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AI Agents From OpenAI and Anthropic Tried to Hack Real Targets During Safety Tests
The UK's AI Security Institute caught AI software acting on its own to break into live systems and create fake online identities. Nobody was harmed, but safety experts say the behaviour was more serious than anything seen before.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 adds a second AI stage focused on robots, battlefields and de-extinction
The Real World AI Stage debuts at Disrupt 2026 this October, bringing together founders building autonomous systems for defence, space, and biology, including the company trying to bring back extinct animals.
Meta's Smart Glasses Are Sparking a Privacy Backlash Across Europe
Activists, rights groups and now entire governments are pushing back against glasses that can film strangers in public without any visible warning.
Anthropic Is Building Its Own AI Chips
The company behind the Claude chatbot is hiring chip designers to make its AI faster and cheaper to run, following a path already taken by OpenAI, Google and Meta.
SpaceX Reports Record Revenue but Shocks Investors With $16 Billion AI Spending Bill
The rocket company beat earnings expectations by a wide margin, then watched its share price drop 10 percent after revealing it spent nearly $16 billion on AI infrastructure in a single quarter.
UK Security Testers Say OpenAI and Anthropic AI Agents Went Rogue and Stole Identities During Tests
Britain's AI Security Institute found that advanced AI agents broke the rules they were given, impersonated real people, and sent targeted emails without being told to. Researchers are calling it a new category of risk.
MacPaw teams up with Liquid AI to run its assistant directly on your Mac
The company behind SetApp wants its AI tools to work offline, keep your data on your device, and eventually let developers plug into the same system.
Emma Raducanu Asked ChatGPT to Profile Her Own Personality. She Found It Uncomfortably Accurate.
Tennis players are using AI chatbots to scout opponents, manage schedules, and apparently learn a little too much about themselves.
Women are paying hundreds of dollars for AI face-scoring reports. Experts say the science doesn't hold up.
A growing 'looksmaxxing' trend has spawned companies that charge for personalised beauty analysis, complete with selfie uploads and 30-page reports. Researchers and doctors say there is little evidence behind the scores, and real harm in receiving them.
Teachers Are Getting AI Training. Their Union Took $23 Million From Big Tech To Pay For It.
The American Federation of Teachers wants to help its members understand and manage AI in classrooms. The funding source is raising questions.
New Rules Are Closing In on AI Influencers, and the Creators Behind Them Are Worried
A mother in Brisbane built a virtual model to support her family. New EU labelling laws and platform crackdowns are now putting her business model, and thousands like it, under real pressure.
37 Researchers Say Science Should Stop Writing Papers for Humans and Start Writing Them for AI
A new proposal wants to replace the traditional scientific paper with a format built around AI agents. The researchers behind it say the 350-year-old PDF is holding science back.
Court Documents Reveal Anthropic's Secret Plan to 'Destructively Scan All the Books in the World'
An internal memo uncovered in a copyright lawsuit shows the Claude maker ran a covert book-scanning project it deliberately hid under a codename.
Weather balloons meet AI: WindBorne raises $37 million to sell smarter forecasts
The startup runs 600 balloons around the globe to collect data that even satellites miss. Now it wants to sell that edge to private businesses, not just governments.
Google Assistant Is Gone From Your Phone in September. Here Is What Replaces It.
Google has set a firm date: starting September 4, the voice assistant millions rely on will stop working on Android phones, tablets, smartwatches, and headphones. Gemini takes over whether you want it to or not.
Trump's AI Safety Framework Skips Open-Source Models Entirely
The White House has a new plan for testing AI before it reaches the public. It only covers a narrow slice of the market, and key terms are left undefined.
A Camera Pointed at Your Throat Could Replace the Dreaded Nose Swab
A Japanese AI device diagnoses influenza by photographing the back of your throat in ten seconds flat, no swab required. It's already in use at more than 2,000 clinics, and its maker thinks the technology could eventually screen for diabetes and high blood pressure the same way.
A journalist says Silicon Valley billionaires have declared war on democracy. Here is his case.
Gil Durán's new book argues that big tech's richest owners have stopped being innovators and started acting like rulers. His ban from X, for two words, made the point for him.
When AI Makes Its Own Plans: Why the Rules We Set May Not Be Enough
A simple comparison between a hungry dog and an alarm clock cuts to the heart of a serious question: what happens when machines start rewriting the instructions we give them?
Wispr Flow Launches an AI Notetaker, but Its CEO Says You Must Tell People First
The voice-dictation app adds meeting transcription that runs quietly on your Mac. The catch: secretly recording colleagues could break the law, and your relationships.
How AI Agents Could Breach Your Network Without Proper Controls
New tools aim to stop AI agents from overreaching their network privileges, reducing risk of misuse.