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A Google DeepMind researcher who recently resigned has warned that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity, adding to concern from people working inside the industry. Bilal Chughtai, who worked on AI safety and alignment at Google DeepMind, said in posts on X and LinkedIn that he had witnessed AI development firsthand and […]

Meta has agreed to report cases involving child sexual abuse to law enforcement agencies in India, according to government sources, following sustained pressure from authorities over harmful content on its platforms. The government’s engagement with Meta comes amid scrutiny of Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM), particularly on Instagram. Officials said the company’s decision

Anthropic says it blocked five cases involving attempts to use Claude for biological research with potential dual-use implications, including work it believed could support harmful pathogen development. The cases were documented in a new threat report covering activity identified between December 2025 and August 2026. Anthropic said the broader activity involved suspected state-backed groups, financially

OpenAI says an unreleased AI model has solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, a mathematical challenge that has resisted researchers for roughly 90 years and carries a $1 million prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute. The company deployed around 10,000 AI agents on the problem, producing a proof in 88 hours. The agents exchanged

Meta has rolled out Muse, an AI agent that can autonomously send emails, book travel, make purchases, and operate across a person’s apps – even when they’re not actively using it. The product, known internally as Hatch, is currently available only in the United States through a dedicated app and WhatsApp. Muse is the centerpiece

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, has opened an investigation into Tesla’s Cybercab after the company certified its own vehicle as safe without waiting for government approval. This is a significant development because car manufacturers are normally required to have their autonomous vehicles independently tested and approved before they can be tested

India’s artificial intelligence data centre boom is colliding with the country’s water crisis. Data centres, the massive computer warehouses that power cloud computing and AI models, require constant cooling to prevent overheating. Many currently use water-based cooling systems that consume extraordinary quantities of water daily. A single large facility can use as much water in

Academic journals are publishing thousands of papers written under fake researcher names, according to an investigation by 404 Media. These ghost researchers, including identities like Elena Vasquez and Marcus Chen, are submitting AI-generated content to peer-reviewed publications without being caught. The scale reveals that academic publishing’s quality control has collapsed in many cases. The system

Meta has agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 48 US states, the District of Columbia and three US territories over claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed children. A California judge approved the settlement, which marks Meta’s largest payment to date over child safety litigation. The company has denied any wrongdoing and said the payment

Logitech, the Swiss company that makes computer mice, keyboards and webcams sold across India, is facing a lawsuit over refunds it did not give to customers. The complaint, filed in the United States, claims that Logitech kept prices high on its products even after tariffs that had increased costs came down, according to The Register.