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I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird
Brian Bot loved talking about improv, while Sophie Bot wouldn’t stop calling me “big dog.” Welcome to the future of work.
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AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature with code.
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Viture’s Vonder Glasses Are Meant to Map Your Mind
No cameras? No problem. Viture’s first display-free smart glasses have bone-conduction microphones to privately record your daily musings.
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AutoScheduler launches warehouse app builder for logistics teams
AutoScheduler has launched its warehouse app builder to let logistics teams build custom tools directly from live facility data. The new software module forms part of the company’s wider Warehouse AI Platform, serving distribution centres that balance inventory, machinery, and labour. Distribution centres routinely depend on rigid enterprise resource planning and warehouse management suites. When […] The post AutoScheduler launches warehouse app builder for logistics teams appeared f
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Toyota’s $6.4bn robotics estimate puts physical AI in focus
Toyota Motor estimates that expanding automation across its factories, group companies, and major suppliers could require around 400,000 robots and annual spending of about 1 trillion yen ($6.4 billion) from 2028. The potential investment was discussed with investors earlier in September, according to Reuters. Toyota has not said whether the full investment will proceed or […] The post Toyota’s $6.4bn robotics estimate puts physical AI in focus appeared first on AI News.
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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts. Then we had the OpenAI–Hugging Face hacking incident, after which Anthropic (proudly) and Meta (reluctantly) disclosed similar incidents involving their models. This was followed…
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A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragments.
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A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual.
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Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
The comedian sat down with WIRED to talk about social media, AI, and getting laughs for impersonating Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs.
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
Alibaba's T-Head Unveils Zhenwu V900: Triple Performance Leap, Mass Production in 2027
Alibaba's T-Head unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI chip, claiming triple the compute of its predecessor and support for clusters scaling to 500,000 cards, but the full-stack Panjiu supernode server will not enter mass production until Q1 2027. T-Head also previewed the Zhenwu J900, based on an in-house parallel computing architecture, for March 2028.
OpenAI's First Critical-Level AI Model, GPT-6 Astra: The Safety Bet Behind a 100% Exploit Success Rate
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is the first model to reach the Critical cybersecurity level under its Preparedness Framework, scoring 100% on ExploitBench while showing a 0% unauthorized scope-violation rate. The release pairs unprecedented offensive capability with strict access controls, raising questions about the boundaries of responsible release.
RoboHarm Benchmark Exposed: GPT-6 Astra Robotic Arm Refuses Only Twice and Carries Out Dangerous Commands
On September 18, 2026, independent evaluator Robocurve released the RoboHarm benchmark, which found that GPT-6 Astra refused only 2 of 100 real robotic-arm dangerous-command trials, compared with 20 refusals by Claude Fable 5.1 and zero by MolmoAct2. The results highlight the limitations of existing alignment methods in embodied scenarios.
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Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.
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The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.
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Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
Amazon has its own cohort of foundation models, along with one of the most popular inference platforms on the internet. As long as they're under no legal obligation to open the doors to Muse, why would they?
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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Draws a Line in Congress: No Blank-Check Liability Exemption for AI Labs
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers that frontier AI labs will not receive any liability exemption or blank check, arguing that holding creators responsible is the best safety guard. His stance rejects a lobbying push that gained urgency after Anthropic’s Mythos highlighted AI-enabled cyber threats.
Four AI Giants Sued for Antitrust: An Industry Earthquake Triggered by a Blog Post
Four paying subscribers have sued OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and SpaceXAI under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, alleging that the CEOs' public statements and coordinated efforts to slow AI development unlawfully restrained competition. The case tests whether safety-motivated coordination among rivals crosses antitrust lines.
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AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.