Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton tells the Financial Times he expects AI to concentrate wealth in…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic announced it is expanding restrictions on who can access its AI services to block companies that are majority-owned by…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon University, to help calm heated one-on-one discussions…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that draws water from the Seine to cool around 800 buildings, including the Louvre.…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A first-of-its-kind global research expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed…
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 at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI agent that automates discovery and validation of vulnerabilities…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the final release with…
President Donald Trump said his administration will soon impose ‘‘substantial’’ tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do not shift production to the United States, speaking ahead of a White…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a pause to Canada’s planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate. The government will…
