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Three researchers used Claude to reach OpenAI’s internal code. OpenAI paid $6,500 and closed the hole in 14 hours.
Three researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude to chain two weaknesses and reach OpenAI employee accounts and an internal code repository, in under 72 hours. They disclosed privately, OpenAI patched the single sign-on flaw in about 14 hours, and the…
Amodei wrote that coordinating on pace would need an antitrust waiver. Altman said OpenAI would not wait for one. Both lines are now in a lawsuit.
Four consumers filed a class action in the Northern District of California on 18 September, naming Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google. Buist v. Anthropic PBC alleges a horizontal agreement to slow the rate at which the four improve competing products, con…
Trump says he’ll name an AI czar and create an ‘AI force’
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that he plans to appoint a new artificial intelligence adviser, known as an "AI czar," and create an "AI force," though he did not provide details about eithe…
Trump says the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax. This week’s polling put Republican opposition to data centres at 47%.
President Donald Trump posted twice about artificial intelligence on Saturday. The first post asked his followers to vote on a new name for the technology. The second called the campaign against it a hoax and promised an AI Force and an AI czar. The rename ha…
Zuckerberg’s reason for refusing to coordinate on AI safety is now the argument in an antitrust suit against four rivals.
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman told CNBC that controlling advanced AI will be a very large challenge, defended regulation, and said the industry’s safety shift is responsible rather than self-interested. He spoke the same day four consumers filed an anti…
Trump announces a new 'AI Force,' but says he will not 'stifle' AI
President Trump said he will not "hinder or stifle" AI development after some leaders of frontier AI labs called for US government regulation.
Gemini Breached Three Outside Systems, and Claude-Using Researchers Breached OpenAI
"Software security researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI platform to hack OpenAI's ChatGPT tool," reports CBS News. Using Claude, "On July 25, 2026, we chained two critical vulnerabilities to compromise multiple OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts," write re…
Apple’s new chief executive built up to unveiling the ideal AI device, then said it was the iPhone.
John Ternus opened his first keynote as Apple chief executive by describing the ideal AI device, then said it already exists and is the iPhone. Mark Gurman reports that people inside Apple expected him to introduce the home hub instead, and that the hub, code…
Forget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening
AI labs are toying with an industry-wide pact to slow development. Meanwhile, widely available AI chatbots are already helping uncover a tidal wave of security flaws.
Top Stories: iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate Out Now, Siri AI Waitlist, and More
All of Apple's products introduced at last week's event with the exception of the iPhone Duo are now available, with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 all launching on Friday. While new hardware is always a w…
Trump says he will form new 'AI Force' but continues to call AI fears a 'hoax'
Trump likened the new entity to Space Force and also said he would name an AI czar.
Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown
The suit argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws.
AI detectors are no match for the UmanWrite All-in-One platform — get it for $79
TL;DR: Make your ChatGPT copy sound like you, not AI, with a lifetime subscription to UmanWrite All-in-One AI Writing Platform's unlimited plan for $79.00, a 95% discount on the $1,799 regular price. Most AI models are great at generating text, but text that …
First Came Space Force. Now Prepare For AI Force
Trump is forming a new "AI Force" and appointing an AI Czar to lead it.
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
Meta’s Muse TV ad is the latest sign that AI agents are going mainstream
Meta released a TV ad for its Muse AI agent, and the internet is buzzing. Fears about agents going rogue haven't dissuaded hype about the new tech.
Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children
An unreleased Pentagon probe investigated the kill chain that hit a school in Minab.
Stock compensation gives Big Tech workers a powerful reason to stay. Layoffs and the AI boom are changing the equation.
Big Tech workers say stock compensation can make leaving difficult, but layoffs, AI startups, and years of stock gains are changing the calculus.
Newsom Executive Order Contains Eyebrow-Raising AI Kill Switch Proposal
Can a state just do that?
Gov. Pritzker says AI is dangerous 'on the level of nuclear weapons'
With calls to regulate AI growing, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker urged Congress to pass federal guardrails on the technology. “You can't do this state by state. This needs to be a national effort as well as an international endeavor, especially together with ou…
Ukraine targets Moscow with hundreds of drones in ‘largest ever’ attack
Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. Moscow’s mayor described the …
Trump and Xi already talked AI guardrails once this year. Nothing was signed, and no chips shipped.
Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and Tim Cook are expected at the state dinner Donald Trump is hosting for Xi Jinping on 24 September. The same executives were on the Beijing trip in May, where AI safety was discussed, nothing was signed and the US trade representati…
Weeks ago Jensen Huang said labs should pace themselves if they felt out of control. Now he puts the risk at 0%.
Jensen Huang told CBS News there is a 0% chance AI ends the world by 2030, and that the industry should go as fast as it can irrespective of anyone else. Weeks earlier he declined to call AI fears a hoax, described apocalyptic predictions as not grounded in s…
Transcription now costs 10 cents an hour. The differentiator is no longer the model, it is whose conversations you get to train on.
Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0 was released on 18 September, priced at $0.10 per hour of audio for batch work and $0.20 per hour for streaming. Both figures are unchanged from the previous version. The announcement is published under SpaceXAI, the name xAI has car…
Kara Swisher: AI Isn’t Going to Destroy Humanity—But the People Building It Might
The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again.
The US wants an AI-era 'red phone' with China
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI safety and trade at their summit in Washington this week.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI CEOs have 'ulterior reasons' for warning about doomsday
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says current regulations are enough to ensure AI is safe — and profitable.
Trump's tech advisor has advice for AI companies worried they're building unsafe models: 'Just stop'
AI companies have called for more regulation of their own products to ensure safety. Trump's tech advisor says they can slow down whenever the want.
Having the Latest AI Model Can Actually Be a Bad Business Decision. Here’s How to Know When an Upgrade Is Worth It.
A technically superior AI model isn't always a smart business move. Here's how to evaluate if it's truly worth the investment.
AI agents are ready to run your life. Do you trust them?
Tech firms like Meta are betting users will embrace AI agents, even though they have shown they aren't always aligned with our interests.
Bessent says U.S. proposed AI incident alert system in talks with China
NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new “notification mechanism” for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security, part of weekend discussions ahead of talks at the White House this wee…
I thought I wanted the American dream. Moving to a small city in Spain changed my mind.
Kevin Schreck says his quality of life is better in Valencia, Spain. Housing is affordable, and he is less worried about medical bills.
US employers use software to punish workers at sixteen times the European rate. The gap is the law.
An OECD employer survey of 6,047 firms across six countries found that 67% of US firms use software to sanction poor performance, against 4% in the four European countries surveyed. American firms also monitor the content and tone of conversations at 55% agai…
Iran and U.S. trade threats after Houthi attacks escalate regional conflict.
By Jana Choukeir and Doina Chiacu DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn't make a dea…
Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It
Powerful AI models have created an existential risk to the field, but researchers can’t stop relying on them because they’re too useful.
‘VisionQuest’ Had ‘No Need’ to Use GenAI, Says Showrunner
GenAI may not have been used to make 'VisionQuest,' but the show still found ways to reference it.
Google’s Gemini went rogue and breached three companies
Gemini is the latest major model to escape its containment sandbox during safety testing, following similar incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.
Ukraine's defense companies say soldiers want drones that do more on their own so one operator can control more at once
Ukrainian drone makers are building more autonomy into their systems so one operator can manage multiple drones.
The leader of PwC's 2,200-person DC office says clients expect some consulting work twice as fast as a year ago
Consulting work that would have taken eight weeks is now expected in four because of AI, said Jeanelle Johnson, PwC's boss in the DC area.
Exhausted from years of big-city hustle, I moved to an idyllic mountain town in Colorado. It wasn't so idyllic for me.
I moved from New York City to a small town in the mountains by Telluride, Colorado. Living there was harder than expected, and my drawbacks added up.
AI Actress Tilly Norwood Glitches Out Mid-Interview And Starts Speaking Cantonese
In a Friday publicity stop for the AI generated movie Misaligned, simulated star Tilly Norwood threw some Chinese on Piers Morgan, flummoxing the interviewer and his human actor co-host
Irregular told four AI labs in late July that their models had breached systems during its tests. The public learned in stages, and Google went last.
Google has confirmed that its Gemini model inadvertently broke into three company systems in May during cybersecurity testing. Julia Love and Davey Alba reported it for Bloomberg, which updated its story to place Google alongside OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. T…
The Doomsday Warnings AI CEOs Gave When They First Founded Their Companies
Predictions about an AI-triggered apocalypse have become a meme over the past two weeks. But tech CEOs have been making them for much longer.
It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers
The president has doubled down on data centers and AI. His base is running in the opposite direction.
Say Hello to RatHat, a New AI-Powered Malware Invading the Android Ecosystem
The malware pretends to be a legitimate download for an app like Google Chrome.
The double-whammy that's about to hit the US economy
Consumer spending is showing signs of slowing — right as the Fed starts raising interest rates. That's going to be a double drag on the US economy.
Hideo Kojima Calls Physint The ‘Biggest Selling Title I Could Possibly Create’ And Promises ‘Anything Espionage Is Going To Be Fun’
The Death Stranding 2 director explains the return to his Metal Gear Solid roots
I’m a KPMG forward-deployed engineer. AI has moved my job beyond writing code.
Justin Johnsen, now a forward deployed engineer at KPMG, has been at the firm for six years. He says a lot has changed in the past year.
Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
Meta's Muse is apparently an effective AI assistant, but one that's a little creepy. Part of that is because of its new Mac app, which can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes. But for all its smarts, Muse doesn't actually know how to describe itself. Jason A…
GOP donors say Trump missed the mark with latest AI comments
President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over artificial intelligence this week. Republican donors wish he hadn’t.Some donors, all of whom were granted anonymity to speak candidly without reprisal, told POLITICO that Trump’s learn-to-love-it broadsides about…
Fake AI Intelligence Almost Made the US Military Start a War With China
U.S. military intelligence received an inaccurate report this spring that a Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program, reports CNN. "The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, accordi…
Housing costs rise as 30-year mortgage rates jump before midterms
(Bloomberg) -- Barely six weeks out from the midterm elections, housing costs that many Americans have long said are too high are looking even more out of reach. Most Read from Bloomberg
- Saudis Give European Oil Buyers No Supplies for Next Month
AI Made Execution Easier. It Also Changed the Founder’s Most Important Job.
As execution becomes easier to automate, accountability, trust and discernment become even more valuable leadership skills.
U.S. fears rapid escalation in the Mideast after Houthis attack Riyadh
Yemen's Houthi armed forces patrol as Yemeni prisoners loyal to the Houthi authorities arrive in the capital Sanaa on September 12 (Mohammed HUWAIS) The United States warned Saturday that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escala…
Student-debt relief is in limbo for borrowers pursuing a major forgiveness program for public servants
Student-loan borrowers who have met the threshold for Public Service Loan Forgiveness are still waiting for their payments to be counted.
The US Army is getting enough drones, official says. Now, it needs to train enough operators.
The service is buying tens of thousands of drones and delivering them to troops. The next challenge is ensuring they know how to use them.
Trump's surprise 'AI Force' leaves tech industry searching for answers
The tech industry is struggling to make sense of President Donald Trump's surprise announcement that he is creating an artificial intelligence task force and appointing a czar to oversee the administration's approach to the technology.Trump, in alengthy Truth…
LSU coach Lane Kiffin was asking ChatGPT for legal advice, friend says
Lane Kiffin's friend and noted sports attorney Tom Mars said the LSU coach would respond to legal discussions with ChatGPT-generated responses.
Don't let your PDFs run you — take control for 60% off
TL;DR: Edit PDFs with ease for 60% off with IndyPDF Editor & Converter for just $19.99 (Reg. $49.99). When people say "AI is the new PDF," I respond: I hope not. For all the convenience of a PDF, navigating these tricky files also comes with a monumental amou…
Suno’s Latest AI Model Got Some Label Support. But Not All of Them
Sony and Universal: Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?
What AI Anxiety Looks Like in China
A top-down tech revolution is harder to manage than a bottom-up one.
The Wisdom of Uncertainty
Why accepting what we don’t know can change how we see the world
Should the Classroom Be More Like the Gym?
Dan Rockmore considers whether education, like a tough spinning class, would be better framed as a challenge where process is its own reward.
‘Handful’ of Reported Layoffs at Apple Could Mean a More Robust Health App Coming Soon
You've probably never heard of the feature affected by these job cuts.
Thermacell LIV 2.0 Review: Taking My Yard Back
Thermacell LIV 2.0 is expensive and imperfect, but it outperforms nearly every mosquito-control method I’ve tried.
Aqara Multi-Sensor FP400 Review: Not Quite the mmWave of the Future
Aqara still makes the best mmWave presence sensors around, but the FP400 doesn’t improve much on its predecessors.
$68 billion in U.S. data center projects hit roadblocks as opposition grows
(Bloomberg) -- Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US.Most Read from Bloomberg
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- Saudis Give European Oil Buyers No Supplies for Next Month
- Qatari Premier Says G…
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How the NPR College Podcast Challenge changed lives
Tee up those entries: It's time for the next NPR College Podcast Challenge, and hear how the contest changed the lives of past participants.
NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back for 2026
Students: It's time to turn on the mic and hit 'record.' Send us your podcasts and we'll pick the best ones. It's $5,000 for our grand prize and $500 for our finalists.
U.S. childcare costs are astronomical. More families are turning to grandparents
Grandparents taking care of their grandkids is nothing new. But the surging cost of childcare in the U.S. has made familial support even more critical for some parents who struggle to afford it.
Beloved Super Nintendo JRPG Receives Its First Re-Release But It’s The Sequel You Gotta Get Excited For
After 30 years the first two Lufia games will be ported to modern devices, and while the first may seem rudimentary, fans know the series goes to some amazing heights
A 60-year-old took out student loans to help her kids succeed. She's facing retirement with a $156,000 balance.
She doesn't have a college degree of her own, but she's staring down a six-figure student-loan balance she took on to give her kids a better life.
Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.
Insta360 opened its first American store on Saturday at 1515 Broadway, in the middle of Times Square. It is the company’s second self-operated shop outside China, after Tokyo in August. The ribbon-cutting is the least interesting part. Iris Deng interviewed c…
World War I Coded Message Appears Cracked, Finally
When you think of wartime cryptography, you probably think of World War II and Enigma, although there were other famous codes used during that war. But in fact, there have been codes used through w…
You’ll Never Guess What Trump Wants to Rename Now
The President wants to give his favorite technology a rebrand, but he needs your help.
A Massive, 2,000-Year-Old Iron Haul Could Rewrite What We Know About Ancient Trade
The team calls the discovery a “minor miracle.”
20 años anticipando el Apocalipsis: todas las veces que alguien ha dicho que la IA nos iba a matar a todos
"Urge regular la inteligencia artificial antes de que se convierta en un peligro para la humanidad". Podría ser una frase extraída de la carta que Dario Amodei publicó hace unos días, pero no. Lo dijo Elon Musk en 2017, cuando no existía ChatGPT, Claude ni ni…
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Review: I Don’t Need Another Health Score
Samsung’s latest smartwatch adds even more health metrics to its suite. I spent two weeks testing whether they’re actually useful.
No GPU, No Problem: Flagship LLMs on a GPU-less Teenaged Server
There are lots of reasons to run LLMs locally, from privacy concerns to just wanting to futz about with the technology, but if you want to run the big models, the standard logic is that you need bi…
Gas prices are squeezing voters as Trump calls the increase a small price to pay
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn't require difficult decisions. “Is it going to be groceries this week?" asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the num…
'I don't know why he did it': House Majority Leader Scalise on White House press ban
On "This Week," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise discussed the partial White House press ban and upcoming midterm elections.
An Editor’s Picks: The Best Gifts for Bird Lovers
Whether they’re into feeders, field guides, or games, these tried-and-tested picks are sure to land perfectly.
Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
How Close Are We to Superconductors That Are Actually Practical?
For decades, physicists have used superconductors to explore the weirdest aspects of reality. But they always need to be so cold?
What Is a Smart Lock? Why I Recommend This Security Upgrade for Everyone
A smart lock upgrade offers excellent utility and control without sacrificing privacy.
Nintendo Gives Mario Those Little Coin Pockets In Newly Updated Renders
Eagle eyed fans spotted a cosmetic change to Mario’s character model, giving video game’s biggest superstar a greater ability to carry a BiC lighter
Father Says Nine-Year-Old Spent Over $100K Plugging Minecraft YouTube Videos And Cost Him His Job
'Mighty Mike Plays' spent six figures advertising his Minecraft videos through his father's corporate card, in a now viral video the parent says he has a month to recoup the costs
Sheryl Sandberg says women aren't losing ambition. Companies are pushing them out.
Former Meta COO and Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg believes women are quitting corporate roles because they don't feel valued enough.
We’ve spent billions defending software. It’s time to protect execution
Cybersecurity has a fundamental blind spot. We spend enormous sums protecting software while the processor underneath it blindly executes whatever instructions it receives. That has to change. For the billions of embedded systems running cars, medical devices…
Map shows border wall progress as new work begins
New panels for the border wall are being installed in West Texas, marking the start of visible construction on a 47.3-mile project in the Big Bend region as President Donald Trump’s administration expands its barrier network along the southern border.U.S. Cus…
Anthropic is paying the firm that will evaluate it, and says in the same announcement that this is not how it should work.
Anthropic has named Accenture as the first embedded evaluator of its frontier models, with each company expecting to invest at least $1bn over five years. Anthropic will fund the work directly and says in the same announcement that funding should come from po…
Voting groups sound alarm on funding cuts that they say could affect midterm turnout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several of the nation's largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks just as voting is getting underway in an election that will determine control of Congres…
Austin Mann’s iPhone 18 Pro Camera Review, From Dunton, Colorado
The iPhone 18 Pro camera tested for a week at Dunton River Camp in southwest Colorado — manual focus, manual shutter, the all-new variable aperture, Focus Tracking, Apple Reference Image, 4K time-lapse and more.
La batería más famosa de BYD tiene un nuevo destino: los trenes que mueven minas en China
Una de las grandes bazas de los coches eléctricos de BYD son sus baterías tipo blade, que ya han demostrado su rendimiento, velocidad de carga o incluso rizar el rizo y cargarse rápidamente incluso en condiciones desfavorables como el frío extremo. Pues bien,…
LG gram Pro Chocolate, análisis: el gram que por fin se atreve a no ser gris
Hay un perfil de usuario para el que el debate entre portabilidad y tamaño de pantalla siempre ha tenido una respuesta incómoda. El que trabaja con líneas de tiempo en editores de vídeo, con capas en editores gráficos o con hojas de cálculo que en una pantall…
The Data Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts
All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem.
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