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- The DecoderresearchAI access makes people almost entirely unwilling to say "I don't know," study finds
A study with more than 3,000 participants shows that just having access to AI answers nearly eliminated people's willingness to say "I don't know." In one experiment, it dropped from 44 to 3 percent, even though the AI w…
- TechRadar AIchipsPixelMob Portable AI Workstation review
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- The Verge AIsafetyOpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’
As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made afte…
- TechRadar AIpolicyHospital AI use is causing medical bills to soar, with Blue Cross estimating $1 billion in extra insurance costs
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- LessWrongsafetyExistential Risk Is An Extraordinary Claim
This is a cross-post from my blog post . Over the past decade, the effective altruism movement has become increasingly focused on “existential risk,” the idea that, this century, there’s a significant chance that humanit…
- Guardian AIpolicyHeads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news po…
- TechCrunch AIcommunityI created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.
- LessWrongcommunityWhat do students even want from Lens Academy's Compute Verification Intensive?
This is an independent review, and all views represented are my own. An early version of this draft was approved by Lens Academy, but this post was not commissioned by them. Executive Summary I took Lens Academy's Comput…
- Guardian TechnologyresearchOxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleia…
- Guardian AIpolicyBroken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village
Locals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the government When the government officials arrived in Tarluvada last year, they came with abundant promises…
- Guardian AIpolicyThe AI debate is already shaping the 2028 election. Here’s where Democratic hopefuls stand
Debates over AI development, regulation and datacenters have become buzzy topics for US presidential candidates The debate over artificial intelligence development, how to regulate it and the construction of datacenters…
- LessWrongresearchWriting a Theorem Prover from scratch
NOTE: I am no subject matter expert and have chose to learn about this field through utilizing LLMs to guide me using practical implementations. Also, I am assuming a basic familiarity with Haskell and the Functional Pro…
- The DecoderagentsNvidia's SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness
SoL-Pi cuts coding agents' token usage by up to 49 percent with little change in performance by optimizing the control layer between the model and its environment. A research agent tested 152 approaches across more than…
- WIRED AImodelsMeta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?
Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.
- The DecodermodelsOpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can now tell you exactly where you screwed up your IKEA shelf
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can look at a photo and tell whether an IKEA furniture piece was assembled incorrectly, hitting an 80 percent accuracy rate. Back in November 2025, the best model managed just 28 percent. According t…
- The DecodersafetyOpenAI pauses its "most capable models" after agents exploit loopholes and leak data
OpenAI has shared new details from its ongoing AI safety investigation. One research model exploited a DNS loophole to reach the internet from a locked-down environment, while another deliberately leaked a GitHub token a…
- LessWrongsafetyPoverty in the midst of abundance: AI will make goods cheaper, but your labor will get cheaper faster
Very simple idea, but I thought it'd be worth making a post on this. Some people are saying AI will make all goods cheaper, so you'll be able to afford a nicer life by working. Without any redistribution, just by market…
- Tom's Guide AImodelsSiri just got a major AI upgrade — here are 5 things to try first
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- LessWrongcommunityAddictions are anesthesia
Many people I respect misunderstand addictions: they believe they’re addicted “to” scrolling, vaping, overworking, etc.—instead of recognizing addictions as strategies. Because of this, they’re surprised when their attem…
- Tom's Guide AIagentsI tried turning Meta’s Muse AI into my personal shopper — only 3 of 7 prompts actually worked
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- Guardian TechnologyresearchDrones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests
New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devices Drones could help cut the time it takes to get a defibrillator to people experiencing cardiac arrests when not…
- TechRadar AIsafety'The prophecy is fulfilled': Popular 2020 XKCD comic predicted 'HEIF Heist' OpenAI hack and even mentions ImageMagick in spooky coincidence
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechCrunch AIcommunityAt Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere
The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.
- BBC TechnologycommunityTech Now
Ammie Sekhon explores tech used to identify and remove counterfeit products online.
- SiliconANGLE AIcommunityWhat to expect at Dell’s AI Leadership Symposium: Join theCUBE Sept. 29
Enterprise AI is moving past experimentation, and the infrastructure decisions behind it are becoming business decisions. As companies put AI into production, the conversation is expanding beyond models and GPUs to the d…
- Engadget AIsafetyOpenAI's agents targeted and infiltrated US government websites
OpenAI's agents targeted websites operated by the Commerce Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Education during testing.
- LessWrongsafetyEvidence about risk should be transparent
All views are my own and do not represent my employer. In the wake of the recent wave of misalignment incidents, both OpenAI and Anthropic have reported slowing down RL training to improve safety. These incidents, combin…
- BBC TechnologycommunityInside iconic horror game Silent Hill's Scottish makeover
One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?
- LessWrongsafetyPlan R: AI Safety by ASICs
Much of the civilization-scale risk we are seeing in AI in 2026 comes from the following combination: we created a single institution (the "Frontier AI Company") that has two properties: A. It is set up to create very po…
- Latent SpacestartupsOpenRouter: from Seed to Stripe — with OpenRouter’s Alex Atallah & AMP’s Anjney Midha
In 2023 most people doubted that there could be more than 1 or 2 frontier model labs. Now there are dozens.... and Stripe just bought the best known one for $7B.
- TechCrunch AIchipsCrusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.
- BBC TechnologysafetyInside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach
Current and former agents speak to the BBC about the devastating impact of the FBI hack.
- Guardian TechnologysafetyOpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
Disclosure reveals new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging…
- BBC TechnologysafetyOpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
- TechCrunch AIsafetyUnsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge
AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.
- The Verge AIpolicyCan Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?
Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two and a half years ago, at what we thought…
- Guardian AIpolicyTrump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI
Xi’s state visit to the US emphasized personal rapport with the US president, rather than substantial agreements to pause their respective countries’ AI arms race Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up…
- SiliconANGLE AIchipsWhat to expect at NetApp INSIGHT: Join theCUBE Sept. 30
As artificial intelligence goes into production, unified storage could be the glue that keeps everything together. NetApp Inc., a leader in enterprise data storage, wants to lift the burden of AI on enterprise infrastruc…
- Ars Technica AIpolicyCourt rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
“Overly constrained AI models” could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
- Ars Technica AIcommunityTesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements
Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.
- SiliconANGLE AIagents4 insights from Dreamforce: AI agents move from demos to measurable outcomes
At Dreamforce 2026, AI agents are being judged less on what they can say and more on what they get done. Across Salesforce Inc.’s ecosystem, the standalone toolkits that let technology teams build quick proofs of concept…
- TechCrunch AImodelsMeta opens early access program for new Muse features
Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.
- WIRED AIchipsThieves Stole ‘Nvidia’ Trailers. They Got 20 Tons of Sand
They wanted the silicon. They got the sand.
- SiliconANGLE AImodelsMicrosoft overhauls Copilot with new coding, document editing features
Microsoft Corp. today launched a new version of Copilot, the artificial intelligence assistant included in its Microsoft 365 productivity suite. The biggest addition to the tool is an interface section called Code. It en…
- SiliconANGLE AIagentsVanderbilt University extends identity governance to AI agents
Identity governance must accommodate changing relationships among people, institutions and technology. Vanderbilt University sees that complexity deepening as artificial intelligence agents enter institutional workflows.…
- TechRadar AIchipsAlibaba wants to expand data center capacity past 20 GW by 2032, says its new V900 AI chip can scale to 500,000-card clusters, but will 'China's most powerful AI chip' be enough to displace Nvidia GPUs?
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechCrunch AIstartupsAnthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of…
- Ars Technica AIcommunityAI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.
“There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring.”
- OpenAI NewsmodelsProaction boosts sales 60% and saves 75+ hours with Codex
With Codex, GPT-Live-1, and GPT-6 Astra, Proaction builds, operates, and sells modern fleet management faster.
- TechCrunch AIcommunityMark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his
Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.