Chinese Startup StepFun Launches a Phone Built Around an AI Agent, Not Apps
In brief StepFun launched the STEPX Neo on Oct. 13, a 3,999-yuan phone, about $560, running its Step AOS 1.0...
Artificial intelligence
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Available only for MIT Technology Review subscribers. Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms?...
OpenAI Model Used Testnet Ethereum Wallet Without Permission to Finish Coding Task
In brief OpenAI said an internal research model used funds from a crypto wallet it had not been given to...
Hidden Text, a Fake Mailbox: How Researchers Got Rogue AI Agents to Talk
In brief Swarmchasers used hidden text and a mailbox to exchange messages with some AI agents while they were still...
BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns AI Data Center Halt Could Tip US Into Recession
In brief BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says a U.S. moratorium on data center construction would trigger a recession, saying “so...
Google Says AI Isn’t Building Itself Yet—Even Though It Writes 75% of the Code
In brief Google DeepMind found no statistically significant acceleration in the pace of its AI progress after April 1, 2026;...
BlackRock’s Fink names a U.S. recession trigger, sounds alarm over $40 trillion national debt
BlackRock's Fink names a U.S. recession trigger, sounds alarm over $40 trillion national debtBlackRock's CEO says "a moratorium of some...
Godfather of AI and 400 Scientists Want AI Models Cut Off From the Internet
In brief 420 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, signed an open letter published Tuesday urging AI labs to...
Developer Who Cloned Photoshop With AI Just Did the Same to Microsoft Office
In brief Developer Brandon Thomas released WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft, free open-source clones of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint written...
AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny
In brief Autonomous AI agents have made over 138 million crypto payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol on Base, per Chainalysis,...