
- Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission
Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets The post Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission appeared first on SpaceNews. - We Got Hot and Heavy with Meta’s Muse—And Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI. - Vinci targets faster chip design and simulation with physics-driven AI
Simulation is a hardware engineer’s best friend, adept at finding issues in product designs and avoiding a disastrous deployment. Yet the process of orchestrating simulations has required specialized skills and lots of time. A Silicon… Read more: Vinci targets faster chip design and simulation with physics-driven AI - How agents are stoking new interest in a 40-year-old database
For the fourth straight year, Stack Overflow’s Developer Survey has found that PostgreSQL tops the list of the database management systems developers prefer — and the favorability ratings even ticked up from last year. If… Read more: How agents are stoking new interest in a 40-year-old database - AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate
As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once “blank slate” cells begin to take on more specialized roles like brain, liver, or muscle cells, and organize themselves into three-dimensional structures… Read more: AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate - State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report finds corporate commitment at record high, but governance lags behind
When corporate leaders discuss climate strategy, the message that still dominates is that, despite competing priorities and external pressures, sustainability matters. According to the 2026 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report from the MIT Sustainable… Read more: State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report finds corporate commitment at record high, but governance lags behind - AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For
Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools. - Trump cancels Pentagon plans to livestream firing squad execution
On Thursday, Donald Trump called off the Pentagon’s highly controversial plans to livestream a firing squad execution that is still on schedule for December 3. Trump supports the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted… Read more: Trump cancels Pentagon plans to livestream firing squad execution - Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own
One reason plastics are used so often is that they’re chemically inert, meaning bags, food containers, and cups don’t react with what we put in them. Yet they can still break down into microplastics, which… Read more: Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own - Black Sea drone attacks enter NATO country’s territorial waters for first time
Russian drones are suspected of sinking a cargo ship and leaving chemical tankers ablaze near the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and Romania, respectively. The latest attacks mean that at least seven ships have been… Read more: Black Sea drone attacks enter NATO country’s territorial waters for first time - What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case.
The Liberty Bell, with its famous crack, hasn’t been rung in 180 years, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from pondering what the bell might have sounded like when tolling. In honor of the nation’s 250th… Read more: What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case. - The $5 Trillion AI Bet You’re Already Paying For
The people building AI say it poses an existential risk. Amba Kak thinks the bigger danger is not the machines, but the monopolies that own them, and that governments may already be slowly bailing them… Read more: The $5 Trillion AI Bet You’re Already Paying For - Companies that get hacked face stricter laws than firms unleashing rogue AI. We can fix that
Bolivia Inteligente/Unsplash, CC BY-NC The Australian government looks likely to introduce stronger legal checks on artificial intelligence (AI) companies to parliament early next year, after a bipartisan parliamentary committee released early recommendations in a letter… Read more: Companies that get hacked face stricter laws than firms unleashing rogue AI. We can fix that - Residents Reject $10,000 Each to Let a Data Center Set Up in Their Town
In the American psyche, data centers have become so reviled that big tech can’t even pay residents life changing money to welcome the facilities into their backyards. That’s not an exaggeration: voters in the former… Read more: Residents Reject $10,000 Each to Let a Data Center Set Up in Their Town - Nidal Hasan’s Public Execution Is Off, But Propagandists Are Still Using Him as a Martyr
Last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon would livestream the execution of convicted killer Nidal Hasan. Today, Trump said the execution would move forward but that it wouldn’t be livestreamed. But the… Read more: Nidal Hasan’s Public Execution Is Off, But Propagandists Are Still Using Him as a Martyr - The Guy Who Allegedly Bugged OpenAI’s Executive Conference Room Had Booked a One-Way Flight to Saudi Arabia With His Family
Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested last week after being accused of bugging an OpenAI executive conference room in San Francisco, nabbed by the FBI and charged with using a device to “intercept oral communications.”… Read more: The Guy Who Allegedly Bugged OpenAI’s Executive Conference Room Had Booked a One-Way Flight to Saudi Arabia With His Family - Nvidia Run Is Now Open Source: What’s Free and Paid
Nvidia has made its complete Run:ai GPU orchestration platform open source. Here’s what’s free, which support options cost money, and what IT teams still need to operate. The post Nvidia Run Is Now Open Source:… Read more: Nvidia Run Is Now Open Source: What’s Free and Paid - Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas
Coral-fringed tropical atolls are among the landforms most threatened by global warming, but many have a potential superpower: Healthy ecosystems may help them keep pace with rising seas. Atoll islands with native vegetation and thriving… Read more: Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas - Singer or clanker? YouTube Music will tell you with new gen AI labeling.
Genuine human creativity takes time, but you know what doesn’t? AI slop. There are countless AI models out there that can make something that passes for music, and you might come across those tracks on… Read more: Singer or clanker? YouTube Music will tell you with new gen AI labeling. - Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”
Following a string of incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing phases, the Federal Trade Commission is officially probing Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms, an insider told Axios. On… Read more: Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax” - Rocket Lab announces another delay for its medium-lift Neutron rocket
Rocket Lab announced Wednesday that its Neutron launch vehicle won’t fly until 2027, citing an issue discovered during manufacturing of the rocket’s carbon composite structures. The announcement was public confirmation of what nearly everyone inside… Read more: Rocket Lab announces another delay for its medium-lift Neutron rocket - IBM ties intelligent operations to agent safety and business value
Intelligent operations begin with a business question: What should artificial intelligence help an enterprise accomplish? As agents take on more work, organizations need an operating model that connects their actions to customer outcomes, infrastructure dependencies… Read more: IBM ties intelligent operations to agent safety and business value - Are you a creature or a machine? How to live in ecological community in a time of AI
Writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry wrote that, ‘the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.’ (Unsplash) We have… Read more: Are you a creature or a machine? How to live in ecological community in a time of AI - Pricefx Integrates With Databricks for AI-Powered Pricing Intelligence
New integration will let enterprises price directly on the data they already govern in Databricks, cutting implementation time, eliminating stale data, and turning lakehouse investments into margin Pricefx, a global leader in pricing intelligence for… Read more: Pricefx Integrates With Databricks for AI-Powered Pricing Intelligence - Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy
A website that was dedicated to the human endeavor of reverse engineering, “decompiling,” and modifying video games is shutting down because people using AI to clone and decompile games have fully overrun the community and… Read more: Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy - Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month
Consulting giant Accenture has told many employees that the company will now only spend $29 a month per person on Claude. Employees subject to the cap, some of whom had been spending as much as… Read more: Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month - Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating?
From chat-up lines to social coaching, we’d like to hear from people who use AI to assist them navigating the online dating world We’d like to understand more about the different ways that people are… Read more: Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating? - OpenAI Hit With Stack of Lawsuits Over ChatGPT Allegedly Coaching Children to Harm Themselves
Eight states sued OpenAI this week, alleging that the AI company caused severe harm to users, many of them underage, while downplaying the risks of its technology. Filed individually in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas,… Read more: OpenAI Hit With Stack of Lawsuits Over ChatGPT Allegedly Coaching Children to Harm Themselves - YouTube Music Rolls Out Labels for AI-Generated Songs
YouTube Music is adding labels to AI-generated songs. Learn what the badges reveal, how disclosures work, and why unlabeled tracks offer no guarantee. The post YouTube Music Rolls Out Labels for AI-Generated Songs appeared first… Read more: YouTube Music Rolls Out Labels for AI-Generated Songs - Nvidia expands Nemotron LLM family with hyper-efficient models for agentic systems
Nvidia Corp. today announced the launch of customizable Nemotron 3.5 Super LV large language models for always-on artificial intelligence agents and edge-focused 3.5 Bolt for local systems. The company said the three new models will… Read more: Nvidia expands Nemotron LLM family with hyper-efficient models for agentic systems - Groundcover Adds Agent-to-Agent Observability Across IDEs and Slack
External AI agents like Claude, Cursor, Kiro and Codex can now query groundcover’s production data directly or delegate deep investigations to its observability agent groundcover, the world’s leading bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC), eBPF and OpenTelemetry (OTel)-native observability… Read more: Groundcover Adds Agent-to-Agent Observability Across IDEs and Slack - BOXX Technologies Launches BOXX Design Solutions
Capability and service combines engineering and strategic expertise to create purpose-built, custom solutions for AI infrastructure and demanding applications BOXX Technologies, a leading innovator in technical design and specialized computing, today announced BOXX Design Solutions,… Read more: BOXX Technologies Launches BOXX Design Solutions - MacPaw Launches Eney AI Assistant for Mac and iPhone: Price and Features
MacPaw launches Eney for Mac and iPhone, with proactive task suggestions, meeting notes, app integrations, approval controls, and a free 14-day trial. The post MacPaw Launches Eney AI Assistant for Mac and iPhone: Price and… Read more: MacPaw Launches Eney AI Assistant for Mac and iPhone: Price and Features - EU Questions OpenAI, Anthropic Over AI Agent Security Incidents
The EU is questioning OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agent security incidents, raising questions about the AI Act’s reach into model development and testing. The post EU Questions OpenAI, Anthropic Over AI Agent Security Incidents… Read more: EU Questions OpenAI, Anthropic Over AI Agent Security Incidents - Microsoft Maia 300 vs Nvidia Rubin: Specs, Not Benchmarks
Microsoft Maia 300 and Nvidia Rubin target different AI infrastructure needs. Compare their memory, bandwidth, efficiency claims, availability, and deployment options. The post Microsoft Maia 300 vs Nvidia Rubin: Specs, Not Benchmarks appeared first on… Read more: Microsoft Maia 300 vs Nvidia Rubin: Specs, Not Benchmarks - Cerebras highlights inference speed advantage in agentic workflows
Agentic workflows are making speed a condition for whole classes of AI applications to exist, and the fastest tokens will determine which platforms win the next phase of AI. Cerebras Systems Inc., which raised $5.5… Read more: Cerebras highlights inference speed advantage in agentic workflows - Startup nFox to open-source its ‘sandbox’ for open AI models
Artificial intelligence governance startup nFOX Lab today launched a platform for managing owned large language models and announced plans to open-source Blockhouse, a security sandbox designed to restrict what AI workloads can access and do.… Read more: Startup nFox to open-source its ‘sandbox’ for open AI models - Elon Musk Says He’s Been Struggling With AI Psychosis
Can you believe it? Elon Musk — a man known for posting AI slop glorifying himself, who believes his “maximum truth-seeking AI” Grok will unlock the secrets of the universe, and believes multiple conspiracy theories… Read more: Elon Musk Says He’s Been Struggling With AI Psychosis - ChatGPT Ads Target Your Phone Number, Email
There is a lot of stuff about how creepy ad targeting is in today’s newsletter. Our first story is one I did, about how advertisers — or really anyone with 5 minutes on their hands… Read more: ChatGPT Ads Target Your Phone Number, Email - How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email
OpenAI lets anyone inject ads into ChatGPT users’ sessions, targeting specific groups of people based on their email address, phone number, or a unique identifier on their phone, according to 404 Media’s own tests of… Read more: How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email - If AI Models Are Really Conscious Like Anthropic Keeps Suggesting, Forcing Them to Work Is a Horrendous Act of Slavery
Anthropic has long tried to distinguish itself from its neck-in-neck competition by posturing itself as the adult in the room: a responsible company that’s willing to put its money where its mouth is, slow down… Read more: If AI Models Are Really Conscious Like Anthropic Keeps Suggesting, Forcing Them to Work Is a Horrendous Act of Slavery - Descope Wins 2026 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for MFA Solutions
Award recognizes Descope’s adaptive MFA that challenges risky logins and sensitive actions, including actions taken by AI agents, while legitimate users sign in without extra steps Descope, a developer-friendly customer and agentic identity platform, today announced… Read more: Descope Wins 2026 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for MFA Solutions - Rare study reveals a striking divide inside an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain
A rare examination of an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain revealed that regions cleared of amyloid plaques had remarkably little of the harmful tau buildup associated with memory loss, while neighboring areas showed extensive damage. The discovery… Read more: Rare study reveals a striking divide inside an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain - Scientists discover a surprising danger in smaller cancer cells
Scientists have discovered that unusually small cancer cells carrying extra chromosomes can be far more aggressive than larger ones, growing faster, spreading more readily, and resisting common treatments. The surprising finding could help explain why… Read more: Scientists discover a surprising danger in smaller cancer cells - A fungus is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists just found a new defense
Scientists have discovered a potential new weapon against a devastating fungus that threatens rice, wheat, and barley worldwide. By engineering a special type of plant immune receptor, researchers created defenses capable of recognizing multiple fungal… Read more: A fungus is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists just found a new defense - Do you think teachers are similar to coaches, pastors or something else? It depends on where you live
People across the U.S., England and Australia agree that teachers are most like coaches when considering comparable professions. Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty Images Plus Three answers, three countries, one open-ended question: “Teaching is similar to… Read more: Do you think teachers are similar to coaches, pastors or something else? It depends on where you live - As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it?
If AI systems have been humming along nicely for weeks or months at a stretch, will the human overseeing them be able to take over when things go wrong? Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images Imagine… Read more: As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it? - Arctic sea ice hits another troubling low in 2026
Arctic sea ice is shrinking in both winter and summer, with satellite records revealing that the region’s remaining ice is becoming thinner, younger, and more vulnerable to melting. Despite a recent slowdown in summer losses,… Read more: Arctic sea ice hits another troubling low in 2026 - Mysterious brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness
Even under general anesthesia, the human brain can analyze language, recognize different types of words, and predict what comes next in a story, according to a surprising discovery by Baylor researchers. The findings challenge our… Read more: Mysterious brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness - Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse
When many rural Americans flock to the polls on November 3rd, a crucial issue will be looming over the voting booths: AI data centers. According to new polling by YouGov and the Economist, data centers… Read more: Data Centers Are Driving Conservative Rural Voters to The Democratic Party En Masse - Data Centers Are War Targets Now
Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s largest data center on Wednesday. This was Ukraine’s fourth strike on Russian data centers in the past week and confirmation of a new reality of war: data centers are valuable enemy… Read more: Data Centers Are War Targets Now - ServiceNow adds AI agent controls and employee automation tools
ServiceNow Inc. today announced new controls for governing artificial intelligence agents alongside updates to its EmployeeWorks information portal (pictured) that let employees build specialized assistants and automate routine tasks without writing code. The announcements address… Read more: ServiceNow adds AI agent controls and employee automation tools - Regula Identity Verification Platform Bags 2026 Merit Technology Award
Regula IDV Platformhas received an award in the Identity, Access Management (IAM) & Authentication subcategory of the 2026 Merit Technology Awards. Designed for organizations in high-risk industries, Regula IDV Platform is an enterprise-grade identity lifecycle… Read more: Regula Identity Verification Platform Bags 2026 Merit Technology Award - Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – video
Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of data to provide… Read more: Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – video - Harmonic Security Raises $50M Series B to Expand Safe AI Adoption
Crosspoint Capital leads new oversubscribed $50M Series B round with participation from existing investors bringing total funding to $76M Harmonic Security, the workforce AI security platform, today announced a $50 million Series B round led… Read more: Harmonic Security Raises $50M Series B to Expand Safe AI Adoption - Reply Announced the Introduction of Symbiosis
Reply [EXM, STAR: REY] introduces Symbiosis, an AI-driven operating model designed for enterprises integrating generative AI and agentic systems into their operating processes. Supported by a dedicated platform, Symbiosis connects strategy, portfolio management and execution,… Read more: Reply Announced the Introduction of Symbiosis - Tech market sell-off deepens amid fears over US inflation and AI debt
Chip makers and tech investors such as Samsung and SoftBank plunge as global investors fret over potential interest rate hikes Business news – live updates Larry Elliott: the global economy is muddling through. But a… Read more: Tech market sell-off deepens amid fears over US inflation and AI debt - Lumana and Convergint Partner to Expand AI Video Security Solutions
Convergint Technology Centers to design, deploy and service Lumana’s AI video security platform across existing camera infrastructures worldwide Lumana, a leading provider of AI video security solutions, and Convergint, the leading global services platform for… Read more: Lumana and Convergint Partner to Expand AI Video Security Solutions - Milyli Unveils AI-Powered Redaction for Blackout
Milyli today announced the release of Automated AI Redaction for Blackout, its industry-leading redaction and data protection platform. Powered by Azure Language through Foundry Tools, the new capabilities allow organizations to accelerate review workflows, reduce… Read more: Milyli Unveils AI-Powered Redaction for Blackout - FormativGroup Announced the Acquisition of Saige Consulting
Backed by Rockbridge Growth Equity, FormativGroup today announced the acquisition of Saige Consulting, an AI and technology consulting firm that connects business strategy with emerging technology solutions to modernize operational systems and workflows. FormativGroup’s strengths… Read more: FormativGroup Announced the Acquisition of Saige Consulting - A forgotten fossil reveals a fearsome dinosaur with giant claws
A 120-million-year-old fossil forgotten in a museum for nearly a century has revealed a terrifying new dinosaur that may have been more dangerous to humans than a T. rex. The tiger-sized predator also provides the… Read more: A forgotten fossil reveals a fearsome dinosaur with giant claws - Scientists reveal 93% of Australia’s Indigenous population was lost in just 73 years
A groundbreaking study suggests that 2.22 million Indigenous Australians lived on the continent before European colonization, far more than previously believed. Researchers estimate that 93% of this population was lost within 73 years, revealing a… Read more: Scientists reveal 93% of Australia’s Indigenous population was lost in just 73 years - Poland looks to economic heights in a country transformed since Soviet days
In the final part of our series on the country, Poles tell how wages have soared – along with the cost of living Above the rain-soaked streets of Warsaw, the observation deck of the Varso… Read more: Poland looks to economic heights in a country transformed since Soviet days - The global economy is muddling through against the odds. But a storm is coming | Larry Elliott
Finance ministers gathering for the IMF annual meeting know the need for multilateral cooperation to deal with many crises. There is little chance of that Not much has gone right for the global economy this… Read more: The global economy is muddling through against the odds. But a storm is coming | Larry Elliott - Q&A: The “collision” between AI, your brain, and society
As artificial intelligence use becomes more widespread, scholars are working to understand its effects on the people who use it. MIT Professor Eric So offers one of the most complete syntheses yet, in his new… Read more: Q&A: The “collision” between AI, your brain, and society - Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast
Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of data to provide… Read more: Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast - Ahead of IPO, Anthropic reveals its revenue grew 45% sequentially to $16.8B in Q3
Anthropic PBC pulled in $16.8 billion in revenue during the third quarter, according to a report today by the Financial Times — and also achieved profitability on an adjusted basis for the first time. The… Read more: Ahead of IPO, Anthropic reveals its revenue grew 45% sequentially to $16.8B in Q3 - NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping
Suspected Russian drone attacks sank a cargo ship and forced the evacuation of another vessel within two dozen miles of the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea on October 13. The latest attacks mean… Read more: NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping - Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
Nearly eight years after Epic took on Steam with its own Game Store and launcher, the Fortnite maker is deploying a new tool to give it an edge over Valve: vibe coding. In announcing the… Read more: Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam - Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
Earlier this week, a mass hack of refrigeration systems at an estimated 700 supermarkets throughout France caused them to suddenly malfunction, causing spoilage of untold tons of perishables and, in some cases, fires. As is… Read more: Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security - Grok Voice 3.0 from SpaceXSI outscores OpenAI and Google on speech-to-speech index
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company SpaceXSI, formerly xAI, today released Grok Voice 3.0, a new version of the speech-to-speech model behind its Voice Agent API. Independent testing firm Artificial Analysis ranks it first among models… Read more: Grok Voice 3.0 from SpaceXSI outscores OpenAI and Google on speech-to-speech index - Google Makes It Easier to Put Your Own AI-Built App on Android
Google lets eligible users run AI-built Android apps through Google Play without a developer account. Learn who can use it and what limits to check. The post Google Makes It Easier to Put Your Own… Read more: Google Makes It Easier to Put Your Own AI-Built App on Android - Software development and rules stability: Prototype racing in 2030
IMSA provided accommodation so Ars could attend the Petit Le Mans. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. The rising tide that has been the Drive to Survive effect has lifted more boats in motorsport… Read more: Software development and rules stability: Prototype racing in 2030 - Georgia man sues Flock, sheriff’s office over alleged ALPR-fueled retaliation
A small-business owner in Georgia has sued Flock and the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office over alleged retaliation using license plate cameras. “[The lawsuit] alleges illegal [license plate tracking] searches over many months without probable cause… Read more: Georgia man sues Flock, sheriff’s office over alleged ALPR-fueled retaliation - Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet
Schools and libraries from around the US pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission to drop the idea of ending E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year program that connects students and library visitors to the Internet. FCC Chairman… Read more: Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet - OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device
Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown An OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files… Read more: OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device - Things are finally looking up for NASA’s first missions to Venus in a generation
Most planetary scientists will tell you the heyday of Venus exploration was more than a generation ago. That is about to change. Two NASA missions are on track to launch to Venus in the early… Read more: Things are finally looking up for NASA’s first missions to Venus in a generation - AI Agent Blamed for Deleting Entire Upcoming Season of TV Show
Did a dog eat your homework? Or maybe an AI obliterated your files? In a world of Claudes and Muses, it’s common for an AI agent to run amok, and even more fashionable to blame… Read more: AI Agent Blamed for Deleting Entire Upcoming Season of TV Show - Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit
US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users Eight US states sued OpenAI Wednesday, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse.… Read more: Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit - AI cloud startup Modal raises $750M at $15.75B valuation
Modal Labs Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence infrastructure, today announced that it has raised $750 million in funding. Accel led the Series D round. It was joined by Kleiner Perkins and a half-dozen existing… Read more: AI cloud startup Modal raises $750M at $15.75B valuation - Steering AI Beyond Automation
By Gabriel Unger and Arvind Narayanan. Unger is an economist at Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab. One of the most fundamental questions for the field of AI today is: to what extent is the project of… Read more: Steering AI Beyond Automation - Legendary FPS level designer Richard “Levelord” Gray dies at 68
Prolific first-person shooter level designer Richard “Levelord” Gray died Monday at the age of 68, based on reports shared on social media by Apogee Entertainment yesterday. He had “dealt with cancer on and off for… Read more: Legendary FPS level designer Richard “Levelord” Gray dies at 68 - Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
It took OpenAI two days to notice that a recording device was hidden in a restricted executive conference room where leadership met to discuss highly confidential information, including technical progress, government engagements, and commercial partnerships.… Read more: Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room - Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
A protein is a chain of amino acids held together by what are called peptide bonds. On their own, those bonds are extremely stable; they’re estimated to have a half-life of several hundred years. But… Read more: Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins - Other AI Companies Should Be Very Afraid of What Just Happened to Character.AI, According to Its Own Bankruptcy Documents
So far, the top AI companies have been sustained by constant injections of massive investment. But what happens when the funds stop coming in and they’re expected to survive on their own revenue? The fate… Read more: Other AI Companies Should Be Very Afraid of What Just Happened to Character.AI, According to Its Own Bankruptcy Documents - Greta Gerwig channels Bowie in psychedelic The Magician’s Nephew trailer
Director Greta Gerwig could have made pretty much any movie she wanted after 2023’s Barbie racked up nearly $1.5 billion at the box office. She chose to make Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew for Netflix, an… Read more: Greta Gerwig channels Bowie in psychedelic The Magician’s Nephew trailer - AI can predict intimate partner violence before survivors disclose. But should it?
Artificial intelligence (AI) can now flag people who may be at elevated risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) years before they disclose the violence or seek help for it within the health-care system. But what… Read more: AI can predict intimate partner violence before survivors disclose. But should it? - Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story
Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short story after… Read more: Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story - OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually
Accounts for the Westminster-based company behind ChatGPT show that 110 staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares last year OpenAI’s London staff each received £2,318,181 on average last year, as the ChatGPT-maker poured… Read more: OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually - AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED. - Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-24B-A2B for Local AI Workflows
Liquid AI releases an open-weight model for local AI agents. Explore its reported performance, hardware requirements, privacy risks and licensing limits. The post Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-24B-A2B for Local AI Workflows appeared first on TechRepublic. - AMD Introduces Helion Rack Design for Agentic AI Workloads
AMD introduces Helion, an open rack design for agentic AI. Explore CPU and GPU options, planned availability, and what IT teams should assess before deployment. The post AMD Introduces Helion Rack Design for Agentic AI… Read more: AMD Introduces Helion Rack Design for Agentic AI Workloads - Could AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons?
Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence… Read more: Could AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons? - People Are Already Forming Romantic Relationships With Meta’s Muse
For almost half a decade, we’ve watched as users became helplessly romantic with AI chatbots, falling head over heels for large language model-based partners in relationships that can have both positive and plenty of negative… Read more: People Are Already Forming Romantic Relationships With Meta’s Muse - Reform UK politician appears to use smart glasses as teleprompter during Senedd debate – video
Jason O’Connell is suspected of having used smart glasses that turned his lenses into tiny teleprompters. Periodic flashing in his spectacles could be seen as the Senedd member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr spoke for five… Read more: Reform UK politician appears to use smart glasses as teleprompter during Senedd debate – video - To unlock Britain’s innovation potential, Labour needs to think outside the box | Letters
Kate Fleming says the government must look beyond the models it rewards today, while Jenny Haigh says unlocking potential means recognising that creativity and science are partners Gordon Brown wants Britain to invent, invest in… Read more: To unlock Britain’s innovation potential, Labour needs to think outside the box | Letters - Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps
Ukrainian troops have been caught off guard by restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet systems that disrupted frontline operations, while Kyiv received no warning from its partners of a Russian missile attack on its… Read more: Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps - Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out
In 2021, Texas suffered the worst energy infrastructure failure in state history, following three severe winter storms in February. At least 246 people were killed as a result of the disruptions, which led to food,… Read more: Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out - Can AI help ‘humanise’ museums? New report reminds us why art matters in a changing world
The cover of a new report on AI from a US museum thinktank restyles the Sistine Chapel’s Creation of Adam, with the hand of God replaced by a Terminator-style robotic one. So far so obvious.… Read more: Can AI help ‘humanise’ museums? New report reminds us why art matters in a changing world - Workday Launches Work Intelligence to Identify Jobs and Tasks AI Could Change
Workday unveils Work Intelligence to help employers assess AI automation, employee skills, hiring needs and workforce development as job responsibilities evolve. The post Workday Launches Work Intelligence to Identify Jobs and Tasks AI Could Change… Read more: Workday Launches Work Intelligence to Identify Jobs and Tasks AI Could Change
