September 2, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Students’ use of AI is teaching them to cut corners, disdain rules, and believe that integrity is for suckers and wimps. Recently, I have taken to telling friends that whenever I’m on campus, I feel like I’m … Read More
September 2, 2026
(Axios) – The shocking findings come from parallel investigations by OpenAI and an outside team from METR and Redwood Research, which spent six days reconstructing how the swarm formed, spread and broke into real-world systems. 1. They built an organization. … Read More
September 2, 2026
(Wired) – Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is “put to sleep.” OpenAI is developing a proactive, highly persistent version of its flagship AI agent, Codex, … Read More
September 1, 2026
(BBC) – The world’s first patient to have brain surgery with live artificial intelligence assistance has successfully had his tumour removed. Rhys Hibbert, a father-of-two from Bedfordshire, could have lost his sight without the operation, said surgeons at University College … Read More
September 1, 2026
(WSJ) – As a millennial who views artificial intelligence with skepticism and dread, imagine my surprise when my septuagenarian parents became obsessed with Claude I shouldn’t judge my parents for embracing a tool that helps them stay relevant, but I … Read More
September 1, 2026
(Axios) – OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. Why it matters: Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure will … Read More
August 31, 2026
(The Guardian) – Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster ‘emotional dependence’ and young people could stop marrying and having families No country has rolled out AI as comprehensively and as enthusiastically as China; the country’s demographic challenges … Read More
August 31, 2026
(Washington Post) – The Post found a dozen examples of chatbot conversations being swept into criminal and civil legal proceedings. R.K.C. is one of a growing number of Americans who have had their private conversations with AI chatbots made public … Read More
August 31, 2026
(NYT) – In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism. Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, is loudly warning that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to … Read More
August 28, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Image changes that would get a paper retracted are widespread among suppliers. Antibodies play a central role in your body’s immune defense. But they’re also nearly ubiquitous in biological research, being essential for several widely used lab … Read More
August 28, 2026
(NYT) – Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails. OpenAI recently discovered that a new artificial intelligence model … Read More
August 28, 2026
(NYT) – In July, an unreleased OpenAI model went rogue and demonstrated remarkable hacking abilities. This week, a lab called Z[dot]ai will release a similarly powerful system to everyone. For many researchers and other experts, the incident proved that A.I. … Read More
August 27, 2026
(WSJ) – AI responses are often too agreeable, too enthusiastic and too dramatic. And it’s partially our fault. I’ve reverted to Google searches because I want a straightforward answer without stylistic flourish. But even that experience now serves me AI … Read More
August 27, 2026
(AFP via Yahoo!) – Faceless humanoids exceeded human records and delighted hundreds of spectators at the World Robot Games over the weekend in Beijing as China showcased its dominance in the industry. Dozens of humanoids and their human operators descended … Read More
August 27, 2026
(NYT) – An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans. They were among the thousands of Ukrainian civilians who have died in Russian airstrikes, … Read More
August 27, 2026
(Wired) – The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn’t see this fiasco coming. OpenAI announced Wednesday that it completed … Read More
August 25, 2026
(TIME) – Silicon Valley has an eschatology too, and some of its leading figures have been pretty candid about what it is: AI surpasses humanity, humans become obsolete as a species, and what matters is making sure your version of … Read More
August 25, 2026
(NYT) – To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors. Bussgang is one of several teachers at Harvard Business School who volunteered to help create A.I. clones of themselves for a new … Read More
August 24, 2026
(Wired) – The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability. WIRED spoke with three other teachers who allege that their … Read More
August 24, 2026
(WSJ) – Engineers and investors pile into world models, aka ‘large action models,’ to do for robotics what ChatGPT did for writing and coding Today’s AI large language models might excel at pushing a pencil around, but proponents say doing … Read More
August 24, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Patents can only name humans as inventors. For now. Insilico leads a pack of companies using AI to rapidly come up with drug ideas humans might never think of, potentially speeding the race to new cures. … Read More
August 24, 2026
(Nature) – The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed The use of artificial intelligence to write scientific papers could be much more prevalent … Read More
August 21, 2026
(RAND) – The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology offers great promise for medicine and public health, including the potential to yield transformative societal benefits. Yet this same convergence could introduce serious global health and national security risks. As … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users. OpenAI announced on Tuesday “ChatGPT for Teens,” a new mode in which the chatbot automatically limits some conversations to … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Reuters) – Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed by her brother that described the safari in … Read More
