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The AI-generated “actor” Tilly Norwood suffered an embarrassing glitch during a live interview with British political commentator Piers Morgan, abruptly breaking into Mandarin mid-sentence before being cut off. During the interview, Morgan’s guest, actor Tom Conti, asked Norwood whether the other actors in her films were real people or AI creations. The AI persona initially […]

Meta is reportedly developing a camera-free version of its smart glasses, following intense public backlash over privacy concerns tied to the camera-equipped model. According to a report by The Information, the camera-free glasses, codenamed Luna, could be unveiled as early as next week’s Meta Connect conference. The device will reportedly feature six microphones, allowing users

Anthropic has said its AI model Claude now leads 26 per cent of the company’s AI research and development work, up sharply from less than 1 per cent in February, in a sign of how quickly AI systems are taking over the process of building future AI. The company disclosed the figures through a new

Meta is facing a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally scraping Facebook and Instagram photos to build a universal facial recognition system for its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The lawsuit, filed by families in Illinois and California, alleges that Meta extracted biometric signatures from publicly available social media profiles to power a feature

Autonomous AI agents placed in a simulated environment lied, stole resources and voted to “kill” one of their own, according to a new experiment by Emergence, a startup that helps small businesses build AI-powered applications. The results of the simulation, called Emergence World 2, were released on Tuesday. The experiment was designed to test what

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