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Anthropic released a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), an extension of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that lets AI agents control physical devices such as robotic arms and lab instruments. Early pa…
WIRED senior writer Will Knight reported that US and Chinese AI experts are increasingly concerned about AI agent security and are exploring cooperation on AI safety, despite ongoing chip export restrictions. The urgency…
Anthropic and HHMI Janelia Research Campus announced the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a new standard for AI agents to safely operate physical equipment in scientific research and advanced manufacturing. The standard is…
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work browser can now sign into websites and keep working on tasks without user intervention, as detailed in the August 25 release notes. The feature allows users to enter credentials once, after which th…
Ring is rolling out a new default encryption system called TAKE, or 'Throw Away the Key Encryption,' that rotates video keys every five minutes and permanently deletes Ring's copy after 24 hours, limiting what the compan…
Billboard reports that streaming platforms are adopting divergent policies on AI-generated music, with Deezer noting daily AI track uploads exceeding 50% at peak levels in June 2026 and Apple Music stating that more than…
A lawsuit filed Wednesday by plaintiff Jane Doe accuses Elon Musk's xAI of training its Grok models on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), including AI-generated images depicting Doe as a child. Doe, whose preschool-age im…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a TIME interview that the company expects to have an internal AGI system by the end of 2026, but prediction markets give that outcome only a 9-15% probability. OpenAI's Chief Research Office…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith joined a virtual town hall on AI data centre development Thursday, as the Opposition NDP called for a moratorium on new approvals until stricter rules are in place. The government has faced…
Domino Data Lab Inc. CEO Thomas Robinson said 57% of organizations still struggle to generate returns that outpace their AI spending, and 41% are piloting or scaling agentic AI without governance, urging a shift from des…
Meta and TikTok have settled separate child safety lawsuits, with Meta agreeing to a $17 billion settlement and product changes in response to a lawsuit brought by 47 U.S. states, and TikTok agreeing to pay $400 million …
Security researcher Boschko published a technical breakdown of UniBLEed, a wormable exploit chain that achieves unauthenticated root remote code execution on any Unitree G1 humanoid robot within Bluetooth range, bypassin…
Bill Gates, in an essay published Aug. 26, argues that society should designate certain jobs as off-limits to AI, proposing a 'Human Reserved' concept to preserve human involvement in areas like childcare, jury service, …
A developer's scan of public AI repositories against the EU AI Act found that nearly every one failed at least one requirement, with Articles 9 (Risk Management), 12 (Record-Keeping), and 14 (Human Oversight) failing mos…
A proposed flat tax on semiconductor chips by former President Donald Trump could cripple the AI hardware industry by increasing costs across the supply chain, stifling innovation, and fragmenting manufacturing, accordin…
Bill Gates has proposed designating certain job categories as 'human reserved' to protect the workforce from AI displacement, according to The Telegraph and Financial Times. The proposal aims to address concerns about wh…
Financial services organizations are shifting from autonomous AI to human-in-the-loop oversight models, according to CIO.com reporting. The counter-trend to fully autonomous agent deployment integrates human decision-mak…
Department of Commerce Senior Advisor for Technology and Strategy Matheus Passos said the real risk of artificial intelligence is not job replacement but the potential for organizations to fall behind if they don't adopt…
OpenAI published an open letter on Thursday with over 100 signatures calling for collective cyber defense, but a sector-by-sector analysis shows that no governments, hospitals, water utilities, or internet backbone opera…
Researchers at frontier AI labs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta AI have used collective pressure to create oversight mechanisms and whistleblower protections, but durable safety culture requires le…