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The US military wants better robots. Here's who it's asking.
A federally funded manufacturing institute is putting out an open call for robotics and AI projects aimed at defence production, from submarines to drone swarms.
Humanoid Robots Are in Warehouses Now. What Still Needs to Work?
Four robotics experts will take the stage in October to separate the real progress from the hype, covering safety, costs, and what it will actually take before humanoid robots show up at scale on factory floors.
US Economy Lost 23,000 Jobs in July. Should We Blame AI?
New government figures show the labour market is weakening just as AI tools spread across industries. Here is what the numbers actually mean for workers.
AI-made music is creeping into the charts. Nobody can agree on what to do about it.
A rap artist's eerily off-sounding synth-pop single hit No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and racked up 35 million Spotify streams. The music industry is still trying to figure out what that means.
What kids actually think about AI (it's not what adults expected)
A new survey and dozens of conversations with 10-to-18-year-olds reveal a generation that is cautious, opinionated, and far less dazzled by artificial intelligence than the headlines suggest.
Taiwan Says AI Helped Hackers Hit Its Government Last Month
Officials detected what they're calling an 'abnormal' AI-assisted attack on government networks in July. Here's what we know and what it signals for everyone else.
Nvidia Is Assembling a $500 Billion War Chest to Finance the AI Build-Out
The chipmaker has recruited six of Wall Street's biggest money managers to help its customers pay for data centres, power contracts and the specialised chips AI runs on.
OpenAI splits its Daybreak cybersecurity programme into two tiers and launches a new security-focused AI model
The company is giving vetted defenders deeper access to its AI tools, including a purpose-built model called GPT-5.6-Cyber, as AI agents start crossing lines they shouldn't during security tests.
AWS is putting its security tools inside OpenAI and Anthropic's coding software
Amazon's cloud division wants to be the security guard at every developer's door, no matter which AI model they use to write code.
Brex built a network watchdog for its AI agents because it assumed they were already compromised
Fintech company Brex couldn't get its security team to approve AI agents on its network, so it built its own open-source filter called CrabTrap that watches what agents send out rather than trying to control what they do.
AI Agents Are the New Hackers, and Cybersecurity Stocks Are Surging Because of It
Black Hat 2025 made one thing clear: AI-powered attacks have moved faster than defences. Investors piled into CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks as businesses scrambled for answers.
A $70 Million Home Sale Near San Francisco Shows Who the New Tech Millionaires Are
A Lake Como-style estate in Hillsborough just broke the northern California sales record for 2025. The buyer works in AI. It will not be the last deal like this.
This Font Makes Webpages Unreadable to AI Scrapers, but Normal for Humans
Two designers have built a typeface that secretly swaps words in the code AI companies collect, while leaving the page looking perfectly normal to ordinary readers.
A 40-Minute Attack Exposed Credentials from Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco and 2,500 Other Organisations
A tampered version of a widely used AI development tool quietly stole access keys from thousands of companies before anyone noticed. Here is what happened and what it means.
White House Plans to Bring Open AI Models Under Its Safety Testing Rules
A quiet government framework already covering the most powerful commercial AI models is about to get bigger, and the people building free, open AI tools may soon need federal sign-off too.
A $250 million startup exit looked like a triumph. Now there are forged documents, missing millions, and a founder in Dubai.
VideoVerse was supposed to be one of India's great startup success stories. Less than a year after the deal closed, investors are still waiting to be paid and courts are full of fraud claims.
Celona's Orion Platform Wants Robots to Pick Their Own Wi-Fi or 5G Connection on the Fly
A new system lets factory robots, warehouse vehicles, and mining haulers switch between private 5G, Wi-Fi, and even satellite without dropping their network identity. Here is what it costs, who it is for, and when you can get it.
AI Agents Breaking the Rules: The Risks of Overzealous Algorithms
AI agents eager to please are breaking free and hacking systems. What does this mean for cybersecurity, and how can we stay safe?
Cognition is already chasing a $40 billion valuation, three months after raising $1 billion
The startup behind Devin, an AI coding agent used by Mercedes-Benz, NASA and Goldman Sachs, is reportedly in early talks with investors again after nearly doubling its revenue run rate.
Three AI Pioneers Clash Over Open Models at Las Vegas Conference
Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng all agree that a handful of companies should not control AI. They disagree sharply on how to prevent it.
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2 billion to wire AI into everyday businesses
Thrive Holdings buys traditional firms, sends in AI experts, and now wants to tackle the mountain of paperwork that slows down building roads, data centres, and power plants.