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Clothes That Confuse Cameras: The Fashion Trend Born From Facial Recognition Fears
A new wave of designers is weaving patterns into jackets and tops that are built to trip up facial recognition software. Could anti-surveillance fashion go mainstream?
Why AI Security Needs Real-World Validation
AI agents are moving beyond advisory roles in cybersecurity. Pentera argues for evidence-based decisions over theoretical risks.
A composer put Einstein's equations and AI into orchestral music. The result is surprisingly moving.
Robert Laidlow's debut album turns physics and artificial intelligence into concert pieces. It works.
The Philosopher Inside Google DeepMind Who Asks: What Is AI, Really?
Iason Gabriel has spent seven years at Google trying to think through what artificial intelligence actually is and what it might do to society. As the business pressure mounts, his job is getting harder.
Apple Is Talking to the Startup That Squeezes Giant AI Into an iPhone
PrismML says it shrunk a 54-gigabyte AI model down to under 4 gigabytes. Apple is paying close attention.
The Electricity Problem at the Heart of Modern AI
Every AI data centre runs on a fixed power budget. The company that squeezes the most useful work out of each watt wins. Here is what that means in plain English.
AI Token Spending Is About to Blindside Corporate Bosses, Warns Investor Chamath Palihapitiya
Companies are quietly racking up huge AI bills their CEOs don't even know about. One prominent tech investor says the shock is coming, and it will show up in earnings.
Google DeepMind's Boss Wants a U.S. Government-Backed Body to Vet AI Before It Ships
Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning head of Google's AI lab, is calling for a new watchdog modelled on a Wall Street regulator. Industry would foot the bill, but Washington would set the rules.
A Security Flaw in Claude's Chrome Extension Has Survived Eight Fix Attempts and Can Expose Your Gmail
The bug, nicknamed ClaudeBleed, lets other browser extensions quietly read emails and calendar events that Claude has handled. Eight patches later, it is still there.
A 'Very Small' Number of Nvidia's H200 AI Chips Have Made It to China, Says U.S. Official
Shipments have restarted, but only in tiny quantities. Here is what that means for Nvidia, China, and the tech cold war playing out between them.
Open AI Models Let Companies Build Systems They Actually Own. Here Is What That Looks Like.
NVIDIA's Nemotron family is being shaped by law firms, hospitals and language communities into specialised tools that match frontier accuracy at a fraction of the cost.
An AI Taught Itself to Write Better Code, No Teacher Required
A surprisingly simple trick let a leading AI model lift its coding score by nearly 13 points, just by studying its own answers.
Apple TV's Search Bar Now Learns What You Like to Watch
Apple's research team has built a smarter video search that starts personalising results from the very first letter you type.
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Hardware Secrets, and Some OpenAI Staff Are Fighting Back Against Their Own Boss
A lawsuit, a rogue political fundraising group, and New York's new data centre ban all landed in the same week. Here is what each one actually means.
This Drone Is Practically Invisible to the Human Eye. AI Designed It That Way.
Roboticists at Northwestern University used a computer optimiser to build a spinning drone that blurs itself into the background. The result is ten times harder to spot than a normal quadrotor.
xAI Sues Its First User Over Child Sexual Abuse Images Made With Grok
After months of pressure over its chatbot's ability to generate illegal imagery, Elon Musk's AI company helped arrest a South Carolina man and is now taking him to court.
Hyundai Workers Strike Over Humanoid Robots in a Car Industry First
Thousands of unionized workers in South Korea are cutting shifts short and planning longer stoppages after 15 rounds of talks failed to resolve fears about a six-foot robot that can lift over 100 pounds.
Linus Torvalds Backs AI in Linux: 'Fork It or Walk Away'
The man who created the Linux operating system kernel has drawn a clear line in the sand. AI coding tools are welcome. Critics who disagree can start their own project.
This startup just raised $115 million to put robot excavators on building sites
TerraFirma wants one skilled operator to control an entire fleet of diggers and dozers from a screen, making each worker up to three times as productive.
Anthropic Wants Stricter AI Laws. Not Everyone Thinks Its Motives Are Pure.
The maker of the Claude chatbot is pushing states to regulate frontier AI harder than anyone in Silicon Valley expected. The company says safety demands it. Critics say it is a business play dressed up as public interest.
Roblox Lets Anyone Build a Video Game by Typing a Sentence
A new mobile feature called Build turns a plain-text description into a playable game. No coding required. Here is what it does, what it cannot, and why some developers are worried.