Companies and governments worldwide scrambled to secure systems running the PHP programming language on Thursday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities triggered a surge in attempted cyberattacks. Cloud services providers reported millions
The UK’s national AI institute, the Alan Turing Institute, is facing a growing crisis, with insiders citing infighting, accusations of a toxic culture, and claims that its leadership has failed to deliver
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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has pledged to make jobs for citizens the government’s top priority, as the trade-dependent city-state confronts mounting risks from rising global protectionism and the disruptive potential of
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After months of anticipation, OpenAI unveiled its latest chatbot system, GPT-5, on August 7 — but the release has left the technology industry divided over whether it marks a transformative leap forward
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking on a new role in one of science’s most ambitious pursuits: quantum computing. As reported in Nature, researchers in China have used an AI system to rapidly
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A new brain–computer interface (BCI) can decode people’s silent thoughts — but only if they choose to unlock it with a preset password. The breakthrough, reported in Nature and published in Cell
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Major US technology companies are dramatically increasing spending on personal security for their chief executives, amid a surge in threats, public hostility, and incidents of violence targeting high-profile business leaders. According to
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Meta, Elon Musk’s xAI, and OpenAI are racing to build next-generation supercomputers, with projects like “Prometheus,” “Hyperion,” “Colossus,” and “Stargate” each representing investments exceeding $100 billion. Yet the true scale of capital
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Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has postponed the launch of its new AI model due to technical difficulties with Huawei’s chips, highlighting the ongoing reliance of Chinese firms on US technology, the
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Apple Inc. is preparing an ambitious slate of new devices — including household robots, a lifelike version of Siri, a smart speaker with a display, and home-security cameras — as part of
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Grace Huckins recently covered OpenAI’s release of GPT-5, the company’s much-anticipated new flagship language model. While it offers improvements over earlier versions, Huckins concludes that GPT-5 is “above all else, a refined
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OpenAI’s recent launch of GPT-5 was widely anticipated as a significant stride towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), the kind of AI capable of performing any intellectual task a human can. CEO Sam
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The decades-long pursuit to build a practical quantum computer—a technology promising breakthroughs in materials science, AI, and beyond—may finally be nearing a critical milestone. According to a detailed report from the Financial
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has publicly accused Apple Inc. of engaging in unfair practices that favor OpenAI in the company’s App Store rankings. Musk, founder of xAI Holdings—which includes the Grok AI
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A relatively unknown South Korean artificial intelligence start-up, Upstage, is making waves in the global AI race by developing a large language model (LLM) that rivals advanced systems from the United States
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A high-profile investment deal involving the AI start-up Manus and US venture capital firm Benchmark has ignited controversy on both sides of the Pacific, underscoring the growing geopolitical friction surrounding artificial intelligence
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