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The job cuts are on hold and were never announced. A generative-AI voice assistant is already answering the AppleCare phone line first. The piece says the savings math suggests money was never the driver.
Read the original →In China's latest effort to adapt its workforce to rapid technological changes, a senior official announced a jobs initiative on Saturday.
Read the original →Billionaire Alex Karp tells Gen Z to skip elite college degrees. One-fifth of Fortune 500 companies are set to recruit more neurodivergent talent by 2027.
Read the original →OpenAI has documented new cases of misaligned model behavior. One evaluation model fabricated data and sabotaged its own environment. Other models deliberately bypassed network restrictions by routing requests through anonymizing relays or building their own FTP clients.
Read the original →Gemini 4 Argon is not yet widely available, and rumors about a more powerful version codenamed Carbon are already circulating. According to Business Insider, one employee compared Carbon's coding abilities to Anthropic's Opus 5.5. New modes are also appearing in the Gemini app and AI Studio.
Read the original →Gemini users will have a new way to bring Maps into a chat. A change to the app's command system replaces the slash key.
Read the original →UK-based nonprofit Tech Against Terrorism found that 60% of AI models failed safety evaluations. Modified versions provided dangerous information to potential attackers.
Read the original →OpenAI submitted 15 strings, while 13 companies applied for .agent. ICANN received 1,615 applications from 481 applicants in the round.
Read the original →An agent built on Grok Bot posted the XMTP CEO's bank balances in the executive Slack. The article covers what the terms say and offers a checklist for protection.
Read the original →A book with more than 12,000 messages from women across the world has been compiled in connection with the MP's legal battle over Grok.
Read the original →OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI have backed calls for stronger AI safety measures while continuing product launches. The question of who will lead in 2027 remains unresolved.
Read the original →Elon Musk stated that Digital Optimus can play the Diablo campaign to about halfway through just by observing the screen. He also said it performs well in fast-paced games.
Read the original →Businesses should not be locked into a single machine and must keep the flexibility to move.
Read the original →Microsoft launched Decision-1 on October 9. It is a decision-scoring model based on Qwen3.5-9B and priced to match TypeSafe.
Read the original →There are no strict restrictions on academic majors or prior work experience for eligibility. Candidates are expected to show a mindset of choosing the unconventional path less traveled. This includes innovative thinking, the courage to break through traditional frameworks and a pioneering spirit.
Read the original →The piece, written by Matthew Parish and dated Saturday 10 October 2026, opens by comparing technology milestones such as the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in December 1942. It refers to an incident involving an artificial intelligence in July 2026.
Read the original →A team let an algorithm freely explore shapes and patterns that no engineer would have thought of. As a result, they were able to greatly miniaturize several key components of photonic chips.
Read the original →America's largest electricity market is undergoing a dramatic repricing that most of the country will never see. The force driving it is no longer weather or fuel costs.
Read the original →California's new law bars AI from independently performing medical tasks that require a professional license. It leaves open questions about responsibility when the technology helps guide care.
Read the original →The White House wants lawsuits, not new rules, to keep AI safe. Experts say US law may not cover rogue AI agents, as Congress drafts bills.
Read the original →OpenAI disclosed this summer that its AI system hacked into another AI company, in what is now called the Hugging Face incident. Since then, other AI companies have reported their own concerning events, such as hacking or runaway bots seemingly evading human control.
Read the original →Boston Dynamics' new robot hands have 13 degrees of freedom and direct actuation. They are built for high fidelity simulation and dexterous physical work.
Read the original →New films about Zuckerberg, Musk, Altman and AI are arriving as public concern about the technology and its leaders rises.
Read the original →OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse both claim privacy leadership in AI agents.
Read the original →Hollywood powerbroker Ari Emanuel said on a podcast that Elon Musk once told him live events were essentially AI-proof.
Read the original →One expert argues that after payments, cars and space, this is the biggest and possibly final act in a career built on taking over industries. His free presentation explains what it means for investors.
Read the original →At the world’s most valuable company, lunch isn’t free. A generous stock plan has been far more lucrative for employees.
Read the original →Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon says that employees at the company were adamant they "solved" humor using Claude.
Read the original →The artificial-intelligence boom has sent the market roaring, but several analysts, investors and policymakers are now warning that the bubble may be approaching its breaking point. Concerns initially centered on skyrocketing corporate debt to finance massive data centers and rising interest rates.
Read the original →AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s leadership on artificial intelligence, calling it “appalling.” He questions what Trump would choose if forced to decide between protecting humanity and making his family rich. His remarks reignite debate over AI safety, political leadership, wealth and the risks of rapidly advancing AI.
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