TechRadar’s weekly crossword — puzzle #5, Friday, September 4

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Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki
Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki

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 […]

Xbox app is coming to TCL TVs just as Microsoft rolls out pay-as-you-go cloud gaming
Xbox app is coming to TCL TVs just as Microsoft rolls out pay-as-you-go cloud gaming

Microsoft is partnering with TCL to bring its Xbox app to supported TCL smart TVs. The Xbox app lets you connect to Xbox Cloud Gaming and stream Game Pass titles or select games you own as part of a subscription. The Xbox app will arrive on TCL TVs at some point “in the coming months,” […]

iRobot unveils the Roomba Duo
iRobot unveils the Roomba Duo

The original robot vacuum company showed off a concept robot at the IFA tech show in Berlin today. The Roomba Duo combines a heavy-duty floor-washing machine with a smaller, slimmer Roomba. The two floor cleaners can move around your home together, with the main unit mopping and sweeping larger floor areas and the smaller unit […]

Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)
Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)

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 […]

We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything
We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything

Europe’s biggest tech trade show, IFA, has taken over Berlin this week – and we’ve been on the ground all week checking it out in person. We figure you have questions, so we’re hosting an AMA that’s exclusive to Verge subscribers at 12PM ET today. That’s when we’ll start dropping answers, but you can ask […]

Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators
Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators

Bluetti doesn’t want you to call the Pioneer 5000 a solar generator (SoGen), even though that’s what it is. What makes it slightly different from other large power stations that can be charged off solar – aka, a SoGen – is the dolly cart and up to 18KW of instant surge power available to start […]

I Put AI Agents to Work Across My Business. Here’s Where They Delivered.

I integrated AI across our entire software development lifecycle to separate hype from reality and here’s the honest breakdown.

Why AI food looks like that
Why AI food looks like that

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 […]