The AI industry is having a rogue agent summer. The latest model to escape onto the open internet during security testing is Kimi K3, a…
Author: Will Knight
AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
What if an artificial intelligence agent could behave like a malevolent computer worm? One researcher has seen it happen. In several recent experiments, Xudong Pan,…
Google’s Gemini Can Now Stomp Around as a Humanoid Robot
Google DeepMind just released a new version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini, and it can control a range of different robots—including humanoids capable of…
It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models
I recently got to watch what happens when you jailbreak some of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence models. Don’t worry—this AI manipulation wasn’t used…
A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his startup Foundation Future Industries have…
AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet
If you think an artificial intelligence model running on thousands of cutting-edge computer chips is smart, allow me to introduce you to the concept of…
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company started by exiles from OpenAI, has released its first model, called Inkling. The startup’s new model is open-weight,…
I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
These days, the frontier AI labs are all racing to build self-improving models. Some believe it’s the surest route to superintelligence—as AI improves itself in…
You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
Writing AI Lab each week means I occasionally encounter AI models that behave badly and bizarrely. Usually, there’s nothing to be done about it, save…