Bill Gates warns AI could cause a billion deaths and says self-regulation is not enough
Bill Gates warns AI could cause a billion deaths and says self-regulation is not enough

Bill Gates said artificial intelligence is powerful enough to drive events causing a billion deaths, and that self-regulation is not enough because safeguards and monitoring have to be a required thing. The European Union has required them since August…

Untapped Healthcare Technology Value Hiding In Plain Sight

For many healthcare systems, the next meaningful technology improvement may come from making better use of what’s already there rather than adding another tool.

Peter Thiel says the pope’s AI encyclical was ‘working for’ China
Peter Thiel says the pope’s AI encyclical was ‘working for’ China

Peter Thiel has called Pope Leo XIV a “useful idiot” for the Chinese Communist Party over the pope’s call to regulate AI. The PayPal and Palantir co-founder spoke to Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner on the MD Meets podcast, released on Thu…

Tesla’s Optimus robot is going through growing pains
Tesla’s Optimus robot is going through growing pains

Hitting its goal of making 20,000 Optimus robots per week is reportedly proving tricky for Tesla. The Information reports that Tesla produced “several hundred robots a week” last month, after it repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines for Optimus earlier this year. However, this strategy is reportedly creating manufacturing snags, like issues […]

The Test Every Business Should Run Before Letting AI Calculate Prices, Payments and Other Numbers Customers Act On

Much AI advice is about what to automate. But what happens when the model in your product hands a customer the wrong number to act on?

Appeals Court Lets the Pentagon Designate Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk

The AI lab had argued multiple violations of its rights, but a divided panel of judges sided with the Trump administration.

Save big on this 1TB Samsung T7 SSD with 1,050MB/s read speeds
Save big on this 1TB Samsung T7 SSD with 1,050MB/s read speeds

Need more storage for pro-grade projects? The compact and versatile Samsung T7 is a favorite of ours, delivering 1TB capacity and read speeds up to 1,050MB/s.

This one WatchOS 27 feature just solved my biggest issue with Apple Watch

Sometimes less is more, and the most helpful software update is the simplest.

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Pentagon seeks $30.3m for an AI lie detector that reads the body from afar
Pentagon seeks $30.3m for an AI lie detector that reads the body from afar

The Pentagon wants $30.3m over five years to build an AI lie detector that reads the body without touching it. The programme, called Polygraph+ or Polygraph Next, appears in the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s 2027 budget request. Ins…

Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible
Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible

Yesterday, with a little prodding, it was discovered that Meta’s Muse would expose its filesystem to curious users. The files offered a fascinating peek under the hood of an AI chatbot, and appeared to expose details we weren’t meant to see, not least because Muse itself told people, including us, it wasn’t supposed to reveal […]