Archive: August 2024

OpenAI, one of the companies most responsible for pushing generative AI into the mainstream with its popular ChatGPT LLM, could file for an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of this week. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that OpenAI is working with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on paperwork for an IPO. The company reportedly plans to file confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Excha

Comparison between F-TAC Hand and human hand. Credit: Zhao et al. Over the past decades, roboticists have developed increasingly advanced systems that can emulate some human capabilities and effectively tackle various real-world tasks. To reliably grasp, manipulate and utilize objects in their surroundings, robots should be able to detect and process tactile information, replicating the processes underpinning the human sense of touch. Researchers at Peking

Battle lines are being drawn between two camps of developers: so-called vibe coders, on the one side—those who wholeheartedly embrace handing over complex coding tasks to AI tools—and on the other, those of a more puritan persuasion, who prefer to keep AI out of the codebase. Shots were fired this week when a German developer named Johannes Link added instructions to an open-source app he’d built, called jqwik, commanding the automatic and immediate deleti

Create a watch on this topic Receive upcoming developments if any, with an AI monitoring configured from this article. Create my free watch On June 8, 2026, according to The Verge, Uber opened an interest list for London customers wishing to be matched with an autonomous taxi operated by Wayve, a London-based L4 autonomous driving startup. The chosen setup breaks away from the American integrated robotaxi model: according to The Next Web, Uber owns and ope

OpenAI and Microsoft looked like an artificial intelligence power couple, but the AI lab’s growth started to make Microsoft feel a bit boxed in. After all, it’s actually the trillion-dollar company, not just a theoretical one. So rather than stay locked into a relationship that was holding it back, Microsoft decided it was time to prove that it can achieve superintelligence on its own. The two haven’t officially broken up, but back in April, they updated t

Democrats in Congress are pushing to pass bills that would limit the Department of Defense’s use of artificial intelligence. This week, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff from California unveiled the Human Authority in Lethal Operations (HALO) Act, a bill that would require a human commander to have the final say on any course of action taken by autonomous weapon systems. The bill would also mandate detailed record-taking of how military decisions were made and t

The AI video sector has crossed several milestones in just a few months. Gone are the days of six-fingered hands or distorted faces—AI-generated video is becoming increasingly convincing, attracting Hollywood, artists, and advertisers, while shaking the foundations of the creative industry. To measure the progress of AI video, you need only look at Will Smith eating spaghetti. Since 2023, this unlikely sequence—entirely fabricated—has become a technologica

The 6th Global Digital Economy Industry Conference 2025 & World AI Industry Exhibition (WAIE) is scheduled from July 30 to August 1 at Shenzhen (Futian) Convention and Exhibition Centre.The event presents an opportunity for manufacturers to find industry partners and collaboration opportunities, and secure domestic and international orders.The Greater Bay Area has a reputation as a place where industries can transform and grow. Its vibrant large economy, g

Anthropic loosens Claude’s cyber restrictions for verified defenders Anthropic expanded its Cyber Verification Program (CVP), giving approved security professionals access to advanced Claude capabilities with fewer automated blocks on work such as malware analysis and vulnerability testing. Three tiers for cybersecurity work The program now has three tiers based on the scope of applicants’ cybersecurity work. The expansion combines CVP and Project Glasswin

This image was taken looking out across Plymouth Sound (UK) during Storm Eunice in February 2022. The area was the focus of new research which analyzed existing records on two years of combined sewer overflows into Plymouth Sound, alongside same-day and long-term meteorological and satellite data. Credit: University of Plymouth A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world's

Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Earlier this year, former OpenAI exec Andrej Karpathy coined a new term — “vibe coding” — for using artificial intelligence to rapidly develop software using natural language prompts. But the approach comes with some glaring shortcomings that have gradually come to light, from major cybersecurity problems leading to mass leaking of sensitive personal information to rampant hallucinations that turn

Getty / Futurism As the holiday season rolls in, parents eager to impress their young children with a splashy present might be tempted to gift them an AI-powered toy or teddy bear, which are popping up everywhere. What’d be more fun for a child than a tiny companion that they can have endless conversations with? It’s gotta be better than having their face shoved into a tablet screen all the time, right? But you may want to hold off on that purchase. There’

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mike Coppola / Getty Images for Samsung Steam, the video game storefront used by over a hundred million gamers every month, requires that developers disclose if their products use AI-generated content. Someone at Valve, however, apparently forgot to ask Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney if he’d be okay with this policy first. In a discussion on social media, Sweeney — whose company makes the megahit game For

AI hasn’t just made building faster – it’s made everyone a builder. Across every department, employees are shipping apps, agents and automations using AI tools, often without realizing they’ve created something that needs to be governed The result: AI-generated code multiplying faster than IT teams can track.Drawing on insights from experienced CIOs and security leaders, this guide gives you a practical framework for taking back control.

Check your GitHub repos: A secret stealer hit tens of thousands of them A threat actor using stolen GitHub credentials has pushed a credential-stealing payload into tens of thousands of repositories since November 10. In more than 1,800 of them, the malware ran and shipped GitHub Actions secrets and cloud credentials to the attacker. Aikido spotted the campaign and named it wfx-loot. The name comes from the attacker’s own labels, “wfx” for the malware and

Getty / Futurism Law enforcement has quickly embraced AI for everything from drafting police reports to facial recognition. The results have been predictably dismal. In one particularly glaring — and unintentionally comedic — instance, the police department in Heber City, Utah, was forced to explain why a police report software declared that an officer had somehow shapeshifted into a frog. As Salt Lake City-based Fox 13 reports, the flawed tool seems to ha

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The press has always used metaphors and examples to simplify complex issues and make them easier to understand. With the rise of chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the tendency to humanize technology has intensified, whether through comparisons to medicine, well-known similes, or dystopian scenarios. Although what lies behind AI is nothing more than code and circuits, the media often portrays algorithms as having hu