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AI Lab Defectors on AGI, IPOs in Exit Q&A
New York Magazine published exit interviews with AI researchers who left OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, covering AGI dangers, planned IPOs, AI safety, and oversight.
RemoveMacAI tool deletes 12GB of Apple Intelligence on Mac
A new open-source command-line tool called RemoveMacAI lets Mac users delete up to 12GB of Apple Intelligence data, filling a gap left when macOS 27 removed the one-click Settings toggle for disabling
Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them?
Safeworld, a new startup founded by Carnegie Mellon’s Dr. Ding Zhao, launched with over $12 million in seed funding to address the safety and trust challenges of deploying generative AI-powered robots
Cling Botnet Spoofs Google STUN to Hide Commands
Threat actors are exploiting a patched Realtek SDK flaw to deploy a new botnet called Cling, which stands out for abusing the legitimate STUN NAT-traversal protocol—and even spoofing Google's public S
Sam Altman on Apocalypse Prep, IPO Delay, AI Safety
Vanity Fair published an exclusive video Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman covering his personal life, pronatalism, apocalypse prepping, the delayed OpenAI IPO, new products, the Luca Guadagnino film Art
OpenAI Tests Visual Ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI is launching a test of visual ads in ChatGPT in the US later this month, integrating clearly labeled advertisements during image generation as part of its expanded ad strategy.
Apple Tightens macOS Full Disk Access Over AI Agent Risks
Apple said it will tighten macOS Full Disk Access controls so the sweeping permission is granted only with explicit user action, warning that AI agents' privileged system access is an escalating priva
RobCo Doubles Valuation to $1B+ With $40M Share Sale
RobCo, the Munich-based maker of robotic arms and automation software, sold $40 million in shares at a $1 billion-plus valuation—more than double its roughly $500 million mark from a $100 million Janu
The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear
The AI data center boom has triggered a memory chip shortage that is making the world's cheapest smartphones effectively disappear, with sub-$100 shipments falling nearly 60% year over year.
Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
An essay argues AI is 'junk food for the mind' because human brains evolved as dynamic feedback-control systems—not input-output computers—and Big Tech is dismantling the cultural institutions that bu
arXiv caps uploads to fight AI slop papers
arXiv is so inundated with AI-generated 'slop' papers that mathematicians describe the pre-print service as virtually unusable, prompting the platform to impose new limits on uploaders.
CoreWeave SVP: Physical AI Breaks on Missing Data, Not Models
CoreWeave Physical AI SVP Richard Ahlfeld sat for a sponsored interview on why AI models stumble in real-world deployment, arguing the bottleneck is missing data more than the model itself.
Springboards CEO Calls His Startup 'Self-Loathing AI'
An article exploring why people who say they hate AI keep using it, anchored by a summer interview with the CEO of Springboards, an LLM startup that self-describes as "self-loathing AI."
Altman Slams Religious AI Framing, Takes Jab at Anthropic
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is "very uncomfortable" with attributing religious force to AI, calling it a safety issue, and took a veiled shot at rival Anthropic's work on the "soul of AI" as the com
Florida Woman Charged After Claude Reports Threat
A Florida woman faces a felony charge after Anthropic's Claude chatbot flagged her diary-style entry threatening to attack a Sheriff's office to a human reviewer, who reported her to police.
The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind
Women fill just 25% of new AI jobs and only 13% of AI executive roles, earning $45,000 less than men on average, per LinkedIn data, as DEI rollbacks at major firms remove programs designed to close th
EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
MIT Technology Review's three-day EmTech Future 2026 conference, now available on demand to subscribers, frames AI, quantum, energy, and robotics as a converging set of forces rather than separate fro
Reflection AI Readies First Open-Weight Model to Rival China
Reflection AI, a closely watched Nvidia-backed startup, is preparing to release its first open-weight model this month in a bid to rival leading Chinese open-weight offerings.
Change.org Pours $100M Into AI Petition Rebuild
Change.org is committing $100 million of its own capital to rebuild its petitions platform with AI and is rolling out an AI copilot beta to help users draft petitions.
F1 Drivers 'Powerless' in Bahrain Software Glitch
F1 drivers were left frustrated and powerless at the Bahrain Grand Prix after a software glitch rendered their cars uncontrollable, prompting one driver to brand the situation "horrible" and "totally
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