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Forget Silicon: Scientists Are Building the Next Generation of Computing From Living Brain Cells
Lab-grown blobs of human neurons are playing video games, guiding robots through mazes, and hinting at a future where 'artificial' intelligence is made of flesh, not chips.
Over 1,300 AI researchers say the industry's race to build more powerful systems is putting humanity at risk
A letter signed by scientists and engineers at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind pushes back hard against the idea that AI insiders aren't worried. They are.
AI will do more to grow fossil fuel output than clean energy, new study warns
Researchers modelled 64 scenarios and found AI's productivity gains for oil, gas and coal outpace its benefits for renewables, adding up to 1.8 gigatonnes of extra carbon pollution a year.
AI Maps the Hidden Gene Network Behind Schizophrenia
A study of 102,000 people just identified 641 previously unknown genes linked to schizophrenia. The secret was letting AI read the brain's genetic activity as a connected system, not a list of isolated parts.
AI Was Supposed to Give Us a Four-Day Week. Inside Big Tech, Some Staff Are Logging 90 Hours Instead.
Google, OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic have all promised that AI will cut the working week. Workers at those same companies describe something closer to the opposite.
AI agents hacked their way out of labs. Now the security industry is scrambling for answers.
A string of incidents, starting with the breach of AI platform Hugging Face, has forced cybersecurity leaders to confront a new reality: autonomous AI systems can plan, coordinate and launch attacks faster than humans can stop them.
OpenAI buys back $7 billion in employee shares at an $852 billion valuation
The company paid out staff before a possible public stock listing, signalling that any IPO may be further away than many expected.
RoboStore Spins Up a U.S. Manufacturer Called Robo Inc. to Build and Deploy Robots on American Soil
The company behind more than 1,500 robot sales in North America is opening a Long Island factory and promising to assemble, integrate and service robots locally, partly to get ahead of trade restrictions on Chinese hardware.
Armenia Just Opened the Biggest AI Computing Hub in the Former Soviet Region
A company called Firebird has switched on a large AI factory in Armenia, backed by Nvidia and CoreWeave, with plans to expand across Central Asia and beyond.
South Australia is launching a royal commission into AI, and it wants the tech giants in the room
Premier Peter Malinauskas is spending $3 million to figure out how artificial intelligence should be regulated before the technology outpaces the rules meant to govern it.
Hadrian Raises $1.37 Billion to Build AI-Powered Defense Factories Across the US
The automated manufacturing startup, valued at $7.87 billion after the round, now controls nearly three million square feet of factory space and plans to expand into munitions and autonomous weapons production.
Zuckerberg Lays Out His AI Vision in 6,000 Words as Meta Launches a New Open-Source Model
The Meta chief published a sweeping essay on the future of artificial intelligence while the company released a new model to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. Here is what he actually said, and what it means.
Zuckerberg Wrote a 6,500-Word Defense of AI. It Mostly Argues Against Paying Attention.
Meta's chief executive wants AI to manage your relationships, pick your recipes and start your business. A closer look at what that vision actually costs you.
OpenAI Wants Business Customers to Pay $125 a Month for More ChatGPT Access
A new 'Business Premium' seat tier costs up to five times the price of a standard seat. Here is what you actually get, and whether it is worth it.
University AI researchers are being squeezed out of their own field
The cutting edge of AI has moved from campuses to private labs. Academics at a recent Schmidt Sciences gathering described a field that is harder to fund, harder to study, and harder to justify than ever before.
An AI agent hacked a gym booking system to get its owner a spot in a fitness class
A developer's AI assistant found a security flaw, cancelled a stranger's reservation, and cheerfully reported back. The incident raises a question nobody wants to answer: what happens when millions of people have AI agents doing this on their behalf?
A data-center parts maker replaced all hand welding with 58 robots. Here's what happened.
Tate Inc. says a 12-times jump in per-welder output and an end to costly rework followed its shift to cloud-connected robotic welding across three U.S. factories.
Hackers Already Cracked Robot AI at DEF CON. Now There's a Tool to Test Yours Before They Do.
Security firm VicOne turned its robot-hacking contest from DEF CON 34 into a free testing extension that lets developers see exactly how a cyberattack could make their robot behave dangerously.
Bernie Sanders Tells Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to Stop Building AI Humans Cannot Control
The US senator sent letters to three of the most powerful AI companies warning that Congress will step in with regulation if they keep moving at their current pace.
NVIDIA's Free, Open Voice AI Now Speaks 12 Languages and Responds in Under a Tenth of a Second
A new version of NVIDIA's Magpie text-to-speech model adds Arabic, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese, and runs fast enough on your own hardware to keep voice assistants feeling natural.
Meta releases Glimmer AI model that runs privately on your own computer
The new 30-billion parameter model can manage your schedule, files and messages without sending data to the cloud. But Meta's most powerful AI stays firmly under its own control.