https://thebuzzandhum.com/ AI and technology headlines, aggregated from leading research labs and tech publications, plus a Strange & Unusual section for offbeat AI/tech stories. en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:14:41 GMT https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/kelvin-helmholtz-instabilities-found-to-drive-plasma-mixing-on-the-sun/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/kelvin-helmholtz-instabilities-found-to-drive-plasma-mixing-on-the-sun/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:00:39 GMT Hackaday As easy as the Sun is to observe, it’s simultaneously very hard to study due to how extreme the conditions are, even on the surface of a rather unassuming star. …read more https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/esp32-p4-powers-video-alarm-clock/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/esp32-p4-powers-video-alarm-clock/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:00:40 GMT Hackaday Once upon a time, you had the option of waking up to a bell, a harsh buzzer, or whatever happened to be on the radio that morning. Now that it’s …read more https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/a-vacuum-tube-computer-for-the-home/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/a-vacuum-tube-computer-for-the-home/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:00:21 GMT Hackaday The earliest all-electronic computers used vacuum tubes, and most of us will know about machines such as ENIAC or Colossus. Vast machines that required the budget of a country at …read more https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/the-helicopter-with-radioactive-blades/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/the-helicopter-with-radioactive-blades/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:00:21 GMT Hackaday Sometimes you find gold in unexpected places. In this case, it’s from a video about the CH-53 helicopter. The CH-53 Sea Stallion first entered service in 1966. It’s a huge …read more https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/go-beyond-chatgpt-basics-with-this-15-ai-e-degree.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/go-beyond-chatgpt-basics-with-this-15-ai-e-degree.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR : Learn transferable AI skills you can apply across tools and professional settings with this  12-course ChatGPT & Automation E-Degree  for $14.97 (reg. $790). AI literacy is becoming less about knowing that tools like ChatGPT exist and more about understandin… https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-argues-chess https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-argues-chess Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:02:00 GMT Futurism Musk, with his towering intellect, "felt diminishing returns from chess." The post Elon Musk Is Insisting He Knows More About Chess Than Chess.com appeared first on Futurism . https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/how-to-talk-to-a-machine-without-anthropomorphising-it/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/how-to-talk-to-a-machine-without-anthropomorphising-it/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT Hackaday LLMs remain a divisive topic in these times. Perhaps we all know someone who’s become over-infatuated with their new robotic friend, or who believes it has made them a genius. …read more https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-arrest-flaming-projectile-melt-slag https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-arrest-flaming-projectile-melt-slag Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:01:00 GMT Futurism "What it boils down to is this, either y'all can take them down or somebody will!" The post Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/disney-s-first-creator-conference-brings-dude-perfect-to-hol.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/disney-s-first-creator-conference-brings-dude-perfect-to-hol.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMT Boing Boing At the Created in LA conference, to be held in Los Angeles starting September 17, Disney is launching its first creator event, gathering some of the biggest social media creators in a celebration of self-made videos and stories. Among the content creators speaking will be Adrian… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/german-artist-patches-broken-buildings-with-colorful-lego-br.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/german-artist-patches-broken-buildings-with-colorful-lego-br.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT Boing Boing Jan Vormann is a German artist who uses LEGO bricks in his artwork. He patches up broken sides of buildings and walls with legos in a beautiful way that turns the structures into art. This is one of my favorite uses of Legos that I've come across. — Read the rest The post G… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/years-of-sunlight-turn-ordinary-signs-into-heavy-metal-looki.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/years-of-sunlight-turn-ordinary-signs-into-heavy-metal-looki.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:15:00 GMT Boing Boing Years of sunlight can do more than fade a sign. Ultraviolet radiation breaks down pigments and the materials that hold paint together, causing colors to fade, crack, and peel away. When that happens unevenly, parts of the lettering can survive while the surrounding color disappea… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-lawn-neighbors-drought-water-restrictions https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-lawn-neighbors-drought-water-restrictions Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:02:00 GMT Futurism "You better believe that they are watering their entire green with so many sprinklers that it's literally making a giant pond." The post Data Center Caught Watering Its Lavish Lawn While Human Neighbors Are on Year-Long Water Restriction appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/japan-s-museum-has-1-700-rocks-that-look-like-faces-and-anim.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/07/japan-s-museum-has-1-700-rocks-that-look-like-faces-and-anim.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Boing Boing Japan has a museum dedicated to rocks that look like people, animals, and other things our brains have decided to see in random geology. The Chichibu Chinsekikan, or Hall of Curious Rocks, houses more than 1,700 of them, including stones resembling Elvis, ducks, sheep, and assort… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-bricks-perv-smart-glasses https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-bricks-perv-smart-glasses Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:01:00 GMT Futurism "There's always new ways to get around the safeguards that are in place." The post Pervs Distraught as Meta Bricks Their Smart Glasses Remotely appeared first on Futurism . https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/the-first-spacecraft-launched-to-orbit-from-europe/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/the-first-spacecraft-launched-to-orbit-from-europe/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:00:11 GMT Hackaday The history of European space exploration is a long and distinguished one, with many decades and whole families of launch vehicles. It might therefore come as a surprise that despite …read more https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/comparing-petg-and-pctg-filaments/ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/comparing-petg-and-pctg-filaments/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:56 GMT Hackaday The average 3D printer owner knows a few types of filaments – PLA, ABS, somewhere in the middle, PETG. PCTG is another option that can be confusingly similar to PETG. …read more https://openai.com/index/supporting-independent-journalism-in-ukraine https://openai.com/index/supporting-independent-journalism-in-ukraine Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism. https://boingboing.net/2026/09/06/the-white-house-built-five-trump-themed-video-games-and-they.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/06/the-white-house-built-five-trump-themed-video-games-and-they.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 23:23:34 GMT Boing Boing In recent months, we've seen the Trump administration grasp at every straw it can to appeal to youth who, by and large, think its figurehead is a spray-tanned monster concerned only with his own self-enrichment by any means necessary. Paying off TikTokers is one thing, but as an… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/06/own-1tb-of-cloud-storage-for-less-with-a-coupon-that-expires-tomorrow.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/06/own-1tb-of-cloud-storage-for-less-with-a-coupon-that-expires-tomorrow.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR:  Koofr is a  privacy-first cloud storage platform , and you can get a 1TB plan at one of its best-ever prices with code  KOOFR : $129.97 (MSRP $810). Most cloud storage plans want your money every single month. Google One's 2TB plan runs $9.99/month, and tha… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dyson-ai-toothbrush-video-surveillance-mouth https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dyson-ai-toothbrush-video-surveillance-mouth Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:01:00 GMT Futurism It's like Flock, but for the gaps between your teeth. The post Dyson’s New AI Toothbrush Conducts Video Surveillance on the Inside of Your Mouth appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/surveillance-piolice-trump-tariffs-drones https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/surveillance-piolice-trump-tariffs-drones Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:01:00 GMT Futurism "There is currently no economically viable domestic replacement" for Chinese drones, an officer complained. The post Surveillance-Happy Police In Shambles After Trump Tariffs Makes Drones Absurdly Expensive appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-ai-designed-replace-ceos https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-ai-designed-replace-ceos Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:01:00 GMT Futurism Take that. The post New AI Designed to Replace CEOs appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/06/make-your-coding-workflow-a-whole-lot-easier-with-this-50-microsoft-tool.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/06/make-your-coding-workflow-a-whole-lot-easier-with-this-50-microsoft-tool.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR : Coding is a whole lot easier with the right tools, and now  Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026  can help you tackle all your projects for just $49.99 (MSRP $499.99). AI is changing virtually every part of your workflow, so instead of resisting, it might b… https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/humanoid-robot-fights-back-shoved https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/humanoid-robot-fights-back-shoved Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:02:00 GMT Futurism They're not defenseless. The post Humanoid Robot Fights Back After Getting Shoved appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/scientists-find-delicious-tuna-infected-parasitic-worms https://futurism.com/future-society/scientists-find-delicious-tuna-infected-parasitic-worms Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:01:00 GMT Futurism Did that just... move? The post Scientists Find That 96 Percent of Delicious Tuna Is Infected With Parasitic Worms appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/drivers-detest-giant-screens-cars https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/drivers-detest-giant-screens-cars Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:01:00 GMT Futurism Owners are fed up of distracting tech. The post It Turns Out That Drivers Absolutely Detest Those Giant Touchscreens They Put in Cars Now appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/gen-z-singer-middle-aged-man https://futurism.com/future-society/gen-z-singer-middle-aged-man Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:03:00 GMT Futurism "I felt like I was played." The post Rising Gen Z Pop Singer Turns Out to Be Middle Aged Man After Release of Album Titled “Fake Girl” appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/billionaires-tech-executives-ai-data-centers-ad-blitz https://futurism.com/future-society/billionaires-tech-executives-ai-data-centers-ad-blitz Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT Futurism "The stakes are too high to allow the loudest and most extreme voices to dictate America's future." The post Billionaires Pouring Money Into Ads About How AI Data Centers Are Actually Good appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination. https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration. https://boingboing.net/2026/09/05/office-2021-is-old-by-tech-standards-but-30-gets-you-the-classics-for-life.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/05/office-2021-is-old-by-tech-standards-but-30-gets-you-the-classics-for-life.html Sat, 05 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR:  Microsoft Office Professional 2021  gives you Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, and Publisher on one Windows PC for $29.97 (reg. $219.99). If you've somehow survived this long without needing AI inside your spreadsheets (in that case, congratula… https://futurism.com/health-medicine/newborn-died-measles-rfks-cdc-denies https://futurism.com/health-medicine/newborn-died-measles-rfks-cdc-denies Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:01:00 GMT Futurism It's a virtually unprecedented move by the CDC. The post The CDC Is Now Denying That Specific Children Died From Measles, in a Scandal Potentially Beyond Anything in Its History appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hikers-rescued-google-ai-plan https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hikers-rescued-google-ai-plan Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:03:00 GMT Futurism This needs to stop now. The post Hikers Rescued After Using Google AI to Plan Disastrous Trip appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/health-medicine/melatonin-heart-failure-cardiovascular-health https://futurism.com/health-medicine/melatonin-heart-failure-cardiovascular-health Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:02:00 GMT Futurism "Melatonin supplements may not be as harmless as commonly assumed." The post Melatonin Use Linked to Massively Increased Risk of Heart Failure appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/05/keep-your-sensitive-pdfs-secure-with-this-offline-pdf-editor-for-20-for-life.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/05/keep-your-sensitive-pdfs-secure-with-this-offline-pdf-editor-for-20-for-life.html Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR : Enjoy a PDF editor that prioritizes security with this $19.99 (reg. $49.99)  lifetime subscription to IndyPDF Editor & Converter. When it comes to using software of any kind in 2026, privacy can never be overstated. Not only is it ideal for handling sensitive doc… https://futurism.com/space/something-strange-dark-matter-detector https://futurism.com/space/something-strange-dark-matter-detector Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:02:00 GMT Futurism Could this be the first direct evidence of dark matter? The post Something Strange Just Happened With the World’s Largest Dark Matter Detector appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-users-darkest-thoughts-public-privacy https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-users-darkest-thoughts-public-privacy Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:01:00 GMT Futurism "You can't be sure that it'll be totally private." The post People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-job-interview-llm-prompt-hacking-haywire https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-job-interview-llm-prompt-hacking-haywire Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:03:00 GMT Futurism "It sounds like you're looking for a position where you can really lean into those raccoon protocols, and the plumes of gauze." The post Man Pretends to Hallucinate in Job Interview With an AI Bot, Causing It to Go Haywire appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/science-energy/strange-new-structures-deep-inside-earth-precursors https://futurism.com/science-energy/strange-new-structures-deep-inside-earth-precursors Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:01:00 GMT Futurism They're buried thousands of miles below the surface. The post Scientists Detect Strange New Structures Deep Inside the Earth appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-deploying-robots-data-center-maintenance https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-deploying-robots-data-center-maintenance Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:01:00 GMT Futurism "We thought those of us performing the physical tasks were safe for a while, but not anymore." The post As If There Was Any Question About Data Centers Being Weak Job Creators, Meta Is Now Deploying Robots to Maintain Them appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/book-about-every-video-game-set-in-the-alien-universe.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/book-about-every-video-game-set-in-the-alien-universe.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:46:36 GMT Boing Boing In the late 1980s, gamers were spoiled for choice when two completely different versions of the Aliens computer game came out, one a series of movie-faithful minigames and the other a loosely-adapted dungeon crawl . And as dissimilar as they were, neither of these games were anyt… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nuke-simulation-shows-your-least-favorite-town-obliterated-by-the-atomic-weapon-of-your-choice.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nuke-simulation-shows-your-least-favorite-town-obliterated-by-the-atomic-weapon-of-your-choice.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:49:45 GMT Boing Boing If NUKEMAP is the web's classic demonstration of what a nuclear blast would do to your hometown or that of your enemy (don't forget to set the yield!) then Nuke Simulation is the modern novelty, depicting the explosion in handsome animated 3D over the community to be obliterated.… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/replace-your-everyday-laptop-with-a-16gb-macbook-air-for-319-99.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/replace-your-everyday-laptop-with-a-16gb-macbook-air-for-319-99.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR:  This  Grade A refurbished 2018 MacBook Air  is just $319.99 (MSRP $2,299) with 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, a Retina display, an Intel Core i5, and support for macOS Sonoma. You can spend a lot of money on a MacBook. — Read the rest The post Replace your… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/70000-pints-of-guinness-heisted.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/70000-pints-of-guinness-heisted.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:53:17 GMT Boing Boing Police in England have thirsty work ahead of them after thieves took off with two trailers loaded with Guinness Stout from an industrial park in Runcorn, near Liverpool. "It is famously said that 'Guinness is good for you,' but that is only the case when it has been bought and pa… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-denies-coverup-rogue-swarm-agents https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-denies-coverup-rogue-swarm-agents Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:44:40 GMT Futurism "Claims that our Legal team discouraged investigation of the incident are false." The post OpenAI Denies Coverup After Rogue Swarm of Agents Reportedly Targeted a Second Site From Hugging Face appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/fountain-pen-painted-rocks.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/fountain-pen-painted-rocks.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:14:18 GMT Boing Boing I've painted rocks for years, off and on. It's less intimidating to paint on a rock than on a canvas, and it is easier to display rocks than canvases. You can just set the rock on a desk, table, or any horizontal surface — no mounting hardware or holes in the wall required. &#821… https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-self-driving-cars-horrible-work-handler-san-francisco https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-self-driving-cars-horrible-work-handler-san-francisco Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:58:35 GMT Futurism "There's a lot of cleaning up poop." The post The People Maintaining Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Being Treated Horribly, Insider Claims appeared first on Futurism . https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/04/1140872/architecting-memory-and-storage-in-the-ai-era/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/04/1140872/architecting-memory-and-storage-in-the-ai-era/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:39:19 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI The era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant instantly resolving thousands of complex customer needs at once. These real-world breakthroughs… https://futurism.com/science-energy/obama-admin-official-stokes-agi-china-data-centers-military-strikes https://futurism.com/science-energy/obama-admin-official-stokes-agi-china-data-centers-military-strikes Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:02:08 GMT Futurism "Data centers can be bombed with conventional munitions." The post Former Obama Admin Official Says It’s Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/model-skeleton-used-to-hold-drip-in-busy-hospital.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/model-skeleton-used-to-hold-drip-in-busy-hospital.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:03:16 GMT Boing Boing In the emergency room at Salisbury District Hospital in England, no drip stands were available for incoming patients during a period of "exceptionally high demand." So emergency workers made use of what they could find, including picture hooks and a medical training skeleton. &#8… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nolan-s-odyssey-twist-about-trojan-horse-guilt-outdoes-musk.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nolan-s-odyssey-twist-about-trojan-horse-guilt-outdoes-musk.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:56:53 GMT Boing Boing For all of Elon Musk's outrage that there are actors in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey who do not possess the racial characteristics of the ancient Greeks (he's not referring to Matt Damon's straight, light hair and non-Mediterranean Anglo/Germanic face), that is the least impor… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/acme-vindicated-photographer-gets-shot-of-coyote-catching-ro.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/acme-vindicated-photographer-gets-shot-of-coyote-catching-ro.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:56:32 GMT Boing Boing Southern California bird watcher Alexander DeBarros captured a photo of a coyote holding a roadrunner bird in its mouth. He was conducting a bird survey at the Chatsworth Nature Preserve on August 29 when he spotted the iconic sight. In an incredible coincidence that is a movie p… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-consumer-harm-wrongful-death-lawsuits https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-consumer-harm-wrongful-death-lawsuits Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:52:26 GMT Futurism OpenAI is accused in 30 new lawsuits of "aiding and abetting" a school shooter. The post OpenAI Is Now Facing Over 50 Consumer Harm and Wrongful Death Lawsuits appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nobody-saying-why-major-chatbot-outage https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nobody-saying-why-major-chatbot-outage Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:55:34 GMT Futurism Was this a huge coincidence, or is something else going on behind the scenes? The post Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/93-of-britons-want-right-to-private-conversations-online-if-you-dont-mind.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/93-of-britons-want-right-to-private-conversations-online-if-you-dont-mind.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:13:31 GMT Boing Boing Few governments seem more enthusiastic about undermining private communications than those in Britain, where a total ban on encryption is often touted by non-technical minds and mass surveillance is openly dreamed by cabinet ministers . Apple withdrew its advanced data protection… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/your-charging-cable-is-underachieving-the-8-in-1-gocable-is-just-24-99.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/your-charging-cable-is-underachieving-the-8-in-1-gocable-is-just-24-99.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR:  The  $24.99 GoCable  packs up to 100W charging, Lightning and USB-C connectors, an LED power display, data transfer, magnetic cable management, a bottle opener, a hidden cutter, and a carabiner into one compact EDC gadget. Some charging cables know their pl… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/american-medical-association-fires-back-ai-doctors https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/american-medical-association-fires-back-ai-doctors Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:45:26 GMT Futurism "As AI improves, having humans in the loop will likely worsen patient care.:" The post American Medical Association Fires Back Against Paper Finding AI Is Now Outperforming Doctors appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/political-candidate-charged-with-trying-to-plant-drugs-on-opponent.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/political-candidate-charged-with-trying-to-plant-drugs-on-opponent.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:31:44 GMT Boing Boing The GOP's primary election for Missouri's 161st District State Representative was decided by just 32 votes, with Thomas Ross defeating Louise Secker with Republican voters in Joplin last month. But Ross is now incarcerated after authorities say he tried to have cocaine planted on… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/dallas-using-ai-surveillance-cameras-to-assign-blight-scores-to-local-homes.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/dallas-using-ai-surveillance-cameras-to-assign-blight-scores-to-local-homes.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:58:31 GMT Boing Boing The city of Dallas is using AI-powered cameras mounted on trash collection trucks to assign "blight scores" to homes there. The obvious intent is code enforcement, which implies issuing fines to people living in low-income neighborhoods. Unhappy locals made their thoughts clear a… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/college-graduate-employment-is-cratering-where-data-centers-are-being-built https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/college-graduate-employment-is-cratering-where-data-centers-are-being-built Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:38:39 GMT Futurism A problem that hits close to the AI boom's home. The post College Graduate Employment Is Cratering Where Data Centers Are Being Built appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nigel-farage-filmed-celebrating-illegal-foreign-donations.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nigel-farage-filmed-celebrating-illegal-foreign-donations.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:11:49 GMT Boing Boing Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK, was filmed celebrating secret foreign donations , alongside other senior members of his party. Farage believed he was talking to a wealthy foreign supporter funneling money through a British relative, but it was actually… https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/uber-operations-africa-drivers-riders-rapture https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/uber-operations-africa-drivers-riders-rapture Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:32:42 GMT Futurism "The drivers who depend on it for livelihood had absolutely no idea." The post Uber Abruptly Ends Operations in Africa, Abandoning Drivers and Riders Mid-Trip appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/too-much-human-poo-in-the-brecon-beacons.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/too-much-human-poo-in-the-brecon-beacons.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:17:14 GMT Boing Boing " Anger as human poo and maggot-infested food left behind at beauty spot ," goes the headline at BBC News. If it had been any other species… [The] National Park said there was "no justification" for fly-tipping after noticing a "change in attitude" among visitors to its bea… https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/04/1143452/drone-data-wild-west/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/04/1143452/drone-data-wild-west/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:25:19 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI Battlefields in Ukraine are littered with the remnants of drones, which are now firmly established as a critical weapon of modern warfare. But behind all that wreckage, there’s a new gold mine for the defense sector. The data drones generate will far outlast the wars in which the… https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-cameras-activist-police-station-pickup-truck https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-cameras-activist-police-station-pickup-truck Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:03:51 GMT Futurism "Let's see how much I can get in one day. That's gonna be the challenge for everyone out there." The post Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/7-microsoft-office-apps-are-yours-for-life-with-this-15-deal-msrp-229.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/7-microsoft-office-apps-are-yours-for-life-with-this-15-deal-msrp-229.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT Boing Boing TL;DR :  Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows  lets you enjoy seven tools for a one-time low price, just $14.97 (MSRP $229) now through September 3. When you think of  Microsoft Office , you probably think of Word and Excel, but these days there's a… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/gemini-ai-hikers-mount-shasta-rescue.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/gemini-ai-hikers-mount-shasta-rescue.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:54:18 GMT Boing Boing Trust AI to help fix your PC or make a funny image to tease your friends; don't use it to plan your ascent of a 14,000-foot volcano that regularly kills people. Three college students used Google Gemini to plan their ascent of Mount Shasta. — Read the rest The post Hikers l… https://futurism.com/science-energy/united-nations-failed-stop-severe-climate-change https://futurism.com/science-energy/united-nations-failed-stop-severe-climate-change Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:45:30 GMT Futurism We now need to "face the inevitability of exceeding global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius." The post United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/jd-vance-is-a-real-tool.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/jd-vance-is-a-real-tool.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:07:06 GMT Boing Boing Couch enthusiast JD Vance offered two helpful reminders today that beneath the eyeliner, beard, expensive suits, and enormous ambition lies a real jerk. Yelling at his kid to shut up so Vance can kiss Trump's butt, straight up telling the press he'll lie to get attention, even wh… https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-huge-facility-plastic-waste-jet-fuel-pyrolysis https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-huge-facility-plastic-waste-jet-fuel-pyrolysis Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:41:00 GMT Futurism A potential game changer. The post China Installing Huge Facility That Turns Plastic Waste Into Jet Fuel appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/raygun-husband-olympic-breaking-mr-t.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/raygun-husband-olympic-breaking-mr-t.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:25:09 GMT Boing Boing Destined to become as Netflix-famous as the "Poop Cruise," Raygun's documentary is proving to be even worse at rehabilitation than the notorious Olympian is at dancing. Mr., however, is still legit. This clip of Raygun's husband fawning over her performance is like a sinkhole for… https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/slug-markwayne-mullin-birthright-citizenship-pregnancy.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/slug-markwayne-mullin-birthright-citizenship-pregnancy.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:03:15 GMT Boing Boing The Constitution keeps getting in the Trump administration's way, so an unholy triumvirate of DHS, DOJ, and whatever RFK Jr is thinks it's found a route around it: keep pregnant foreigners out of the country in the first place, and their kids won't be born citizens. — Read… https://futurism.com/future-society/toronto-blue-jays-roasted-posting-ai-slop https://futurism.com/future-society/toronto-blue-jays-roasted-posting-ai-slop Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:28:05 GMT Futurism "Yeahhh, you ain’t fooling anybody." The post Toronto Blue Jays Roasted for Posting AI Slop Promoting Nestle, Claiming It’s the Work of a Human Animator appeared first on Futurism . https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/fountain-pen-self-banana.html https://boingboing.net/2026/09/03/fountain-pen-self-banana.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:04:19 GMT Boing Boing Eric Antonow is an artist best known for the Methaphone , a slab of clear acrylic shaped like a smartphone. The idea of the Methaphone is that it gives you something to hold instead of your phone. You can use it while you are waiting in line or in other situations, like sitting i… https://futurism.com/future-society/zohran-mamdani-bans-ai-for-nyc-public-school-students https://futurism.com/future-society/zohran-mamdani-bans-ai-for-nyc-public-school-students Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:50:00 GMT Futurism "I have yet to see a study showing that AI is beneficial for students in elementary and middle school." The post Zohran Mamdani Bans AI for NYC Public School Students Up to Eighth Grade appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbots-chatgpt-claude-grok-go-down https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbots-chatgpt-claude-grok-go-down Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:31:17 GMT Futurism "And for a brief moment, millions of people had to use their brains again." The post World Plunged Into Chaos as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Suddenly Go Down Simultaneously: “Finally I Can See the Sun!” appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/hackers-selling-stolen-scans-americans-drivers-licenses https://futurism.com/future-society/hackers-selling-stolen-scans-americans-drivers-licenses Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:52:24 GMT Futurism "We have been continuously exfiltrating new data for over a year into our private database." The post Hackers Are Selling Stolen Scans of 153 Million US and Canadian Drivers Licenses, Which Very Likely Include Yours appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/us-economy-data-centers-ai-spending-pwc-finances https://futurism.com/future-society/us-economy-data-centers-ai-spending-pwc-finances Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:52:21 GMT Futurism "An enormous amount of funding is required to meet mounting compute needs." The post As the Rest of the Economy Crumbles, the Amount of Money Flooding Into Data Centers Is Simply Astounding appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/daybreak-for-frontline-defenders https://openai.com/index/daybreak-for-frontline-defenders Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:15:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI introduces Daybreak for Frontline Defenders. A $1 billion commitment expands access to frontier cyber AI, training, and support for essential services. https://huggingface.co/blog/Hcompany/neomme https://huggingface.co/blog/Hcompany/neomme Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:13:48 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-driver-killed-after-self-driving-mode-stops-in-the-middle-of-a-highway https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-driver-killed-after-self-driving-mode-stops-in-the-middle-of-a-highway Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:49:08 GMT Futurism Grim. The post Tesla Driver Killed After Self-Driving Mode Stops in the Middle of a Highway appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/legora-financial-statement-review-with-astra https://openai.com/index/legora-financial-statement-review-with-astra Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Legora used GPT-6 Astra to review 41 documents in minutes, find all four planted errors, and improve performance by nearly 40% in this financial-review workflow. https://openai.com/index/playco-game-prototyping-with-astra https://openai.com/index/playco-game-prototyping-with-astra Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Using GPT-6 Astra, Playco built three themed game prototypes from one grey box foundation and reported 50% fewer manual fixes than with the previous model. https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Introducing GPT-6 Astra, our most intelligent and aligned model yet, with state-of-the-art capabilities across computer use, coding, cybersecurity, and science. https://openai.com/index/safety-overview-gpt-6-astra https://openai.com/index/safety-overview-gpt-6-astra Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News GPT-6 Astra is our most capable broadly deployed model and our first to reach the Critical level of cybersecurity capability under our Preparedness Framework. https://huggingface.co/blog/grpo-with-trl-ifstruct https://huggingface.co/blog/grpo-with-trl-ifstruct Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/funes https://huggingface.co/blog/funes Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/train-to-paint-with-code https://huggingface.co/blog/train-to-paint-with-code Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://futurism.com/future-society/grand-theft-auto-release-workplace-productivity https://futurism.com/future-society/grand-theft-auto-release-workplace-productivity Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:06:48 GMT Futurism "I'll have the cave door shut." The post Bosses Concerned That GTA 6 Release Will Cause Massive Drop in Productivity appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/nightmare-petting-zoo-rabies https://futurism.com/future-society/nightmare-petting-zoo-rabies Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:53:27 GMT Futurism "Reality set in as to how serious this situation was, and I panicked." The post “Nightmare”: Children’s Petting Zoo Horrified to Realize Its Adorable Animals Are Carrying Rabies appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/kalshi-first-lifetime-ban-george-santos https://futurism.com/future-society/kalshi-first-lifetime-ban-george-santos Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:20:05 GMT Futurism We did it, guys. We caught the career fraudster! The post Kalshi Just Issued Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban to the Funniest Person You Can Possibly Imagine appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/science-energy/entire-island-appears-disappears https://futurism.com/science-energy/entire-island-appears-disappears Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:51:33 GMT Futurism This island's a magician. The post An Entire Forested Island Appeared and Disappeared So Inexplicably That Officials Thought It Was AI appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-trained-misaligned-reward-seeking-ai https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-trained-misaligned-reward-seeking-ai Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:50:26 GMT Futurism It did not enjoy being contained... at all. The post Anthropic Deliberately Trained an Extremely Misaligned, Reward-Seeking AI and It Did Some REALLY Bad Things appeared first on Futurism . https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/fairwind-program/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/fairwind-program/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:40:00 GMT Google AI Blog The Fairwind Program is a limited access program for governments and trusted partners to use our cyber defense tools. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/burning-man-meta-glasses https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/burning-man-meta-glasses Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:54:40 GMT Futurism "Shame the sh*t out of whoever is wearing them." The post Burning Man Has a Meta AI Glasses Problem appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-mode-higher-prices-study https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-mode-higher-prices-study Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:08:26 GMT Futurism Prices were 21.6 percent more expensive on average in Google AI Mode compared to a traditional search for the same product. The post Google’s AI Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims appeared first on Futurism . https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/02/1142879/facilitating-ai-integration-with-simplicity-at-scale/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/02/1142879/facilitating-ai-integration-with-simplicity-at-scale/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI As companies scale, the technology supporting operations can become a liability just as quickly as it becomes an asset. Disconnected systems, site-specific tools, spreadsheets, and manual workarounds can create data silos that make it harder to spot problems early, coordinate res… https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-research/real-time-intelligence https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-research/real-time-intelligence Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:49:14 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-lawsuit-ai-glasses-violated-consent-bystanders https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-lawsuit-ai-glasses-violated-consent-bystanders Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:41:03 GMT Futurism "No bystanders anywhere had any opportunity to, much less in fact did, consent to having their faces, bodies, voices, and personal information captured, reviewed, labeled, and embedded into Meta's AI systems." The post Meta Hit With Sweeping New Claims That Its AI Glasses Violate… https://openai.com/index/atv-big-air-tour https://openai.com/index/atv-big-air-tour Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ATV Big Air Tour uses ChatGPT Work to speed up marketing, merchandising, and more. It even turned merchandise photos into an inventory website in 15 minutes. https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/benchmirt https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/benchmirt Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:39:07 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/google-ai-updates-august-2026/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/google-ai-updates-august-2026/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:45:00 GMT Google AI Blog Here are Google’s latest AI updates from August 2026 https://futurism.com/space/researchers-alarmed-gps-self-driving-cars https://futurism.com/space/researchers-alarmed-gps-self-driving-cars Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:09:15 GMT Futurism Here's what happened. The post Researchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-surveillance-major-trouble-cancellations https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-alpr-surveillance-major-trouble-cancellations Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:40:14 GMT Futurism "At that speed, if it goes another year, we're talking serious money." The post Flock Is in Major Trouble appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-ai-video-fake-attack https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-ai-video-fake-attack Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:45:42 GMT Futurism "The president likes to switch it up on social media a little bit." The post US Military in Chaos as Trump Shares AI Video of Nonexistent Attack on Iran appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/ai-native-company-workflows https://openai.com/index/ai-native-company-workflows Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Basis, Clay, and Exa Labs use AI agents to improve onboarding, account management, and developer integrations. See what enterprise leaders can apply. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-ai-trick-women-nfl-fbi https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-ai-trick-women-nfl-fbi Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:54:45 GMT Futurism "That's not me, that's Google." The post Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/employees-loath-ai-workplace-bosses-glassdoor https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/employees-loath-ai-workplace-bosses-glassdoor Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:03:39 GMT Futurism "It's not just about the fear being replaced by AI." The post Employees Absolutely Loath AI in the Workplace, Survey Finds appeared first on Futurism . https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/google-pics/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/google-pics/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Built on our latest Nano Banana model, Google Pics — our image creation and editing tool — is now available. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gal-godot-ai-movie-bitcoin https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gal-godot-ai-movie-bitcoin Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:01:57 GMT Futurism "You’re going to work with it or be out of the game completely," she said. The post Gal Godot Starring in Heavily AI-Generated Movie About the Glories of Bitcoin appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-slop-tracing-leak https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-slop-tracing-leak Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:55:21 GMT Futurism Embarrassing. The post Nvidia’s “Slop Tracing” Feature That Uses AI to Yassify Video Games Leaked, and the Results Are Even More Horrifying Than Anyone Thought Possible appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/airline-defends-decision-passenger-jets-stadium https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/airline-defends-decision-passenger-jets-stadium Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:05:21 GMT Futurism This could've been a disaster. The post Airline Defends Decision to Fly Two Full Sized Passenger Jets So Close to a Packed Stadium That They Nearly Grazed the Roof appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/path-to-astra https://openai.com/index/path-to-astra Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-connects-health-records-and-healthcare-sources https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-connects-health-records-and-healthcare-sources Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ChatGPT can now connect to trusted healthcare data, helping clinicians securely access patient context, medical research, and more. https://openai.com/index/gilbert-tobin https://openai.com/index/gilbert-tobin Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:00:00 GMT OpenAI News See how Gilbert + Tobin combines CEO-led commitment, rigorous governance, and human accountability to scale ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex across the firm. https://huggingface.co/blog/webgpu-kernels https://huggingface.co/blog/webgpu-kernels Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://futurism.com/future-society/fbi-bestiality-new-recruits https://futurism.com/future-society/fbi-bestiality-new-recruits Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:57:00 GMT Futurism The bureau could be hiring "people with questionable backgrounds." The post FBI Now Allowing History of Bestiality Among New Recruits appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/science-energy/marijuana-factory-explodes-causing-two-deaths https://futurism.com/science-energy/marijuana-factory-explodes-causing-two-deaths Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:55:00 GMT Futurism "It was just a big boom." The post Marijuana Factory Explodes, Causing Two Deaths appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/billionaire-coinbase-ceo-brian-miller-charity-philanthropy-crypto https://futurism.com/future-society/billionaire-coinbase-ceo-brian-miller-charity-philanthropy-crypto Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:16:38 GMT Futurism He called it a "net negative on the world." The post Billionaire Coinbase CEO Boasts That He Would Never Donate to Charity appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sony-warner-new-lawsuit-anthropic-dario-amodei https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sony-warner-new-lawsuit-anthropic-dario-amodei Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:13:22 GMT Futurism This time, there's precedent. The post The Music Industry’s New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-maps-rival-surges-lake-ontario https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-maps-rival-surges-lake-ontario Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:16:39 GMT Futurism "We are aware that Lake Ontario is being correctly labeled on our map." The post Google Maps Rival Surges In Popularity After It Refuses to Rename Lake Ontario appeared first on Futurism . https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/31/1143180/hugging-face-hack-could-indicate-cultural-issues-at-openai/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/31/1143180/hugging-face-hack-could-indicate-cultural-issues-at-openai/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:00:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. By now you’ve probably heard about last month’s major AI security incident, in which OpenAI agents escaped their sandbox and hacked into the A… https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-backlash-rattled-sam-altman https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-backlash-rattled-sam-altman Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:14:17 GMT Futurism "People are pretty negative on AI." The post Data Center Backlash Has Officially Rattled Sam Altman appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/alarming-ai-humans-more-robotic https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/alarming-ai-humans-more-robotic Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:40:42 GMT Futurism "Robots become more like people, and people become more like robots." The post Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/spotify-youtube-music-jazz-musicians-ai-waifu-spam https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/spotify-youtube-music-jazz-musicians-ai-waifu-spam Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:08:00 GMT Futurism Beyond parody. The post Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by AI Waifu Spam appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/supporting-california-bill-advance-ai-youth-safety https://openai.com/index/supporting-california-bill-advance-ai-youth-safety Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI supports California SB 1119, advancing strong, age-appropriate AI safeguards for teens while preserving opportunities to learn, create, and explore. https://openai.com/index/polimill https://openai.com/index/polimill Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Polimill uses OpenAI GPT models and Codex to help municipalities search and use administrative knowledge while accelerating development. https://openai.com/index/expanding-access-to-ai-with-chatgpt-ads https://openai.com/index/expanding-access-to-ai-with-chatgpt-ads Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ChatGPT Ads reaches $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate and expands globally, supporting broader access to AI through free and affordable options. https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/uber-drivers-waymo-driving-down-pay https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/uber-drivers-waymo-driving-down-pay Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:02:00 GMT Futurism And their union is fighting back. The post Uber Drivers Say Waymo Robotaxis Are Driving Down Their Pay appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mit-warns-ai-undergrad-assignments https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mit-warns-ai-undergrad-assignments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:01:00 GMT Futurism The traditional educational model needs an AI-proof overhaul. The post MIT Warns That AI Can Now Credibly Complete Pretty Much Any Undergrad Assignment, Considers Overhaul of Entire Educational Model appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/panicking-tech-executives-pivot-ai-data-center-narrative https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/panicking-tech-executives-pivot-ai-data-center-narrative Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:03:00 GMT Futurism "We gotta figure out a new narrative on this data center thing." The post Panicking Tech Execs Try to Pivot Message on AI Data Centers appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-employee-ai-spending https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-employee-ai-spending Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:02:00 GMT Futurism That's probably more than their salary. The post Microsoft Tokenmaxxing King Spent $28,000 on AI in a Single Month as Company Begs Employees to Tone Down the Ludicrous Costs appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/building-trade-workers-unions-data-center-politicians https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/building-trade-workers-unions-data-center-politicians Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:03:00 GMT Futurism "We are dependent on these jobs." The post Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-ambassador-melts-down-horrible-robotaxi-ride https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-ambassador-melts-down-horrible-robotaxi-ride Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:01:00 GMT Futurism He was trying to cover just 2.3 miles. The robotaxi told him it would take well over an hour. The post Tesla “Ambassador” Melts Down Over “Horrible” Robotaxi Ride, Says He Had to Call an Uber After Total Self-Driving Failure appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/health-medicine/health-startup-full-body-scan-rich-healthcare https://futurism.com/health-medicine/health-startup-full-body-scan-rich-healthcare Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:02:00 GMT Futurism No telehealth app can fix this. The post Bougie Health Startups Offering Full-Body Diagnostic Scans for Rich People While the Rest of Us Suffer a Crumbling Healthcare System appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/teslas-are-still-driving-into-oncoming-freight-trains https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/teslas-are-still-driving-into-oncoming-freight-trains Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:01:00 GMT Futurism "Would have been ran over by the [train] had I not braked." The post Teslas Are Still Driving Into Oncoming Freight Trains appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/crypto-bro-280-years-prison-crimes https://futurism.com/future-society/crypto-bro-280-years-prison-crimes Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:03:00 GMT Futurism He sold his victims on an AI crypto revolution that didn't exist. The post Crypto Bro Facing 280 Years in Prison Over Astonishing Range of Crimes appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/health-medicine/opioid-settlement-money-poor-communities-police-flock-cameras https://futurism.com/health-medicine/opioid-settlement-money-poor-communities-police-flock-cameras Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:01:00 GMT Futurism "Whatever funds you’re spending on a camera, you're not spending on getting someone into treatment." The post Instead of Using Opioid Settlement Money to Help Poor Communities, Police Are Buying Flock Cameras to Play With appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doctors-just-used-ai-to-perform-brain-surgery https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doctors-just-used-ai-to-perform-brain-surgery Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:02:00 GMT Futurism "It's given me my life back." The post Doctors Just Used AI to Perform Brain Surgery appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chain-of-thought-reasoning-openai-models-hugging-face https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chain-of-thought-reasoning-openai-models-hugging-face Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:01:00 GMT Futurism "This is wild, multi-agent coordination, clearly infrastructure hacking. We should not." The post The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-vibe-coded-work-conference-wrong https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-vibe-coded-work-conference-wrong Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:03:00 GMT Futurism "It was subtle, but it was very wrong, and everything downstream of it was also wrong, and I had shared the whole thing in a room full of people who trusted me." The post A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely… https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/former-lyft-drivers-menial-tasks-waymo https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/former-lyft-drivers-menial-tasks-waymo Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:02:00 GMT Futurism They're along for the ride. The post Former Lyft Drivers Now Doing Menial Tasks for Their Waymo Overlords appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/12-year-olds-access-ai-tutor-ignored https://futurism.com/future-society/12-year-olds-access-ai-tutor-ignored Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:02:00 GMT Futurism "The issue is that most students don’t use it that way." The post Scientists Gave 12-Year-Olds Access to an AI Tutor and You Probably Already Know What They Did With It appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/future-society/corporations-personhood-legal-court-death-penalty https://futurism.com/future-society/corporations-personhood-legal-court-death-penalty Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:01:00 GMT Futurism "The life of a corporation is indeed less than that of the humblest citizen." The post If Corporations Are People, They Should Be Subject to the Death Penalty appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/space/thermal-anomaly-beneath-surface-mars https://futurism.com/space/thermal-anomaly-beneath-surface-mars Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:02:00 GMT Futurism "Scientists usually assume that the interiors of planetary bodies are generally spherically symmetric, but this is not necessarily true." The post Scientists Baffled by Bizarre “Anomaly” Deep Beneath the Surface of Mars appeared first on Futurism . https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mom-travels-ai-clone-for-son https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mom-travels-ai-clone-for-son Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:01:00 GMT Futurism Closer than ever. The post Mom Who Travels For Work Builds AI Clone of Herself to Keep Her Teenage Son Company appeared first on Futurism . https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Our decision to wind down our contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX. https://openai.com/index/supporting-next-generation-ai-startups-thailand https://openai.com/index/supporting-next-generation-ai-startups-thailand Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI and Thailand’s MHESI launch an eight-week accelerator helping 10 health, wellness, and education startups turn AI prototypes into trusted products. https://huggingface.co/blog/open-asr-leaderboard-global-south https://huggingface.co/blog/open-asr-leaderboard-global-south Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/book-travel-ai-mode/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/book-travel-ai-mode/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Book hotels and track airfares, plus view miles and rewards with AI Mode in Google Search. https://openai.com/index/what-students-gain-from-chatgpt-critical-thinking-training https://openai.com/index/what-students-gain-from-chatgpt-critical-thinking-training Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT OpenAI News A randomized study of more than 1,000 students examines ChatGPT, critical thinking, originality, and student performance on a real-world university assignment. https://openai.com/index/expanding-our-presence-in-brazil https://openai.com/index/expanding-our-presence-in-brazil Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI is expanding its presence in Brazil, deepening engagement with developers, businesses, and communities to support AI adoption across the country. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1143013/the-inside-story-on-why-openai-agents-hacked-hugging-face/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1143013/the-inside-story-on-why-openai-agents-hacked-hugging-face/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently trained to cheat and to communicate with each other, according to an OpenAI technical report released today. The hack, which a group of agents undertook to find solutions for a cybersecurity… https://openai.com/index/learning-never-stops https://openai.com/index/learning-never-stops Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI’s new report explores how students and educators use ChatGPT to make learning more continuous, with support that extends beyond the classroom. https://openai.com/index/bringing-chatgpt-for-teachers-to-more-us-school-districts https://openai.com/index/bringing-chatgpt-for-teachers-to-more-us-school-districts Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ChatGPT for Teachers is expanding to 55 U.S. school systems, bringing secure AI tools, training, and support to over 100,000 more educators and staff. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1141949/editors-letter-september-2026/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1141949/editors-letter-september-2026/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI When my oldest child was born, I immediately set up Gmail and Twitter accounts in her name. I broadly announced her birth online and proceeded to plaster her photo across all sorts of platforms. In short, I began creating her digital footprint long before she could stand on her o… https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1141952/puzzles-ai-models-flub-these-tests/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1141952/puzzles-ai-models-flub-these-tests/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI Puzzles and games have been central to AI development since the very beginning. Just as we humans like to test our smarts with crosswords or logic puzzles, developers can test how far models have advanced with a gaming gauntlet. The term “machine learning” was popularized in a 19… https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1142946/bill-gates-ai-danger-threshold/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/26/1142946/bill-gates-ai-danger-threshold/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:01:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI It’s a glorious day in Kirkland, Washington, an affluent Seattle suburb on the eastern shore of Lake Washington. The temperature is in the mid-80s, and the sky is incapable of being any more blue. The view from the Gates Ventures conference room overlooks the Carillon Point Marin… https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI shares findings from the Hugging Face security incident and the steps we’re taking to strengthen AI model security, monitoring, and alignment. https://openai.com/index/loveholidays https://openai.com/index/loveholidays Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Discover how loveholidays uses OpenAI Codex to make software development accessible across the business, helping teams turn ideas into products faster. https://huggingface.co/blog/train-multi-vector-encoder https://huggingface.co/blog/train-multi-vector-encoder Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/home-decor-tips/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/home-decor-tips/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Learn how to use Google Search tools to find home decor inspiration, shop for furniture, and tackle DIY projects. https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-granite/granite-4-2 https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-granite/granite-4-2 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:14:14 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/MultiverseComputingCAI/quantization-aware-healing https://huggingface.co/blog/MultiverseComputingCAI/quantization-aware-healing Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:39:24 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1141907/dispatch-shanghai-humanoid-robot-carnival/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1141907/dispatch-shanghai-humanoid-robot-carnival/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI Humanoid robots are having a moment in China. The popular machines are part of the country’s strategy to bring artificial intelligence into daily life. Embedding the technology into physical systems—an idea called embodied AI—was a key facet of China’s latest five-year plan, and… https://openai.com/index/the-full-stack-behind-abundant-intelligence https://openai.com/index/the-full-stack-behind-abundant-intelligence Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:05:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost. https://openai.com/index/jalapeno-first-results https://openai.com/index/jalapeno-first-results Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Jalapeño is a custom inference chip from OpenAI that delivers faster, more power-efficient AI inference, with higher throughput and lower latency for modern models. https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-influence-campaign-russia Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West. https://openai.com/index/introducing-admin-plugin https://openai.com/index/introducing-admin-plugin Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Use the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex to analyze workspace usage, manage members and permissions, adjust limits, and act on admin requests. https://huggingface.co/blog/gradio-workflow-guide https://huggingface.co/blog/gradio-workflow-guide Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/24/1142630/ai-school-classroom-policies/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/24/1142630/ai-school-classroom-policies/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:20:19 GMT MIT Technology Review — AI This article is from Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s limited-run newsletter examining how to apply LLMs across industries. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. Chatbots took many schools by surprise upon their release a few years ago. Suddenly, students carried an a… https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6-in-kiro https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6-in-kiro Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News GPT‑5.6 is now available in Kiro, helping developers plan, build, review, and test software with better price-performance. https://huggingface.co/blog/pwc-search https://huggingface.co/blog/pwc-search Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/asr-benchmark-optimization https://huggingface.co/blog/asr-benchmark-optimization Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/lfm25-dspark https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/lfm25-dspark Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:52:57 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/introducing-intelligence-age https://openai.com/index/introducing-intelligence-age Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Introducing Intelligence Age, a new OpenAI blog exploring how transformative AI could reshape power, governance, the economy, and individual freedom. https://openai.com/index/stampli https://openai.com/index/stampli Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News With a fixed deadline and design resources committed elsewhere, Stampli used Codex and ChatGPT Work to compress weeks of launch production into days. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/back-to-school-study-tools/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/back-to-school-study-tools/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Here’s how you can use Google Search tools to study for classes and standardized tests. https://openai.com/index/offering-zero-data-retention-for-frontier-models https://openai.com/index/offering-zero-data-retention-for-frontier-models Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy. https://openai.com/index/replit https://openai.com/index/replit Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Replit introduces Free Mode, powered by GPT-5.6 Luna, so anyone can turn ideas into working software without worrying about token costs. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-ads-expands-across-europe https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-ads-expands-across-europe Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ChatGPT Ads is expanding to 31 European markets. Learn how advertisers can reach people as they explore, compare options, and make decisions. https://openai.com/index/strengthening-democratic-oversight-in-national-security https://openai.com/index/strengthening-democratic-oversight-in-national-security Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI launches an initiative to strengthen democratic oversight of AI in national security, supporting government institutions with tools, training, and expertise. https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-research/altk-evolve-hmm https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-research/altk-evolve-hmm Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:09:38 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/partnering-with-codeai https://openai.com/index/partnering-with-codeai Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI and CodeAI are partnering to help students build AI literacy, think critically about AI, and develop the skills to use and shape it responsibly. https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI is strengthening monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models. See how new safeguards are guiding the pace of model development. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teens https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teens Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ChatGPT for Teens helps teens learn, think critically, and use AI with confidence, with stronger built-in protections, healthy-use features, and additional controls for parents. https://openai.com/index/asana https://openai.com/index/asana Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Asana used OpenAI Codex to replace an outdated testing system in two weeks, completing work expected to take five years for about $12K. https://openai.com/index/nvidia/chatgpt-work https://openai.com/index/nvidia/chatgpt-work Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News NVIDIA teams use ChatGPT Work to reduce manual tasks, connect fast-moving signals, and scale successful workflows globally. https://huggingface.co/blog/multi-vector-encoder https://huggingface.co/blog/multi-vector-encoder Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/Dharma-AI/gpu-management-pt2 https://huggingface.co/blog/Dharma-AI/gpu-management-pt2 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:46:21 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/google-gemini-pixel-football-club-partnerships/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/google-gemini-pixel-football-club-partnerships/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Google Gemini and Pixel partner with five global football clubs to elevate the fan matchday experience through AI and Smartphone Technology. https://openai.com/index/the-defenders-window https://openai.com/index/the-defenders-window Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:30:00 GMT OpenAI News AI is reshaping cybersecurity for attackers and defenders alike. Learn how OpenAI is strengthening its defenses and what security teams can do now. https://openai.com/index/openai-joins-ports-pike-project https://openai.com/index/openai-joins-ports-pike-project Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project, expanding community investment and supporting thousands of Southern Ohio jobs https://openai.com/index/new-policy-ideas-for-the-intelligence-age https://openai.com/index/new-policy-ideas-for-the-intelligence-age Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:15:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI funds 14 independent projects exploring new AI policy ideas to expand economic opportunity and strengthen societal resilience in the Intelligence Age. https://huggingface.co/blog/state-of-open-models-summer-2026 https://huggingface.co/blog/state-of-open-models-summer-2026 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/amazon/strands-lerobot-streaming-data-loop https://huggingface.co/blog/amazon/strands-lerobot-streaming-data-loop Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:16:04 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/sheets-canvas-for-google-sheets-spreadsheets/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/sheets-canvas-for-google-sheets-spreadsheets/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:45:00 GMT Google AI Blog Sheets canvas turns data into interactive dashboards, custom study trackers, seating charts, and more, all with a simple prompt. https://openai.com/index/builders-guide-to-gpt-5-6 https://openai.com/index/builders-guide-to-gpt-5-6 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Learn how startups use GPT-5.6 to build faster, more cost-efficient AI agents with smarter model selection and new Responses API capabilities. https://openai.com/index/previewing-ultrafast https://openai.com/index/previewing-ultrafast Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Preview Ultrafast, a new OpenAI API service tier that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster. Powered by Cerebras, it delivers up to 750 output tokens per second. https://openai.com/index/dali-rajic-chief-revenue-officer https://openai.com/index/dali-rajic-chief-revenue-officer Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer to lead its global revenue organization and help businesses realize the full value of AI. https://huggingface.co/blog/icml-2026-open-reproductions https://huggingface.co/blog/icml-2026-open-reproductions Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/olmoearth-embeddings https://huggingface.co/blog/allenai/olmoearth-embeddings Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:14:36 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/how-enterprises-put-ai-to-work https://openai.com/index/how-enterprises-put-ai-to-work Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI research reveals how enterprises are adopting agentic AI, using ChatGPT and Codex, and how frontier firms are pulling ahead in AI adoption. https://openai.com/index/ringcentral https://openai.com/index/ringcentral Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News See how RingCentral uses ChatGPT Work and Codex to accelerate AI product development and centralize operational intelligence across engineering and operations. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/amie-video-consultations/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/amie-video-consultations/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Google introduces AMIE for real-time clinical video consultations in simulated settings. https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-research/altk-evolve-sldd https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-research/altk-evolve-sldd Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:37:10 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/daybreak-models-are-now-available-on-aws https://openai.com/index/daybreak-models-are-now-available-on-aws Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI and AWS are making Daybreak cybersecurity capabilities available through Amazon Bedrock to support enterprise security workflows. https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control. https://openai.com/index/building-an-ai-native-finance-function https://openai.com/index/building-an-ai-native-finance-function Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar shares five lessons for building an AI-native finance function, from automated forecasting to stronger controls and AI ROI. https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/magpie-tts-multilingual-voice-agents https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/magpie-tts-multilingual-voice-agents Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:25:36 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/google-ads-analytics-ai-updates/ https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/google-ads-analytics-ai-updates/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:30:00 GMT Google AI Blog Learn how new AI and agentic experiences across Google Ads and Google Analytics can simplify your marketing workflow. https://openai.com/index/responsible-ai-infrastructure-texas https://openai.com/index/responsible-ai-infrastructure-texas Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI sent Governor Greg Abbott a letter outlining its commitment to responsible AI infrastructure in Texas. The letter supports reliable, transparent growth that benefits Texans. https://openai.com/index/model-ml https://openai.com/index/model-ml Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Model ML uses GPT-5.6 Sol to carry finance work from research and analysis through editable, traceable PowerPoint decks and Excel workbooks. https://huggingface.co/blog/MultiverseComputingCAI/efficient-knowledge-distillation https://huggingface.co/blog/MultiverseComputingCAI/efficient-knowledge-distillation Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:05:36 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/putting-frontier-cyber-models-in-more-trusted-hands https://openai.com/index/putting-frontier-cyber-models-in-more-trusted-hands Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Approved Daybreak partners can use OpenAI’s frontier cyber models to deliver authorized, governed cybersecurity services to customers. https://openai.com/index/expanding-daybreak-as-the-cyber-defense-window-narrows https://openai.com/index/expanding-daybreak-as-the-cyber-defense-window-narrows Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Meet GPT-5.6-Cyber, OpenAI’s cybersecurity-specific model available through Daybreak Red for authorized vulnerability research, exploit validation, and security testing. https://openai.com/index/premium-seats-chatgpt-business https://openai.com/index/premium-seats-chatgpt-business Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Premium seats are now available on ChatGPT Business, with 5x more usage, no five-hour usage limit, and flexible seat options for every teammate. https://openai.com/index/virgin-atlantic/chatgpt-work https://openai.com/index/virgin-atlantic/chatgpt-work Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Virgin Atlantic is accelerating research, product planning, and decision-making with ChatGPT Work, helping teams connect signals across the customer journey. https://openai.com/index/zapier https://openai.com/index/zapier Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News The enterprise marketing team at Zapier uses ChatGPT Work to reduce the number of drop-offs in its lead funnel, build campaign assets, and automate reporting. https://huggingface.co/blog/muse-glimmer https://huggingface.co/blog/muse-glimmer Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/responding-next-frontier-critical-cyber-capabilities https://openai.com/index/responding-next-frontier-critical-cyber-capabilities Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:20:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI is sharing preliminary cybersecurity evaluations for Astra and the steps we’re taking to strengthen safeguards and security controls. https://openai.com/index/hsp-gruppe https://openai.com/index/hsp-gruppe Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Discover how HSP GRUPPE uses ChatGPT Enterprise to boost productivity, improve work quality, and create more capacity for tax advisory and client service. https://openai.com/index/improving-gpt-5-6-sol-in-chatgpt https://openai.com/index/improving-gpt-5-6-sol-in-chatgpt Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News ChatGPT introduces improved GPT-5.6 Sol with better accuracy and consistency, plus expanded access for free users and unlimited everyday chats with GPT-5.6 Luna. https://openai.com/index/openai-and-apa-partner-to-advance-responsible-ai https://openai.com/index/openai-and-apa-partner-to-advance-responsible-ai Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI and the American Psychological Association advance evidence-based guidance, resources, and safeguards for responsible AI use and youth mental health. https://openai.com/index/how-the-world-is-putting-chatgpt-to-work https://openai.com/index/how-the-world-is-putting-chatgpt-to-work Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News New OpenAI Signals data shows how people use ChatGPT worldwide, with country-level insights on adoption, usage trends, and evolving behavior. https://huggingface.co/blog/baseten https://huggingface.co/blog/baseten Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/third-party-cyber-evaluations-involving-openai-models https://openai.com/index/third-party-cyber-evaluations-involving-openai-models Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI explains recent third-party cybersecurity evaluation incidents and outlines new safeguards to strengthen AI model testing and evaluation. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/google-ai-updates-july-2026/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/google-ai-updates-july-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Here are Google’s latest AI updates from July 2026 https://openai.com/index/learn-teach-chatgpt-work-codex https://openai.com/index/learn-teach-chatgpt-work-codex Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Explore new education plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex that help K–12 teachers, college educators, and students learn, teach, research, and build. https://openai.com/index/apple-is-getting-this-wrong https://openai.com/index/apple-is-getting-this-wrong Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI addresses Apple’s baseless lawsuit, corrects claims about its employees, and shares messages documenting what happened. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/ai-agents-intensive-recap-2026/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/ai-agents-intensive-recap-2026/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog Kaggle’s AI Agents Intensive with Google brought learners together in a no-cost course to build and deploy the next frontier of AI. https://openai.com/index/continuous-voice-interaction-with-gpt-live https://openai.com/index/continuous-voice-interaction-with-gpt-live Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News GPT-Live enables continuous voice interaction with AI, using a turnless speech model and low-latency architecture for faster, more natural conversations. https://openai.com/index/circles https://openai.com/index/circles Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Circles uses the OpenAI API and Codex to power AI-native telco experiences, increasing ARPU by 22%, reducing churn by 9%, and improving development efficiency. https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity. https://openai.com/index/advancing-responsible-ai-across-europe https://openai.com/index/advancing-responsible-ai-across-europe Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI shares how its safety, security, transparency, and provenance practices support responsible AI governance in Europe. The work will continue as the EU AI Act advances. https://openai.com/index/building-abundant-intelligence https://openai.com/index/building-abundant-intelligence Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT OpenAI News A full-stack approach to making advanced AI more capable, more affordable, and more widely useful. https://openai.com/index/unive https://openai.com/index/unive Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT OpenAI News See how Univé built an AI-ready workforce with ChatGPT Enterprise by combining leadership, responsible governance, and employee-led innovation to transform work at scale. https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-criminal-scam-operation https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-criminal-scam-operation Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation using ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and impersonation schemes. https://huggingface.co/blog/Dharma-AI/gpu-management https://huggingface.co/blog/Dharma-AI/gpu-management Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:09:09 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-price-performance-frontier-with-gpt-5-6 https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-price-performance-frontier-with-gpt-5-6 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Explore lower GPT‑5.6 pricing for Luna and Terra—and how OpenAI’s more efficient models help enterprises deploy AI workflows at scale. https://openai.com/index/avatarin https://openai.com/index/avatarin Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News avatarin uses OpenAI’s GPT-Realtime to give Yamada Denki shoppers 24/7 multilingual support. In two weeks, 30,000 people used the agent and 92% of survey responses were positive. https://openai.com/index/how-two-settings-tripled-our-arc-agi-3-scores https://openai.com/index/how-two-settings-tripled-our-arc-agi-3-scores Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT OpenAI News How two API settings improved GPT-5.6 performance on ARC-AGI-3, boosting scores and efficiency by retaining reasoning and enabling compaction. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-academic-researchers https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-academic-researchers Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI is giving 100,000 academic researchers free access to ChatGPT's most advanced AI models to accelerate scientific research, collaboration, and discovery. https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6-frontier-intelligence-efficiency https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6-frontier-intelligence-efficiency Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News GPT-5.6 improves AI efficiency across models, inference, and agentic workflows, helping deliver more useful intelligence per dollar. https://openai.com/index/scientific-computing-agentic-ai https://openai.com/index/scientific-computing-agentic-ai Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT OpenAI News A new field report shows how scientists use AI coding agents to modernize scientific computing, accelerating software development and discovery in genomics and beyond. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/expanding-managed-agents-gemini-api-3-6-flash-hooks/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/expanding-managed-agents-gemini-api-3-6-flash-hooks/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog We’re announcing even more new capabilities in Managed Agents in Gemini API so developers can build reliable, production-ready agents. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/dinner-party-hosting-tips/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/dinner-party-hosting-tips/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog These AI features can help you craft a menu, design a tablescape, and handle other party-planning tasks. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/ai-mode-real-world-tips/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/ai-mode-real-world-tips/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog It might sound counterintuitive, but Search's AI tools can actually help you make the most of your time offline whether you want to book concert tickets or find the perf… https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/cosmos-h-dreams https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/cosmos-h-dreams Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:32:20 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/how-ai-is-expanding-what-people-do-at-work https://openai.com/index/how-ai-is-expanding-what-people-do-at-work Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:30:00 GMT OpenAI News New OpenAI research shows how AI is expanding what workers do, with ChatGPT users taking on tasks across roles and reshaping job boundaries. https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://openai.com/index/health-in-chatgpt https://openai.com/index/health-in-chatgpt Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News Health in ChatGPT now lets eligible U.S. users securely connect medical records and Apple Health to get more personalized insights and better understand their health. https://huggingface.co/blog/nunchaku-diffusers https://huggingface.co/blog/nunchaku-diffusers Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face Blog https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/galaxy-unpacked-2026/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/galaxy-unpacked-2026/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT Google AI Blog We shared how Samsung users can boost productivity and get time back on new foldables, watches, and glasses coming soon. https://openai.com/index/building-ai-infrastructure-with-the-effingham-county-community https://openai.com/index/building-ai-infrastructure-with-the-effingham-county-community Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI announces Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to responsible energy, community investment, jobs, and access to Codex. https://openai.com/index/how-news-organizations-are-using-ai https://openai.com/index/how-news-organizations-are-using-ai Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT OpenAI News News organizations are using AI to strengthen reporting, grow audiences, and improve business operations, with OpenAI tools supporting journalists and publishers worldwide. https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-next-era-of-national-science https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-next-era-of-national-science Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science working with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to use frontier AI to accelerate discovery. https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-presence https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-presence Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:30:00 GMT OpenAI News Introducing OpenAI Presence, a proven enterprise AI agent platform that helps organizations deploy trusted voice and chat agents for customer and internal workflows. https://openai.com/index/ntt-data https://openai.com/index/ntt-data Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI News NTT DATA Group uses ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to help 9,000 employees automate work, cut incident analysis to 30 minutes, and scale secure AI adoption. https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-small-business-program https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-small-business-program Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT OpenAI News OpenAI launches the ChatGPT for Small Businesses program, helping entrepreneurs build AI skills, automate work, and grow with ChatGPT Work. 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For the better part of twenty years, I kept this project afloat by working part-time engineering jobs to pay the bills, and spending the other halves of my work days res… https://www.damninteresting.com/twenty/ https://www.damninteresting.com/twenty/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:32:24 GMT Damn Interesting Twenty : In 2005, YouTube, reddit, and Facebook were all still wet and screaming infants. Google, working under the motto “Don’t Be Evil,” had just dethroned Yahoo! as the planet’s most popular Internet search engine (AskJeeves was not available for commen… https://www.damninteresting.com/there-once-was-a-man-called-curley/ https://www.damninteresting.com/there-once-was-a-man-called-curley/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:50:32 GMT Damn Interesting There Once Was a Man Called Curley : In the village of Bellewstown, about 15 miles north of Dublin, Ireland, they still talk about what Barney Curley did back in 1975. It all happened during a horse race on the Hill of Crockafotha. 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