Archive: June 2018

Artificial intelligence, machines and software with the ability to think for themselves, can be used for a variety of applications ranging from military technology to everyday services like automated telephone systems. However, none of the systems that currently exist exhibits learning abilities that would match the human intelligence. Recently, scientists have wondered whether an artificial agent could be given a tiny bit of human-like intelligence by mod

Serene Lee / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images; Futurism At its I/O conference last week, Google made it abundantly clear it’s looking to leave behind the Search pages of yore, featuring hyperlinks to online content — and replacing them with a reimagined and AI-powered “intelligent search box.” Instead of links, Google is looking to push users down an AI chatbot rabbit hole. That’s despite the tech’s glaring shortcomings, which the company has yet

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images Code uncovered by journalists revealed that Meta quietly embedded facial recognition tech into its AI-enabled smart glasses — and top Meta executives are fuming. Last week, Wired reported that Meta discreetly moved to infuse facial recognition tech into its popular smart glasses, as evidenced by a piece of code discovered in the Meta AI app by the magazine’s journal

Ars Unite More than an auto-pilot, AI charts its course in aviation Artificial intelligence steps up on the flight deck and in the back office. Alyson Behr – Dec 5, 2018 11:00 am | 64 Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Min

Published on July 16, 2026 at 13:02 Comment 0 𝕏 Print © 01net OpenAI unveiled GPT‑Red, an artificial intelligence model entirely dedicated to hunting for security flaws within its own systems. The tool is tasked with simulating real cyberattacks against the AIs that run ChatGPT in order to identify their vulnerabilities, particularly with regard to prompt injection. An offensive tool that Sam Altman’s startup carefully keeps under lock and key, far from th

Yesterday, it was reported that the US Department of Commerce is investigating the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) over suspicions that the chipmaker may have been subverting 5G export controls to make “artificial intelligence or smartphone chips for the Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies,” sources with direct knowledge told The Information. The Department of Commerce has yet to officially announce the probe and declined Ars’ request for

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Last week, Nieman Lab revealed that USA Today’s parent company USA Today Co (formerly Gannett) was partnering with AI surveillance firm Palantir to monetize “actionable intelligence” on its audience. According to USA Today CEO Mike Reed, the goal is to “build a common intelligence layer” on reader data to “monetize those relationships faster and at much greater value.” The largest newspaper’s new partnership with th

With opposition to AI continuing to grow, a top AI lab is building out a massive surveillance apparatus meant to keep a close eye on dissenters and predict when the next groundswell of protest might occur. News of Anthropic’s system was first reported by the American Prospect, which spoke with Anthropic senior security officials and indexed job postings to get an understanding of the dragnet. On top of keeping tabs on protests in the vicinity of Anthropic

Some U.S. banks are, thankfully, blocking their clients from letting Meta’s Muse AI bot root around in their accounts. Even more thankfully, it appears relatively few people have been dumb enough to try. Speaking to Bloomberg TV on Friday, Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said the brokerage is actively blocking Muse from moving money because it poses unacceptable risks to the firm and its clients. “We don’t want someone just giving their password to Muse, a

Posted Nov 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM UTCRRobert HartAn AI agent swarm may have unearthed an unmapped Maya site.Google researcher Pietro Miotti says 48 AI agents combing NASA Lidar data spotted signs of a previously unrecorded ancient site in Mexico. He’s not an archeologist, and the find still needs fieldwork to verify, but it’s a cool glimpse into why scientists are so excited by these tools.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in yo

Getty Images / Bob Riha Jr Go ahead and use AI to make your video game — if you want the result to be derivative trash, that is. Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the iconic Super Smash Bros and Kirby franchises, recently unloaded on how developers are using AI to “churn out” video games, saying the tech is speeding up development time at the expense of quality and originality. The topic came up in an interview with the Japanese video game outlet Denfaminic

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly in active talks with the Trump administration about the US potentially acquiring a 5 percent stake in the leading AI firm. Insider sources told the Financial Times that these talks are in “early stages,” but Altman “has argued that giving the public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the upside of AI.” Donald Trump favors the idea, and his administration has reportedly been talking to several AI fi

Anthropic announced Monday the release of two new versions of its AI models, Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2. The company claimed that the models are among its most capable ever, with improvements to coding, reasoning, and vision. Notably, the frontier lab claimed that its new models were able to solve two previously unsolved black hole physics problems, design working electronic devices, and produce a computer-verifiable version of the proof of Fermat’s L

It is well known that people who receive plenty of sunlight during the day live longer, and the risk of winter depression (seasonal affective disorder) also rises in winter, when daylight hours are shorter. New research has revealed that people exposed to more intense light in daily life have a lower risk of developing dementia later. Associations between wearable‐device‐measured daytime and nighttime light exposures and dementia risk: A prospective cohort

Anthropic has its own AI-powered office suite nowThe company is courting white-collar workers ahead of its IPO. is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets.For years, Anthropic has been known for its focus on enterprise and coding tools that attract high-flying corporate clients, inspiring competing frontier labs — like OpenAI, SpaceX

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is providing DeNA with a total of ¥1.5 billion in subsidies for smartphone game development—an article published by Nikkei Online on June 26 sparked criticism on X, with comments such as, “Do cash-rich companies need support?” In response to the reaction, MIXI President Koki Kimura defended DeNA, saying, “At most ¥1.5 billion.” His remarks have also drawn criticism, but he continues to rebut by presenting, among