The AI desk
Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.
Walmart will soon let AI agents shop on its website for you. Next month, the retail giant will allow you to use an AI agent on the site, with systems in place to let you approve and review…
AI NewsGoogle Cloud will have GPT 6.1 Astra, Sol, and Luna in the coming weeks.
AI NewsTrump’s EPA can't unilaterally dismiss SpaceXAI pollution lawsuit, court rules.
AI NewsRecursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks.
AI NewsThe BBC speaks to several current and former Google DeepMind employees about their concerns with AI use on the battlefield.
AI NewsOpenEvidence is booming despite questions about accuracy and ads.
AI NewsAt Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.
AI NewsAfter introducing its Gemini AI assistant to Android Auto last year, Google is now bringing it to Apple CarPlay users. The conversational Gemini in navigation is available today for US…
AI NewsThe PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire…
AI NewsHackers around the world are all-in on using agentic AI to wage attacks—and manipulating tools like Anthropic’s Claude to help them carry out their crimes.
AI NewsOpenAI disclosed a pair of safety incidents that involved AI agents weakening their safety monitoring systems during internal coding tasks. In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra…
AI NewsThe company is suspending the feature after security researchers discovered how easy it was to access sensitive information shared with the AI assistant.
AI NewsIt’s the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data.
AI NewsA plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are weighing AI ambitions against climate objectives.
AI NewsThe MIT composer’s inventive “already and not yet,” premiering at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, uses new AI tools to create interplay with musicians while thematically exploring the…
AI NewsOn Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her…
AI NewsGoogle is bringing Personal Intelligence to Gemini AI in your car. With this update, Gemini in Android Auto and cars with Google built-in can tap into your information across Google apps…
AI NewsMeta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.
AI NewsIt's probably time to audit your Gemini settings.
AI NewsUkraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.
AI NewsMeta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Technica. In a…
AI NewsTikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding…
AI NewsMeta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.
AI NewsImagine your company just discovered electricity. At first only a few machines run on it, and nobody worries about efficiency — consumption is low and the value is obvious. But once…
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