
- Meta Employee Laid Off, Immediately Detained by ICE
With a constant churn of layoffs, a program to surveil its workers in the name of AI data collection, and a photorealistic AI clone of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg that makes him omnipresent throughout the… Read more: Meta Employee Laid Off, Immediately Detained by ICE - Dark energy survives major challenge as universe keeps accelerating
A bold claim that the universe’s accelerating expansion was an illusion has been put to the test—and failed. Researchers found that the study behind the controversy made key mistakes when analyzing supernova data. After revisiting… Read more: Dark energy survives major challenge as universe keeps accelerating - Learning a musical instrument in your 70s could help protect memory
Learning a musical instrument later in life may help keep the brain younger for longer. In a four-year study, older adults who continued practicing maintained their memory performance and showed less age-related brain shrinkage than… Read more: Learning a musical instrument in your 70s could help protect memory - Alien planet spins revealed a hidden clue to how worlds form
Using the Keck Observatory, astronomers measured the spins of dozens of giant planets and brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars. They found that giant planets can spin faster than much more massive brown dwarfs, challenging simple… Read more: Alien planet spins revealed a hidden clue to how worlds form - Lucy’s hunter revealed: Giant crocodile terrorized early human ancestors
A newly identified crocodile species nicknamed “Lucy’s hunter” prowled Ethiopia’s rivers when Lucy’s species walked the Earth more than 3 million years ago. The giant predator was likely the most dangerous animal in the ecosystem… Read more: Lucy’s hunter revealed: Giant crocodile terrorized early human ancestors - Your brain can keep improving into your 90s, study finds
A three-year study of nearly 4,000 adults ranging from age 19 to 94 found that brain health can improve at any age, challenging the common belief that mental sharpness must decline as we get older.… Read more: Your brain can keep improving into your 90s, study finds - Visa Officially Allowing AI Agents to Go Ham With Your Credit Card
Throw caution to the wind and forget your retirement plans. The future is now, baby, and we’re letting AI agents go ham with our credit cards. On Wednesday, the payment titan Visa announced that it’s… Read more: Visa Officially Allowing AI Agents to Go Ham With Your Credit Card - Anthropic to disable its most advanced AI models after US order limiting foreign access
Company said US government believes safeguards can be bypassed and product used to identify software vulnerabilities Anthropic said it will “abruptly disable” its most advanced AI models for all users after the US government ordered… Read more: Anthropic to disable its most advanced AI models after US order limiting foreign access - Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected in a single line, would stretch almost a billion times the distance between the Earth… Read more: Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System - Momfluencers are co-parenting with AI. Is it better than a man? | Arwa Mahdawi
Women in heterosexual marriages continue to do most of the caregiving. Now some are offering guides to AI-fying parenting In honour of Pride I’d like to share some important news: Being Straight is Great, Actually!… Read more: Momfluencers are co-parenting with AI. Is it better than a man? | Arwa Mahdawi - Doctors Inject Human Subjects With First Vaccine Designed by AI
Behold: an actually useful application of AI. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have used a machine learning model to invent a new and wholly novel form of vaccine that could protect against an entire… Read more: Doctors Inject Human Subjects With First Vaccine Designed by AI - Andreessen Horowitz Partner Quit Firm, Horrified by What His Old Colleagues Are Doing to Humankind
Billionaire tech financier Marc Andreessen is facing some dissent awfully close to home. In a blustery New York Times essay, John O’Farrell — former general partner at the mammoth investment firm Andreessen Horowitz — chastised… Read more: Andreessen Horowitz Partner Quit Firm, Horrified by What His Old Colleagues Are Doing to Humankind - ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and she’s furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse… Read more: ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’ - Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games Parents are constantly being told to limit their children’s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows… Read more: Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time - UK sets out AI infrastructure push at London Tech Week – how does it stack up?
Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will work Ownership of the commanding heights of the AI economy is a political talking point… Read more: UK sets out AI infrastructure push at London Tech Week – how does it stack up? - A German Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews
The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates. - Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive
Anthropic completely shut off access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models Friday night, just days after they were launched. The move comes after Anthropic’s receipt of a US Commerce Department directive Friday evening,… Read more: Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive - Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AI
Geert Wilders’ PVV altered sketch of jailed Syrian brothers to make them look more menacing A Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of… Read more: Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AI - Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post. - SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
Space Exploration Technologies, better known simply as SpaceX, became a publicly traded company on Friday nearly a quarter of a century after it was founded. The company began trading on the Nasdaq exchange in New… Read more: SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next? - Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff. - Jenne, Inc. Selects Vida to Bring AI Agent Technology to its Reseller Network
Jenne Partners Can Now Build, Deploy, and Sell Branded AI Agent Solutions to Their Customers Jenne, Inc., a leading U.S.-based value-added technology solutions distributor and cloud master agent, today announced a partnership with Vida Global Inc. (NYSE American:… Read more: Jenne, Inc. Selects Vida to Bring AI Agent Technology to its Reseller Network - ‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess
Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta’s chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED. - TensorWave Raises $350 Million Series B at $1.55B Valuation
Investment meets surging enterprise demand for scalable, high-performance AMD-based AI compute TensorWave, the all-AMD AI cloud specializing in high-performance, memory-intensive workloads, today announced it has raised $350 million in Series B funding. The round was… Read more: TensorWave Raises $350 Million Series B at $1.55B Valuation - Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the most prestigious scientific organizations. Its primary function is to prepare comprehensive reports on… Read more: Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science? - Here’s what Jeff Bezos’ new startup Prometheus will do
In November, Jeff Bezos announced that he would become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus. At the time, the startup said it would focus on “physical AI”—an increasingly common term for applying the same… Read more: Here’s what Jeff Bezos’ new startup Prometheus will do - Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.
Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at midnight tonight after Congress failed to pass an extension of the controversial spying law. But that doesn’t mean the government’s spying… Read more: Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue. - Apple, Samsung, and the Race to Turn Glucose Data Into AI Health Advice
Apple and Samsung may not need glucose-sensing smartwatches to compete in health AI. The next race is turning CGM data into useful advice. The post Apple, Samsung, and the Race to Turn Glucose Data Into… Read more: Apple, Samsung, and the Race to Turn Glucose Data Into AI Health Advice - PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data
One of the world’s most active ransomware groups exploited a critical vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft software suite and used it to target about 100 customers and extort at least one of them to pay up… Read more: PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data - 80% of Enterprise Servers Exposed to Lateral Movement: Report
New research reveals how AI is accelerating breach movement inside enterprise networks and a free Breach Map tool lets leaders see their own blast radius Zero Networks, the leading provider of Zero Trust security solutions,… Read more: 80% of Enterprise Servers Exposed to Lateral Movement: Report - S k y Co., Ltd. Accelerates Secure AI Development With HPE Private Cloud AI
Japanese technology leader deploys secure, on-premises AI factory in one month to use sensitive data under strict governance HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced that S k y Co., Ltd. has deployed HPE Private Cloud AI, a turnkey AI… Read more: S k y Co., Ltd. Accelerates Secure AI Development With HPE Private Cloud AI - Police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI
Unidentified officer removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UK A police officer is under criminal investigation over the alleged use of artificial intelligence and has been removed… Read more: Police officer under criminal investigation over alleged use of AI - SpaceX’s record IPO, Bezos’ Prometheus rising and Anthropic’s controversial call for AI limits
Blastoff! Elon Musk’s SpaceX went public Thursday evening and raised a stunning $75 billion, easily an all-time record. Investors bid the stock up 20% over the $135 asking price Friday morning, giving the company a… Read more: SpaceX’s record IPO, Bezos’ Prometheus rising and Anthropic’s controversial call for AI limits - ChatSee raises $6.5M to build ‘failure memory’ for enterprise AI agents
ChatSee.AI Inc., a company that provides a failure intelligence layer for autonomous artificial intelligence systems, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding. True Ventures led the round, announced Thursday, with participation from First Rays Venture… Read more: ChatSee raises $6.5M to build ‘failure memory’ for enterprise AI agents - Prime Minister of the UK Vows to Unleash AI Tutors on 450,000 Poor Children
UK prime minister Keir Starmer doubled down on his promise to unleash dubious “AI tutors” on nearly half a million children in need. Starmer’s avowal came while speaking at London Tech Week on Monday. His… Read more: Prime Minister of the UK Vows to Unleash AI Tutors on 450,000 Poor Children - The biggest race in the world? The 24 Hours of Le Mans is this weekend.
One of motorsport’s three biggest races takes place this weekend in France. It is the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, an endurance race that, together with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix,… Read more: The biggest race in the world? The 24 Hours of Le Mans is this weekend. - RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters
Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a long, enraged social media response to a New York Times article reporting that health department insiders think Kennedy is disengaged from the work of his sprawling… Read more: RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters - Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams
Google loves telling us all the ways people are using its generative AI products to build new things, grow businesses, and save the world. Supposedly. Of course, people are also using AI for crime. Google… Read more: Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams - When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
If you hang out in any even vaguely AI-skeptical parts of the Internet, you’ve probably stumbled on plenty of memes and posts premised on data centers’ insatiable thirst for water to power evaporative cooling. But… Read more: When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket - China Didn’t Make People Hate Data Centers
GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that. - $130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
It’s clear that communities now have an effective playbook to block data center construction. This week, researchers flagged the first quarter of 2026 as producing the “most blocked and delayed data center projects on record,”… Read more: $130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year - Ukraine’s one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers
Fully autonomous drones killed Russian soldiers during a battlefield test two years ago, according to a Ukrainian drone manufacturer. If true, the incident would represent another milestone in a war that has spurred unprecedented developments… Read more: Ukraine’s one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers - Share your views on SpaceX’s stock market debut
Americans’ financial futures are about to tied to the fortunes of Elon Musk with the world’s largest ever stock market debut. How do you feel about this? Elon Musk’s SpaceX made the world’s largest ever… Read more: Share your views on SpaceX’s stock market debut - AI Rivalries, Cyberthreats, and IPO Fever Define This Week in Tech
See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from June 8–12. The post AI Rivalries, Cyberthreats, and IPO Fever Define This Week in Tech appeared first on TechRepublic. - SpaceX Goes Public: Wall Street Bets $1.77T on Elon Musk’s Space Empire
SpaceX’s reported IPO would value Elon Musk’s company at $1.77 trillion, reflecting investor bets on Starlink, Starship, and defense work. The post SpaceX Goes Public: Wall Street Bets $1.77T on Elon Musk’s Space Empire appeared… Read more: SpaceX Goes Public: Wall Street Bets $1.77T on Elon Musk’s Space Empire - AI Bro Convinced He Can Vibe Code GTA 6 Before the Real One Comes Out
Are you physically incapable of waiting any longer for Grand Theft Auto VI, which has been in development for over a decade? Worse yet, are you someone who doesn’t own a console, meaning you’ll probably… Read more: AI Bro Convinced He Can Vibe Code GTA 6 Before the Real One Comes Out - As AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lost
Intimacy, without AI, is messy. Alberto Menendez Cervero/Shutterstock The CEO of dating app Hinge recently suggested that generation Z, “struggling to have the confidence to put themselves out there”, needs AI to help them find… Read more: As AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lost - Coinbase for Agents: Automating portfolio trading with AI
Coinbase for Agents connects AI to financial execution channels to automate trading and payments directly from user portfolios. Large language models process vast quantities of data but lack direct integration with active financial portfolios. Individuals… Read more: Coinbase for Agents: Automating portfolio trading with AI - ‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting
A County Commissioner in North Carolina refused to let dozens of residents speak opposing Flock surveillance at a public meeting this week, instead forcing the group to designate one single spokesperson. “How many people are… Read more: ‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting - Behind the Blog: World Cup Madness and Film Reviews
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Trump fucking up the World Cup, some… Read more: Behind the Blog: World Cup Madness and Film Reviews - Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman’s distrust of crisis lines
Last year, a 24-year-old Canadian woman was in a mental health crisis and turned to ChatGPT for help. Hours later, that woman, Alice Carrier, took her own life. According to a new lawsuit filed Thursday… Read more: Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman’s distrust of crisis lines - The missing notebooks that solved a 55-million-year-old fossil mystery
A spectacular fossil fish discovered on a remote cliff in New Zealand nearly 30 years ago has finally revealed its full story thanks to an unexpected discovery: the original collector’s long-lost field notebooks. The 1.2-meter… Read more: The missing notebooks that solved a 55-million-year-old fossil mystery - Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing
Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have created a remarkable new type of brain-inspired chip that can function just above absolute zero, one of the coldest environments imaginable. By using a standard silicon carbide… Read more: Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing - Giant underground neutrino detector brings scientists closer to cracking the neutrino puzzle
Deep beneath the ground in China, the massive JUNO neutrino observatory has delivered its first major scientific breakthrough, achieving one of the most precise measurements yet of how elusive neutrinos change as they travel. Using… Read more: Giant underground neutrino detector brings scientists closer to cracking the neutrino puzzle - These tiny holes could change how the world cleans water
A new nature-inspired membrane uses perfectly uniform one-nanometer pores to filter molecules with remarkable precision. The technology could transform industries such as pharmaceuticals and textiles by reducing energy consumption, improving water reuse, and delivering separation… Read more: These tiny holes could change how the world cleans water - Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls
At the 2026 World Cup, the refs on the field and the officials on the sidelines will be able to use an abundance of tech to help call penalties, spot offside violations, and make other… Read more: Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls - All in on AI at Astra
Chris Kemp thinks he could be the last person left working at Astra — but not for the reason most people might think. His company rode the SPAC boom five […] The post All in… Read more: All in on AI at Astra - Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday
Welcome to Edition 8.45 of the Rocket Report! Even though we are now two weeks removed from the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and its LC-36A launch pad, it continues to dominate discussion… Read more: Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday - Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely
Verizon sent one of its customers a “refurbished” phone equipped with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile that gave the company remote control over the device. The serious mistake raises questions about Verizon’s process for… Read more: Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely - Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
A decade after the global craze for Pokémon Go peaked, an AI company has been using billions of real-world images captured by millions of players to develop navigation technologies for delivery robots and possibly military… Read more: Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses - Ebola cases in DRC rise to 676 as Kenya protests erupt over US plans
Nearly a month into the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cases continue to rise as officials are still trailing the virus in their response efforts. As of Thursday, June 11, the… Read more: Ebola cases in DRC rise to 676 as Kenya protests erupt over US plans - Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait! | Emma Beddington
Imagine a world with more birdsong and less Nigel Farage. If this is the future, bring it on Unpopular opinion incoming: there’s cool stuff brewing in the world. Microbots might one day mend spinal cords,… Read more: Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait! | Emma Beddington - NEURA Robotics Announces Record Series C of up to $1.4 Billion
Landmark investment drives NEURA’s open ecosystem, where humanoid and cognitive robots share intelligence and capabilities at scale Backing from Tether, Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon, NVIDIA, imec.xpand, Bosch, Schaeffler, European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, InterAlpen Partners and… Read more: NEURA Robotics Announces Record Series C of up to $1.4 Billion - You Probably Won’t Get Rich Off the SpaceX IPO
The company has set aside an unusually high number of shares for retail investors. Still, experts say, you’re just getting the crumbs. - Behind the scenes at OpenAI HQ: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Continue reading… - Planisware unveils latest AI innovations at annual Exchange26 EMEA conference
Planisware unveils latest AI innovations at annual Exchange26 EMEA conference Planisware, a leading provider of B2B AI-powered SaaS platforms serving the rapidly growing Project Economy, is bringing together more than 300 clients, partners and industry… Read more: Planisware unveils latest AI innovations at annual Exchange26 EMEA conference - In aerospace, AI isn’t replacing workers. It’s filling a shortage
Aerospace executives see AI not as a replacement for workers but as a necessary tool for helping an overstretched industrial base The post In aerospace, AI isn’t replacing workers. It’s filling a shortage appeared first… Read more: In aerospace, AI isn’t replacing workers. It’s filling a shortage - Kyndryl Launches AI Orchestration for Business
New Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework capability designed to fuel more responsive supply chains and personalized customer experiences across retail, CPG, travel and transportation industries Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission‑critical enterprise technology services, today announced Kyndryl AI Orchestration for Business, a new capability built with the Kyndryl… Read more: Kyndryl Launches AI Orchestration for Business - EigenQ Names Rika Nakazawa Chief Growth Officer to Expand Globally
Former NVIDIA, Sony and Accenture executive joins EigenQ to accelerate global adoption of trusted AI, cybersecurity and quantum infrastructure solutions. EigenQ today announced the appointment of global technology executive Rika Nakazawa as Chief Growth Officer, strengthening the company’s… Read more: EigenQ Names Rika Nakazawa Chief Growth Officer to Expand Globally - SpaceX to list on US stock market at historic $1.77tn valuation
IPO for Elon Musk’s company comes in what is predicted to be a banner year for public offerings of AI companies SpaceX will become publicly traded on Friday after nearly two and a half decades… Read more: SpaceX to list on US stock market at historic $1.77tn valuation - After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
They’re about to get more AI rammed down their throats, stuck into their pension plans and investment portfolios Americans are growing worried about what artificial intelligence portends for their futures. Eight in 10 Americans report… Read more: After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI - Pipefy Launches Solution that Turns AI Conversations Into Workflows
Unveils a new feature that links conversations on Claude, Codex, Gemini or Copilot to the management of processes, with governance, traceability, and measurable results Pipefy, a global leader in AI-driven business process orchestration, today announced… Read more: Pipefy Launches Solution that Turns AI Conversations Into Workflows - Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces An AI model trained on data collected from users of Pokémon Go will potentially help military… Read more: Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones - As One Nation seeks donations to ‘fire the liar’, News Corp gives it front-page billing | Weekly Beast
Pauline Hanson’s fundraising drive gets front-page coverage in Sydney tabloid. Plus: The Hollywood Reporter scoop that wasn’t There may be some doubt about whether One Nation has raised more than $2.7m in its Fire the… Read more: As One Nation seeks donations to ‘fire the liar’, News Corp gives it front-page billing | Weekly Beast - Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers
The generative features in iOS 27’s new Photos app will add fake pixels to some of your shots, but Apple’s Jon McCormack says the company isn’t using AI “for the sake of AI.” - SpaceX raised $75B in record IPO – here’s why insiders like Elon Musk are much likelier than public stock buyers to get rocket-powered returns these days
SpaceX is among the many companies that hope their initial public offerings take off. AP Photo/John Raoux Elon Musk’s SpaceX is becoming a publicly traded company after selling 555.6 million shares in what was the… Read more: SpaceX raised $75B in record IPO – here’s why insiders like Elon Musk are much likelier than public stock buyers to get rocket-powered returns these days - Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine
Today on Uncanny Valley, we take an early look at the SpaceX IPO and why you might find yourself among the investors without even realizing it. - Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT’s Biggest Transformation Yet
Thibault Sottiaux helped make AI coding one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing businesses. Now he’s overseeing a sweeping overhaul of ChatGPT. - Google AI Overviews Legal Risks Raise New Enterprise Governance Questions
Google AI Overviews are facing legal and regulatory tests as companies consider how employees use AI search for research, compliance, and high-risk decisions. The post Google AI Overviews Legal Risks Raise New Enterprise Governance Questions… Read more: Google AI Overviews Legal Risks Raise New Enterprise Governance Questions - AcuRite admits new app falls short, delays old app’s May shutdown to fix problems
Smart weather-monitoring device vendor AcuRite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app. The transition from My AcuRite to AcuRite NOW, which AcuRite previously set for May 30, “has raised serious questions… Read more: AcuRite admits new app falls short, delays old app’s May shutdown to fix problems - Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden try to fight censorship with bipartisan JAWBONE Act
US Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced the JAWBONE Act, a proposed law that could fuel lawsuits against federal officials who try to coerce broadcasters or tech platforms into restricting speech.… Read more: Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden try to fight censorship with bipartisan JAWBONE Act - Friday essay: despite the AI hype, some experts warn of a bubble – what happens if it pops?
Stop the Race, Rachel Shu/AAP In the last few years, the hype around artificial intelligence has become stratospheric. Riding a wave of venture capital, tech leaders promised us AI would revolutionise work, boost productivity and… Read more: Friday essay: despite the AI hype, some experts warn of a bubble – what happens if it pops? - Jinhua Zhao named head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Jinhua Zhao MCP ’04, SM ’04, PhD ’09 has been appointed head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), effective July 1. Zhao is the Class of 1941 Professor of Cities and Transportation at… Read more: Jinhua Zhao named head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning - Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
A WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok’s website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician. - F1 teams spend millions on their simulators—what makes them different?
Among the ways Formula 1 has changed in the 21st century has been its adoption of driver-in-the-loop simulators. It all started in the early 2000s, probably at McLaren, maybe at Toyota or Ferrari; F1 teams… Read more: F1 teams spend millions on their simulators—what makes them different? - After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network “worked well” on Artemis II
NASA pushed its Deep Space Network beyond its limits during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago. The global array of deep space communications antennas couldn’t keep up with the routine demands of 40… Read more: After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network “worked well” on Artemis II - When it comes to predicting people’s preferences, it pays to consider “the power of three”
In his 1927 paper, “A law of comparative judgment,” the American psychologist L. L. Thurstone proposed that when people select one option among multiple alternatives, they are picking the one that has the highest value… Read more: When it comes to predicting people’s preferences, it pays to consider “the power of three” - Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat
A software update to some Amazon delivery vehicles is automatically turning off the air conditioning after a few seconds if the driver is not in their seat, according to multiple Amazon delivery drivers who are… Read more: Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat - Why do your coding agents keep getting lost in large repositories?
Coding agents have gotten remarkably good at fixing bugs. The benchmark suites designed to measure this capability, like SWE-bench, keep pushing higher success rates. But something crucial is being obscured by these overall improvement metrics:… Read more: Why do your coding agents keep getting lost in large repositories? - Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier, 24, ‘maybe this is just the end’ as she struggled with suicidal thoughts A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in US court… Read more: Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself - Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?
Very little is known about funerary practices in Iron Age Britain, since few human remains have survived. However, the environment in northwest Scotland is more conducive to preserving bone from that period. Archaeologists have previously… Read more: Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead? - MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
The Hertz Foundation announced that it awarded 2026 fellowships to three current MIT students as well as an incoming graduate student. They are: Annika Marschner, Alvin Q. Meng, Zachary S. Siegel, and Matthew Wanta. The prestigious science… Read more: MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships - These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing
OpenAI is facing yet another lawsuit over a user’s death by suicide. The latest lawsuit, filed today in California, accuses OpenAI’s ChatGPT — specifically the chatbot’s now-defunct GPT-4o model — of encouraging the suicide of Alice Carrier,… Read more: These Logs of ChatGPT Allegedly Driving a Suicidal Woman to Her Death Are Deeply Disturbing - Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model’s Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself
Earlier this year, Anthropic refused to release its Mythos AI model to the public, saying it was simply too dangerous. At the time, executives claimed the model was capable of punching through powerful cybersecurity safeguards,… Read more: Anthropic Was So Concerned About Its New Mythos-Based Model’s Power That It Lobotomized Its Ability to Improve Itself - Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI
Lawyers just can’t stop being caught using AI chatbots, polluting their filings with hallucinated citations that infuriate judges when they’re caught. Even prestigious law firms are being humiliated, with some perpetrators getting slapped with fines… Read more: Furious Judge Cancels Entire Trial After Finding Out Lawyers on Both Sides Used AI - Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock exposed the reasons cops conducted searches, and sometimes the specific searched license plates, in common search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing, according to tests by privacy advocates and… Read more: Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing - Amazon Data Centers In Mississippi Have Already Raised Electricity Rates for Local Customers, Report Suggests
The AI industry has been pushing a narrative that the technology is a “black box” whose inner workings are so complex that they remain unknown even to the people making it. But another black box… Read more: Amazon Data Centers In Mississippi Have Already Raised Electricity Rates for Local Customers, Report Suggests - lakeFS for Agentic AI: Isolated, Reproducible Enterprise Data for Every Agent
As AI agents become primary consumers of enterprise data, lakeFS gives every agent run the isolation, reproducibility, and audit trail companies require lakeFS, the control plane for AI-ready data, today introduced lakeFS for Agentic AI.… Read more: lakeFS for Agentic AI: Isolated, Reproducible Enterprise Data for Every Agent - “This cannot continue”: Xbox leaders lay out “hard truths” behind sagging brand
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