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This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Verity Harding tells WIRED that the US government’s nationalistic attitude toward AI is evidence that a worst-case scenario is taking shape.

Hamad International Airport launches one of the world’s largest biometric passenger journeys

Computing

Sita-powered Fast Pass enables travellers to use facial recognition from check-in to boarding across more than 700 touchpoints, highlighting the GCC’s growing leadership in smart airport technology

The public deserves socially beneficial technology in return for its AI investment

Computing

The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies - it is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment

The silent substrate: how 175,000 AI endpoints are reshaping the internet

Computing

A new layer of compute is forming beneath our feet – distributed, ungoverned, and increasingly capable of action

European Central Bank demands AI security ‘action plan’

Computing

European Central Bank gives banks deadline to outline their plans to defend against artificial intelligence-based security threats

Road to higher vehicle automation accelerates

Internet, Technology

Research reveals how vehicle autonomy systems are advancing steadily, with as many as eight million new passenger cars sold globally in 2025 equipped with L2+ advanced driver assistance systems capabilities

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Technology

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.

OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.

Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

Science

Something on Pluto and one of Saturn’s moons, Titan, absorbs light in a way unexplained by anything in spectroscopic databases.

Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone

Technology

Claude Cowork now keeps working on tasks even after you close your laptop. It’s part of a larger push toward smartphone-controlled agents.

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