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Meta Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on ICE and Won
In Seattle, activists inside tech giants are leaning into grassroots fundraising and peer support as petitions and protests draw little response from executives.
AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted
A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind.
Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways
A suspected system failure froze Baidu’s robotaxis across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes.
John Perry Barlow, JFK Jr., and a Night of Grief I Can’t Forget
Watching Love Story brought back a surreal evening in 1994.
With One Million Displaced, Lebanon Turns to Digital Wallets for Aid
Amid mass displacement and collapsing trust in institutions, digital wallets are becoming critical conduits for aid, connecting diaspora donors directly with communities on the ground.
Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.
OpenAI’s Fidji Simo Is Taking Medical Leave Amid an Executive Shake-Up
The company is undergoing major leadership restructuring as its CEO of AGI deployment goes on leave for “several weeks.”
Europe Gets Serious About Age Verification Online
The search for an age-verification system that protects user data may begin and end in the EU.
He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
Issam Hijazi launched UpScrolled after users alleged censorship on other platforms. Nine months later, its user base is soaring—while Hijazi tries to catch up with his own success.
Nobody Knows How to File Taxes on Prediction Market Wins
Americans flocked to prediction markets last year. Now, it’s time to pay taxes on winnings. How do you do that? Great question.
Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
The AI lab's Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They'll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities.
Conflicting Rulings Leave Anthropic in ‘Supply-Chain Risk’ Limbo
The AI company now faces conflicting rulings in its fight over how Claude can be used by the US military.