How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’

Elon Musk returned to the witness stand on Wednesday to continue telling his side of the story in his legal battle against OpenAI and its…

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

Emergency first-responder leaders told federal regulators in a private meeting last month that they were frustrated with the performance of autonomous vehicles on their streets—that…

Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Last week, Taylor Swift filed a trio of trademark applications to protect her image and voice. One is meant to cover a well-known photograph of…

Sanctioned Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Releases Image Model Built for Speed

SenseTime, a Chinese AI company best known for its facial recognition technology, released a new open source model on Tuesday that it claims can both…

When Robots Have Their ChatGPT Moment, Remember These Pincers

Eka’s founders say their robots can transfer learning from a simulator to the real world more reliably than anyone else’s—though they won’t say exactly how.…

How AI Could Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a fast-growing public health crisis, causing more than a million global deaths annually and contributing to nearly 5 million more. These infections…

OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins

OpenAI has a goblin problem. Instructions designed to guide the behavior of the company’s latest model as it writes code have been revealed to include…

Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’

Elon Musk and Sam Altman appeared in a federal courtroom together for the first time on Tuesday as they fight over OpenAI’s decade-long evolution and…

‘It’s Undignified’: Hundreds of Workers Training Meta’s AI Could Be Laid Off

Hundreds of workers in Ireland tasked with refining Meta’s AI models have been told that their jobs are at risk as the company embarks on…

The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards

Between malware, online impersonation, and account takeovers, there are enough digital security problems out there as it is. And with the rise of agentic AI,…