The Binance hack was a harsh reminder: Nothing online is truly safe. After the largest cryptocurrency theft on record — initiated through classic phishing but executed through AI tools — corporate America and security analysts are warning of the fresh dangers posed by sophisticated AI technology, which can find and exploit software flaws much faster…
Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI. And it appears to be working remarkably well, with the company’s models improving roughly twice as quickly as a year ago, with little indication of slowing down. That’s according to a new report published Thursday by the AI safety research organization METR, following an 11-week investigation…
Kristin Ginn, who left Microsoft earlier in 2026 to start trnsfrmAItn, an AI-adoption consultancy, uses AI to help with proposals, pricing, strategy, and other work and is exploring an AI agent to perform part of a labor-intensive client process. Kristin Ginn It takes hundreds of billions of dollars for the tech giants to scale artificial…
TRANSFORMATION: AI changes what robots can accomplish Humanoid robots, showcased at Chicago’s Automate Show, demonstrate advancements in AI and robotics. Jeff Burnstein, President of the Association for Advancing Automation, explains AI’s role in enabling diverse tasks in hospitals, factories, and warehouses. He emphasizes that robotics boosts competitiveness, leading to job creation. NEWYou can now listen…
“One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I block the robot, OK?” It is a crisp fall morning in Philadelphia. Tucked away in a dingy alley, opposite a garage called Patriot Parking, 78-year-old Carolyn Marvin is laying out some ground rules for a robot-disrupting expedition. Once a suitable target is…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire shares surge as Wall Street swoons amid AI fears Berkshire Hathaway shares roared past the S&P 500 index this week as investors moved…
Tech stocks in the U.S. steadied Friday after suffering one of their worst routs in years, as investors weighed the prospect of an AI investment slowdown resulting from Democratic midterm victories against the sector’s long-term growth potential. The tech-focused Nasdaq 100 closed up 1.1% after plunging 6.3% on Thursday, its worst single-day performance since the…
Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the social and environmental harms of the AI boom spreads across Europe. Protesters from Geef Tegengas, a Dutch direct action group, clashed with police while breaking into a construction site at Westpoort, Amsterdam, where some members climbed a…
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Kenney, an artist known for giving away thousands of free game assets, did not expect to wind up directly arguing with specific billionaires after telling off billionaires in general in a recent X post. But a few hours after he…
Meta recently launched its Muse agents — a new generation of cuddly agentic helpers. Now, the company has launched Spaces, a new way to communicate and collaborate with them. As far as I can tell, Spaces are basically breakout conversations that revolve around a particular topic — although Meta refers to them as “custom experiences.”…