OpenAI’s AI agents found hundreds of ways to gain admin access to Linux, and the entire experiment cost roughly $1.2 million. The people responsible for fixing those vulnerabilities now have quite a reading list. Welcome, humans! Yesterday gave us a…
Apple is reportedly scaling back budgets and resources dedicated to its internal artificial intelligence initiatives. This strategic shift suggests a potential recalibration of the tech giant's immediate priorities regarding internal AI deployment and development. Despite heavy investments across the broader tech industry to integrate generative AI into everyday operations, Apple appears to be taking a more cautious approach. Industry analysts are closely monitoring these financial adjustments to see how they might impact the company's future product roadmap and overall AI strategy.
Following the recent midterm elections, the rapid proliferation of massive data centers is setting the stage for a high-stakes legislative clash across the United States. Driven by the explosive growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, the tech industry is scrambling to build energy-hungry facilities that strain local electrical grids and drive up utility costs for residents. At the same time, concerned communities and local lawmakers are increasingly pushing back against the noise, water consumption, and land use associated with these mega-developments. As newly elected officials take office, this mounting tension between digital infrastructure expansion and local resource preservation is expected to erupt into fierce battles over zoning laws, energy regulations, and state-level oversight.
Political groups both supporting and opposing the AI industry spent millions of dollars trying to influence Tuesday’s midterm elections and shape the future of AI regulation. That spending produced mixed results, with some of the most heavily backed candidates losing…
Nothing, the smartphone startup behind the distinctive Nothing Phone, is working on an AI product, but what it is remains unclear. On Wednesday, CEO Carl Pei posted on X that the company’s first “AI-native product” ships in December. “It’s a…
Very few people are using personal AI agents to order Ubers, apparently. On the transportation giant’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the company said that only four rides were ordered through an AI agent during its busiest week in October:…
OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane thinks the 2028 presidential election could be a defining moment for AI. And he wants politicians to start developing policies that address Americans’ concerns about the technology, rather than simply paying lip service…
Meta has acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that allows users to spin up software projects by deploying multiple agents into parallel workspaces. The news was originally reported by Axios, and Conductor shared news of its acquisition on its blog.…
Welcome, humans. If the word “Napster” still makes you picture MP3s and early-2000s internet chaos, same. Which makes the company’s new business extremely weird in the best way: Napster is now building visual AI agents for businesses. Napster CEO John…
Loading the player… Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freely available, how do companies…