
- 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 - OpenEvidence, Johns Hopkins Partner to Bring AI Into Medical Training and Patient Care
OpenEvidence and Johns Hopkins Medicine partner to develop AI tools for physician training and clinical care, with a focus on medical reasoning and patient safety. The post OpenEvidence, Johns Hopkins Partner to Bring AI Into… Read more: OpenEvidence, Johns Hopkins Partner to Bring AI Into Medical Training and Patient Care - Y Combinator “Customer Surveillance” Startup Says “Every Company Will Soon Assign an AI Agent to Every Customer to Watch Their Every Move”
The secret to ensuring that your company doesn’t lose customers? Constant, AI agent-powered corporate surveillance. That’s according to Josh Earle and Leo Paz, a pair of founders behind a vibe-coded Silicon Valley startup called Outlit.… Read more: Y Combinator “Customer Surveillance” Startup Says “Every Company Will Soon Assign an AI Agent to Every Customer to Watch Their Every Move” - Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract
Dispute related to claims London mayor blocked US tech firm from £50m police deal because of concerns over its values Palantir and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have called off their legal fight over claims… Read more: Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract - There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot
Let’s briefly deconstruct a viral or soon to be viral story out of Cologne, Germany regarding an incident in which a “remotely controlled robot grabs 16-year-old’s buttocks” and “performed thrusting movements against her,” according to… Read more: There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot - Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web. - Can AI feel safer than human advice for consumers who face discrimination?
KEY TAKEAWAYS A study highlights that consumers who have experienced discrimination are more likely to turn to AI-based recommendations rather than human advice. The fear of being judged or feeling embarrassed can lead people to… Read more: Can AI feel safer than human advice for consumers who face discrimination? - Straive Announced its Naming as an OpenAI Select Partner
Strengthening Straive’s ability to help enterprises build and run AI for measurable business outcomes Straive, a global Data & AI operationalization company, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the… Read more: Straive Announced its Naming as an OpenAI Select Partner - Creator of Free Adobe Suite Strikes Again, Reverse Engineers Microsoft Office
As the fiery debate surrounding AI and copyright infringement continues to boil, the software world has run into its own controversy head first. Earlier this month, crafty software engineers used Anthropic’s Claude AI model to… Read more: Creator of Free Adobe Suite Strikes Again, Reverse Engineers Microsoft Office - Datadog Live Workshop
Thanks for registering Check your inbox, you’ll receive an email with your link to join. See you soon. - NinjaOne Brings Governed Agentic AI to Unified IT Ops with Katana AI and MCP
Katana AI and NinjaOne MCP Server Extend the Company’s Growing AI Portfolio with Governed Agentic AI IT Teams Can Trust News Summary NinjaOne launches Katana AI, a new agentic AI technician built directly into the… Read more: NinjaOne Brings Governed Agentic AI to Unified IT Ops with Katana AI and MCP - The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster
Jason O’Connell’s suspected use of the specs to aid his speech in the Senedd reignites debate over the AI-enabled devices It was a flowing speech packed full of precise statistics – but Jason O’Connell, a… Read more: The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster - Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
AI company Anthropic is warning that advances in small AI models could soon usher in a new era of self-replicating malware that’s capable of infecting smart fridges, vacuum cleaners, and a wide range of other… Read more: Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices - How to Use Gemini Auto Browse in Chrome: Setup, Tasks, and Limits
Gemini Auto Browse can complete multi-step tasks in Chrome, but access is restricted. Learn how to enable it, what it can do, and how to manage permissions and limits. The post How to Use Gemini… Read more: How to Use Gemini Auto Browse in Chrome: Setup, Tasks, and Limits - Epic Delays Disney Shooter as AI Takes a Bigger Development Role
Epic Games reportedly delays its Disney shooter while pushing AI-generated code and art, raising questions about software quality and development costs. The post Epic Delays Disney Shooter as AI Takes a Bigger Development Role appeared… Read more: Epic Delays Disney Shooter as AI Takes a Bigger Development Role - Godfathers of AI Say Models Are So Out of Control That They Need to Be Airgapped for the Safety of Us All
Ever since ChatGPT blew up the tech industry, the so-called godfathers of AI have remained been pretty dour about their creations — well, except for one of them — and they’re certainly not sounding any… Read more: Godfathers of AI Say Models Are So Out of Control That They Need to Be Airgapped for the Safety of Us All - Developer Uses Claude AI to Build 7 Free Adobe Alternatives
A developer used Claude AI to recreate seven Adobe apps for free. See how ArtCraft works, its limitations, and what it means for software development. The post Developer Uses Claude AI to Build 7 Free… Read more: Developer Uses Claude AI to Build 7 Free Adobe Alternatives - Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customers
When AI messes up on a tax return or in a court filing, it’s no laughing matter. DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from a novelty on the job to a common workplace… Read more: Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customers - AI Guardrails: How They Work and Where Protection Can Fall Short
Learn how AI guardrails control data access, validate agent actions and filter outputs, plus their limits and the checks IT teams need before deployment. The post AI Guardrails: How They Work and Where Protection Can… Read more: AI Guardrails: How They Work and Where Protection Can Fall Short - Bitdeer Secures 67 MW for Nvidia AI in Malaysia, but No Customer Deal Announced
Bitdeer is expanding its AI infrastructure footprint in Malaysia with a new 67 MW facility designed for NVIDIA Blackwell systems. Here’s what’s confirmed about its rollout and customer commitments. The post Bitdeer Secures 67 MW… Read more: Bitdeer Secures 67 MW for Nvidia AI in Malaysia, but No Customer Deal Announced - OpenAI Sued for Allegedly Building Models Out of Children’s “Fears, Hopes, and Secrets”
A new lawsuit alleges that OpenAI is manipulating minor users into sharing sensitive data without valid parental consent in a plot to train its models. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed this week in San… Read more: OpenAI Sued for Allegedly Building Models Out of Children’s “Fears, Hopes, and Secrets” - Scientists discover how harmful “zombie cells” hide from the immune system
Scientists have discovered a protein that may help harmful aging cells hide from the immune system, allowing them to accumulate and fuel age-related health problems. Blocking the protein in mice reduced these cells and inflammation… Read more: Scientists discover how harmful “zombie cells” hide from the immune system - Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon’s two faces
Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected from its farside for the first time. Their findings suggest that uneven heating from Earth’s gravitational… Read more: Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon’s two faces - OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say
Safety researchers continue to warn that a large volume of AI-generated explicit content is spreading unchecked, while regulators do little to meaningfully stop it. This non-consensual content is commonly shared in text and direct messages… Read more: OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say - Scientists may have overlooked a hidden Alzheimer’s culprit for decades
For decades, scientists have focused on amyloid beta as a major culprit behind Alzheimer’s disease, spending billions of dollars developing treatments that have often delivered disappointing results. Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz are drawing… Read more: Scientists may have overlooked a hidden Alzheimer’s culprit for decades - The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone
Despite the expansion of Starlink and other communications satellite services, most of the world’s Internet traffic still travels through subsea cables crisscrossing the ocean floors. Those fiber-optic cables coexist with a network of oil and… Read more: The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone - The secret to easier exercise as an adult may start in childhood
Exercise during childhood could have a surprising lifelong benefit, potentially making physical activity less exhausting in adulthood. In a study involving guinea fowl, researchers discovered that birds accustomed to carrying weights while growing up could… Read more: The secret to easier exercise as an adult may start in childhood - Cornell scientists identify rare human genetic disorder in two unusually long-legged cats
Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic felines. Researchers at Cornell University discovered that the brothers carried two altered copies of a gene linked… Read more: Cornell scientists identify rare human genetic disorder in two unusually long-legged cats - Scientists reveal why some workout recovery tricks can backfire
Ice baths, massages, compression garments, and recovery supplements promise faster muscle recovery, but research suggests their benefits are often overstated, and some techniques may even undermine long-term gains. Scientists say the most effective recovery methods… Read more: Scientists reveal why some workout recovery tricks can backfire - System One models: why fast AI agents act wrong
Somewhere in your agent stack, a reasoning model is writing a paragraph to answer a multiple-choice question. Which tool comes next? Is this chunk relevant? Has the agent stalled? Each question has a fixed answer… Read more: System One models: why fast AI agents act wrong - Forgepoint raises $9.8M to automate custom price quotes for manufacturing firms
One of President Donald Trump’s main priorities is to revive America’s manufacturing industry in order to reduce its reliance on foreign imports and create more jobs, and a startup called Forgepoint Inc. shares the same… Read more: Forgepoint raises $9.8M to automate custom price quotes for manufacturing firms - Evos bags $9M to build autonomous workers that learn from companies’ most experienced humans
A startup called Evos said today it has raised $9 million in pre-seed funding to spearhead the adoption of artificial intelligence-based automation within smaller businesses by learning from their most valuable assets – the people… Read more: Evos bags $9M to build autonomous workers that learn from companies’ most experienced humans - Uvi raises $7.5M to help AI agents learn business context and run at eight times lower cost
Agentic artificial intelligence startup Uvi said today it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to tackle an expensive problem around business context that’s draining millions of dollars annually from the coffers of enterprises using… Read more: Uvi raises $7.5M to help AI agents learn business context and run at eight times lower cost - ScaleFlux bets smarter SSD controllers can break the AI memory bottleneck
AI factories run on graphics processing units that cost a fortune and work at blistering speed, yet those chips increasingly sit idle waiting for data. As the bottleneck moves from compute to memory and storage,… Read more: ScaleFlux bets smarter SSD controllers can break the AI memory bottleneck - Vast Data bets stitched-together AI pipelines can’t keep sensitive data in sync
Data sovereignty is becoming an architectural problem as enterprises push artificial intelligence inference toward their most sensitive information. Pipelines assembled from separate tools struggle to keep embeddings, permissions and source data aligned, leaving many valuable… Read more: Vast Data bets stitched-together AI pipelines can’t keep sensitive data in sync - My Friend Has No Soul
The second iteration of the viral Friend AI necklace is louder and less interesting. - Men Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI
More than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional. - Suki Raises $90 Million to Scale AI Agents for Healthcare
Financing from new and existing investors will fuel Suki’s next phase of growth as demand for enterprise healthcare AI accelerates Suki, the leader in Ambient Clinical Intelligence (ACI), today announced $90 million in financing as… Read more: Suki Raises $90 Million to Scale AI Agents for Healthcare - Zones Partners With Thoughtworks to Drive AI Business Results
Zones,a global technology solutions and services company that helps organizations solve complex IT challenges, has partnered with Thoughtworks, a global technology consultancy that combines design, engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive digital innovation. “Customers… Read more: Zones Partners With Thoughtworks to Drive AI Business Results - Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism
From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using chatbots to plan attacks and anti-AI extremist threats In May 2025, a 25-year-old man detonated a car bomb outside… Read more: Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism - AI overlords say they want to democratise their technology. Here’s how | Richard Wilson and Clara Long
A fight over a datacentre in Utah has been a testing ground for citizens’ assemblies, paving the way to oversight What’s your “(p)doom” – the percentage chance that rogue AI will create an existential catastrophe?… Read more: AI overlords say they want to democratise their technology. Here’s how | Richard Wilson and Clara Long - SolarWinds’ Avior pairs AI agents with deterministic execution for enterprise IT
Observability and information technology management software company SolarWinds Worldwide LLC today unveiled Avior, a standalone agentic artificial intelligence system built to take on first-line operations work for enterprise IT teams. The launch goes after the… Read more: SolarWinds’ Avior pairs AI agents with deterministic execution for enterprise IT - Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research
Pledge spanning five years from world’s most valuable firm comes as concerns about AI agents have risen The $5.5tn (£4.1tn) US chipmaker Nvidia is donating $250m worth of computing power to the UK to support… Read more: Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research - Sumo Logic Adds AI Root Cause Agent to DojoAI for SRE and DevOps
New DojoAI packages allow customers to maximize the value of all agents with budget flexibility & predictability Sumo Logic, the Intelligent Operations Platform, today announced the preview of its Root Cause Agent (RCA), an autonomous… Read more: Sumo Logic Adds AI Root Cause Agent to DojoAI for SRE and DevOps - AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED. - Bank of England and IMF bosses issue stark warning on cyber threat to trust
Andrew Bailey and Kristalina Georgieva voice concerns about financial system on panel about online fraud Business live – latest updates The heads of the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund have issued a… Read more: Bank of England and IMF bosses issue stark warning on cyber threat to trust - Unframe Positions Itself as an Applied AI Innovation Lab
Frontier labs push the boundary of what is possible. An Applied AI Lab closes the distance between that boundary and the results the business needs. Unframe today introduced the Applied AI Lab: a partner built… Read more: Unframe Positions Itself as an Applied AI Innovation Lab - Clarip Leads in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privacy UX
Recognized for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute Clarip, a provider of enterprise privacy, consent and AI governance software, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant… Read more: Clarip Leads in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privacy UX - AidenAI Data Services Tackles the Trust Gap Holding Back Enterprise AI
AidenAI expands its Data Services to take enterprises from fragmented data to answers their business and AI can act on Ask an AI agent which products are losing margin, and it will answer instantly. Whether that… Read more: AidenAI Data Services Tackles the Trust Gap Holding Back Enterprise AI - 210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa
A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct prehistoric ecosystem. The discovery suggests that ancient climate differences may have separated dinosaur populations across southern Africa, leading to unique species… Read more: 210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa - AI reveals a hidden chemical shortcut that could turn CO2 into fuel
Scientists used artificial intelligence to uncover nearly 10,000 chemical reactions involved in transforming carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, revealing crucial pathways that traditional models had missed. The discovery dramatically improved predictions of CO2 conversion… Read more: AI reveals a hidden chemical shortcut that could turn CO2 into fuel - A planet 320 light-years away confirms what scientists long suspected
Astronomers have discovered that a scorching-hot planet 320 light-years away shares a striking chemical similarity with its host star, providing the first direct evidence for a fundamental assumption about planet formation. The breakthrough could help… Read more: A planet 320 light-years away confirms what scientists long suspected - AI can act exactly like a human, but we still don’t think it’s conscious
A new study reveals that people draw a surprisingly sharp line between human consciousness and artificial intelligence, even when both behave identically. Researchers found that participants considered even the most responsive AI less conscious than… Read more: AI can act exactly like a human, but we still don’t think it’s conscious - Is the internet finally unusable? Time to go back to faxes and landlines | First Dog on the Moon
We embraced the internet and then forgot how to do things in the real world Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published Get all your needs met at the… Read more: Is the internet finally unusable? Time to go back to faxes and landlines | First Dog on the Moon - Gigantic prehistoric snake discovered in India may have been one of the largest ever
A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the 47-million-year-old giant could have reached up to 50 feet long, making it comparable to the legendary… Read more: Gigantic prehistoric snake discovered in India may have been one of the largest ever - Voters want stronger action on AI. Can NZ afford to keep taking a soft approach?
Getty Images Next month, ChatGPT will mark its fourth birthday. In that short time, the popular chatbot and other generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools have transformed society as we know it. Tech leaders have promised… Read more: Voters want stronger action on AI. Can NZ afford to keep taking a soft approach? - Martin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says
Martin Shkreli—the ex-pharmaceutical executive infamous for illegally hiking the price of a lifesaving anti-parasitic drug by more than 4,000 percent and getting a seven-year prison sentence for the fraudulent scheme he used to do it—has… Read more: Martin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says - An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
Chatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives. - Imago Platform uses graphs to improve AI knowledge management
AI-powered knowledge management systems face a fundamental challenge when businesses need accurate answers rather than plausible ones. Imago Platform Ltd. encountered that problem while developing an application to help customers navigate complicated product warranty policies.… Read more: Imago Platform uses graphs to improve AI knowledge management - Gemini 4 Argon reaches Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers alongside a new tasks mode
Google LLC today brought its Gemini 4 Argon frontier artificial intelligence model to Gemini app users on its Pro and Ultra subscription plans, two weeks after the model went first to vetted cybersecurity defenders. Subscribers… Read more: Gemini 4 Argon reaches Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers alongside a new tasks mode - Federal Reserve Says AI Data Center Buildout Is Making Everything More Expensive
It’s not just your electricity bill that could be going up — it sounds like the massive boom in AI data centers is making practically everything more expensive. As the Washington Post reports, officials at… Read more: Federal Reserve Says AI Data Center Buildout Is Making Everything More Expensive - Use of AI in job interviews on the rise – but UK recruiters say they can spot the cheats
Body representing some of Britain’s biggest graduate employers reveals misconduct is at a record high It is obvious when someone is using AI to drum up answers in a job interview, according to Chris Morrow,… Read more: Use of AI in job interviews on the rise – but UK recruiters say they can spot the cheats - Skydance’s Discovery+ prices increase by up to 20 percent
Discovery+ subscription prices went up today. Ad-free plans for new subscribers went from $10 per month to $12/month. Ad-based plans went from $6 to $7. The new prices take effect for new subscribers immediately. Current… Read more: Skydance’s Discovery+ prices increase by up to 20 percent - Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech
In a bankruptcy proceeding that kicked off yesterday, Disney has offered to buy some of the technology that powers the controversy-plagued chatbot Character.AI. Disney is willing to pay $20 million for “a non-exclusive perpetual license”… Read more: Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech - Trump commercial railing against his enemies kept airing after court blocked it
Trump commercials paid for by the US government continued airing on TV the day after a judge blocked the ads because they likely violate a US law against government-funded publicity or propaganda. In the most… Read more: Trump commercial railing against his enemies kept airing after court blocked it - Topgolf saved over $11.3 million after leaving VMware
Topgolf’s VMware costs were going to increase by 400 percent under Broadcom. To avoid that cost, the sports entertainment company moved 12,000 virtual machines (VMs) to VergeIO’s VergeOS and has saved over $11 million so… Read more: Topgolf saved over $11.3 million after leaving VMware - ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as “superfake” piracy enablers
For years, Chinese hardware manufacturers have carved out a market niche with an array of handheld Android gaming devices focused on retro emulation and/or more modern game-streaming capabilities. Now, though, a major game industry trade… Read more: ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as “superfake” piracy enablers - OpenAI employee arrested after recording device found in office
Discovery of ‘sophisticated’ gadget adds to company’s list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agents OpenAI said it has found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and has referred the matter… Read more: OpenAI employee arrested after recording device found in office
