May 8, 2026
(The Guardian) – World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind research It’s the stuff of science fiction cinema, or particularly breathless AI company blogposts: new research finds recent AI … Read More
May 7, 2026
(Noema) – Scent is a vital component of human intelligence. But in our quest to advance artificial intelligence, nobody seems to care about it. Between 2015 and 2025, the number of research papers on artificial olfaction remained stagnant, while papers … Read More
May 6, 2026
(NYT) – High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. The New York Times heard from nearly 400 college and high school educators who responded to … Read More
May 6, 2026
(TechCrunch) – Meta will start using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user is under 13 and should be removed from Facebook and Instagram, the company announced on Tuesday. These visual clues include … Read More
May 5, 2026
(Tech Crunch) – Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and Snap, according to a new investigation by Bloomberg. The report drives home … Read More
May 1, 2026
(Wired) – “I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month. Emergency first-responder leaders told federal regulators in a private … Read More
May 1, 2026
(The Guardian) – Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages Japan’s famously conscientious but overburdened baggage handlers will soon be joined by extra staff … Read More
April 30, 2026
(WSJ) – The White House opposes a plan from Anthropic to expand access to its powerful artificial-intelligence model Mythos, complicating the rollout of an AI tool capable of carrying out cyberattacks and sowing widespread disruptions online. Anthropic recently proposed letting … Read More
April 30, 2026
(Live Science) – A startup is experimenting with data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons, testing whether living cells can offer a more efficient alternative to traditional computing. An Australian startup is building what could become one of the world’s … Read More
April 30, 2026
(Youtube) – The Chinese-made Unitree G1 humanoid robots are making their way into the U.S. And they aren’t just in viral videos but in major tech companies like OpenAI and Nvidia, and top academic institutions. Most arrive through Robostore, a … Read More
April 29, 2026
(NYT) – A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some researchers hope it could challenge the current pill-centric paradigm. Ms. Davies did an internet search and confirmed that … Read More
April 29, 2026
(NYT) – The reasons they are pushing back against the technology are as varied as their backgrounds. But they all worry that tech companies are more focused on cashing in on A.I. than how it may affect regular people. They … Read More
April 28, 2026
(Wired) – While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders. The latest brain-computer interface could help people recover from severe depression. Motif Neurotech announced Monday that the US Food … Read More
April 28, 2026
(NPR) – Two titans of the tech world will face off in court starting on Monday. Elon Musk, of Tesla and SpaceX, is suing Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, in a high-stakes clash between former partners over the future … Read More
April 27, 2026
(WSJ) – Digital interactions are replacing face-to-face interactions with loved ones and strangers. And the rise of AirPods means we’re all tuned into our own little worlds, appearing unapproachable for conversation. The result: We’re speaking much less than we did … Read More
April 27, 2026
(The New Republic) – If there was any doubt over the brewing public backlash to this technology, the last few weeks have erased it. These numbers and actions point in the same direction: a rapidly growing populist backlash toward AI, … Read More
April 27, 2026
(NPR) – Imagine a robot that could do your laundry, make your bed, cook your dinner, or stock the dairy section at your local grocery store. Humans have long been able to teach robots how to do individual tasks, but … Read More
April 24, 2026
(AFP via 24 France) – Christine Li is a model and influencer, but not an actor, so when she saw herself playing a cruel character in a Chinese microdrama she felt bewildered, then angry and afraid. The 26-year-old is one … Read More
April 24, 2026
(The Atlantic) – In March, I put my iPhone into a yellow cardboard box with MO stamped on top—the M looked like a riff on the Motorola logo; the O looked like a flower. Over the next several weeks, I … Read More
April 24, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – The tools may be accurate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll improve health outcomes. Or that it is being used, increasingly, in hospitals. Doctors are using AI to help them with notetaking. AI-based tools are trawling … Read More
April 24, 2026
(The Guardian) – In feat hailed as milestone in robotics, Sony AI’s Ace wins three out of five matches played under official rules An AI-powered robot has beaten elite players at table tennis in a significant achievement for a machine … Read More
April 22, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Florida’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the company’s chatbot advised the man accused of killing two people in a shooting at Florida State University last year which ammunition to use … Read More
April 22, 2026
(Nature) – Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings carry their own risks. Since 2022, there has been a step change in AI capabilities brought about by large language models (LLMs), … Read More
April 21, 2026
(BBC) – Tinder will let users prove they are human and not robots by bringing advanced eye-scanning technology to the app amid rising fears over AI. Users of the dating app, as well as other major platforms such as video … Read More
April 20, 2026
(NYT) – Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way. As the remotely controlled vehicles approached the enemy soldiers, an aerial drone flew in … Read More
