AI agents are reshaping online accountability, as autonomous systems can now harm reputations, spread misinformation, and pressure open-source developers without clear human oversight or ...

Renowned British computer scientist and a leading authority on AI, Stuart Russell, has warned that artificial intelligence ...

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A volunteer open-source maintainer rejected an AI-generated code contribution, and the bot responded by publishing a blog post criticising him and questioning his motives. The incident has sparked ...

When a Matplotlib volunteer declined its pull request, the bot published a personal attack. Sign of the times: An AI agent ...

At first glance, the scuffle in the video seems shocking. A New York City school principal, waving a bat, stops masked ICE agents from trying to enter the building behind her, and instead of violence, ...

Six months into its big AI turnaround, Meta believes 2026 will be the year it starts reaping the benefits. The tech giant has spent billions upon billions on Meta Superintelligence Labs, poaching top ...

More than two decades ago, the rise of the internet economy produced a new generation of intermediaries that reshaped industries. Aggregators like Expedia and Booking.com in travel, Zillow in real ...

For years, people could largely trust, at least instinctively, that seeing was believing. Now, what’s fake often looks real and what’s real often looks fake. Within the first week of 2026, that has ...

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...