🤖 AI & Machine Learning
California and XPRIZE competition tests whether drones can stop wildfires early.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to ...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when ...
Augment Code's Vinay Perneti talks models, harnesses, and context.
The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up ...
The government is piloting a program that uses AI for insurance-coverage decisions.
The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.
Official estimates Google and Apple likely made millions in nudify app fees.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t ...
Perimenopause has entered the chat. Perimenopause—and its better-known relative, menopause—used to be considered taboo. Not anymore, thanks at least in part to TV doctors and social media influencers....
Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast. While these forecasts are something that most people glance...
Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.
Elon Musk's xAI files first lawsuit against Grok user accused of making child sex images.
Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028.
Creator says he will "very loudly ignore" those arguing for a ban on AI tools.
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to ...
It feels as if it should be illegal to even think about heating appliances during the height of summer—seriously, these heat waves in New York have been brutal—but we need to talk about heat pumps. Th...
OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker called GPT-Red that it uses as a sparring partner to help its other models boost their defenses against cyberattacks. Last week the company released the latest ver...
The Codex Micro is designed to monitor multiple agentic threads at a glance.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum co...
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
US military’s drone boats struck an Iranian naval port as war heats up again.
The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.
New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and does...
The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory. Inside will be some 100 stainless-steel cabinets, each about six feet ...
OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Anthropic—currently the world’s most valuable AI company, with...
"Context bombing" tricks hacking agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertilit...
Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled.
Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzle...
Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands using sperm provided by an anonymous donor. After the Netherland...
Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run "for hours if needed."
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside large language models as they answer questions or carry out tasks. What they...
Preclinical trial is testing the feasibility of humanoid robots in surgery.
OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the U...