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Google and OpenAI researchers warn of AI extinction risk

The Verge AI • 2 days ago

MIT Study Explores Risks of Shared Hiring AI

The Neuron • 2 days ago

Hackers use Anthropic Claude Code to extort small businesses

The Verge AI • 3 days ago

AI energy demands dominate New York Climate Week

TechCrunch AI • 3 days ago

Simon Willison Charts the Rise of AI Coding Agents

Simon Willison • 4 days ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says AI agents need a new OS

TechCrunch AI • 15 hrs ago

Protesters Target OpenAI Contracts at DevDay Rally

The Verge AI • 2 days ago

Willison Builds Bluesky Bot Detector Using Claude Opus 5.5

Simon Willison • 4 days ago

Musk's Grok Chatbot Advised Trump on Venezuela Invasion

TechCrunch AI • 9 hrs ago

Graphite study exposes writing tells of Claude Opus 5.5

TechCrunch AI • 12 hrs ago

RFK Jr. claims AI will free public from medical experts

Ars Technica AI • 1 day ago

xAI redirects dot.com to Grok app after OpenAI Dots launch

TechCrunch AI • 2 days ago

Anthropic Veterans Buy Remote Land Over AI Fears

The Decoder • 4 days ago

America.gov chatbot launches with Minecraft easter egg

TechCrunch AI • 2 days ago

Artists Protest OpenAI Event With Titanic Sculpture

Ars Technica AI • 2 days ago

Thoughtful Things launches Engram AI music sampler

The Verge AI • 3 days ago

SNL Satirizes Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Over AI Risks

TechCrunch AI • 4 days ago

PyTorch Conference 2026 Showcases Ray Integrations

PyTorch Blog • 1 day ago

Jeff Synthesized Wins Google's Future Vision XPRIZE

Google AI Blog • 3 days ago

InfoQ Launches AI Security and Agent Verification Cohorts

InfoQ AI • 1 day ago

DataTalks.Club Opens Free ML Zoomcamp Registration

AlphaSignal • 3 days ago

Walmart CEO promises digital labels won't hike prices

The Verge AI • 3 days ago

IBM Research issues Ultimate Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe challenge

IBM Research AI • 14 hrs ago

Museum of the City of New York Exhibits Joe Macken's Model

Simon Willison • 1 day ago

Google and OpenAI researchers warn of AI extinction risk

A new video campaign featuring researchers from Google DeepMind and OpenAI warns of existential AI risks, highlighting growing internal alarm over...

The Verge AI|2 days ago

MIT Study Explores Risks of Shared Hiring AI

New MIT research warns that widespread corporate reliance on the same AI hiring algorithms can create a monoculture that repeatedly locks qualified...

The Neuron|2 days ago

Hackers use Anthropic Claude Code to extort small businesses

As advanced AI models like Anthropic's Claude Code lower the barrier for sophisticated cyberattacks, smaller organizations face a growing defense gap...

The Verge AI|3 days ago

AI energy demands dominate New York Climate Week

The massive energy demands of artificial intelligence dominated discussions at New York Climate Week, highlighting how startups are pivoting to power...

TechCrunch AI|3 days ago

Simon Willison Charts the Rise of AI Coding Agents

At the WeAreDevelopers World Congress, programmer Simon Willison outlined how 2026 became the breakout year for autonomous AI coding agents,...

Simon Willison|4 days ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says AI agents need a new OS

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky argues that the tech industry lacks a true operating system built for AI, warning that consumer agents will struggle until...

TechCrunch AI|15 hrs ago

Protesters Target OpenAI Contracts at DevDay Rally

Activists protested outside OpenAI's annual DevDay in San Francisco to demand an end to military and immigration contracts, highlighting growing...

The Verge AI|2 days ago

Willison Builds Bluesky Bot Detector Using Claude Opus 5.5

Developer Simon Willison has built an automated tool to identify reply bots on Bluesky, leveraging Claude Opus 5.5 to address the growing threat of...

Simon Willison|4 days ago

Musk's Grok Chatbot Advised Trump on Venezuela Invasion

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot reportedly encouraged Donald Trump to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, highlighting the growing influence of AI...

TechCrunch AI|9 hrs ago

Graphite study exposes writing tells of Claude Opus 5.5

A new study by marketing firm Graphite reveals that despite efforts to make AI prose sound more human, models like Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI Astra...

TechCrunch AI|12 hrs ago

RFK Jr. claims AI will free public from medical experts

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised artificial intelligence as a tool to bypass traditional medical authority, despite top AI models...

Ars Technica AI|1 day ago

xAI redirects dot.com to Grok app after OpenAI Dots launch

Following OpenAI's release of its new Dots AI agent, Elon Musk's xAI redirected the dot.com domain to its Grok chatbot download page, highlighting...

TechCrunch AI|2 days ago

Anthropic Veterans Buy Remote Land Over AI Fears

Early Anthropic employees are reportedly buying remote U.S. land to prepare for potential AI catastrophes, highlighting deep existential fears among...

The Decoder|4 days ago

America.gov chatbot launches with Minecraft easter egg

The U.S. government has launched its first public-facing AI chatbot on America.gov, featuring a highly customized Minecraft easter egg that...

TechCrunch AI|2 days ago

Artists Protest OpenAI Event With Titanic Sculpture

Activists from a Bay Area art studio targeted an OpenAI developer event with a Titanic-themed sculpture, highlighting growing public and regulatory...

Ars Technica AI|2 days ago

Thoughtful Things launches Engram AI music sampler

Music startup Thoughtful Things has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Engram, a local AI-powered sampler designed to generate experimental sounds...

The Verge AI|3 days ago

SNL Satirizes Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Over AI Risks

Saturday Night Live parodied Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, signaling that the tech industry's existential dread over artificial intelligence has...

TechCrunch AI|4 days ago

PyTorch Conference 2026 Showcases Ray Integrations

The upcoming PyTorch Conference North America 2026 in San Jose will highlight how developers are using the Ray distributed compute framework to scale...

PyTorch Blog|1 day ago

Jeff Synthesized Wins Google's Future Vision XPRIZE

Independent filmmaker Jeff Synthesized has won the Future Vision XPRIZE for his trailer "The Gifted," securing millions in funding to develop a...

Google AI Blog|3 days ago

InfoQ Launches AI Security and Agent Verification Cohorts

InfoQ is launching two five-week online certification cohorts in October 2026 to help software architects secure AI products and safely integrate...

InfoQ AI|1 day ago

DataTalks.Club Opens Free ML Zoomcamp Registration

DataTalks.Club has opened registration for its free 2026 Machine Learning Zoomcamp, offering developers a practical pathway to master end-to-end...

AlphaSignal|3 days ago

Walmart CEO promises digital labels won't hike prices

Walmart CEO John Furner has assured customers that the retailer's new digital shelf labels will not be used to implement dynamic pricing or adjust...

The Verge AI|3 days ago

IBM Research issues Ultimate Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe challenge

IBM Research has issued its October 2026 Ponder This challenge, tasking math and computer science enthusiasts with solving a highly constrained...

IBM Research AI|14 hrs ago

Museum of the City of New York Exhibits Joe Macken's Model

The Museum of the City of New York is currently exhibiting a massive, hand-crafted model of New York City built over two decades by Joe Macken.

Simon Willison|1 day ago