here at Ars, we’re intimately familiar with data leaks surrounding Valve’s games, hardware, and the workings of Steam itself. But nothing could have prepared us for this weekend’s “terarelease” encompassing more than 12TB of content… Read more: A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history - AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find
Damien Geso / Getty Images For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content… Read more: AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find - 41% of surveyed Australian teens now get their news from AI: new research
Towfiqu Barbhuiya/ Pexels The way Australians consume news has been changing for the past 30 years, ever since internet use became widespread. Long gone are the days when families routinely shared bits of the newspaper… Read more: 41% of surveyed Australian teens now get their news from AI: new research - Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference
As is standard procedure for major NASA missions, the US space agency held a post-launch news conference on Sunday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide information about how the Nancy Grace Roman… Read more: Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference - MIT Warns That AI Can Now Credibly Complete Pretty Much Any Undergrad Assignment, Considers Overhaul of Entire Educational Model
MIT is mulling an overhaul of its entire educational system in response to the threat posed by powerful AI models — a striking response to the tech from one of the planet’s most visible and… Read more: MIT Warns That AI Can Now Credibly Complete Pretty Much Any Undergrad Assignment, Considers Overhaul of Entire Educational Model - Panicking Tech Execs Try to Pivot Message on AI Data Centers
Data centers are wildly unpopular amongst the US population — so much so that grassroots opposition threatened some $130 billion in developments over the first three months of 2026 alone. Tech executives, as a result, are… Read more: Panicking Tech Execs Try to Pivot Message on AI Data Centers - Four safeguards to stop your AI agents from going rogue
Artificial intelligence agents are moving from experimentation to production, and with this shift, the stakes are rising. A coding agent at PocketOS recently deleted an entire production database. An agent at Meta exposed sensitive user… Read more: Four safeguards to stop your AI agents from going rogue - Why the next wave of AI startups won’t optimize infrastructure – until they have to
For most AI startups, infrastructure isn’t the first problem to solve; speed is. At the earliest stages, success is defined by how quickly a team can move from idea to product, from prototype to traction.… Read more: Why the next wave of AI startups won’t optimize infrastructure – until they have to - AI’s worst disasters will arrive unannounced | Letters
Dr Simon Nieder on the global efforts needed to curb the threats posed by AI. Plus letters from Dr Anthony Harris and David Kyler Timothy Garton Ash is right that serious artificial intelligence risks demand… Read more: AI’s worst disasters will arrive unannounced | Letters - This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole
Physicists have mathematically captured a bizarre “spacetime crystal” that can either dissolve or collapse into a microscopic black hole after only a tiny change in energy. Their breakthrough came from an unusual trick involving infinitely… Read more: This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole - 1.4-million-year-old footprints reveal a surprisingly large human relative
Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some individuals reaching surprisingly large, human-like body sizes. The tracks offer a rare glimpse of their social… Read more: 1.4-million-year-old footprints reveal a surprisingly large human relative - Microsoft Tokenmaxxing King Spent $28,000 on AI in a Single Month as Company Begs Employees to Tone Down the Ludicrous Costs
Microsoft employees are supposed to be using AI as much as possible. But wait, not like that! In internal tracker, one employee who worked in the Customer and Partner Solutions organization stood out from all… Read more: Microsoft Tokenmaxxing King Spent $28,000 on AI in a Single Month as Company Begs Employees to Tone Down the Ludicrous Costs - Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians
Building trade unions have made repeated overtures about their support for data centers in recent months, hailing them — despite their many, many drawbacks — as job creators. Now, leadership as well as the rank-and-file of… Read more: Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians - A cancer therapy put severe rheumatoid arthritis into remission
CAR T-cell therapy dramatically reduced disease activity in six people with severe rheumatoid arthritis that had resisted other treatments, with three achieving medication-free remission. The treatment may work by clearing out harmful immune cells and… Read more: A cancer therapy put severe rheumatoid arthritis into remission - Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion
Quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of gravity explain almost everything we see in nature, yet physicists still do not know how to unite them. A new theoretical framework suggests that some experiments that appear to… Read more: Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion - The next Cascadia megaquake could hit Oregon harder than expected
The Juan de Fuca plate beneath northern Oregon appears to be shallower than previously estimated, potentially making shaking from a future Cascadia megathrust earthquake significantly stronger. Scientists also found a deep basin beneath Tillamook that… Read more: The next Cascadia megaquake could hit Oregon harder than expected - Researchers unveil sustainable spirulina solution to vitamin B12 deficiency
Researchers have produced a form of Spirulina containing biologically active vitamin B12 at levels comparable to beef. By carefully controlling the light used to grow the algae, they overcame a major problem with conventional Spirulina,… Read more: Researchers unveil sustainable spirulina solution to vitamin B12 deficiency - Ancient Egyptian princesses were buried with weapons. Their bones reveal why
Weapons buried with ancient Egyptian princesses may have been more than ceremonial decorations. Researchers studying royal mummies from Dahshur found bone changes consistent with years of archery and other strenuous weapon use. Several women also… Read more: Ancient Egyptian princesses were buried with weapons. Their bones reveal why - Seven new frog species were hiding beneath Madagascar’s forest floor
Scientists have discovered seven new species of Madagascar’s elusive diamond frogs, using DNA from modern and century-old museum specimens to solve a long-running biological puzzle. The findings reveal surprising hidden diversity and could help protect… Read more: Seven new frog species were hiding beneath Madagascar’s forest floor - A new recipe unlocks “impossible” nanocrystals for LEDs, implants, and superconductors
Scientists have cracked a long-standing chemistry problem, creating nanocrystals from tough metal nitrides that were previously extremely difficult to produce at this scale. The breakthrough could turn familiar materials used in LEDs, implants, and superconductors… Read more: A new recipe unlocks “impossible” nanocrystals for LEDs, implants, and superconductors - Scientists discover a massive heat anomaly deep inside Mars
Mars has a hidden temperature divide, with its southern interior potentially hundreds of degrees hotter than the north and partially molten. The discovery could help explain several long-standing Martian mysteries, including unusual magnetism, seismic behavior,… Read more: Scientists discover a massive heat anomaly deep inside Mars - Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Hundreds of previously overlooked seismic events have been detected beneath Antarctica, including 245 near the marine edge of the Thwaites Glacier. Many appear to be glacial earthquakes caused when huge icebergs break off, capsize, and… Read more: Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier - HEPA air purifiers may boost brain function after just one month
Adults aged 40 and older performed about 12% faster on a test of executive function after using a HEPA air purifier at home for one month. The findings suggest that cleaner indoor air could offer… Read more: HEPA air purifiers may boost brain function after just one month - IBM quantum computer solves classically intractable problem in 15 minutes
IBM and University of Chicago researchers have completed a quantum computation that leading classical methods could not practically reproduce. The system used 70 error-corrected logical qubits and finished the task in roughly 15 minutes while… Read more: IBM quantum computer solves classically intractable problem in 15 minutes - Big business has shown small firms what to do – and what not to do – with AI | Gene Marks
Small business owners have watched large companies fumble – and sometimes succeed – with AI, and then use what works One thing I’ve learned about corporate America is that what it succeeds at ultimately trickles… Read more: Big business has shown small firms what to do – and what not to do – with AI | Gene Marks - Google’s Calling Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Now
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order demanding Lake Ontario be renamed to Lake America. At the signing of the order, he sat next to a big poster board map of the Great Lakes, with… Read more: Google’s Calling Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Now - The datacenter fight could permanently transform US politics. Which party will seize advantage?
The movement against datacenters are uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that impact our lives Bryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana… Read more: The datacenter fight could permanently transform US politics. Which party will seize advantage? - Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers
Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and handle other tasks inside its data centers, according to several current and former workers familiar with the projects. The ongoing effort, which has… Read more: Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers - Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored
Burnt out on wrist buzzes and notification overload? A new crop of minimalist wearables promises to collect your health data without demanding your attention. - Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report
Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexism Women working in the arts believe they do not have equal opportunities for roles, especially as they get… Read more: Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report - Doctors Just Used AI to Perform Brain Surgery
A team of neurosurgeons in London have used AI to help them operate on a man’s brain. The AI tool analyzed live footage of the operation and flagged key brain structures like nerves and blood… Read more: Doctors Just Used AI to Perform Brain Surgery - The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling
Earlier this year, OpenAI found that a group of its AI models broke out of their sandbox environment and hacked third opens source AI platform Hugging Face’s systems. The incident highlighted how quickly frontier AI… Read more: The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling
