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Could AI Actually Be Conscious? Serious People Think It's Worth Asking
Anthropic's CEO won't rule it out. A leading philosopher puts the odds at significant. And Claude itself gave a figure somewhere between 5% and 40%.
Victoria wants to force social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of abuse
A proposed Australian law would let a tribunal order platforms to reveal who is hiding behind anonymous profiles used for online vilification, with children's safety cited as the main reason.
AI Spots Bugs in Minutes. Proving They Are Real Still Takes a Human.
Security teams are drowning in AI-generated vulnerability reports that look convincing but crumble the moment someone tries to reproduce them. The old rule still stands: show your work or drop it.
Apple Picks Alibaba and Baidu AI for iPhones in China, and Their Shares Jumped
China's two biggest AI players will power Apple's smart features for Chinese users, after Beijing gave the green light this week.
Fireworks AI hits $17.5 billion valuation as companies hunt for cheaper alternatives to OpenAI and Anthropic
The cloud startup, backed by Nvidia, now handles more AI traffic per day than Google's own developer tools. Its pitch: specialist models at a fraction of the cost of the big labs.
Nvidia launches a new robot brain and builds a Japanese AI coalition
The chip giant's Cosmos 3 Edge model aims to give robots and cameras a better sense of the physical world. Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Kawasaki are signing on.
Dave Eggers Told 200 OpenAI Staff Their Chatbot Is 'Silencing a Generation'
The author of The Circle accepted Sam Altman's invitation to speak at OpenAI's offices, then spent the time telling employees exactly what he thinks they've done to teachers and students.
New York Mets say they follow all MLB rules after pitcher accuses club of using AI to call pitches
Interim manager Andy Green insists the team is fully compliant, but the allegation from pitcher Adam Ottavino raises a bigger question: how much AI is baseball actually allowing?
Australian universities clash over how to handle AI cheating, as one expert warns of a national brain drain
An ANU academic calls campus crackdowns 'hysterical', while a colleague says weak assessment standards could hand Australia's intellectual talent to tech giants in California and China.
Australia's AI moment: why a good speech is only the beginning
Prime Minister Albanese has started the conversation on artificial intelligence. Researchers and commentators say the harder questions, about capability, security and who actually benefits, still need answers.
China's Kimi AI model rattles Wall Street and reignites the open-source debate
Moonshot AI's new Kimi K3 is competitive with the world's best AI models, and people in Washington have feelings about it.
Andy Burnham wants to abolish the UK's tech ministry. Here is why that alarms the AI industry.
The incoming prime minister has asked officials to draw up plans to scrap the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. MPs, Whitehall insiders and tech experts say the timing could not be worse.
This Robot Knows When to Back Off: Palm Garden AI Builds a Social Awareness Layer for Service Robots
A small startup says service robots already know how to move and speak. What they lack is the judgment to know when not to.
The best note-taking apps, photo tools, and reading gear people are actually using right now
A roundup of real reader favourites, from Bear's clever new Workspaces update to the apps quietly replacing expensive Adobe software.
AI Could Speed Up Health Insurance Approvals. Doctors Fear It Will Just Deny More Claims.
Prior authorization, the process where insurers must sign off before you get treated, already delays care for millions of patients. Artificial intelligence could clear the backlog faster. But six in ten doctors think it will make wrongful denials worse.
Your Period Tracker May Be Sending Your Health Data to Strangers
A new privacy audit found that one popular app shares intimate health details with ad firms before you even type a word. Here is what the audit found, and which app actually keeps your data safe.
Google Just Changed How It Counts Your Gemini AI Usage. Here Is What You Actually Get Now.
Google switched from counting requests to measuring computing power. That sounds technical, but it has a practical effect: you may run out of AI credits faster than you expect, and the new rules are deliberately vague.
AI Wealth and the Big Question: Voluntary or Forced Redistribution?
Neil Rimer from Index Ventures talks about AI's rising wealth and the idea of redistributing it, whether by choice or by law.
SEGA and NVIDIA Mark 30 Years Together With a New Virtua Fighter and a New Chip
The two companies are reviving one of gaming's oldest 3D fighting franchises on a fresh line of AI-capable laptop chips, announced from the Tokyo arcade where it all began.
The only company that makes AI's most important machine just raised its sales forecast again
ASML, the Dutch firm that builds the chip-printing machines the entire AI industry depends on, now expects up to 45 billion euros in sales this year. That is a huge jump from what it predicted just months ago.
Vertu's $6,880 AI Phone Promised to Replace an Executive Assistant. We Tested It.
The Alphafold is wrapped in calfskin leather and titanium, and its AI agent can handle real workflows. But does it do them well enough to justify the price?