Nick Clegg dismisses fears that AI could wipe out humanity
Nick Clegg has dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could one day turn on humanity and wipe it out, calling that view hand-wavy. The former UK
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DeepSeek’s annualised revenue run rate reaches $1bn, report says
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is now bringing in revenue at an annualised rate of $1bn, The Information reports, more than double the under $500M it
Wayve’s AI will reach Mercedes cars within two years, Kendall says
“It’s going to take them a while. Maybe they don’t know that yet,” Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall said of humanoid robot makers. Kendall
Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027
The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal
OpenAI agent broke into Australia’s Medicare statistics portal, PM says
The Australian government website, which contains information on Medicare, the country’s public health scheme, was broken into by an AI agent operated by OpenAI, the
Clément Delangue tells UN Security Council open-source AI helps defenders
Clément Delangue is telling the UN Security Council that open-source AI helped Hugging Face defend itself during the AI agent attack it suffered in July.
AI spend will jump 49.5% in 2026, says Gartner
Worldwide AI spending will increase 49.5% in 2026, to $2.7 trillion, and grow another 36.2% in 2027 as AI usage continues to expand, Gartner predicts
OpenAI’s new priorities for third-party assessments are a fine start, but they lack teeth
OpenAI published a detailed list of priorities and principles on Tuesday designed to govern its third-party model assessors, a list that industry observers agreed was
RFK Jr.’s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access
As respiratory virus season nears and fall vaccination drives get underway, more than half of US children are facing uncertainty over access to this year’s
FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
The FBI is now investigating claims from a hacker group that thousands of current and former employees’ personal data was stolen after the group exploited
OpenAI’s Colin Jarvis says enterprise AI is stuck on deployment, not models
Most companies that struggle with enterprise AI are not waiting for better models, OpenAI’s head of forward deployed engineering said on Wednesday. In about 80%
Zendesk and Sierra say AI agents should be paid per result, not per seat
Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier and Sierra co-founder Clay Bavor said on Wednesday that per-seat pricing for software is on its way out. They spoke at
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.