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Ars Technica — AI news-outlet 1mo ago
OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?
The Codex Micro is designed to monitor multiple agentic threads at a glance.
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Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
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US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time
US military’s drone boats struck an Iranian naval port as war heats up again.
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New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
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Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets
OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.
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Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
"Context bombing" tricks hacking agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
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Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models
Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled.
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Disable auto-play and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.
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OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you
Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run "for hours if needed."
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Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs
Preclinical trial is testing the feasibility of humanoid robots in surgery.
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OpenAI faked inability to search training data, hid billions of logs, NYT says
OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.
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Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%
AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.
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Lawsuit: Grok user made 7K child sex images; xAI only reported one gang rape prompt
More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.
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Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind
Android Bench is evolving, and developers can help guide that process.
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
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Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan.
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Facing US export controls, China's DeepSeek plans to make its own chips
It's early, but the plan is to reduce dependency on Nvidia and Huawei.
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Robot workers rising: How AI may drive general-purpose autonomy in robotics
Top robotics researchers and founders explain how robot autonomy is evolving.
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How AI could enable autonomous robot workers in workplaces—and maybe homes
Top robotics researchers and founders explain how robot autonomy is evolving.
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Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance
Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.
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Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target
Insiders say Sam Altman is in active talks with the Trump administration.
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Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
FTC urged to reject Elon Musk’s bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.
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Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.
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After spooking Trump into safety testing, Anthropic AI models get global release
US lifts curbs on Anthropic’s advanced Fable and Mythos models.
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New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.
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Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards.
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Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids’ savings accounts, report says
Sources suggest Musk may be mulling big donation to Trump Accounts.
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South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots
South Korea targets physical AI lead and commercial humanoid robots by 2028.
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South Korea plans to train entire military as "drone warriors"
Half-million strong military will train on drones as “universal combat tool.”
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NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI
NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.
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Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
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Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack
Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.
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IBM claims world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology
IBM’s nanostack transistors could boost chip performance or energy efficiency.
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OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
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Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments
Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
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How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots
Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI .
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GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.
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How Anthropic may have talked itself into an AI export ban
The company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI.
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As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military
Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.
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Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry
Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.
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AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip-ties
NVIDIA’s self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents.
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"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what
AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.
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The Gemini-powered Google Home Speaker arrives on June 25 for $100
Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.
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Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines
NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.
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Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.
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Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress
Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.
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