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
September 15, 2026
(CBS News via MSN) – Artificial intelligence technology is developing at an “exponential” rate, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News on Saturday, calling the situation a “warning sign” for the industry that requires serious safeguards. “I don’t think I … Read More
September 15, 2026
(Dario Amodei) – Along with my co-founders and employees, I have grappled with this duality of risk and benefit since the beginning of Anthropic. Not building the technology deprives humanity of benefits or simply places AI in the hands of … Read More
September 15, 2026
(Nature) – An AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data. For drug discovery, protein-folding models such as AlphaFold have a problem: there aren’t enough data in public … Read More
September 15, 2026
(404 Media) – “AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online. Regardless of how you feel about this AI dooming—whether you believe the AI singularity is here or whether you believe that AI continues to … Read More
September 14, 2026
(The Guardian) – California governor hails ‘nation-leading’ legislation banning addictive features for users under 16 California has adopted what Gavin Newsom described as “nation-leading” legislation that bans addictive social media features for young users, regulates companion chatbots and implements new … Read More
September 11, 2026
(NBC News) – After Jacob Coxon roiled the AI industry with his viral departure from Anthropic, two more researchers are speaking out about their concerns over AI safety. Citing fears that AI systems may soon spiral out of human control … Read More
September 11, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The harms of chatbots are clear enough to do something about them now. The social-media industry is having a moment of reckoning. By agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion to 47 states, the District of Columbia, … Read More
September 11, 2026
(Wired) – Earlier this year, Rishub Jain left his position as an artificial intelligence researcher at Google DeepMind after a revelation. As he worked on new models, he came to believe that he and everyone else on AI’s frontier were … Read More
September 10, 2026
(NYT) – Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age. Last year, a clinical trial conducted by Insilico … Read More
September 9, 2026
(WSJ) – Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control Jacob Coxon, a researcher who specializes in training new AI models by having them … Read More
September 7, 2026
(Wired) – To keep scammers at bay, dating apps are embracing biometric scanning tools and “verified human” badges. These moves are sparking concerns about surveillance and privacy. Among current online daters in the US, nearly half have been targeted by … Read More
September 7, 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
September 7, 2026
(WSJ) – Internal testing found the new model capable of executing complex cyberattacks with minimal human input, prompting added security layers OpenAI is limiting the cyber capabilities of a new model it deems capable of pulling off automated cyberattacks, adding … Read More
September 4, 2026
(Futurism) = “Robots become more like people, and people become more like robots.” Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there’s no doubt that they’re capable of imitating human traits — at least in text form — … Read More
September 4, 2026
(WSJ) – The genre delivers exactly what we need: pure physical comedy, schadenfreude and a reassuring feeling of superiority Feeling a little terrified about how quickly technology seems to be sidelining humanity? Try watching a robot sprint straight into a … Read More
September 3, 2026
(The Guardian) – Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a … Read More
September 3, 2026
(NYT) – Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them. Across Silicon Valley and beyond, software developers, entrepreneurs and other tech enthusiasts are now running A.I. agents that … 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
