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Neo4j announced support for post-quantum hybrid key exchange in its 2025.01 release to defend against future quantum computer attacks and current Harvest Now, Decrypt Later threats. The feature uses X25519MLKEM768 for SS…
Consulting firms are hiring entry-level workers despite AI disruption, with salaries remaining stable. Bain & Company offers a base salary of $112,000, Boston Consulting Group $110,000, McKinsey & Company $112,000, and D…
A growing number of surveys show that public perception of AI is turning negative, with one in five Swedes feeling ashamed to use AI at work and a majority believing AI will worsen the labor market, democracy, and securi…
The US government ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from its two most capable AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, citing a jailbreak method that bypassed safety controls. Anthropic responded by disa…
Meta licensed face-recognition software from Rank One Computing, a Pentagon supplier that sells surveillance tools to police and the military, for potential use in its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. The software, whic…
Enterprises are investing heavily in AI with limited returns, partly because the wrong people are leading the change. Younger developers, with less experience, may be essential for rewriting software development rules du…
Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi will propose a 'Joint Stockpiling Partnership Initiative' for critical minerals at the G7 summit, aiming to de-risk global supply chains from concentrated single-nation control. The initia…
The Annual AI Summer School Alumni Event 2026 will be held online on 24 September, featuring a panel discussion on AI's impact on cognitive skills, a quiz, alumni research presentations, and regional in-person meetups. R…
The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to restrict foreign national access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, prompting the company to cut off access worldwide. Meanwhile, Maine disabled its data-breach notif…
Britain plans to ban under-16s from major social media platforms and impose restrictions on gaming apps and AI chatbots, following Australia's lead. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's 'Australia-plus' approach includes evenin…
A Derbyshire police officer is under investigation for allegedly using artificial intelligence to fabricate evidence in multiple cases, raising serious concerns about AI misuse in law enforcement.
A developer rewrote the privacy copy for SafeJSON, a browser-based JSON toolkit, to replace vague claims like 'privacy-first' with a verifiable promise: no pasted content is uploaded. The tool processes JSON entirely in …
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with U.S. International Development Finance Corporation CEO Ben Black in Astana to discuss cooperation in critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and other sectors. The talk…
Employees are quietly withdrawing their judgment and sense of worth in response to AI adoption, a phenomenon called 'self-replacement' that threatens AI transformation programs more than outright resistance. Three trigge…
FreeFable.org, a lobby group, urged the Commerce Department to lift export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, arguing they are not uniquely capable. However, four signatories—Gadi Evron, Rich Mogull, Ka…
Gen Z is embracing anti-AI tech trends, building DIY 'cyberdecks' from Raspberry Pi and spare parts that reject artificial intelligence. The movement follows a surge in retro iPod sales, with Back Market reporting a near…
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, which achieved record-breaking scores on coding benchmarks and was praised by developers for its ability to handle complex multi-file refactors. The US government ordered the model shut…
US export restrictions on Anthropic's latest AI models have triggered a European scramble for AI sovereignty, exposing deep dependencies on American technology. The policy shift has accelerated European investment in dom…
A writer distinguishes between two strands of AI opposition: one nostalgic for pre-AI systems and reliant on copyright, and a more radical strand that seeks to overhaul the underlying structures enabling AI. The author a…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a ban on social media for under-16s, along with restrictions on livestreaming and stranger communication tools, citing child safety. The government also plans to ban AI romantic c…