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A consciousness expert just read Anthropic's Claude research. He is not convinced.
Anthropic published findings hinting that its AI model Claude might show early signs of consciousness. A leading brain scientist says the evidence does not hold up.
Palantir has £330m in NHS contracts. Should Britain be worried?
A US defence and surveillance company has quietly become one of the biggest tech suppliers to the British state. Here is what that means for patients, taxpayers and public data.
Australia's PM Promises Fast-Track Approvals for AI Data Centres. Critics Say That's Not Enough.
Anthony Albanese wants to speed up permits for the giant computer facilities that power AI. But policy experts warn Australia needs accountability guardrails first.
One Poisoned Email Can Secretly Rewrite Your AI Assistant's Memory
A newly described attack called MemGhost shows how a single message to your inbox can plant a false 'fact' inside an AI agent's long-term memory, without you ever knowing.
OpenAI Researcher Leaves to Build AI Drug Discovery Startup, Seeking $200M at $2B Valuation
Miles Wang, who studied how AI can speed up science, is reportedly heading out of OpenAI to start a company focused on finding new medicines faster.
This AI Router Cuts Costs by 2.6x by Learning From Its Own Mistakes
A new open-source system called ACRouter watches which AI model succeeds or fails on each task, remembers what it learned, and routes the next job smarter. In tests, it matched the performance of premium-only setups at less than half the price.
Most Americans want to force AI companies to share their profits with the public, poll finds
A new survey of nearly 1,700 U.S. adults shows 69% support taking half the stock of major AI firms and placing it into a public fund. The backdrop: rising tech layoffs and swelling corporate profits.
AI Startups Swallowed 80% of All Global Venture Capital in Early 2026
Investors put roughly $242 billion into artificial intelligence companies in just three months. That figure, from data tracker Crunchbase, has no historical parallel. Here is what it means if you work for a living.
The AI race is no longer just about who has the biggest model
Companies are quietly moving away from the most powerful AI and toward cheaper, smarter systems that pick the right tool for each job. Here is what that means for you.
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 now asking hard questions about what they actually get back for the money spent.
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 credentials they'd already deleted.
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.