United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is leveraging Palantir’s generative artificial intelligence tools to sort and summarize immigration enforcement tips from its public submission form,…
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The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means
The Doomsday Clock has just been set to 85 seconds to midnight. Nearly 80 years after its creation, this time represents the closest the clock…
Moltbot Is Taking Over Silicon Valley
Dan Peguine, a tech entrepreneur and marketing consultant based in Lisbon, lets a precocious, lobster-themed AI assistant called Moltbot run much of his life. Peguine,…
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google debuted a new “Auto Browse” feature for Chrome on Wednesday. The tool, powered by Google’s current Gemini 3 generative AI model, is an AI…
Amazon Is Rolling Out Alexa+ to All Users. But Not Everyone Wants It
“Alexa+ is significantly more capable than the original Alexa, so we’re working to make it available to as many customers as possible,” said an Amazon…
The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun
But how does one decide what constitutes a piece of content—or whether or not something is considered pornographic? “It’s mostly a counting question in terms…
Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them ‘Physically Safe’ From ICE
Employees at Google DeepMind have asked the company’s leadership for plans and policies to keep them “physically safe” from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while…
This Humanoid Is Ready to Bring You a Toothbrush
The newest humanoid robot on the scene, Sprout, is not designed to carry boxes or stack shelves. Instead, this charming and relatively cheap model, roughly…
Where Tech Leaders and Students Really Think AI Is Going
The future never feels fully certain. But in this time of rapid, intense transformation—political, technological, cultural, scientific—it’s as difficult as it ever has been to…
Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Open the website of one explicit deepfake generator and you’ll be presented with a menu of horrors. With just a couple of clicks, it offers…