Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Pioneering neural‑network researcher Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI is likely to concentrate wealth among a…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI startup, is blocking access to its services for companies majority-owned by entities from countries such…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing an AI debate tool called Sway, developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that uses Seine river water and heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
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 has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation brought by a group of book authors who alleged the company used millions of…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI-powered agent, dubbed A2, that automates discovery and validation of…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will end official 32-bit Linux support for Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the last regular release…
President Donald Trump told reporters he will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do not shift production to the United States, speaking ahead of a White House dinner…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has announced a pause on the planned electric-vehicle (EV) sales mandate while…
