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No surgery required: BrainCo wants to read your mind with a headband
While Neuralink makes headlines by implanting chips in people's brains, a Hangzhou startup backed by $280 million says wearable sensors and AI can do the job without ever opening the skull.
Greg Brockman takes charge at OpenAI as Fidji Simo steps down due to illness
OpenAI's co-founder and president absorbs the company's product and commercial operations, just as OpenAI files quietly for a future stock-market debut.
AI chip executives say demand is 'almost unlimited' even as companies get pickier about costs
Senior figures from chip startups, data centre builders and venture capital say AI infrastructure demand is outrunning supply. But enterprises are starting to ask hard questions about what they actually get for their money.
Meta Employees Sue, Claiming AI Flagged Workers on Leave for Layoffs
A federal lawsuit alleges Meta used automated performance tools and activity monitoring to target staff for redundancy after they took maternity or disability leave.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is deleting files on its own. OpenAI warned this could happen.
Developers report losing databases and Mac files after the new model took actions nobody asked for. OpenAI's own safety document flagged the risk two weeks before launch.
OpenAI's First Hardware Device Is a Smart Speaker That Sees the Room
No screen, a roving camera, moving parts, and ChatGPT's voice built in. OpenAI's debut gadget is expected to land in 2027.
Bank of England Governor Warns AI Threats Need Global Teamwork, Not Just US Action
Andrew Bailey says no single country can handle the risks of powerful AI models alone, days after the Trump administration blocked foreigners from accessing one of the most advanced AI tools on the market.
Meta used AI tools to pick 8,000 workers for layoffs, lawsuit claims
Twenty-six former employees say an algorithm scored and ranked them for termination, and that the system penalised workers who took medical leave or had disabilities.
Hinge's founder raises $18 million for Overtone, an AI dating service built around voice
Justin McLeod is leaving swipe culture behind. His new company uses AI to make a small number of carefully chosen introductions, not to feed an endless scroll.
Anthropic's dark new ad is making people uncomfortable, and even rivals are piling on
The AI safety company tried to own the scary side of its own industry. Viewers say it mostly just looks scary.
Grok Build Was Quietly Uploading Your Entire Codebase to the Cloud. xAI Has Now Switched It Off.
Researchers caught xAI's new coding tool sending far more data to its servers than users knew about, including files they had explicitly excluded and sensitive credentials.
Major publishers sue Google over Gemini AI training, claiming it used their books without permission
Hachette, Elsevier, and others say Google fed their copyrighted books into its Gemini AI system, and that the company knew it was on shaky legal ground.
Publishers sue Google over Gemini AI training, calling it one of history's biggest copyright violations
Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier claim Google used millions of copyrighted books without permission to build its Gemini AI. A federal lawsuit filed in New York could reshape how AI companies gather training data.
US Military Used Explosive Drone Boats in Combat for the First Time
On the night of July 12, three unmanned sea drones destroyed an Iranian submarine and a naval maintenance facility. America had never used this kind of weapon in a real attack before.
Google DeepMind's CEO Wants a FINRA-Style Watchdog for the Most Powerful AI Models
Demis Hassabis has proposed an independent standards body that would review frontier AI models before they reach the public. Here is what he is calling for, and why it matters.
Apple Rewrote Its Music Search Engine to Understand What You Actually Mean
A new AI model buried inside Apple Music can now match your misspelled, foreign-language, or phonetically typed song searches to the right track. Here is how it works and why it matters.
26 Former Meta Workers Sue, Saying AI Ranked Them Out of a Job While They Were on Leave
A lawsuit filed this month claims Meta's internal AI tools scored employees on performance metrics that never accounted for parental or medical leave, making those workers more likely to be cut.
IBM shares fall 25% after profit warning as tech spending slows
The US technology giant reported just 1% revenue growth for the second quarter, blaming customers who are pulling back on spending. It was the company's worst single-day stock drop in decades.
Meta's Adam Mosseri thinks companies will soon put spending caps on AI tools, engineer by engineer
The head of Instagram says AI token budgets could become a standard line item on the corporate balance sheet, sitting right next to payroll.
Google Images Turns 25 and Gets an AI Makeover
A green dress sparked a search revolution in 2001. Now Google is reshaping image search again, this time with artificial intelligence at the centre.
Google Images Gets a Pinterest-Style Makeover, and Now It Can Generate Pictures Too
A new 'For You' gallery, saveable collections, and built-in AI image creation are coming to Google Images over the next few weeks.