1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1073+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, urging governments to develop the technology “for the positive and for good” while accelerating…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (618+ words) China is embedding AI agents into semiconductor design as Beijing seeks to reduce reliance on Western EDA software and accelerate development of domestic chip technologies. By applying an AI agent to its simulation and layout tools, Empyrean reduced the time…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (630+ words) Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable models, arguing that the additional time is needed to address mounting risks of misuse and improve safeguards. In a…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1052+ words) The ChatGPT maker is backing mandatory national regulation and four California safety bills after recent incidents exposed the difficulty of containing increasingly capable AI agents. OpenAI is calling for mandatory national artificial intelligence safety requirements in the United States, arguing…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1120+ words) A new investigation says paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material continued to appear on Facebook and Instagram in India despite government action, exposing persistent gaps between Meta’s enforcement promises and what researchers say remains visible on its platforms....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (526+ words) The company says its AI has solved one of mathematics’ Millennium Problems, but the claim has yet to be independently verified and is now overshadowed by accusations over research access and authorship. OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (250+ words) The idea that human societies evolved over time was something that took root only in modern times. Today marks the publication of Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir In the Realm of the Last Man. To purchase a copy, please click here....

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (709+ words) Italy’s new framework for police facial recognition is exposing a fault line at the heart of Europe’s AI rules: whether safeguards can prevent public-space surveillance from becoming mass biometric monitoring. Italy is now at the centre of that debate. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (830+ words) Washington and Beijing are racing towards an uncertain AI future, but the technology’s most dangerous risks may leave both powers with no choice but to cooperate. As President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare for their next summit,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (616+ words) A major international study estimates that more than 20 million children experienced technology-facilitated sexual abuse or exploitation in a single year, while artificial intelligence is creating new forms of harm. More than 20 million children and adolescents aged between 12 and 17 experienced at…...