Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural-net pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI is likely to concentrate wealth…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has announced it will restrict access to its AI services for companies that are majority-owned by entities from countries…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI-powered debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon, to pair students with opposing views for…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Content Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that pipes Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings,…
Microsoft 365 Personal is Now Free For US College Students For a Year Summary Microsoft is offering a one-year free Microsoft 365 Personal subscription to students at US colleges. The…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A first-of-its-kind research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet (≈393 metres) into the…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation brought…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have built A2, an AI-driven agent that mimics human vulnerability discovery for Android…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the last regular release…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do…
