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Everyone fears AI-cyberattacks, but experiments reveal something else
Everyone fears AI-cyberattacks, but experiments reveal something else
Trump’s new executive order brings together Big Tech, academics and the government on AI research
The White House on Monday launched a new program to allow the Department of Energy’s national laboratories to collaborate with tech companies and academics on using AI to further scientific...
Google Further Encroaches on Nvidia’s Turf With New AI Chip Push
Google is picking up the pace of its efforts to compete directly with Nvidia in the AI chip business. For years, the search giant has rented its own AI chips,...
Trump signs executive order launching AI initiative being compared to the Manhattan Project
The order announced the “Genesis Mission” for AI, a new federal push to mobilize the federal government’s research and data to create artificial intelligence models.
Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries
The order directs the Department of Energy and national labs to build a digital platform to concentrate the nation’s scientific data in one place.
Anthropic introduces Opus 4.5, cuts API pricing, and enables much longer Claude chats
Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.
The White House just launched the Genesis Mission—a national effort to accelerate scientific discovery using AI. It’s a major step…
The White House just launched the Genesis Mission—a national effort to accelerate scientific discovery using AI. It’s a major step toward giving American scientists the data, compute, and tools they...
ChatGPT shopping research builds you a buyer’s guide using AI
ChatGPT’s a personal shopper now.
Google listing says Android PC OS, ‘Aluminium,’ will have ‘AI at the core’
As Google prepares to introduce its new Android experience for PCs next year, a new job listing is revealing some…
Millions of low-skilled jobs under threat from shifting UK labour market
Study finds demand for staff in sectors such as sales and customer service has fallen faster than expected, in part due to AI
AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs by 2035, research finds
Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charity
Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts
Google and Accel will jointly invest up to $2 million in each startup through their new partnership.
Octopus Heat-pump Journey
Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat #defossilisation
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
Deserving to be king of Android tablets. | The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is a hardware masterpiece defined by its massive, anti-reflective screen and razor-thin profile. While DeX remains...
The Three Disparate Ways That Policymakers And Lawmakers Are Regulating AI That Provides Mental Health Guidance
There are three major camps associated with devising policy and laws about AI for mental health. I walk you through these camps. An AI Insider scoop.
Plug And Play Launches New York City Presence To Advance AI And Deeptech Innovation
Plug and Play, one of the world’s largest innovation platforms and early-stage venture capital firms, has officially expanded into New York City with the launch of two major initiatives supported...
Windows Users Furious at Microsoft’s Plan to Turn It Into an “Agentic OS”
Microsoft is hellbent on transforming Windows 11 into a “canvas for AI,” and users aren’t left feeling impressed.
Gemini 3: The Good, The Bad, And The (Nano) Bananas
I’ve used Gemini 3 for a day now. I’m impressed. And yet, it feels like we’re reaching a point where the technology as it currently stands has begun a stage...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules – what can be done about it?
*** This post is an adapted version of one part of my #CrossChannelRail Project Final Report *** The two existing train types that operate long distance high speed services through...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
Detection Transformers: real-time object detection under an Apache 2.0 License
Real-time detection transformers as a superior alternative to YOLOs for object detection. Free to use and commercially adapt, powered by Datameister.
Brushing off new bubble warnings, Google’s AI comeback and Nvidia’s China threat
This week in AI, the bubble keeps inflating despite fresh warnings, Google stages an AI comeback, and Chinese AI threatens Nvidia. Though fears around irrational AI spending used to be...
Do Brain-Decoding Devices Threaten People’s Privacy?
Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the autonomy of people who use neurotechnology
The agentic internet is coming – and businesses need to be ready
How autonomous AI agents will reshape online interactions
Gemini 3 in Chrome just made AI browsers pointless
Here’s what you can do now
Pinterest is leaning hard into AI. The strategy appears to be backfiring
Abigail Wendling, 23, uses Pinterest to curate everything in her life, from recipes to wallpapers. At least until she saw a one-eyed cat when searching for a wallpaper. In another...
Policy And Legal Formulation For Regulating AI That Provides Mental Health Guidance
AI for mental health is rapidly expanding in use, but there is little in the way of policy or laws that regulate this. I provide a strawman policy and legal...
Nokia Unveils Strategic Overhaul to Lead AI-Driven Network Era and Capture Value From AI Supercycle
Nokia announces a major strategic overhaul, new operating segments, updated financial targets, and a USD 4 Billion US investment to lead the AI-driven network era.
Mad drunk on the mead of poetry
Hey, speaking of posts I wrote two years ago: The title of this post is a fantasy. Sydney, or MS-Bing-AI in whatever form, has no particular predilection to obey rhyming...
European Commission Proposes Sweeping Changes to A.I. And Privacy Policies
Jennifer Rankin, the Guardian: The European Commission has been accused of “a massive rollback” of the EU’s digital rules after announcing proposals to delay central parts of the Artificial Intelligence...
War on farmers
Is Alaska next? As if the Alaska commercial salmon fishing business didn’t already have enough problems, now some Michelin chefs have the knives out. WildFish, a charity based in the...
Ubisoft made a prototype game with voice-controlled AI teammates
Ubisoft’s playable Teammates prototype features three AI characters and is currently available in a closed playtest.
Figure AI Hit With Safety Whistleblower Suit Over ‘Skull-Fracturing’ Robots
Ex-safety engineer sues $39B humanoid robot startup after termination following warnings
How can you tell if music is AI-generated?
As AI-generated music floods streaming platforms, questions bubble over whether listeners are owed more transparency.
Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’
A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.