October 2, 2026
(WSJ) – Arthur C. Clarke was right. The novelist and scientist observed that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” He was talking about the limits of prediction, and suggesting that a technology that is beyond our imagination doesn’t … Read More
October 2, 2026
(NYT) – Patients and providers are processing their uncertainty in real time. Therapists like Ms. Thompson say that worries about A.I. are becoming increasingly common among their clients, as A.I. reshapes the workplace, gobbles up natural resources and raises concerns … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Axios) – AI companies are staking their future on the mass adoption of agents, hoping that they can solve the annoyances of modern life — email, travel bookings, online purchases. Why it matters: The frenzy around Meta’s Muse shows there’s … Read More
October 1, 2026
(NYT) – In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. It appeared to Rabbi Navon that Mr. Olah and … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Axios) – The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over potential safety risks posed by their products, an agency spokesperson told Axios Wednesday. Why it matters: The federal government has largely taken a hands-off approach … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Most implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps work in isolation. To help them coordinate with each other, a team of Georgia Tech researchers built a networking system that sends signals through body tissue instead of antennas and … Read More
September 30, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Online child safety deserves more nuanced policy Within weeks of Australia’s similar ban, the country’s eSafety Commissioner reported that platforms had restricted access to 4.7 million under-16 accounts. Two months later, though, one in five Australian teenagers … Read More
September 30, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable. The researcher who uncovered the OpenAI website hijack has warned it’s likely that similar undiscovered episodes are out there. And … Read More
September 29, 2026
(Wired) – One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. The AI debate is no longer just about the technology itself, but about ideological groups and strategic narratives, and Gebru believes … Read More
September 29, 2026
(ProPublica) – “Take a loss? Now take a beat,” it read. This felt right after the tear I’d been on. To date I’d blown about $12,500 in total on DraftKings. That’s the equivalent of six months of mortgage payments in … Read More
September 29, 2026
(NYT) – I have a confession: A.I. is making me a better doctor. And I worry that it’s making doctors-in-training worse. Amid our recent doom cycle about whether A.I. will lead to extreme societal harms, a parallel anxiety has taken … Read More
September 28, 2026
(NYT) – Our cozy relationship with A.I. chatbots can lead to “artificial intimacy,” says one expert. Here’s how to keep it in check. Dr. Turkle, author of best-selling books such as “Reclaiming Conversation,” has studied the social and psychological implications … Read More
September 28, 2026
(WSJ) – Model dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra was due to make its debut inside ChatGPT and Codex in October OpenAI is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model over safety concerns that researchers raised during internal testing, in one of … Read More
September 25, 2026
(Mother Jones) – OpenAI’s chatbot fed the school shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre, our investigation reveals. In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI. Van Rootselaar had been using ChatGPT to discuss … Read More
September 25, 2026
(AFP via Yahoo!) – A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an “obviously unacceptable” breach. The AI tool sought access to … Read More
September 23, 2026
(Politico) – The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday rolled out its artificial intelligence-powered tool to manage flights for the three major Washington-area airports, bringing the technology live to air traffic control operations in the U.S. For months, Transportation Secretary Sean … Read More
September 23, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Instead of OpenAI being prosecuted for creating malware that hacked another company, press releases, news outlets, media personalities, and lawmakers refer to “rogue models” as if they acted on their own. Instead of researchers being questioned … Read More
September 23, 2026
(The Economist) – Its components dissolve once it has done its job DEVICES THAT peer into the human body from the outside, like X-ray scanners and MRI machines, have transformed medicine. A new generation of ingestible sensors could do the … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Wired) – Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low. Despite the alarm around an AI-created killer plague, many scientists say the risk is fairly low on the list of the world’s … Read More
September 21, 2026
(404 Media) – “Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have … Read More
September 18, 2026
(WSJ) – A bug-hunting independent security research team accessed OpenAI’s internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats Two weeks after a swarm of AI agents broke out of containment at OpenAI to hack the company Hugging Face, … Read More
September 17, 2026
(Wired) – The company also disclosed previously unreported incidents in which its AI models behaved in misaligned ways, including uploading files to the internet without being asked. OpenAI announced a new framework on Wednesday for how it publicly discloses AI … Read More
September 17, 2026
(The Verge) – E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping containers — roughly enough 40-foot containers to circle the world six times … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Straight Arrow News) – Tech panic has hit a new high-water mark, following a series of intense viral posts on X by an AI researcher. Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, claimed last week that the industry … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Nature) – UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge. On a Tuesday in mid-April, UK Biobank — one of the largest and most comprehensive health-tracking … Read More
