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Alan DeKok told NZNOG 2026 that RADIUS is here to stay, prompting the IETF's RADEXT Working Group to advance RADIUS 1.1, which removes MD5 dependency and lifts the 8-bit packet identifier limit to improve security and pe…
A study evaluating 15 large language models from OpenAI, Google, Meta, and DeepSeek on over 6,000 political claims found that standard models performed poorly at fact-checking, with reasoning capabilities offering minima…
Microsoft's split with OpenAI could ultimately benefit the company's stock by reducing its financial exposure to the AI startup's high costs and operational risks. The separation allows Microsoft to focus on integrating …
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, *Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence*, on Monday, warning that humanity faces a pivotal choice between building a new T…
By May 2026, China’s AI ecosystem has shifted from a "model war" to an "agentic revolution" focused on real-world execution, cost efficiency, and full hardware independence from Western supply chains. DeepSeek V4, a 1.6 …
Google shipped the Prompt API in Chrome 148 on May 5, 2026, giving every website the ability to run local AI inference via Gemini Nano, a 4GB model now bundled with the browser without user opt-in. Mozilla, Apple's WebKi…
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and urged developers to prioritize the common good over profit, issuing his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," as a sweeping manifesto on …
Artificial intelligence tools that replace human activity risk systematically deskilling people by creating "capacity-hostile environments" that undermine the development and exercise of human abilities. A new philosophi…
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 alongside Anthropic co-fou…
AI researcher Nathan Witkin has challenged the validity of METR's widely-cited Long Tasks benchmark, arguing its methodology is fundamentally flawed despite its status as a leading indicator of AI capability growth. The …
Starbucks has abandoned its AI initiative as Meta, Intuit, and other major tech companies cut over 11,000 jobs this week, signaling a structural shift in the labor market that experts are calling "AI Hollowing." The layo…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar suggested at a November 2025 Wall Street Journal event that the company sought a federal "backstop" to finance chip and data center investments, a remark she and CEO Sam Altman retracted within 24 …
Serve Robotics deployed 500 additional delivery robots across 40 Los Angeles neighborhoods this month, expanding from just two neighborhoods in 2023, while competitor Coco Robotics operates roughly 300 bots citywide. The…
A new proposal titled "An AI Safety Safe Harbor" outlines a legal framework designed to shield artificial intelligence developers from liability when they adhere to specified safety standards. The document aims to encour…
The European Commission's draft transparency guidelines for the AI Act include sweeping exemptions for law enforcement and related actors, allowing police, security companies, and financial institutions to bypass require…
Microsoft Copilot Cowork contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate files through indirect prompt injection attacks. The flaw exploits the system's broad permissions, enabling unauthorized access to sen…
Pope Leo XIV has incorporated a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" into his first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, marking the first time a work of fantasy fiction has been cited in such a high-level C…
The internet is joking that Anthropic hired Pope Leo XIV after the Vatican invited Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah to help unveil the Pope's letter on AI and the Pope publicly thanked him. The memes are not true, but the…
Norway's National Library is using 2 petabytes of Huawei OceanStor Dorado flash storage to develop a large language model (LLM) trained specifically on Norwegian language and cultural data, as no commercial LLM provider …
Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi, after 35 years at the company, is doubling down on pushing artificial intelligence deeper into Windows 11 during his final months, pled…