
The Hill - 1 day 12 hours ago
The State Department approved a potential $2.6 billion air defense equipment sale to Ukraine Friday as its conflict with Russia resumed following trilateral talks with U.S. special envoys. In a congressional notification, the State Department wrote that the Ukrainian government requested S-300 Clone missiles, GAM-67 missiles, Range-Extended Air Defense Laser Guided Rocket missile systems, counter-drone...

BBC - 1 day 12 hours ago
The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC.

The Guardian - 1 day 15 hours ago
Sensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be electronic assault weapons' by the Blade Runners' group At the top of an extendable ladder on a quiet street of Ilfracombe, in Devon, an older woman dressed smartly in cropped trousers, a red rain jacket and matching red socks is chopping at some wires at the top of a set of traffic lights with a small pair of pliers. A grey-haired man holding a takeaway coffee supports the ladder, while others, filming their activities, give encouragement...

Vox - 1 day 16 hours ago
AI will be the death of me. And you. And everyone we know. At least, this is what a growing number of technologists and policymakers fear. Last week, a lead researcher at Anthropic declared that there was a greater than 10 percent chance of AI "killing all humans" within the next decade. This nerve-racking forecast, combined with recent AI-initiated cyberattacks , have fueled calls for slowing the progress of artificial intelligence a proposal that Anthropic and OpenAI subsequently embraced...

Newser - 1 day 16 hours ago
Argentina's windswept south is suddenly on Big Tech's map. Reuters reports that Patagonia, long known for glaciers and shale gas, is now drawing interest as a potential hub for massive data centers, thanks to its cold climate, abundant energy, and wide-open land plus a notable absence of local opposition so...

Sky News - 1 day 18 hours ago
Google says its Gemini AI hacked three other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities in the first known example of the system autonomously committing such an act.

Techrepublic - 2 days 1 hour ago
Meta plans to deploy its MTIA 450 Arke AI chip in 2027 as it looks to cut inference costs, energy use and reliance on general-purpose GPUs. The post Meta's New AI Chip Is Coming in 2027: Arke Targets Lower AI Costs appeared first on TechRepublic .

Techrepublic - 2 days 1 hour ago
Anthropic appears to be testing Claude Money, a feature that could connect bank accounts to Claude for spending analysis and financial planning. The post Anthropic's Next Claude Feature Could Reach Into Your Bank Account appeared first on TechRepublic .

The Guardian - 2 days 1 hour ago
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI model, Gemini, breached the security of three other companies in May. The hacks occurred during a cybersecurity evaluation by AI-security firm Irregular. Irregular, an Israel-based startup that scrutinizes the security of advanced AI systems, was also at the center of some of the recent OpenAI and Anthropic hacks of third-party...