
- For the first time, scientists pinpoint the brain cells behind depression
Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a clearer picture of what is happening inside the brain. By analyzing donated brain tissue with advanced genetic… Read more: For the first time, scientists pinpoint the brain cells behind depression - Sony AI robot beats players as humanoid robot wins Beijing race
An autonomous table tennis robot developed by Sony AI has competed against and defeated high-level human players in regulated matches, according to Reuters. The system is part of a broader category often referred to as… Read more: Sony AI robot beats players as humanoid robot wins Beijing race - ChapsVision Launches ChapsAgents for Trusted Enterprise AI
ChapsVision, a global leader in AI and data solutions, today announced the general availability of ChapsAgents, its flagship platform designed to configure, deploy, orchestrate, and govern an entire ecosystem of AI agents across the enterprise. ChapsAgents empowers… Read more: ChapsVision Launches ChapsAgents for Trusted Enterprise AI - 10Pearls Recognized on NVTC’s AI50 for Enterprise AI Leadership
10Pearls, a global digital engineering firm helping enterprises operationalize AI at scale, has been named to the Northern Virginia Technology Council AI50 Awards, recognizing companies shaping the future of artificial intelligence across the National Capital… Read more: 10Pearls Recognized on NVTC’s AI50 for Enterprise AI Leadership - OpsGuru Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS
OpsGuru, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, announced today the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), reinforcing its position as the leading cloud and AI partner for businesses of… Read more: OpsGuru Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS - Ping Identity Wins 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year for IAM
Award highlights joint leadership in modernizing and extending identity controls into real-time AI-driven environments Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world’s largest enterprises, announced today that it has received the 2026… Read more: Ping Identity Wins 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year for IAM - 289-million-year-old mummified reptile reveals how breathing began on land
A remarkably preserved, mummified reptile from 289 million years ago is rewriting what we know about how animals first breathed on land. This tiny creature, Captorhinus aguti, reveals the earliest known version of the rib-powered… Read more: 289-million-year-old mummified reptile reveals how breathing began on land - This ancient crocodile relative grew up on four legs then walked on two
A bizarre crocodile relative from the age of dinosaurs is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about ancient reptiles. This poodle-sized creature, called Sonselasuchus cedrus, appears to have started life walking on all fours before… Read more: This ancient crocodile relative grew up on four legs then walked on two - Scientists discover hidden forces are warping Earth deep beneath the surface
Scientists have mapped how Earth’s deepest mantle is being deformed—and the results point to long-lost tectonic plates buried thousands of kilometers underground. Using a massive global dataset of seismic waves, they found that most deformation… Read more: Scientists discover hidden forces are warping Earth deep beneath the surface - This new brain-like chip could slash AI energy use by 70%
A breakthrough in brain-inspired computing could make today’s energy-hungry AI systems far more efficient. Researchers have engineered a new nanoelectronic device using a modified form of hafnium oxide that mimics how neurons process and store… Read more: This new brain-like chip could slash AI energy use by 70% - To be human is to live with friction. That’s something AI boosters will never understand | Alexander Hurst
We’re being sold a world where there’s no room for reflection or spontaneity. This is the Black Mirror stage of capitalism How fast do you have to strike a match to get it to light?… Read more: To be human is to live with friction. That’s something AI boosters will never understand | Alexander Hurst - This simple fatty acid could restore failing vision
Scientists at UC Irvine have found a way to potentially reverse age-related vision loss by targeting the ELOVL2 “aging gene” and restoring vital fatty acids in the retina. Their experiments in mice show that supplementing… Read more: This simple fatty acid could restore failing vision - Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage
Crypto scammers are targeting the thousands of ships stranded near the Strait of Hormuz—and at least one ship that faced Iranian gunfire may have been tricked into believing it had paid Iran for safe passage.… Read more: Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage - Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn’t Exist
“To be clear, we were never approached … nor were we in any discussions regarding a partnership or tour access,” a spokesperson for the artist tells WIRED. - Tesla reports Q1 2026 earnings: Still profitable
Tesla published its quarterly financials ahead of an investor call this afternoon. The maker of electric vehicles has become an increasingly polarized brand but a valuable one: $1.21 trillion at the time of writing. And… Read more: Tesla reports Q1 2026 earnings: Still profitable - RFK Jr. won’t back CDC director on vaccines as agency scraps positive data
While the Trump administration has reportedly tried to rein in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s widely unpopular anti-vaccine agenda, the political strategy is not working when it comes to words or actions. Kennedy on… Read more: RFK Jr. won’t back CDC director on vaccines as agency scraps positive data - Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
Two gamers who want tariff refunds sued Nintendo of America yesterday, alleging that the company intends to pocket refunds received from the government instead of giving money back to consumers who paid higher prices. The… Read more: Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead - Our newsroom AI policy
Earlier this year, we committed to publishing a reader-facing explanation of how Ars Technica uses, and doesn’t use, generative AI. Translating our internal policy into a reader-facing document that meets our standards for clarity and… Read more: Our newsroom AI policy - Rogue Group Gains Access to Anthropic’s Dangerous New Mythos AI
Remember Claude Mythos, Anthropic’s new AI model that it hyped as being so powerful that it was too dangerous to release to the public? Well, it’s already been broken into, according to new reporting from… Read more: Rogue Group Gains Access to Anthropic’s Dangerous New Mythos AI - Mozilla Fixes 271 Firefox Bugs Using Anthropic’s Mythos AI
Mozilla says Firefox 150 patches 271 vulnerabilities found with Anthropic’s restricted Mythos AI, highlighting how quickly AI-driven bug hunting is accelerating. The post Mozilla Fixes 271 Firefox Bugs Using Anthropic’s Mythos AI appeared first on… Read more: Mozilla Fixes 271 Firefox Bugs Using Anthropic’s Mythos AI - Vonage, Girls Who Code Show What ‘Responsible AI’ Looks Like
Vonage’s partnership with Girls Who Code is more than feel-good philanthropy; it’s a blueprint for building diverse AI talent pipelines. The post Vonage, Girls Who Code Show What ‘Responsible AI’ Looks Like appeared first on… Read more: Vonage, Girls Who Code Show What ‘Responsible AI’ Looks Like - AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling
At Data Center World, experts explain how generative and agentic AI are reshaping data center power, cooling, and infrastructure demands. The post AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling appeared first… Read more: AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling - Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting released—with a killer trailer
Warner Bros.’ bizarre 2023 decision to shelve its live-action/animated film, Coyote vs. Acme, sparked outrage both in the industry and among fans online. But the film is finally being released, and Ketchup Entertainment, its new… Read more: Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting released—with a killer trailer - Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan
Anthropic caused a stir among developers with what appeared to be a surprise change to its pricing plan: The company signaled that Claude Code, the popular agentic development tool, would no longer be available to… Read more: Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan - Teaching AI models to say “I’m not sure”
Confidence is persuasive. In artificial intelligence systems, it is often misleading. Today’s most capable reasoning models share a trait with the loudest voice in the room: They deliver every answer with the same unshakable certainty,… Read more: Teaching AI models to say “I’m not sure” - Leak Shows ICE Planning to Use Facial Recognition Glasses to Identify Targets in Real Time
Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureaucrats are reportedly planning to use specialty facial recognition glasses to collect data on Americans in real time, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein revealed. Financial statements viewed by Klippenstein point to the… Read more: Leak Shows ICE Planning to Use Facial Recognition Glasses to Identify Targets in Real Time - Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat
Microsoft released an emergency patch for its ASP.NET Core to fix a high-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on devices that use the Web development framework to run Linux or macOS… Read more: Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat - You want your Moon landings in HDTV? So does NASA—here’s how it’s happening.
During most of the Artemis II mission, the crew of four astronauts beamed back low-definition video, both from inside the spacecraft and from exterior views of the Moon. It was exhilarating stuff, but in a… Read more: You want your Moon landings in HDTV? So does NASA—here’s how it’s happening. - Tenarai Appoints Shashank Samant to its Board of Directors
Former GlobalLogic CEO and Hitachi Apex Executive to Fuel Tenarai’s Global Expansion of Enterprise AI Solutions Following its launch as the enterprise AI acceleration company, Tenarai (formerly Infogain), today announced the appointment of Shashank Samant to its… Read more: Tenarai Appoints Shashank Samant to its Board of Directors - Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the “agentic era”
Most of the companies that have fully committed to building AI models are gobbling up every Nvidia AI accelerator they can get, but Google has taken a different approach. Most of its cloud AI infrastructure… Read more: Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the “agentic era” - SpaceX Admits AI Data Centers in Space May Be a Really Terrible Idea
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been adamant that putting enormous AI data centers in Earth’s orbit is a “no-brainer.” At the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year, Musk claimed that the unconstrained solar… Read more: SpaceX Admits AI Data Centers in Space May Be a Really Terrible Idea - Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war
Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risks The Pentagon is aiming to increase funding more than a hundredfold for an autonomous drone warfare program, according to budget… Read more: Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war - 5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good
The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled. AI’s social skills may be just as dangerous. - What Trump’s Bible stunt says about his complicated history with Christianity
On Tuesday, the president read from the Bible in a taped message. Religious scholars were not impressed This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every… Read more: What Trump’s Bible stunt says about his complicated history with Christianity - Today Is the Day Anthropic Promised That Fully Autonomous Employees Would Be Tearing Through the Business World
A year ago today, AI giant Anthropic’s Chief Information Security Officer, Jason Clinton, made a bold pronouncement: within the next year, AI-powered employees will begin traipsing around the virtual innards of big companies around the… Read more: Today Is the Day Anthropic Promised That Fully Autonomous Employees Would Be Tearing Through the Business World - New court ruling blocks many of the government’s anti-renewable policies
On Tuesday, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction blocking the US government from applying a range of restrictions on renewable power development, at least for the parties in the… Read more: New court ruling blocks many of the government’s anti-renewable policies - Physicists think they’ve solved the muon mystery
Physicists have spent the last 20 years pondering an apparent discrepancy between experimental results and theoretical predictions for the magnetic properties of the muon, the electron’s heavier cousin—a mismatch that hinted at a possible fifth… Read more: Physicists think they’ve solved the muon mystery - Fivetran Surpasses 18 Trillion Monthly Rows in BigQuery
Fivetran momentum driven by customer growth, trillion-row data scale and continued platform innovation Fivetran, the data foundation for AI, today announced that customers ingested more than 18 trillion monthly active rows into BigQuery in 2025,… Read more: Fivetran Surpasses 18 Trillion Monthly Rows in BigQuery - Tabloid reports linking 10 missing and dead scientists spur FBI probe
The US is investigating a possible conspiracy after at least 10 scientists connected to US nuclear secrets and rocket technology went missing or died under shadowy circumstances over the past few years. Pointing to tabloid… Read more: Tabloid reports linking 10 missing and dead scientists spur FBI probe - Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores
Trump’s proposed 2027 budget would almost double the budget for plutonium pits, the chemical filled metal sphere inside a nuclear warhead that kicks off the explosion in a nuclear weapon. The same budget would slash… Read more: Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores - Nvidia CEO Says AI Will Be a Permanent Micromanaging Boss Who Never Stops Nagging You
As fear over an AI-driven jobs apocalypse continues to simmer, some tech leaders remain adamant that the wide proliferation of AI will lead to more employment opportunities, not fewer. Consider a recent panel at Stanford… Read more: Nvidia CEO Says AI Will Be a Permanent Micromanaging Boss Who Never Stops Nagging You - Reversing enterprise security costs with AI vulnerability discovery
Automated AI vulnerability discovery is reversing the enterprise security costs that traditionally favour attackers. Bringing exploits to zero was once viewed as an unrealistic goal. The prevailing operational doctrine aimed to make attacks so expensive… Read more: Reversing enterprise security costs with AI vulnerability discovery - AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions
One group of hackers used AI for everything from vibe coding their malware to creating fake company websites—and stole as much as $12 million in three months. - As EV batteries improve, ChargePoint debuts 600 kW fast charger
If charging speed is one of the major stumbling blocks preventing people from considering an electric vehicle, then ChargePoint’s new Express Solo DC fast charger is a step in the right direction. It has been… Read more: As EV batteries improve, ChargePoint debuts 600 kW fast charger - Indian med student rakes in thousands with AI-generated MAGA hottie
Like many medical school students, Sam was broke. The 22-year-old aspiring orthopedic surgeon from northern India got some money from his parents, but he says he spent most of it subsidizing his licensing exams, and… Read more: Indian med student rakes in thousands with AI-generated MAGA hottie - AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players
In feat hailed as milestone in robotics, Sony AI’s Ace wins three out of five matches played under official rules An AI-powered robot has beaten elite players at table tennis in a landmark achievement for… Read more: AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players - What is Mythos AI and why could it be a threat to global cybersecurity?
Anthropic’s decision to restrict access to its powerful new model increases fears about the advanced technology Business live – latest updates Anthropic has ruled out releasing its latest AI model, Mythos, to the public because… Read more: What is Mythos AI and why could it be a threat to global cybersecurity? - Pamphlets, radio, and now Iran’s AI-generated Lego videos: the new frontier of information warfare
New Africa/Shutterstock While AI technology is new, information warfare is as old as conflict itself. For millennia, humans have used propaganda, deception and psychological operations to influence adversaries’ decision-making and morale. In the 13th century,… Read more: Pamphlets, radio, and now Iran’s AI-generated Lego videos: the new frontier of information warfare - Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into ChatGPT’s Role in School Shooting
In April 2025, a student opened fire on the campus of Florida State University, killing two and wounding seven. Investigators have since discovered that the suspect, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, conducted extremely disturbing conversations with OpenAI’s… Read more: Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into ChatGPT’s Role in School Shooting - Ancient DNA reveals a lost population near Paris replaced by strangers
Ancient DNA from a tomb near Paris reveals a shocking prehistoric reset: one population vanished and was replaced by newcomers from the south. The two groups show no genetic connection, signaling a major upheaval around… Read more: Ancient DNA reveals a lost population near Paris replaced by strangers - AI in law firms entering its closing summaries
In an interview with Artificial Lawyer, Paris-based AI-native consulting firm owner, Olivier Chaduteau, set out a three-part account of the current state of AI in the legal sector. At first, lawyers dismissed AI as irrelevant… Read more: AI in law firms entering its closing summaries - Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations
Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data The Metropolitan police has held talks with Palantir that could lead to the London force buying the… Read more: Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations - AI Chatbots Telling Cancer Patients to Try Useless Woo-Woo Treatments Instead of Chemotherapy
AI chatbots will recommend that cancer patients try unproven alternatives to chemotherapy and offer up other unscientific medical claims, researchers found. While AI’s proneness to giving bad information is well known, it’s a particularly alarming… Read more: AI Chatbots Telling Cancer Patients to Try Useless Woo-Woo Treatments Instead of Chemotherapy - Emma the joke-telling robot cracks up the care home: Paula Hornickel’s best photograph
‘The first resident that Emma – a social robot – was introduced to was called Peter. After that, Emma assumed they were all called Peter, which everyone found hilarious. Then she broke down’ One morning… Read more: Emma the joke-telling robot cracks up the care home: Paula Hornickel’s best photograph - ‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director
Mathieu Kassovitz, who is currently working on an AI-enabled film, also dismisses concerns over copyright His hit film was a masterpiece capturing the gritty truth of the Paris suburbs, but the director of La Haine… Read more: ‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director - Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees
Startup CEOs who are “tokenmaxxing” are bragging that they are spending more money on AI compute than it would cost to hire human workers. Astronomical AI bills are now, in a certain corner of the… Read more: Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees - Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird
This week Sam unpacks how social media algorithms manipulate our emotions around everything from engagement rings to wedding dresses to babies, and what it feels like getting lost in the #Weddingtok sauce. Then, Emanuel breaks… Read more: Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird - Investors lost billions on Trump’s memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that.
The next Donald Trump memecoin event could very well be the last. If Democrats retake control of Congress this fall, they may succeed in quickly passing legislation banning the president and his family from profiting… Read more: Investors lost billions on Trump’s memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that. - Our favorite gear at Sea Otter Classic wasn’t the bikes—it was the accessories
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif.—Bicycles are a strange technology. While there have been some notable modifications from the dandy horse to the penny-farthing, since the advent of the “safety bicycle” in the 1880s, the fundamentals of bike… Read more: Our favorite gear at Sea Otter Classic wasn’t the bikes—it was the accessories - FutureVault Launches MCP and AI Orchestration Layer
FutureVault MCP gives firms a secure, governed connection between AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT and their document infrastructure, without breaking permissions, governance, or data privacy controls FutureVault, a leader in AI-powered Digital Vaults and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)… Read more: FutureVault Launches MCP and AI Orchestration Layer - Join Our Livestream: Musk v. Altman and the Future of OpenAI
On May 8, we’re going live to answer your questions about the Musk v. Altman trial that could determine the fate of OpenAI. - Ancient DNA reveals a hidden Neanderthal group frozen in time
A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” living together 100,000 years ago in what is now Poland. The findings reveal that these individuals… Read more: Ancient DNA reveals a hidden Neanderthal group frozen in time - This donut-shaped discovery just shattered a 150-year math rule
A 150-year-old rule in geometry has been proven wrong. Mathematicians found two different doughnut-shaped surfaces that look identical when measured locally but are actually different overall. For decades, researchers suspected this might be possible but… Read more: This donut-shaped discovery just shattered a 150-year math rule - This “quantum” material fooled scientists and revealed something new
A mysterious magnetic material once thought to host an exotic “quantum spin liquid” has turned out to be something entirely different—and possibly just as intriguing. Scientists studying cerium magnesium hexalluminate found it showed the hallmark… Read more: This “quantum” material fooled scientists and revealed something new - AI just revealed ocean currents we’ve never been able to see
A new AI-driven method called GOFLOW is turning weather satellite images into highly detailed maps of ocean currents. By tracking how temperature patterns shift over time, it can reveal fast-moving, small-scale currents that were previously… Read more: AI just revealed ocean currents we’ve never been able to see - DNA reveals a hidden pitviper species in China
A vivid green pitviper hiding in Sichuan’s misty mountains has been revealed as a completely new species. Scientists had overlooked it for decades, assuming it was a common snake—until DNA analysis proved otherwise. Named after… Read more: DNA reveals a hidden pitviper species in China - Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet
Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric models. By directly imaging Epsilon Indi Ab with the James Webb Space Telescope, they found less ammonia than expected—likely hidden by… Read more: Scientists stunned as JWST finds ice clouds on a giant alien planet - The Pope’s Warnings About AI Were AI-Generated, a Detection Tool Claims
Pangram Labs’ updated Chrome extension puts warning labels on AI slop as you scroll your social feeds. - Acsense and Carahsoft Partner to Bring IAM Resilience to Government Agencies
Identity and Access Management (IAM) Resilience Platform Now Available to the Public Sector as AI Agents Expand the Identity Attack Surface Acsense, the IAM Resilience Platform, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®,… Read more: Acsense and Carahsoft Partner to Bring IAM Resilience to Government Agencies - AI Is Hitting Operational Limits as Companies Rush to Scale: Datadog Report
Nearly 1 in 20 AI requests fail in production as capacity limits become the primary bottleneck to scaling AI reliably As AI adoption accelerates, operational complexity – not model intelligence – is becoming the primary… Read more: AI Is Hitting Operational Limits as Companies Rush to Scale: Datadog Report - Airia Shortlisted in The 2026 Security Awards
Airia, the unified platform that gives CIOs control over every AI tool, model, and agent in their organization, has been named to the shortlist in The 2026 Security Awards in the Best Use of AI in a Cloud… Read more: Airia Shortlisted in The 2026 Security Awards - Anthropic investigates report of rogue access to hack-enabling Mythos AI
‘Handful’ of people allegedly gain unauthorised access to model adept at detecting cybersecurity vulnerabilities Business live – latest updates The AI developer Anthropic has confirmed it is investigating a report that unauthorised users have gained… Read more: Anthropic investigates report of rogue access to hack-enabling Mythos AI - AI hallucinations found in high-profile Wall Street law firm filing
Sullivan & Cromwell apologises to New York federal judge for string of errors in documents for Prince Group case The elite Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has told a court that a major… Read more: AI hallucinations found in high-profile Wall Street law firm filing - Blend’s Ozgur Dogan Named CEO as Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerates
Leadership transition positions the company for its next phase of growth Blend announced today that co-founder Ozgur Dogan has been named Chief Executive Officer. Dogan has played a central role in building Blend’s capabilities in… Read more: Blend’s Ozgur Dogan Named CEO as Enterprise AI Adoption Accelerates - The role of AI in modern forex bot development
Artificial intelligence has become a defining force in financial markets. And currency trading is no exception. The rise of the AI-powered forex bot reflects a change toward automated systems capable of processing vast amounts of… Read more: The role of AI in modern forex bot development - Blaize, Datacomm Sign Technology MOU to Explore AI Inference in Indonesia
Technology Alliance Targets Indonesia’s Growing AI Inference Market, with an Initial Focus on Physical AI, Public Safety, Surveillance, and Industrial AI Applications Blaize Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BZAI, Nasdaq: BZAIW) (“Blaize,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), a global… Read more: Blaize, Datacomm Sign Technology MOU to Explore AI Inference in Indonesia - UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency
Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidents The UK could face “hacktivist attacks at scale” if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar… Read more: UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency - ‘No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility’: how Indigenous peoples think about AI
AI was used to create this ‘Elder’ as a provocation to research participants. Relational Futures Much of the current conversation about AI assumes uptake is inevitable, more technology means better outcomes and the main task… Read more: ‘No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility’: how Indigenous peoples think about AI - Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI
As if activity-monitoring software installed on your work computer that snitches on you if you’re away from the keyboard for too long wasn’t enough, Meta is taking the trend to its logical — and dystopian… Read more: Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI - SpaceX secures option to buy AI startup Cursor for $60bn or partner for $10bn
Cursor is aSilicon Valley startup using AI to automate coding as Elon Musk’s firm seeks foothold in the AI market SpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for $60bn… Read more: SpaceX secures option to buy AI startup Cursor for $60bn or partner for $10bn - Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are “nonbinding”
Supreme Court justices today expressed skepticism of AT&T and Verizon’s claim that the Federal Communications Commission’s procedure for imposing fines violated their right to a jury trial. But companies regulated by the FCC may come… Read more: Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are “nonbinding” - Florida to open criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s influence on alleged mass shooter
State attorney general said inquiry will look into whether AI tool offered ‘significant advice’ to campus shooting suspect Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Florida’s top… Read more: Florida to open criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s influence on alleged mass shooter - Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150
Earlier this month, Anthropic said its Mythos Preview model was so good at finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities that the company was limiting its initial release to “a limited group of critical industry partners.” Since then, debate… Read more: Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 - Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets
The US military’s massive $1.5 trillion budget request for the next fiscal year includes what Pentagon officials described as the largest investment in drone warfare and counter-drone technology in US history. The proposed spending on… Read more: Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets - Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users”
We’ve seen enough product announcements from Framework at this point that today’s updates feel more or less routine. The biggest new thing is an updated motherboard with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 processors that can… Read more: Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users” - Silo S3 teaser turns back the clock to a greener past
The critically acclaimed second season of Apple TV’s dystopian sci-fi drama Silo ended on one heck of a cliffhanger, with at least one major character’s fate unclear. The streamer just released the first teaser for… Read more: Silo S3 teaser turns back the clock to a greener past - EMERGENCY BREAKING NEWS PODCAST: Tim, Cooked
Today after recording our normal weekly podcast, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason spontaneously began discussing the legacy of Tim Cook as Apple CEO, the #BreakingTechNewsofTheWeek. We got really riled up so decided to press record to… Read more: EMERGENCY BREAKING NEWS PODCAST: Tim, Cooked - MacBook Neo Cheat Sheet: Everything to Know About Apple’s Budget Mac
MacBook Neo starts at $599 with an A18 Pro chip, a bright 13-inch display, and clear trade-offs in ports, battery claims, and premium features. The post MacBook Neo Cheat Sheet: Everything to Know About Apple’s… Read more: MacBook Neo Cheat Sheet: Everything to Know About Apple’s Budget Mac - Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use
Meta will begin tracking the mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes of its US employees to generate high-quality training data for future AI agents, Reuters reports. The news organization cites internal memos posted by the Meta… Read more: Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use - Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot “not responsible.”
OpenAI now faces a criminal probe after ChatGPT advised a gunman ahead of a mass shooting at a university in Florida, where two people were killed and six were wounded last year. In a press… Read more: Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot “not responsible.” - Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says
Newly unsealed emails reveal the sneaky ways that Amazon colludes with rivals to raise prices across the Internet on “everything from diapers to clothing to furniture,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged in a press release… Read more: Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says - Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype
When Framework launches a new laptop, it usually takes the opportunity to put out some other refinements to its designs. Although its updates for the Framework Laptop 16 aren’t as significant as the changes to… Read more: Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype - Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop
Framework has been selling and shipping its modular, repairable, upgradable Laptop 13 for five years now, and in that time, it has released six distinct versions of its system board, each using fresh versions of… Read more: Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop - Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing
Microsoft announced Tuesday that subscribers to its Game Pass service will see significant price reductions starting today. But those subscribers will also be losing included day-one access to Activision’s popular Call of Duty series from… Read more: Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing - Aptean Debuts AI Platform for Business Central On-Premises Users
Aptean today announced the exclusive preview of its AI platform, AppCentral, and AI Agents for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises customers. Previewing at Directions North America, the solution brings the power of AI to organizations… Read more: Aptean Debuts AI Platform for Business Central On-Premises Users - InfluxData and Litmus Partner to Power Scalable Industrial AI at the Edge
Integration of InfluxDB 3 Enterprise with Litmus Edge delivers high-performance processing, context-rich data, cost-efficient storage, and seamless edge-to-cloud data transfer InfluxData, creator of the leading time series database InfluxDB, today announced a strategic partnership with Litmus,… Read more: InfluxData and Litmus Partner to Power Scalable Industrial AI at the Edge - China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space’ Metro System
China’s Hefei metro is testing robot dogs, drones, and humanoids to inspect trains, patrol platforms, and assist passengers during busy travel periods. The post China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space’… Read more: China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space’ Metro System - OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model
The ChatGPT Images 2.0 model is here. Our testing shows it’s better at creating more detailed images and rendering text, but it still struggles with languages other than English. - Google Photos Rolls Out New AI-Powered Portrait Editing Features
Google Photos is rolling out AI-powered portrait touch-up tools that make skin smoothing, eye brightening, and quick facial edits easier on Android. The post Google Photos Rolls Out New AI-Powered Portrait Editing Features appeared first… Read more: Google Photos Rolls Out New AI-Powered Portrait Editing Features - Four key takeaways from Apple’s change of leadership
Analysts say next boss John Ternus should diversify tech giant away from iPhones and raise its game in AI John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook as chief executive of Apple in September. A company… Read more: Four key takeaways from Apple’s change of leadership
