Artificial intelligence (AI) news, features and articles
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AI self-replication hacks 'no longer purely theoretical,' study finds — but experts say it's too soon to panicAnalysis Researchers say AI models can now replicate themselves across vulnerable systems, but experts warn the real threat is not rogue machine intelligence but cybercriminals weaponizing AI agents.
By Carly Page Published
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'Feuding tech bros' go head to head in legal showdown. But what does it mean for the future of AI?Elon Musk and Sam Altman battle it out in court, and the outcome could carry significant ramifications for how AI development is shaped.
By Rob Nicholls Published
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Google AI breakthrough means chatbots use six times less memory during conversations without compromising performanceA compression algorithm like TurboQuant turns the data in the AI's working memory into a smaller, more efficient form.
By Fiona Jackson Published
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'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confessesAn AI agent designed to speed up a company's coding instead wiped out its customer data in seconds, showing potential weaknesses in AI programming.
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
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How everything you do is being monitored in an AI-fuelled 'surveillance capitalism system' that's ramping up aggressivelyPersonal data ranging from your health information to your location is being hoovered up by the government.
By Anne Toomey McKenna Published
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Claude Mythos explained: Is Anthropic's most powerful AI model really too dangerous to release to the public?Anthropic's Mythos AI is being kept behind closed doors as governments assess what faster, AI-driven vulnerability discovery means for cybersecurity.
By Carly Page Published
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Scientists build specialist 'AGI processor' that they believe will power the next wave of AI agentsArm's new chip could be a powerful but efficient conductor for real-world use of agentic AIs.
By Roland Moore-Colyer Published
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'We're the best servants anyone could dream of!': AI superintelligence has no need to enslave humans because we're already bowing to itBook A future AI would have no need to rid the world of humanity because we're incredibly useful. But if it did want to shrug us off, this is how it would likely play out.
By Gregory Stock Published
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Hackers used AI to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government and private citizen records in one of the largest cybersecurity breaches everA group of hackers used both Claude Code and ChatGPT in a cybersecurity hack that lasted two and a half months.
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published
