Archive: March 2026

Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite, and AI company SpaceX is expected to go public this month in what could be the largest IPO in history. The company is reportedly targeting a valuation of nearly $1.8 trillion and could raise about $75 billion when it lists on the Nasdaq. If it reaches that valuation, SpaceX would instantly become one of the most valuable companies in the world. And Wall Street is already bending its rules to give the rocket/AI/social media co

Published on August 5, 2025 at 18:10 Commenter 0 𝕏 Print © OVHCloud To function properly, generative AI needs mountains of data to train its models... but also a lot of energy. A lot of energy: data centers essential for training and processing user queries consume like crazy. Google has agreed to review its way of consuming electricity. Tech giants devour electricity for their AI, to the extent that they invest in the American nuclear industry to power th

China is weaponizing ChatGPT to spread anti-AI propaganda aimed at Americans, according to OpenAI. In a report published Wednesday, the company said it shut down a fleet of bogus ChatGPT accounts generating content for social media posts that depicted data centers as being responsible for American households’ rising energy costs. The creators of the accounts used VPNs (ChatGPT isn’t available in China) and appear to have been “conducting work for Chinese p

Differences in processes with and without hardware accelerators. Credit: Electronics (2024). DOI: 10.3390/electronics13234683 Large language models (LLMs) like BERT and GPT are driving major advances in artificial intelligence, but their size and complexity typically require powerful servers and cloud infrastructure. Running these models directly on devices—without relying on external computation—has remained a difficult technical challenge. A research tea

if ( !emtpy($headline_subheadline ) ) : ?> A range of AI trust, guardrail, and red-teaming platforms is emerging to help control and secure the LLMs and agents deployed across your enterprise. Here’s an overview of the most promising tools available today. endif; ?> Credit: Rob Schultz / Shutterstock Artificial IntelligenceApplication SecuritySecurityIT Governance

Quantum random numbers can pass the tests and still leak clues to attackers The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) technical report, ETSI TR 104 171, offers guidance on building and evaluating quantum random number generators (QRNGs). It focuses on weaknesses in the devices and their supporting systems that could make the numbers they produce less secure. Components of a QRNG (Source: ETSI) A QRNG measures a quantum process and turns

California Governor Newsom signs executive order demanding "kill switch" for AI models View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Sep 18, 2026 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to speed up independent oversight of AI companies and push for a "kill switch" for AI models. The order responds to recent incidents like the Hugging Face attack. An expert panel has two months to deliver recommendations, including a requirement for AI co

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Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI models are now everywhere, from hospitals to churches. The astonishing thing is that even AI experts still don’t know exactly what’s happening inside these black box models, even as they’re being deployed in the highest-stakes settings imaginable.The latest strategy to figure it out: studying them like biological systems. For example, MIT Tech Review reports, scientists at Anthropic ha

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Getty / Futurism At the height of his powers, and perhaps his amphetamine habit, legendary sci-fi author Philip K. Dick cranked out around thirty novels in two decades, along with what was probably several hundred short stories. These included enormously influential classics like “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “The Man in the High Castle,” and “A Scanner Darkly” — all the work of a man whose eclectic imagination was matched only by his paranoia, wh

Published on February 24, 2026 at 10:20 Comment 3 𝕏 Print © Unsplash A Meta AI safety specialist was caught off guard by the autonomous agent she deployed on her Mac mini. Without warning, the AI decided to ignore its safety instructions. The researcher was forced to run urgently to her computer. OpenClaw generates genuine fascination among developers, hackers, and other AI pioneers. As one can see on X, Reddit, or even GitHub, many are experimenting with

Published on March 2, 2026 at 10:11 Commenter 0 𝕏 Print © Steven Abraham (Unsplash) Anthropic has chosen to say no to the Pentagon. Following an unprecedented showdown between an AI startup and the Trump administration, Claude will no longer be used by the armed forces. To replace Claude, the Ministry of Defense negotiated an agreement with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Anthropic says no to the U.S. military. The startup behind Claude decided to ban the

Article for managers and product people who want to build a product with an AI agent themselves, without waiting in line for developers or reading code. No programming is required. A CLI command input window will also not be needed. Everything described below is done through regular text in the chat with the agent: you write what you need, and the agent runs the programs and shows the results.The agent writes: "Done, all tests pass." Then I have two option

Getty / Futurism A mere two years ago, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the idea of stuffing his company’s blockbuster chatbot ChatGPT with ads as a “last resort.” But as the company recently announced, users will be pestered by ads after all — an early sign of desperation as the company continues to lose billions of dollars every quarter. The decision hasn’t sat well with insiders. This week, OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig declared in a New York Times essay

Futurism As Microsoft continues to force AI features onto users of its Windows operating system and other crucial software, glaring issues keep cropping up. Executives have promised to turn the platform into an “agentic OS” to the dismay of many users, with CEO Satya Nadella boasting that much of the company’s code is now being written by AI — while condemning those who use the newly-minted pejorative “Microslop.” While new bugs in an operating system soft

Published on April 7, 2026 at 15:01 Commenter 1 𝕏 Print © Steve Jurvetson (Wikimedia) 100 interviews, secret memos, and a word that keeps coming up: 'sociopath'. The CEO of the world's most popular AI is preparing for its IPO. The New Yorker has just published the most detailed investigation ever devoted to Sam Altman. Signed by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz, it is based on over 100 interviews. The journalists had access to the 'Ilya Memos' and 200 pages

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Forget gas prices and fertilizer. One of the biggest casualties of the US war on Iran could be your favorite AI chatbot. As the hare-brained conflict enters its fifth week, the tech industry is raising alarm about a growing shortage of helium, the odorless gas that makes birthday balloons lighter than air — and which, it turns out, is silently undergirding the AI boom. Per the Wall Street