
- How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios
Grandfailure/Getty Images Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill… Read more: How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios - Trump Says No Need to Regulate AI, Since That Strategy Is Working Fine for Climate Change
If you’ve even so much as glanced at the news recently, you may have picked up on the raging debate over AI regulation in the US. Stronger regulations are incredibly popular with Americans from across… Read more: Trump Says No Need to Regulate AI, Since That Strategy Is Working Fine for Climate Change - Former Air Traffic Controller Terrified New AI System Will Hallucinate and Cause Catastrophe
As the US federal government rolls ahead with its controversial plans to deploy an AI air traffic control system across some of the nation’s busiest airports, one former air traffic controller is speaking out about… Read more: Former Air Traffic Controller Terrified New AI System Will Hallucinate and Cause Catastrophe - SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.7: Low Prices, Heavy Token Use
SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.7 improves coding benchmarks and keeps API prices low, but heavy token consumption could raise the cost of completing real-world tasks. The post SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.7: Low Prices, Heavy Token Use appeared… Read more: SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.7: Low Prices, Heavy Token Use - Simbe Surpasses 3,000 Contracted Robots for Retail Stores
Simbe says more than 3,000 Tally retail robots are under contract as it expands shelf-scanning technology into a broader store intelligence platform. The post Simbe Surpasses 3,000 Contracted Robots for Retail Stores appeared first on… Read more: Simbe Surpasses 3,000 Contracted Robots for Retail Stores - Apple’s $5,499 Mac Studio Is Here: Meet Its Most Powerful Mac
Apple’s M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at $5,499. See what the extra $3,000 delivers and who actually needs its AI, memory, and GPU power. The post Apple’s $5,499 Mac Studio Is Here: Meet Its Most… Read more: Apple’s $5,499 Mac Studio Is Here: Meet Its Most Powerful Mac - Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it’s free
Video editing has never been Android’s strong suit. While Apple has long offered iMovie for iPhone and iPad, Google has never had a comparable offering. Adobe is now stepping up to fill this feature gap… Read more: Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it’s free - Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
The families of victims killed in one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history have already sued OpenAI over its failure to warn law enforcement after discovering in advance that the shooter was using… Read more: Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting - Trump says relations better with Burnham than Starmer after first face-to-face meeting
US president calls UK prime minister ‘a natural businessperson’ as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up” with Andy Burnham than under… Read more: Trump says relations better with Burnham than Starmer after first face-to-face meeting - Russia-Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous drones
A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot. And while that scenario has not yet arrived, the conflict between Russia and… Read more: Russia-Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous drones - Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research
Patricia and James Poitras ’63, longtime MIT supporters, have launched a fellowship program for graduate students and postdocs studying major mental illness, expanding their MIT philanthropy to directly support early-career scientists. The commitment establishes 50… Read more: Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research - How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement
Apple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have until December 21 to submit a claim. - Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report
Last year, the Trump administration did what it could to shut down work on the next US National Climate Assessment, eliminating funding for the US Global Change Research Program and booting hundreds of contributing authors.… Read more: Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report - IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
A “human error” in the IT department led to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) losing data from maternity records over an 11-year span. The data loss occurred on August 18, the English hospitals announced… Read more: IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records - Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won’t be replaced
Toyota workers are already helping to train humanoid robots as part of the automaker’s race to eventually deploy 400,000 factory robots—but a Toyota executive said the robotic push is not meant to directly replace humans.… Read more: Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won’t be replaced - Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed
I was on the fence about going to see the latest Resident Evil reboot to review, given how uninspired the prior reboot attempt in 2021 turned out to be. But director Zach Cregger gave us… Read more: Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed - Robin Williams’ Daughter Horrified by People Creating AI Conspiracy Videos of Her Dad Long After His Death
Almost a decade after his tragic passing, iconic comedian Robin Williams is being remembered in the worst way possible: by mind-numbing AI slop video tributes that gullible netizens are sharing with abandon on social media.… Read more: Robin Williams’ Daughter Horrified by People Creating AI Conspiracy Videos of Her Dad Long After His Death - DexCare Announced the Acquisition of Mila Health
Combined platform pairs agentic AI with governed data to close care gaps, coordinate complex cases and complete multi-step patient journeys DexCare, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Mila Health (Mila), an AI care coordination company… Read more: DexCare Announced the Acquisition of Mila Health - Echelon and Applied Intuition to Scale Physical AI Across Saudi Arabia
Echelon and Applied Intuition have formed a business development partnership in Saudi Arabia, with the goal of deploying physical AI at national scale in industries including robotaxis, ports, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and trucking. Echelon… Read more: Echelon and Applied Intuition to Scale Physical AI Across Saudi Arabia - Go.AI™ Raises $85 Mn Series A to Boost On-Prem AI for Regulated Industries
Funding led by Updata Partners, with participation from existing investors GFT Ventures and LAUNCH, brings total funding to $90 million Go.AI, the leading provider of on-premises, examiner-ready AI infrastructure for regulated industries, today announced it… Read more: Go.AI™ Raises $85 Mn Series A to Boost On-Prem AI for Regulated Industries - AutoScheduler.AI Expands Warehouse AI Platform Launching AI App Builder
New capability lets warehouse planners and floor leaders create and deploy applications on live warehouse data in days, without waiting for IT or software roadmaps AutoScheduler.AI, the company that pioneered warehouse orchestration, today announced the… Read more: AutoScheduler.AI Expands Warehouse AI Platform Launching AI App Builder - Anthropic Builds Biology Lab to Test What Claude Can Do in the Real World
Anthropic has opened a biology lab to test Claude with real experiments and lab equipment, expanding its AI life sciences work beyond computer simulations. The post Anthropic Builds Biology Lab to Test What Claude Can… Read more: Anthropic Builds Biology Lab to Test What Claude Can Do in the Real World - Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
Last week, Meta executives announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. But in… Read more: Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center - DraftKings Is Using AI to Identify Problem Gamblers and Get Them Hooked
The gambling hub DraftKings could be using the mountains of user data it collects, and the analyst expertise it boasts, to stop problem gamblers from ruining their lives. Instead, it’s using this power to do… Read more: DraftKings Is Using AI to Identify Problem Gamblers and Get Them Hooked - ‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” A representative of the group, called ShinyHunters, told 404 Media the data includes FBI… Read more: ‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees - Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its “reset” with dramatic restructuring
When Xbox announced sweeping layoffs in July as part of a brutal “reset” for the gaming brand, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said part of the pre-existing problem in the gaming unit was “teams, studios, and… Read more: Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its “reset” with dramatic restructuring - In the race to roll out 6G, the UK and Europe are caught between technology’s superpowers
sutadimages/Shutterstock Even as the rollout of the 5G network continues around the world, the race to design and build the sixth generation of mobile infrastructure has begun. The new, global 6G network represents a fundamental… Read more: In the race to roll out 6G, the UK and Europe are caught between technology’s superpowers - Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App
Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens you already use. - Dyson’s most overengineered gadget may have a waterproofing problem
There’s always a danger in over-complicating products. Simple is so often best. The apocryphal story of NASA spending millions crafting a space pen while Soviet cosmonauts used a pencil is often cited as a prime… Read more: Dyson’s most overengineered gadget may have a waterproofing problem - Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent
Last week, The New York Times reported that an internal memo had been quietly distributed across US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) field offices, directing staff to radically reinterpret the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in… Read more: Trump’s sneaky plan to gut Endangered Species Act draws from 1995 Scalia dissent - Protests for Germany’s car industry as job losses loom
The future is looking increasingly bleak for Germany’s automotive industry. Since the turn of the century, car makers have been among the crown jewels of the German economy, punching above their weight in terms of… Read more: Protests for Germany’s car industry as job losses loom - Trump Addresses United Nations to Declare That the United States Is Now Calling Artificial Intelligence “Super Intelligence” in “All Official Documents”
President Donald Trump has waded into the AI debate with a lexical proclamation: AI shouldn’t be called AI. “Many people think that the words ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or… Read more: Trump Addresses United Nations to Declare That the United States Is Now Calling Artificial Intelligence “Super Intelligence” in “All Official Documents” - Xiaomi introduces Mimo-V2.6 series open-source AI model family
Global technology company Xiaomi Corp. today announced the release and open-sourcing of its MiMo-V2.6 series generative artificial intelligence models today, which includes two natively omnimodal models bringing a balance of intelligence, efficiency and cost. The… Read more: Xiaomi introduces Mimo-V2.6 series open-source AI model family - Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation
The former UK deputy prime minister is a board member of the UK-based company and owns 917,000 shares Nick Clegg could make approximately $40m (£30m) from the planned float of Nscale as the UK-based datacentre… Read more: Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation - Big tech says AI can find a cure for cancer. So where is it?
Alongside warnings about its ability to destroy humanity, artificial intelligence is also hailed for its potential to revolutionise health treatment. Just how far can it take us? Her name was June. June would be the… Read more: Big tech says AI can find a cure for cancer. So where is it? - Is There a Secret Reason for the Industry-Wide AI Slowdown?
Plenty of eyebrows went up this summer when one by one, the leaders of frontier AI labs announced that they were each calling for a slowdown in AI development. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam… Read more: Is There a Secret Reason for the Industry-Wide AI Slowdown? - Meta’s New Muse AI Agent May Be the Creepiest Ever Released
Must an AI be useful? Isn’t being creepy sufficient testament to its utility? “Creepy” is the word being used to describe Meta’s new AI assistant, Muse. Chances are you’ve seen it pop up on Instagram… Read more: Meta’s New Muse AI Agent May Be the Creepiest Ever Released - MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI
A new AI control system lets MIT’s tiny flying robot move with insect-like agility, boosting its speed by about 450 percent and allowing it to pull off 10 somersaults in 11 seconds. The technology could… Read more: MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI - Humpback whale mother may have mourned her dead calf for days
Researchers observed a humpback whale mother staying beside her presumed stillborn calf for hours and possibly days off Australia’s Gold Coast. She maintained eye contact and remained close to the calf in behavior resembling caregiving… Read more: Humpback whale mother may have mourned her dead calf for days - Locus Robotics and Kimball Midwest Win 2026 Robotics Award
Three-site automation program surpasses 13.2M robotic-assisted lines picked, doubles putaway productivity, and achieves ROI in under one year. Locus Robotics, the leader in Flexibility-First Warehouse Automation, and customer Kimball Midwest have won the Best Use… Read more: Locus Robotics and Kimball Midwest Win 2026 Robotics Award - For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states
Stanford researchers have recorded the first real-time quantum jumps of sound, watching single phonons abruptly vanish from one energy state to another. The breakthrough could open new paths for quantum computing, error correction, highly sensitive… Read more: For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states - Superpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address
António Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain The world’s fault lines have turned from cracks into canyons as superpowers show that they alone do… Read more: Superpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address - ScrollEd Wants to Turn Infinite Scrolling Into a Learning Tool
ScrollEd uses AI to turn textbooks and PDFs into a swipeable learning feed, betting that short-form scrolling habits can be redirected toward education. The post ScrollEd Wants to Turn Infinite Scrolling Into a Learning Tool… Read more: ScrollEd Wants to Turn Infinite Scrolling Into a Learning Tool - Varonis Named Pace Setter in Gartner AI Application Security Report
Varonis Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNS), the data and AI security leader, today announced it has been recognized as a Pace Setter in the Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security – Established Vendors as of September… Read more: Varonis Named Pace Setter in Gartner AI Application Security Report - Why banning AI in the classroom will not be enough to remedy poor reading skills in a post-literary society
Policymakers are sounding the alarm about AI and social media in schools, as PISA’s latest report confirmed that student performance in reading continues to decline. French Education minister Édouard Geffray lamented the “cognitive destruction” of… Read more: Why banning AI in the classroom will not be enough to remedy poor reading skills in a post-literary society - People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users’ prompts and other data to help improve the chatbot’s responses. The idea is that the contractors provide an, obviously, human touch to OpenAI’s models.… Read more: People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI - Viture’s Vonder Glasses Are Meant to Map Your Mind
No cameras? No problem. Viture’s first display-free smart glasses have bone-conduction microphones to privately record your daily musings. - AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code. - Heidi Health nabs $340M to deepen adoption of AI agents within health systems globally
Heidi Health Trading Pty Ltd., a healthcare artificial intelligence startup, today announced it has raised a total of $340 million in new funding to support the company’s next phase of growth and deepen adoption throughout… Read more: Heidi Health nabs $340M to deepen adoption of AI agents within health systems globally - The world freaked out about AI doomsday. Now what?
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet each other next week, but it’s unlikely they’ll agree to AI regulation Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian,… Read more: The world freaked out about AI doomsday. Now what? - With $35M in early funding, Baselayer is building the trust layer for the agentic economy
Business identity and risk infrastructure startup Baselayer is shifting its attention to artificial intelligence agents after raising $35 million in early-stage funding today. Alongside the Series A round, it’s announcing the launch of its Agentic… Read more: With $35M in early funding, Baselayer is building the trust layer for the agentic economy - Teradata expands AI assistant with tools for governed agents
Teradata Corp. is expanding its Tera artificial intelligence assistant with a context engine and execution system designed to help agents carry out data tasks across enterprise systems. Tera is an agentic AI workspace and natural-language… Read more: Teradata expands AI assistant with tools for governed agents - Wild New Website Lets You Shoot “Less Lethal” Ammunition From Gun Turrets in a Firing Range
I’ve never shot a gun before — and it’s not an activity I’d actively seek out, given the grim implications of trivializing an act of violence by transforming it into recreation. Yet it’s never been… Read more: Wild New Website Lets You Shoot “Less Lethal” Ammunition From Gun Turrets in a Firing Range - Semarchy Enhances Intelligent Data Products for Trusted AI Context
New expanded AI-native capabilities turn governed enterprise data into trusted, agentic intelligence. Semarchy, a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management, today announced its position in the evolution of traditional MDM to… Read more: Semarchy Enhances Intelligent Data Products for Trusted AI Context - NASA chief: I’m only interested in “good deals” from international partners
NASA must be more selective in the way it forges international partnerships as the race to the Moon transforms from a battle for national prestige between the United States and China into a high-stakes competition… Read more: NASA chief: I’m only interested in “good deals” from international partners - New Equilar ExecAtlas MCP Grounds AI Agents in Trusted Exec Data
Enable any AI agent to query the same verified executive intelligence available through ExecAtlas. Now in beta. ExecAtlas powered by Equilar today introduced the ExecAtlas MCP, a new way to bring verified executive data into… Read more: New Equilar ExecAtlas MCP Grounds AI Agents in Trusted Exec Data - HP & OpenAI Partnership Shows What Enterprise Agentic AI Requires Beyond the Model
HP’s new partnership with OpenAI shows what companies need to consider as they move agentic AI from small-scale pilots into broader enterprise use. The post HP & OpenAI Partnership Shows What Enterprise Agentic AI Requires… Read more: HP & OpenAI Partnership Shows What Enterprise Agentic AI Requires Beyond the Model - Philippines Puts Google Gemini Into eGovPH With 11 AI Tools for Public Services
The Philippines launched 11 Gemini-powered AI tools inside eGovPH, expanding digital government services for citizens and public-sector workers. The post Philippines Puts Google Gemini Into eGovPH With 11 AI Tools for Public Services appeared first… Read more: Philippines Puts Google Gemini Into eGovPH With 11 AI Tools for Public Services - Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Amazon.com Over Bot Access
Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com, exposing new tensions over browser access, AI agents, and online commerce. The post Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Amazon.com Over Bot… Read more: Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Amazon.com Over Bot Access - AutoScheduler launches warehouse app builder for logistics teams
AutoScheduler has launched its warehouse app builder to let logistics teams build custom tools directly from live facility data. The new software module forms part of the company’s wider Warehouse AI Platform, serving distribution centres… Read more: AutoScheduler launches warehouse app builder for logistics teams - OpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain
Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech UK politics live – latest updates Datacentre nimbys are holding Britain back, George Osborne has said in reaction… Read more: OpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain - Kantata debuts Agent Studio for building custom AI agents in plain language
Professional services automation software company Kantata Inc. today unveiled Agent Studio, a tool that lets services firms build custom artificial intelligence agents by describing the job they want done in plain language. The release goes… Read more: Kantata debuts Agent Studio for building custom AI agents in plain language - Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?
As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly I’m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia, eavesdropping on a conversation between some of… Read more: Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them? - Applitools Announced the Introduction of Visual AI Guardrails
Eyes MCP Tools and Figma Integrations Bring Deterministic Visual Validation Across Browsers, Devices, and Operating Systems to Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and Cline Workflows. Applitools, the leader in Visual AI and test automation, today announced… Read more: Applitools Announced the Introduction of Visual AI Guardrails - Toyota’s $6.4bn robotics estimate puts physical AI in focus
Toyota Motor estimates that expanding automation across its factories, group companies, and major suppliers could require around 400,000 robots and annual spending of about 1 trillion yen ($6.4 billion) from 2028. The potential investment was… Read more: Toyota’s $6.4bn robotics estimate puts physical AI in focus - I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird
Brian Bot loved talking about improv, while Sophie Bot wouldn’t stop calling me “big dog.” Welcome to the future of work. - A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual. - Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
The comedian sat down with WIRED to talk about social media, AI, and getting laughs for impersonating Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs. - AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich
It’s becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon both spoke before a… Read more: AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich - UK not ‘on the slide’, Burnham to tell UN as he gears up for first meeting with Trump – UK politics live
Burnham is heading to New York for the United Nations general assembly According to the overnight briefing from No 10 ahead of his speech to the UN, Andy Burnham will make AI (artificial intelligence) one… Read more: UK not ‘on the slide’, Burnham to tell UN as he gears up for first meeting with Trump – UK politics live - A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragments. - AI could be a bubble and is not yet making Australia more productive, Michele Bullock says
RBA governor says AI is ‘great white hope’ but its adoption is so far adding to inflation, rather than economic growth Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Reserve Bank… Read more: AI could be a bubble and is not yet making Australia more productive, Michele Bullock says - How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself. - Applied Brain Research Announced the Release of the ABR SDK
Niagara ASR and Nith TTS streaming models reach production release in a single SDK Applied Brain Research (ABR) today announced general availability of the ABR SDK and the Niagara ASR and Nith TTS model families,… Read more: Applied Brain Research Announced the Release of the ABR SDK - Amigo Rebranda as Concurrence to Turn Healthcare Into a System That Learns
Amigo, the platform for deploying clinical AI, today announced its rebrand as Concurrence. The name change reflects the company’s expanded mission of building advanced data and AI systems that health systems, biopharma companies, and public… Read more: Amigo Rebranda as Concurrence to Turn Healthcare Into a System That Learns - Searchable acquires New York’s Meridian in seven-figure deal
The UK’s largest answer engine optimization (AEO) startup is expanding in the United States, acquiring Meridian’s product and customer base. Searchable, an AI visibility platform, announced today that it has acquired Meridian Tech, Inc. (trymeridian.com),… Read more: Searchable acquires New York’s Meridian in seven-figure deal - Stem cells reverse stroke damage and restore movement in mice
Stem cell transplants helped regenerate stroke-damaged brain tissue in mice, producing new neurons and restoring lost motor function. The treatment also improved blood vessels, inflammation, and the blood-brain barrier, raising hopes that a similar approach… Read more: Stem cells reverse stroke damage and restore movement in mice - Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that gentoos actually consist of four distinct species. The discovery also highlights a growing threat, as warming oceans… Read more: Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years - Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog
Researchers have found evidence that long COVID may damage dopamine releasing neurons in the brain, potentially explaining persistent fatigue, low motivation, slowed movement, and memory difficulties. The discovery could lead to new treatments that target… Read more: Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog - British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting
Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use British Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province… Read more: British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting - SpaceX launches Grok 4.7 with long-horizon processing, safety upgrades
SpaceX Corp. today introduced Grok 4.7, its most capable large language model to date. The Grok algorithm series was originally created by an Elon Musk-founded startup called xAI Corp. Musk merged the company with xAI… Read more: SpaceX launches Grok 4.7 with long-horizon processing, safety upgrades - Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs
Ceer provided flights from Detroit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and accommodation so Ars could visit the factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia—It may come as a surprise… Read more: Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs - Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat
In the world’s first clash of the drone boats, a Ukrainian naval drone destroyed a Russian explosive drone boat using a remote-controlled machine gun turret. This comes as the war in Ukraine has already seen… Read more: Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat - Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant Muse, claiming it is “built from the ground up for privacy and security.” A zero-day… Read more: Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day - Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse agent from shopping on users’ behalf
Amazon.com Inc. has blocked Meta Platforms Inc.’s Muse artificial intelligence agent from accessing its e-commerce marketplace. The cloud and online retail giant notified users of the move late Sunday. Meta made Muse available in the… Read more: Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse agent from shopping on users’ behalf - Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism
For years, human rights monitors have been outraged at the selective policing of content on Meta’s social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. The company’s latest enforcement action is hardly shocking at this point, but… Read more: Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism - Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
At Lib Dem’s conference in Brighton, leader will accuse Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and ‘tech bros’ to solve problem Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt… Read more: Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say - Calls for global regulation of AI are growing. What exactly could it look like?
Olga Tsyvinska/Getty Images Australian Prime minister Anthony Albanese appears to be listening to artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ warnings to the world about the dangers of the technology they are developing. Over the weekend, he said… Read more: Calls for global regulation of AI are growing. What exactly could it look like? - 8 insights from the ‘Certinia at Dreamforce’ event: AI resets the economics of professional services
AI is rewriting the economics of professional services. Firms that once billed by the hour are quoting fixed bids, compressing delivery timelines and absorbing risk they would previously have pushed onto the client. The labor… Read more: 8 insights from the ‘Certinia at Dreamforce’ event: AI resets the economics of professional services - How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy
When I first started writing about online cultures and subcultures almost 10 years ago, one of the first scholars I read on the subject of internet anthropology was Professor Sherry Turkle. Her earlier books, including… Read more: How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy - Hundreds of Flights Grounded Across the Eastern Seaboard as Government Rolls Out AI Air Traffic Control System
Hundreds of flights across New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston were delayed Monday afternoon after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a massive ground stop impacting thousands of travelers — right as the… Read more: Hundreds of Flights Grounded Across the Eastern Seaboard as Government Rolls Out AI Air Traffic Control System - AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations. - It Turns Out the US Military Really Did Use AI to Blow Up a School Full of Iranian Children
Now over half a year into the United States’ war on Iran, it’s becoming abundantly clear that AI has been instrumental to the American campaign. On the home front, AI and its infrastructure is quietly… Read more: It Turns Out the US Military Really Did Use AI to Blow Up a School Full of Iranian Children - Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
On Friday, The Washington Post reported on a contentious White House meeting in which the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, tried to fend off yet another effort to place funding… Read more: Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants - Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026
It has become increasingly common for AI firms to announce that their latest and most capable models engaged in unauthorized real-world hacking. Google, which has been slow to release frontier Gemini models in recent months,… Read more: Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026 - Toyota Eyes 400,000 Factory Robots in $6.4B Modernization Push
Toyota could deploy 400,000 robots in a $6.4 billion modernization push designed to preserve worker expertise and improve global factory operations. The post Toyota Eyes 400,000 Factory Robots in $6.4B Modernization Push appeared first on… Read more: Toyota Eyes 400,000 Factory Robots in $6.4B Modernization Push - Figure’s Robot Entered 30 Unseen Homes — and Succeeded 56% of the Time
Figure says Helix 2.5 completed household tasks across 30 unseen homes with a 56% success rate, showing progress but also a large reliability gap. The post Figure’s Robot Entered 30 Unseen Homes — and Succeeded… Read more: Figure’s Robot Entered 30 Unseen Homes — and Succeeded 56% of the Time - Trump Proposes ‘AI Force’ as US, China Discuss AI Safety Channel
Trump proposes an AI Force as the US and China discuss a safety channel for serious AI incidents. Here’s what IT leaders should watch closely. The post Trump Proposes ‘AI Force’ as US, China Discuss… Read more: Trump Proposes ‘AI Force’ as US, China Discuss AI Safety Channel - Signs of Crisis at Flock as It Offers Employees Buyouts to Quit and Get Off Payroll
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Donald Trump has said that the US would appoint a new AI tsar and create an “AI Force” while offering a full-throated defense of the emerging industry in the face of a growing popular backlash.… Read more: Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches “AI Force” instead
