- FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
ars-technica· 18-sept
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
- AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
ars-technica· 18-sept
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
- Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI
ars-technica· 18-sept
Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.
- Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
ars-technica· 18-sept
Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.
- Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy
ars-technica· 19-sept
Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.
- Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest
ars-technica· 18-sept
Ning Xu of Tsinghua University captured tiny cilia beating in airways of a child with rare respiratory disorder.
- Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade
ars-technica· 19-sept
Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.
- Rocket Report: China wants a Raptor 3 engine; SpaceX set for big Starship test
ars-technica· 18-sept
“I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."
- FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
ars-technica· 18-sept
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
- US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
ars-technica· 18-sept
The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
- The Download: AI doomers, whistleblowing agents, and de-aged livers
mit-tech-review· 15-sept
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. The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now? AI chiefs Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis are suddenly all in agreement: the latest generation of LLMs…
- Building the materials foundation for AI
mit-tech-review· 16-sept
The AI boom is becoming a materials challenge. As AI pushes computing into new territory, the materials behind that infrastructure are becoming just as crucial as the algorithms running on it. Semiconductors and data centers are approaching physical limits around performance, thermal management, electrical efficiency, and reliability, creating new demands for materials that can do…
- The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid
mit-tech-review· 16-sept
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’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania, wanted to assess AI’s impact on the economy over the next few years,…
- Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells
mit-tech-review· 16-sept
Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed, leaving Pong-like traces on a monitor. The reason to watch this rodent so carefully? Nearly half its brain volume had been replaced with human cells. The effort to mix the brain tissues of distant species is…
- Meet the innovators under 35 shaping climate tech
mit-tech-review· 17-sept
Each year, the editorial team at MIT Technology Review puts together a list of 35 innovators under 35—a group of researchers, inventors, and other young minds worth following. The team worked on the newest edition of the list for months, and the final slate includes nine individuals from all over the world in the climate…
- The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators
mit-tech-review· 17-sept
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 a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed,…
- The Download: AI’s extinction risk and bioweapons threat
mit-tech-review· 18-sept
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. Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event that asked the question many seem to be asking right now: could…
- The specter of AI-enabled bioweapons is a wake-up call for biotech
mit-tech-review· 18-sept
In recent weeks, leaders of some of the biggest AI companies have warned that the very tech they are developing is dangerous. Last weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued that AI carries serious risk and that progress should be slowed. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded on X: “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the…
- Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered.
mit-tech-review· 18-sept
On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event for subscribers that asked the question everyone’s asking right now: Could AI really kill us all? But attendees had so many more questions than we had time to answer in the 30 minute session. So we asked our senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and…
- Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking
techcrunch· 19-sept
Vals AI is hoping to make AI benchmarking a more neutral and trustworthy resource in a world increasingly inundated by AI models.
- A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI
techcrunch· 18-sept
UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations.
- AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation
techcrunch· 18-sept
“It’s important for service members to understand the uncertainty inherent to LLMs," a GovAI research scholar warns.
- Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments
techcrunch· 18-sept
AI leaders have been promising that AI is the key to curing human disease. Anthropic researchers have also been warning that AI might kill us all.
- Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture?
techcrunch· 18-sept
Accenture is about to take on its most high-risk consulting engagement ever.
- India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos
techcrunch· 19-sept
Truecaller says the one-way sharing requirement would hand a commercially valuable proprietary asset to telecom operators.
- Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI
techcrunch· 19-sept
In one particularly odd interview, Norwood seems to malfunction and begin speaking Chinese.
- AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable
techcrunch· 19-sept
This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.
- Petlibro’s new AI-powered feeder is a game changer for multi-cat homes
techcrunch· 19-sept
Petlibro's new Granary 2 smart feeders use a built-in scale and (on pricier models) an AI camera to track exactly how much your cat is eating and when — though the fanciest health-monitoring features will cost you an extra subscription.
- Prices go up in 7 days. Get your Disrupt ticket now.
techcrunch· 19-sept
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- OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
the-verge· 18-sept
Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the "largest theft of labor in human history," and that it made a "complete mockery of the idea of fair use." Many of the most eye-catching quotes from the document come from Microsoft's Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht. Though, the company has tried to distance itself from Hecht's assertions. Microsoft spokesperson Alex Haurek told The Verge that "These comments ref … Read the full story at The Verge.
- The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over
the-verge· 19-sept
At the start of this week, the who's-who of AI seemed - at least tentatively - on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, including by embedding third-party evaluators in labs, coordinating across the domestic industry, and forging international agreements potentially with government assistance. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, and even SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly seemed to agree on aspects of all three things. Anthropic and OpenAI had already been dropping hints that they and other labs were working on some kind of … Read the full story at The Verge.
- Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it
the-verge· 19-sept
In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn't disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model's cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI. According to WSJ, Google didn't disclose the hack because it didn't consider it to be an "example of model misalignment." The company said that it was an instance of "mistaken identity," and once the model realized it had brute-forced its way into a real company by guessing a password, it stopped. "In th … Read the full story at The Verge.
- Anamanaguchi has ‘too goddamn many’ browser tabs open right now
the-verge· 19-sept
Band members Luke Silas, Ary Warnaar, Peter Burkman, and James DeVito (left to right). Maybe their next album will be recorded entirely in a windmill? | Image: Joshua Tarn Anamanaguchi, the band consisting of Peter Berkman, James DeVito, Luke Silas, and Ary Warnaar, are most known for their chiptune music. Like me, you might have first heard them in game soundtracks like 2010's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game or know of their collaboration with Hatsune Miku (which even made its way into Fortnite). They've gone through different eras of breakneck chiptune beats and dance-y pop songs, but their 2025 album Anyway took an indie rock departure - recorded in person at the American Football house and filled with fuzzy guitars. They're also a band that's terminally online and very plugged i…
- Disney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO
the-verge· 18-sept
You would think that a multimedia conglomerate as large as Disney would have a few chief technology officers by now, but the company has just appointed someone to the position for the very first time. Today, Disney announced that Karandeep Anand is joining the company as its new CTO. Anand will report directly to recently appointed CEO Josh D'Amaro, and he will head up the company's infrastructure, product, engineering, and data / AI platforms teams. Anand comes to Disney from chatbot startup Character.AI, where he served as CEO for just over a year and oversaw the company's push into microdramas. Anand jumping ship to Disney comes as a … Read the full story at The Verge.
- The colorful, unique Hyte X50 PC case is $50 off
the-verge· 19-sept
The Hyte X50 is a PC case that really stands out from the typical black box design, and it’s $50 off at the company’s site until September 21st, 2026, bringing the price down to $99.99. This attractive case supports motherboards from ITX all the way up to the E-ATX form factors, and GPUs that are up to 430mm long, which should cover even the biggest options available. The standout feature is a massive curved glass panel that spans the left face and top of the case, giving it a unique, eye-catching look. It’s easy to build in, supports a wide variety of components and cooling setups, and has a thoughtful, refined design. Hyte X50 Where to Buy: $149.99 $99.99 at Hyte Unlike a lot of cases with big glass panels, the X50 has excellent airflow, with louvered fins along the back for ventilation…
- The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera
the-verge· 18-sept
It's one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades. The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots and make the aperture smaller for better depth of field in group photos. But all I can get anyone to talk about is the software upgrades: it turns out, they're a lot more useful day to day than the aperture on a camera this small. This week on The Vergecast, David Imel and Allison Johnson are here for a deep dive into the iPhone 18 Pro's camera. There's a lot to explore here, from the aperture, to the camera app's … Read the full story at The Verge.
- Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????
the-verge· 19-sept
Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the future of business, and I’m talking with Jonathan Kanter, the former antitrust chief for the US Department of Justice in the Biden administration. These days, he’s both a professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Carnegie Mellon. The biggest story in tech right now is the spiraling debate about AI safety and regulation. Researchers at the big AI labs including Anthropic and Google DeepMind have quit in noisy ways, saying the models pose real threats and safety isn’t being taken seriously across the industry. Other researchers have said the chance of AI killing us all is greater than 10 percent, and the CEOs of all these companies have issued various calls to slow down development and develop regulation…
- Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers
the-verge· 18-sept
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22 bans executive branch officials from signing nondisclosure agreements for data center projects, requires expedited noise regulations, and requires a review of backup-generation operations used by data centers, among other requirements. The order also establishes an AI task force responsible for evaluating how the state government can address risks to Virginians like wo … Read the full story at The Verge.
- It’s not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you
the-verge· 19-sept
The TV in your living room knows more about you than you realize. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge The TV world has been a pot of controversy thanks to a two-hour-and-15-minute video from Gamers Nexus claiming LG TVs are nefariously spying on everything you do. They can record and store audio even when they seem to be off, track everything you watch, and could even be hacked remotely and turned into covert surveillance devices. LG TV owners, and tech enthusiasts in general, are furious, and a hurried response from LG has done little to calm the situation. Some of the claims in the video may be based on speculation and assumptions, but many of the core concerns are real and pervasive. While LG was the focus of the video, every TV company … Read the full story at The Verge.