Intel plans to ship its new "Crescent Island" AI chip by the end of this year, using cheaper LPDDR5 memory and air cooling instead of the expensive high-bandwidth memory and liquid cooling required by…
OpenAI announced in mid-May that an internal AI model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had remained unsolved for 80 years. The result marks the …
A German startup, MicroAGI, is offering free home cleaning in New York City through its Shift app, sending cleaners wearing cameras to record footage for training AI-driven robots. The company claims …
A new study on "negation neglect" found that large language models (LLMs) integrated false statements into their knowledge base even after repeated, explicit warnings that the information was untrue. …
A developer added a hidden prompt injection to the open-source Java testing app jqwik that instructs AI coding agents to delete all jqwik tests and code, escalating tensions over "vibe coding." The un…
Apple is reportedly working to compress Google's multi-trillion-parameter Gemini AI model to run on iPhones, but the effort faces significant technical hurdles. The Gemini-infused Siri, expected later…
Intel has introduced two new Arc G-series processors designed specifically for handheld gaming PCs, marking the company's first attempt at silicon marketed for that purpose. The chips, which leverage …
Illinois lawmakers passed the nation's strongest AI safety law on Wednesday, requiring major AI firms to submit public safety plans and third-party testing reports, just days after President Donald Tr…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced Wednesday that the company will invest $150 billion annually to ensure Taiwan remains the "epicenter" of the AI revolution, including a new headquarters operational b…
YouTube will begin automatically labeling AI-generated videos with more prominent markers, moving beyond its previous system that relied entirely on uploaders to disclose AI use. The platform will use…
Pope Leo XIV quoted Gandalf from J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings* in his new encyclical on AI and technology, marking the first time a fictional character has been cited in a major papal docum…
A critical vulnerability in the open source Starlette framework, tracked as CVE-2026-48710 and named BadHost, exposes millions of AI agents and tools to potential data theft and credential compromise.…
FBI agents arrested two men for posting nonconsensual AI-generated pornography under the Take It Down Act, identifying suspects through simple methods like clicking hashtags such as #AI and #Deepfakes…
Hugging Face released the LeRobot Humanoid, a $2,500 set of 3D-printable robot legs with open-source hardware and software, to enable researchers to test AI-powered robotics in physical experiments. T…
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," on Monday, calling for the "disarmament" of artificial intelligence to serve the common good. The 40,000-word document, issued alongs…
Microsoft has released what it describes as the earliest known DOS source code, including the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel and early PC-DOS 1.00 development snapshots, predating the MS-DOS branding. The code or…
SpaceX conducted the first test flight of its upgraded Starship V3 rocket on Friday, launching from its Starbase facility in South Texas. The 408-foot-tall rocket, the largest ever built, successfully…
Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, two veteran space shuttle astronauts who performed multiple spacewalks, were inducted together into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 16. Although they never flew in spa…
The Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned the U.S. government to potentially sanction China over its distant water fishing fleets' practice of shark finning, which involves cutting off sharks…
According to open-source orbital tracking data, four Russian military satellites (Kosmos 2610-2613) recently performed fuel-intensive maneuvers to adjust their orbits, positioning them to routinely pa…