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A third of web pages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds
Aug 21, 20266 min
US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI
Aug 20, 20265 min
OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach; plus, Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
Aug 19, 20267 min
WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators, Feedly attributes weeklong slowdown to bug, and Amazon is destroying rare texts to train AI
Aug 18, 20267 min
Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’; plus, a Tennessee woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery
Aug 17, 20266 min
Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.
Aug 14, 20269 min
As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open
Aug 13, 20267 min
Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models; plus, as AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model
Aug 12, 20267 min
Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision; Claude Code’s auto mode will be on by default
Aug 11, 20265 min
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
Aug 10, 20269 min
Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn’t it; plus, China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries
Aug 7, 20268 min
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales; plus, Zoox will begin charging for robotaxi rides in Vegas; and, Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team
Aug 6, 20269 min
Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate; plus, Bending Spoons buying Airtable for $1.28B
Aug 5, 20267 min
The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air; plus, Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Aug 4, 20268 min
Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT; plus, YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’
Aug 3, 20266 min
Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years; plus, in the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI’s hacker was noisy and fast
Jul 31, 202611 min
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine
Jul 30, 20268 min
Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech; plus, Sam Altman is ready to decelerate.
Jul 29, 202610 min
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon; plus, PayPal leaves the door open to a higher takeover
Jul 28, 20267 min
Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive; plus, Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam
Jul 28, 20268 min
Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack; plus, the hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
Jul 27, 20268 min
Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business; plus, OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users
Jul 24, 20267 min
The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter; plus, if you pay a hacker’s ransom, they’ll come back for more
Jul 23, 20268 min
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned; plus, Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
Jul 22, 20267 min
Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’; plus, Hugging Face confirmed a breach
Jul 21, 20267 min
Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal; plus BP done with climate tech and X cracking down thieving creators
Jul 20, 20269 min
UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group; plus, why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?
Jul 17, 20266 min
OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move; plus, Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory
Jul 16, 20266 min
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Jul 15, 20267 min
Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI; plus, Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe
Jul 14, 20268 min
Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but with a twist; plus, ‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon
Jul 10, 20269 min
Venus Williams-backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps; plus, Apple to produce Made in America wireless chips with Broadcom
Jul 9, 20268 min
The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human; plus, hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites
Jul 8, 20267 min
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk; Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang last year
Jul 7, 20267 min
What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public
Jul 6, 202610 min
Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become; plus, Mark Zuckerberg said AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
Jul 3, 20265 min
US government says it got hacked — again; Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company
Jul 3, 20266 min
Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction; plus, the ‘Father of the Internet’ is finally retiring
Jul 2, 20268 min
The AI jobs debate just got messier; plus, 92 GW of new electricity supply threatened with red tape
Jul 1, 20268 min
Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short; Rocket Lab continues its buying spree; and why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Jun 30, 20268 min
It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore; plus, Novak Djokovic has a new job
Jun 29, 20266 min
Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x; plus, Klue may have solved one problem but have another
Jun 26, 20267 min
OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom; plus, Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII
Jun 25, 20265 min
Ribbie turns real-time baseball stats into arcade-like, pixel art broadcasts; plus, the AI world is getting ‘loopy’
Jun 24, 20269 min
SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab; Instagram looks to take on streaming services
Jun 23, 20265 min
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search; Did Polymarket pay creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets; and
Jun 22, 20267 min
A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight; plus, Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live
Jun 19, 20266 min
Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff; plus, Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it
Jun 18, 20268 min
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’; plus, Sundar Pichai booed at Stanford commencement
Jun 17, 20266 min
Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models; plus, Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal
Jun 16, 20268 min