NASA asks industry to rescue Hubble before it falls from orbit
Hubble has no engine of its own, and it is slowly sinking. NASA now wants companies to say how they could lift the 36-year-old telescope
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Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
As AI tools and agents have continued their march across all aspects of digital life, many companies are trying to use LLMs to improve the
Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
Crater counts tell us that most of the Martian surface is more than 3 billion years old, but pieces of Mars we have on Earth
Google’s Suncatcher satellite runs AI in orbit and sends a haiku home
Google’s prototype data centre satellite has run an AI model in orbit and sent its answer back to Earth. The onboard Gemma 4 model wrote
Judge rejects xAI’s bid to dismiss NAACP lawsuit over its gas turbines
A federal judge in Mississippi has refused to throw out the NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI. The case is over the gas turbines
Salesforce to buy Rune in its most significant national security deal
Salesforce has agreed to buy Rune Technologies. The US startup’s AI software helps the military plan supplies near the front line. Salesforce announced the deal
Google in talks to join Trump’s Golden Dome programme, Bloomberg reports
Alphabet’s Google is in talks with the US Defense Department to help protect the data behind Golden Dome, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Sana Pashankar and
Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101
The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.
OpenAI tightens ChatGPT’s limits on weapons and past mass attacks
ChatGPT will stop giving teenagers practical information about weapons and security systems, even when a question looks harmless, OpenAI said on Friday. The limit applies
Twenty House Democrats press OpenAI over fired safety researchers
Twenty House Democrats have asked OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman to promise not to fire OpenAI whistleblowers who share safety information. They also want OpenAI
Dartmouth’s provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
On August 9, 2026, Dartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell wrote a Washington Post op-ed called “Universities are fighting AI cheating. But there’s a deeper problem.”
Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren’t even good
A significant number of patients in the US lie to their doctors to get antibiotics they likely don’t need, according to two new studies. While
AI is easy to fake, Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz tells SF Standard
Tyler Shultz helped expose the blood-testing fraud at Theranos. He now says AI is hard to vet, and investors need to do real due diligence.
Pope Leo urges a ban on lethal autonomous weapons before Geneva talks
Pope Leo XIV called on Friday for artificial intelligence to be “disarmed”. Decisions on human life, freedom and the use of force must always stay