Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline built by two Israeli security researchers (dubbed Auto Exploit) uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patches…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times that AI is likely to concentrate wealth…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google was hit with a $3.45 billion fine from the European Commission for anti-competitive practices in its…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI-led debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Sway pairs students with…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic announced it will block access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from countries it considers potential…
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 US college students. The deal…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris uses a district cooling network that draws Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
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…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary The three-month Expedition 501, funded by the US National Science Foundation and a European consortium,…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla announced it will stop producing official 32-bit Linux Firefox builds in 2026. Version 144 will be the last standard release; organisations…
