Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecurity test. Next, they solved a prestigious math problem (or just stole from two top mathematicians’ answer sheets). Anthropic’s models have also hacked into other companies’ systems four times already. And that’s…
A clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.
The round valued the AI biotech at $2 billion. It is currently testing drugs that treat skin conditions and preserve weight loss after stopping GLP-1s.
YouTube's next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and livestreams.
On 2026-09-24, the YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 10 models, with Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.1 Pro tied for first place at 84.61. Smoke is a daily 10-question quick test suitable for short-term signals and is not equivalent to Full weekly ranking conclusions.
The report suggests that greater exposure will not resolve the unease around the technology, nor reduce public support for AI regulation.
Pro and Plus users will be able to use the Work tab on their phones to complete agentic tasks.
Delia Ramirez, a Democratic US representative from Illinois, has announced a plan to introduce new legislation to terminate the surveillance tower program along the US southern border.  The announcement comes just days after publication of an MIT Technology Review investigation, “Dying on Camera,” in which we looked at deaths along the border that took place…
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Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.
YouTube is adding new features to generate ideas and monitor the performance of thumbnails.
YouTube’s new custom feeds let users describe the videos they want to see in their own words, then use Gemini to build a personalized feed around the request.
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YouTube is adding new AI-powered features to YouTube Music that aim to make it easier for listeners to discover music, explore artists, and find podcasts they may otherwise miss. Announced at this year’s Made On YouTube event, the updates include “Ask Music,” a conversational tool for music and podcasts, and “Your Podcast Lineup,” a personalized […]
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Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Smart glasses are already causing havoc in India When Shubnam saw an Instagram video of a Delhi protest they had attended, they realized a content creator wearing Meta smart glasses had…
Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on a victim’s Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers.
Spotify is rolling out Taste Profile to Premium users in the U.S., letting listeners see how the streamer understands their tastes and use natural language to reshape their recommendations
Deploying randomised AI logistics offers military planners a viable defence against adversarial tracking, allowing U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) to insulate global distribution networks against contested disruption.  Commercial freight software historically prioritises static scheduling, steady delivery windows, and just-in-time routing to eliminate transit waste. In an operational theatre, however, those fixed cadences expose military transports to […] The post U.S. TRANSCOM
