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;...
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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,...
AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI models
AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI modelsU.S.-linked wallets account for just over 88%...
OpenAI Engineer Arrested for Bugging Office, Company Says AI Caught Him
In brief The FBI arrested OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan on Oct. 9 for allegedly planting a hidden audio recorder in...
AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec
In brief Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar claimed on CBS that many AI researchers have started smoking to show how much...
Crypto exchange MNX takes on OKX, Bitget offering pre-IPO futures for AI giants
Crypto exchange MNX takes on OKX, Bitget offering pre-IPO futures for AI giantsMNX is offering a different way to trade...
Open models have real benefits. Do they outweigh the risks?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand...