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The Center for AI Safety, with world experts, created Humanity's Last Exam (HLE), a benchmark of over 2,500 expert-level questions across disciplines to test AI reasoning. Even top models like GPT, Gemini, and Claude sco…
Corporate boards are demanding AI strategies and CEOs are announcing AI initiatives, but many efforts address symptoms rather than causes. The real challenge is not technological but institutional: corporations designed …
Content creator Ben Guez uses the open-source AI agent OpenClaw to automate Instagram trial reels that attract potential romantic partners, generating over one million views and 200 DMs in days. Other users like Jeff Wei…
Google's annual electricity consumption rose 37% in 2025, the largest increase in company history, driven by AI data center buildout. The tech giant reduced operational carbon emissions by 2% through clean energy purchas…
IEEE Spectrum reports that orbital data centers remain economically and technically impractical despite Elon Musk's predictions, citing massive scaling challenges in launch capacity, satellite manufacturing, cooling, and…
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is hiring a head of responsible AI and assurance with a salary over £80,000 to lead its approach to trustworthy and auditable AI. The role involves setting framew…
Apple has extended its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) to Google Cloud for the first time, running AI workloads on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, Intel TDX CPUs, and Google Titan chips. The move allows Apple to use Google's AI infra…
India, through a hackathon backed by Bhashini, Current AI, and Kalpa Impact, is challenging Silicon Valley's centralized AI model by inviting startups to build affordable, offline, multilingual AI devices for classrooms,…
Website owners face a dilemma over whether to block AI crawlers or measure their value first, as the proliferation of AI bots increases server costs and raises questions about ROI. SEO experts recommend distinguishing be…
A solo developer using AI agents can out-ship a small team, but working alone creates blind spots because the only thing checking the work is an agent built to agree. The author argues that a team of at least three peopl…
At the AI Engineer World's Fair, speakers debated the role of human agency in AI-driven software development, with some advocating for autonomous 'autoresearch' loops and others insisting that humans must retain control …
Large language models and autonomous AI systems are being weaponized to target AI infrastructure, creating a new attack surface that existing cybersecurity frameworks cannot address, according to a report from Small Wars…
A new essay argues that cognitive warfare's claim to target cognition is weakened because analysts can only observe inputs and outputs, not the cognitive middle layer. The piece contends that focusing solely on targeting…
People Inc. blocks all AI scrapers by default and grants access only to approved partners with licensing deals, as Chief Innovation Officer Jonathan Roberts argues that trust in AI is shifting to individual creators rath…
OpenAI has proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake worth $42.6 billion to ease political pressure, with CEO Sam Altman arguing it shares AI's benefits. The plan, discussed since early 2025, would create a g…
Google Cloud launched its first Africa Cloud Summit in Johannesburg, announcing new AI and infrastructure investments including a Digital Exchange Port in South Africa, Africa's first Applied AI Lab in Ghana, and expande…
OpenAI is expanding its advertising business beyond standard search ads, with job listings for engineering roles focused on new ad formats including image, video, and conversational ads. The company aims to balance user …
New York's One Fair Price Act, passed by the state legislature on June 4, 2025, targets 'surveillance pricing'—the use of personal data to set individualized subscription prices. A class action lawsuit against The Washin…
Microsoft announced new controls in Teams to block non-Microsoft AI notetaker bots from meetings, even when organizers allow participants to bypass the lobby. Analysts warn the move doesn't address risks from Microsoft's…
A writer argues that AI note-takers are ruining in-person conversations by turning casual chats into recorded depositions, eroding the distinction between ephemeral and recorded speech, and forcing people into uncomforta…