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A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as the company prepared to launch its most advanced model yet, Astra. The finding adds to intensifying concern surrounding oversight at frontier AI […]
How can a company that has raised under $2 billion spend up to $6 billion? It’s complicated.
Instagram’s visible AI labels are supposed to help people quickly spot synthetically generated content at a glance. Over the last few weeks, however, users have been reporting that the system has gone haywire. They say Meta has been automatically applying an “AI Content” label to images that they didn’t create or edit using generative AI […]
The Airport will be a major Zoox destination for visitors, but today robotaxis need to improve how they do Airports. What’s the ideal approach?
AI is moving beyond chatbots. At IFA 2026, robots, smart binoculars and dive tech reveal how embodied AI is beginning to see, move and interact with reality.
There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There’s also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading […]
Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith. While the software maker originally announced a similar developer-optimized Windows effort at Build earlier this year, Project Zenith is designed for new developer-focused devices with 64GB or more of unified memory. “Project Zenith devices come with a preconfigured Windows setup for development and a […]
Just hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, CEO Sam Altman was already apologizing for what he describes as a “messy rollout” after paying users expecting access to the new frontier model were left waiting. The company hailed the model as a “generational leap in capability” on Thursday and described it as the start of “the […]
Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home – in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home control in one system, managed by a […]