Baboons defend themselves by throwing stones Summary A short archival note from Nature’s 50-year-ago column reports that baboons were observed throwing stones at perceived threats. Fieldworkers had to dodge the…
China Tells Brokers To Stop Touting Stablecoins To Cool Frenzy Summary Chinese financial regulators have instructed local brokerages, think tanks and other intermediaries to stop publishing research, hosting seminars or…
The FCC Will Review Emergency Alert Systems in the US Summary The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a re-examination of the United States’ Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless…
South Korea Postpones Decision To Let Google Maps Work Properly – Again Summary South Korea’s inter-agency committee has delayed a decision — for the second time this year — on…
AI Industry Horrified To Face Largest Copyright Class Action Ever Certified Summary A federal judge’s certification of a massive nationwide class action against Anthropic — over alleged unauthorised use of…
OpenAI reinstated GPT-4o as an option for ChatGPT Plus subscribers after users protested when GPT-5 became the default. Sam Altman said Plus users would be allowed to choose 4o while…
Red Teams Jailbreak GPT-5 With Ease, Warn It’s ‘Nearly Unusable’ For Enterprise Summary Two independent red teams — NeuralTrust and SPLX (formerly SplxAI) — quickly bypassed GPT-5’s safety layers, concluding…
UK Courts Service ‘Covered Up’ IT Bug That Lost Evidence Summary The body running courts in England and Wales (HM Courts & Tribunals Service, HMCTS) is accused of delaying action…
Net Neutrality Advocates Won’t Appeal Loss Summary Several consumer and public-interest groups have announced they will not appeal a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the Biden-era FCC net…
Smartwatches Offer Little Insight Into Stress Levels, Researchers Find Summary A recent study, reported by The Guardian and published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, examined whether popular…
