Lead Story · The Register
OpenAI glitch locks out vetted cyber researchers – and some can't get back in
Affected users say support cannot restore their previous approval or override the new decision
Aug 20, 2026
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Lead Story · The Register
Affected users say support cannot restore their previous approval or override the new decision
Aug 20, 2026
The Register
Forrester warns of disruption to long-established tech activity
Aug 20, 2026

Rest of World
Observers scrutinize Meta founder’s argument about AI’s potential as an equalizer and enabler.
Aug 20, 2026
The Register
Fortunately, the company had a policy of checking source code on GitHub first
Aug 20, 2026
The Register
Absolute zero inside is much cooler than Intel inside
Aug 20, 2026
The Register
House of Zen claims latest systems already 4x more efficient than two years ago
Aug 19, 2026
The Register
'It is an active threat'
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.
Aug 19, 2026

Semafor Technology
The industry “could use a little public relations help,” President Donald Trump acknowledged. But his party is moving with the tide.
Aug 19, 2026
The Register
And Marvell just offered the Chocolate Factory a $12.2B stake to sweeten the deal
Aug 19, 2026

Wired
During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
Aug 19, 2026

Semafor Technology
Higgsfield AI produced ‘The Cully Hill Boys’ with a $2 million budget, half of which went to AI tokens.
Aug 19, 2026

Semafor Technology
Several American AI startups have recently said they have used Chinese AI models in their workflows.
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenA…
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The idea behind OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program is to give trusted defenders better models so they can report bugs and vulnerabilities to companies, with the aim of getting flaws patched fas…
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products.…
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.
Aug 19, 2026

The Guardian Technology
A rise in lawsuits over AI use in employment decisions is raising questions about how companies hire and fire For the last four years, Erin Kistler has applied for thousands of jobs at companies like …
Aug 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
Aug 19, 2026
The Register
It seems like Nvidia’s not getting back into the Middle Kingdom anytime soon
Aug 19, 2026
The Register
Next-gen systems double per-chip performance while cramming 3x as many into a rack
Aug 19, 2026
The Register
Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive
Aug 18, 2026

Semafor Technology
The World Robot Conference kicks off in Beijing on Wednesday coinciding with humanoid maker Unitree going public in Shanghai.
Aug 18, 2026
Simon Willison
Aug 18, 2026

The Guardian Technology
Amid race with Anthropic, firm plans to overhaul research and training and require more safety parameters after hack OpenAI on Tuesday said it had slowed down the pace of its AI development while …
Aug 18, 2026

Wired
The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards.
Aug 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process.
Aug 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.
Aug 18, 2026

404 Media
AI companies see words as interchangeable and have zero clue how to judge the “quality” of writing.
Aug 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.
Aug 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.
Aug 18, 2026

Ars Technica
Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link.
Aug 18, 2026
MIT Technology Review
AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using products like Claude and ChatGPT, but they only release the data they want us to see, AI researchers say. “Ther…
Aug 18, 2026
MIT Technology Review
The AI industry’s boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost no need for human oversight. LLMs can already write code, generate synthetic data for training, and optimiz…
Aug 18, 2026
The Register
Attributing diffusion model output to a specific input becomes more difficult with more training data
Aug 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.
Aug 17, 2026

Semafor Technology
Nvidia reached a deal on Monday to provide up to $105 billion to backstop a new OpenAI data center in Ohio, as Big Tech ramped up its debt-fueled AI splurge.
Aug 17, 2026
The Register
Not a German cop show, but a pair of engineering firms aiming to feed 800 VDC to next-gen kit
Aug 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.
Aug 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint.
Aug 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.
Aug 17, 2026

404 Media
The past, present, and future of deepfakes, as seen by the world’s leading expert on synthetic media.
Aug 17, 2026

IEEE Spectrum AI
The impact of AI on software development has been both profound and ever-evolving. Last year, I wrote about AMD’s plans to use AI not just for generating new lines of code, but also for other steps in…
Aug 17, 2026

IEEE Spectrum AI
Representing a significant milestone in AI-assisted mathematical research, a team at Axiom Math has automatically verified the proof of a theorem relating to prime numbers—colloquially referred to as …
Aug 17, 2026

Rest of World
Washington’s limits on foreign parts promises a supply chain revolution — but Silicon Valley founders say domestic alternatives don’t exist yet.
Aug 17, 2026

Politico Technology
The Office of Legislative Counsel is facing a barrage of new AI-generated bills, many of which are riddled with errors.
Aug 17, 2026

Semafor Technology
Recipients include US-based organizations across the political spectrum, as well as organizations in Europe, Brazil, Singapore, and South Korea.
Aug 17, 2026

The Guardian Technology
Guardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation The chips are quite small and some can…
Aug 17, 2026