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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Soars: Mission Success
The Blue Origin New Glenn orbital launch vehicle successfully completed its second mission on November 13. Successfully deployed was the NASA Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft...
Roadmap for Improving the Swift Type Checker
Slava Pestov (Hacker News): This is all, of course, about the dreaded the compiler is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time error. This error can appear with both...
Tesla, Mercedes approved as 1st foreign generative AI providers in China
Automakers cleared to offer car-related AI assistance
Hackers Told Claude They Were Just Conducting a Test to Trick It Into Conducting Real Cybercrimes
Chinese hackers were “pretending to work for legitimate security-testing organizations” to sidestep Anthropic’s AI guardrails.
UniVA: Universal Video Agent towards Open-Source Next-Generation…
While specialized AI models excel at isolated video tasks like generation or understanding, real-world applications demand complex, iterative workflows that combine these capabilities. To bridge…
SK Telecom announces reorganization with MNO–AI structure
SK Telecom has committed KRW5 trillion ($3.6 billion) to AI over the next five years, according to recent reports.
Chinese hackers weaponize Anthropic’s AI in first autonomous cyberattack targeting global organizations
Chinese state hackers allegedly executed the first major AI-powered cyberattack using Anthropic’s Claude model to infiltrate 30 global organizations autonomously.
Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em-dash formatting rules
Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.
Using AI for therapy? Don’t – it’s bad for your mental health, APA warns
AI can’t replace your therapist, according to an advisory by the American Psychological Association. Here’s why.
20VC x SaaStr This Week: Why Most VCs Need to Step Aside, What’s Really Defensible Today, and How to Actually Attach to AI Revenue
We’re back! Harry, Rory and Jason! The venture capital playbook is broken. Not bent — broken. In the latest 20VC x SaaStr episode, Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, and Rory O’Driscoll...
AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign
Anthropic says hackers used its software to attack financial firms and government agencies around world
AI doesn’t just assist cyberattacks anymore – now it can carry them out
Chinese threat actors reportedly abused Anthropic’s AI to automate mass break-ins of target organizations.
Adani, Reliance Announce AI Data Centre Investments in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh secures over Rs 3 lakh crore in new investments from Reliance, Adani, ReNew, Brookfield, and Taiwanese firms across AI, renewable energy, and infrastructure.
The UK’s broken energy system could burst its AI bubble
AI’s growth risks collapse without modernizing Britain’s outdated energy system
AI Browser Agents Radically Transform How We Use The Internet
AI browser agents represent the next evolution of web browsing, moving from passive search to active assistants that can navigate sites, take actions and complete tasks
Tech execs admit AI is a bubble and they’re pretty happy about it: ‘We can’t deny there’s a ridiculous amount of investment going on’
71,000 startup founders, venture capital investors, and tech CEOs, gathered under literal storm clouds in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the future of AI.
As AI-Artist Xania Monet Climbs the Charts, Victoria Monét’s Caught in the Uncanny Valley
The Grammy winner can’t prove the virtual singer was trained on her music or image—but “It’s not ideal,” says Monét.
Explosion-Proof Robotics in ATEX/IECEx Environments: Progress, Challenges and Practical Pathways
Industrial robotics has transformed manufacturing, logistics and maintenance across countless sectors. Yet in potentially explosive environments such as refineries, petrochemical plants, offshore platforms and battery production facilities, the picture changes...
AI is resurrecting the voices of dead famous people
If you don’t want a synthesized AI voice outliving you, get a lawyer now.
Google and Anthropic Tap Crypto Miners for AI Computing Power
TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of...
Tesla’s AI Boss Issues Grim Warning to Workers
Tesla’s AI chief Ashok Elluswamy beat the war drum, warning the company’s AI teams that 2026 will be the “hardest year” of their lives.
Anthropic claims Chinese hackers hijacked Claude to launch AI-orchestrated and automated cyberattacks
Threat actors are using AI at an unprecedented rate, Anthropic warns
Verizon to Slash 15 Percent of Its Workforce, About 15,000 Jobs
The job cut hit parade line just got 15,000 more members.
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous
The results of AI-assisted hacking aren’t as impressive as many might have us believe.
AI firm claims Chinese spies used its tech to automate cyber attacks
The company claimed in a blog post this was the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”.
Data centers are spiking electricity costs in Maryland. It’s the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ one expert warns
Data centers power the internet and AI. They’re also running up electricity bills.
Authentication in the age of AI spoofing
When anyone online could be an AI clone, your best defense isn’t more AI — it’s smarter authentication that knows what’s real.
1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Semiconductor Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist Before December (Hint: It’s Not Nvidia)
Broadcom is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings next month.
Alibaba cross-border arm plans AI subscriptions and stablecoin-like payments with JPMorgan
Alibaba plans to use “tokenization” of payments for cross-border transactions in its business-to-business arm.
Why “old” data is the new gold in the age of AI
We speak to Seagate’s Melyssa Banda to find out more
OpenAI is piloting group conversations in ChatGPT
OpenAI has started pilot testing group chats within ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan.
Wonder Robotics to unveil innovative assault drone
The Israeli company has developed a first-person view drone capable of attacking both horizontally and vertically.
CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank says AI adoption is already paying off: ‘It’s not hope, it’s now’
Amid fears of an AI bubble, much has been made of recent reports suggesting that AI has yet to generate returns for companies investing billions into the tech.
How Anthropic’s DIY data centers could accelerate AI’s infrastructure frenzy
This expert sees the move becoming the next deciding factor in the AI race – at least for companies that can afford it.
Tencent Reports Strong Q3 Growth, Hits $27 Billion in Revenue Driven by Gaming, AI Investments
Chinese social media, games and video giant Tencent posted revenues of $27.1 billion for the third quarter of 2025.
An AI-orchestrated espionage campaign
Fascinating (frightening?) report from Anthropic describing how they eventually disrupted the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign. In mid-September 2025, we detected suspicious activity that later investigation determined to be...