Explore our reporting on how AI and robotics change work, business and the world.
In a World Science Festival interview, Tristan Buckmaster explains how AI-produced arguments were formally checked and why readable proofs and independent assessment still matter.
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Anthropic says its November 12 Usage Policy update adds a narrow ban on sustained, needless abuse toward its models and safety requirements for hardware connected to potentially injurious autonomous actions. Most other revisions clarify or reorganize existing rules.
Amazon's new Alexa+ tablets replace Fire OS with Android and add Google Play access. The company says some on-screen Alexa features require an explicit opt-in; pricing starts at $229.99.
A five-year, $2 billion agreement calls for new GlobalFoundries capacity to supply silicon interposers for TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem, with volume production expected to ramp in 2028.
Waymo says its first debt financing adds flexibility alongside a separate $16 billion equity round. The company has not disclosed detailed loan terms or a city-by-city service schedule.
Google announced one Gemini work agent across Workspace, data and code, with governance and cost controls. Several advertised functions remain in early access.
OpenAI withdrew three math manuscripts over a sign error. The notices identify the failed proof step, preserve earlier PDFs and leave the claims unproved.
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Michael Smith received an 18-month sentence after admitting to a wire-fraud conspiracy built on fake music streams. AI-generated songs supplied catalogue volume, while automated accounts produced the plays that generated royalties.
Anthropic's new Haiku model has lower token rates, a different tokenizer and Messages API migration changes. Existing Haiku 4.5 users should recount requests and test response handling before switching.
Newly linked teen test accounts received no parental alerts during scripted crisis conversations, the Youth AI Safety Institute reports. OpenAI disputes the test timing.
OpenAI's collection contains 722 manuscripts in 372 families. A close look at one Lean proof configuration shows how to inspect versions, scope and checking requirements.
Continues From unit distances to Navier-Stokes: AI mathematics reaches a new phase
J-HRTI opened a humanoid data facility with 35 robots in August. Japan’s separate ¥387.3 billion FY2026 model program funds research, with no documented grant to the facility.
Nieman Lab found ChatGPT-generated cartoons bearing real New Yorker cartoonists’ signatures. Its tests show false attribution, while the training source and rights remain unresolved.
Utah's agreement permits Nolla to initiate a narrow set of topical acne prescriptions for adults, but the state says the demonstration has not started while Nolla says it is available.
IWF assessed 6,310 AI-generated child sexual abuse images in the first half of 2026. Its conflicting 2025 totals leave the exact growth rate unresolved.
Retail price rises and falling shipments in cheap phone bands show how memory pressure affects handset affordability, with unequal consequences across regions.
Runway says Praxis-1 applies video pretraining to robot control. Its placement-error comparison offers a limited signal while public weights and fuller evaluation details remain pending.
A Qualcomm-commissioned Signal65 report compares three retail 14-inch laptops. The Snapdragon system leads selected CPU and AI tests; the Intel laptop wins graphics and sustained Office runtime.
