Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, a debate-focused AI developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to defuse heated…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary San Francisco-based AI firm Anthropic has widened existing restrictions and is now blocking access to its services for companies majority-owned…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton tells the Financial Times that AI is likely to concentrate wealth…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A three-month international research effort, Expedition 501, drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed…
Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings — including the Louvre — achieving coefficients of performance (COP)…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System – Slashdot Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI agent called A2 that automates discovery and…
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…
Trump To Impose Tariffs On Semiconductor Imports From Firms Not Moving Production To US Summary President Donald Trump told reporters he will impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will stop producing 32-bit Linux binaries for Firefox in 2026. Firefox 144 will be the final regular release…
Canada Delaying Plan To Force Automakers To Hit EVs Sales Targets Summary Prime Minister Mark Carney has paused Canada’s proposed electric vehicle (EV) sales mandate while the government carries out…
