One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
Wired — Artificial Intelligence
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How to select the right rack and pinion system for high-precision linear motion
Sponsored by GAM. GAM rack, pinion, and gearbox systems are optimized for high performance in all the components. (Image: GAM.) Picture a scissor car jack — the one in your trunk for changing a tire. The spinning motion as you turn the crank translates to the linear motion as…
The Robot Report
Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
Meta says it's making changes to the prompts suggested by its AI chatbot after a viral video showed it digging for personal information about a woman's young daughters, as reported earlier by Futurism. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby says the…
The Verge — AI
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How drone developers are navigating changing regulatory landscapes to help farmers
Hylio offers a range of drones that use digital flowmeters to spray fields at precise dosages. | Source: Hylio Earlier this year, the Federal Communication Commission threw much of the robotics industry into uncertainty when it announced new limits on imports of certain robots…
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The Download: biotech’s future and cheaper, cleaner steel
Скачать: будущее биотехнологий и более дешевая и чистая сталь.
MIT Technology Review
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ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
It wasn’t that long ago that ClickFix attacks were exotic. Now the technique has become mainstream as attackers reap its simplicity and effectiveness in infecting users of PCs and Macs alike. All that’s required is a compromised website—a painless enough task—a fake CAPTCHA…
Ars Technica — AI
Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone
A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.
Wired — Artificial Intelligence
There are no excellent students: Madina Abylkasymova assessed the digital maturity of banks and other financiers in Kazakhstan - BES.media
Отличников нет: Мадина Абылкасымова оценила цифровую зрелость банков и других финансистов Казахстана - BES.media.
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OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal
AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.
Wired — Artificial Intelligence
Teradyne Robotics sues JAKA over 3 Universal Robots patents
Collaborative robot arms from JAKA Robotics (left) and Universal Robots. JAKA Robotics asked last week where the Teradyne Robotics lawsuit was. Well, safe to say JAKA found it. The Unified Patent Court (UPC) docket shows Teradyne filed its patent infringement case against JAKA…
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Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year
Nvidia has its finger in every pie, and sees another year of plenty in its future, Jensen Huang says. But, he insists, its deals are not circular.
TechCrunch — AI
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Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his
Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.
TechCrunch — AI
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Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats
A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces, you can describe to Slackbot what you need, and it will use AI to gather information from…
The Verge — AI
OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand
The company said Pro subscriptions put the most strain on its systems, so it's pausing sign-ups while adding more capacity.
TechCrunch — AI
Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek
A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months as competition in the space has intensified.
TechCrunch — AI
Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us All?
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.
Wired — Artificial Intelligence
Swarmer to acquire Ukrainian UGV maker Ratel Robotics for up to $224M
Ratel Robotics makes uncrewed ground vehicles for Ukrainian defense. Credit: Viktor Kharyton, Swarmer Ukrainian companies have demonstrated their ability to develop and field autonomous systems at a fraction of the price of Western defense contractors, according to Swarmer Inc.…
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Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US
Meta's newest app Muse is off to a slower start than the company's other apps, like Meta AI or Threads.
TechCrunch — AI
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Schools are catching on to Big Tech’s playbook
It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the narrative AI…
The Verge — AI
Comau automates picking, handling, and palletizing for Decathlon
Comau designed its MyCo family of cobots for quick installation, easy programming, and rapid redeployment. | Source: Comau Comau SpA yesterday said it has designed and validated an order-preparation system tested in Decathlon’s e-commerce fulfillment operations. The system is…
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Robots Are Learning to Feel
Dexterous manipulation remains one of the biggest barriers keeping robots from successfully tackling a wide range of everyday tasks. A sense of touch could be the key, but a lack of quality data has held back progress. This is now starting to change as academic labs and startups…
IEEE Spectrum — Robotics
Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you
Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human.
TechCrunch — AI
India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content
Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper.
TechCrunch — AI
Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs
Universal Music Group is launching a new AI-powered platform that will allow users to draw from its catalog of licensed music to create song remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks, according to an announcement on Thursday. The record label is developing the platform through a…
The Verge — AI
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Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
I turned my Muse assistant into a purple cat. | Screenshot: The Verge Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company's first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools. The company says its AI agent can "take the busywork off your plate" by helping you with…
The Verge — AI
AI agents are flooding public services with new requests
“The vast majority of cases we find are people who are entitled to claim for something, claiming for that thing,” the researcher told TechCrunch.
TechCrunch — AI
Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal
Maven Robotics emerged from stealth today with a $100 million Series A and active deployments.
TechCrunch Robotics
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Why the current tech backlash feels different
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Nick Statt: Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer. And I’m joined by our brand-new supervising producer, Greg Ott. Greg Ott: Good day,…
The Verge — AI
The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap
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. God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was…
MIT Technology Review
Breast cancer screening in Kazakhstan began to be carried out in three days thanks to AI - BES.media
Скрининг рака молочной железы в Казахстане стали проводить за три дня благодаря ИИ - BES.media.
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