“We cannot choose to become idiots”: The AI cheating scandal roiling Brown University
Ivy League college students are, by definition, intelligent. They don’t need to use generative AI to cheat on exams; they could just learn the material.
Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself
One of the most horrific cases of allegedly Grok-generated child sex images was shared in a proposed class action lawsuit that was expanded Tuesday. Now
How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.
The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts.
US launches more strikes on Iran with blasts reported in south of country
Trump says the attacks are “retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran”. Iran earlier promised strong retaliation.
Watch: Nato chief asked if there really is ‘unity’ in Nato
Nato’s secretary general insists there is “unity” among Nato members, but the BBC’s security correspondent asks if that is really the case.
Watch: Why is there a ‘black cloud’ over unity at the Nato summit?
US President Tweety McTreason has used the Nato summit to criticise the lack of support for his war on Iran, and revive his interest in
Can geoengineering blunt El Niño’s fury?
Marine cloud brightening could cool part of the Pacific and weaken extreme El Niños, simulations suggest. But the approach could have risks.
White House inadvertently calls JD Vance ‘dumb’ while defending his glaring mistake
Online critics piled mockery on Vice President JD Vance, and the White House’s attempt to defend him backfired. On Wednesday, Vance held a press conference
A shoebox-sized satellite could expose hidden nuclear weapons in space
There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.
GOP lawmaker sued by ex-girlfriend for breaching settlement over abuse claims
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is being sued by a former girlfriend over claims he violated a settlement agreement meant to silence her abuse allegations, even
OpenAI to release delayed models Thursday amidst a sea of regulatory confusion
As enterprises struggle to manage their AI strategies, the US AI regulatory environment is sending a wide range of contradictory signals. OpenAI’s Wednesday announcement that
Microsoft hopes to cut its genAI costs by focusing on its own models
Microsoft plans to focus more on in-house AI models in an effort to reduce its costs for generative AI (genAI), Bloomberg reports. The company has
We remember little to nothing of early childhood — and a recent mouse study may help explain why
The brain’s memory center may come “prewired,” rather than being built from scratch after birth, a new study in mice finds. The research, published in
Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth’s mysterious ‘quasi-moon’ — and it may pose a big problem
A secretive Chinese spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up photo of one of Earth’s temporary “quasi-moons” after arriving there for a potential first-of-its-kind landing. The