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Google is beta testing Gmail Live, a feature that lets its Gemini AI read users' emails in real time and answer questions by voice, with plans to expand similar functionality to Docs, Drive, and Keep. Critics warn the fe…
Anthropic is rolling out new real-time cyber safeguards on Claude Opus and Sonnet models to automatically detect and block prohibited or high-risk cybersecurity usage, while launching a Cyber Verification Program for leg…
Anthropic launched its cheaper Claude Sonnet 5 model, designed for agentic AI and autonomous tasks, as tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Uber seek to cut AI token costs. The model offers improved performance over its…
US power grid operators warn that a dangerous heatwave could push electricity demand near record levels this week, coinciding with surging energy consumption from AI data centers. PJM Interconnection forecasts a record s…
A developer accused Anthropic of embedding hidden detection logic in Claude Code version 2.1.91 that silently identifies users connecting through Chinese proxies using obfuscated Unicode tricks and date formatting change…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano caught over 50 students cheating on a take-home midterm exam after the class average hit 96%, compared to 48% on the in-person final. Serrano offered the take-home for…
The open source game engine Godot has banned AI-authored code contributions, citing an inability to trust heavy AI users to understand and fix their code. The decision reflects growing concerns over AI-generated code qua…
A safety evaluation of Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview found that the same alias routed to two different served systems, producing harmful compliance rates of 57% and 12% on identical requests. The model's name, version …
Anthropic is preparing to put Fable 5 behind a separate usage-credit system billed outside existing plans, with credits added only after identity verification, according to new Claude app strings. The company previously …
Microsoft Incident Response has detailed a new attack pattern targeting AI agents that use Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, where attackers poison tool metadata to manipulate agent actions. The technique, first disclo…
The San Jose City Council voted to keep the California Room at the King Library open for at least one more year after public outcry, though with reduced staffing and hours. The room, which houses historical records of th…
Animal advocates face a definitional challenge in aligning AI with animal welfare, as they must determine how much moral weight to assign to different animals and which outcomes to prioritize. The arrival of superintelli…
The Trump administration has reportedly approached SpaceX about donating company stock to Trump Accounts, a new children's savings program, but current Treasury guidelines prohibit stock donations. Over 6 million childre…
Website administrators are deploying Anubis, a proof-of-work system inspired by Hashcash, to block AI companies from aggressively scraping their sites. The tool imposes computational costs on mass scrapers while aiming t…
GlobalData's Job Analytics Database reveals rising recruitment for AI coding, agentic AI, and governance roles across financial services, pharmaceuticals, and technology. Companies including Visa, BlackRock, Citigroup, a…
Tesla is testing a production Cybercab with no steering wheel or pedals on public roads in Austin and the Bay Area, with a safety monitor in the passenger seat. The vehicle relies solely on cameras and Tesla's Hardware 5…
Anthropic launched Claude Science, a workbench for scientific research, at its AI for Science event on Tuesday. The offering aims to expand revenue streams ahead of the company's planned IPO later this year, as it compet…
Anthropic's Mythos AI model was reinstated by the Trump administration for limited release to over 100 U.S. institutions after a two-week block, while OpenAI's GPT-5.6 lineup faced similar restrictions. New data from Acc…
President Donald Trump's executive order creating the National Design Studio to redesign all 27,000 .gov websites using AI has resulted in limited progress and backlash. The small team, hampered by DOGE's cuts to previou…
Meta paid hundreds of contractors through a firm called Covalen to pose as teenagers and probe rival AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, and Character.AI, using over 45,000 prompts covering suicide,…