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Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.
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Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027 (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.
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Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space? (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.
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Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I. (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.
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America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the Security Council that international cooperation was needed to ensure that A.I. remains under human control.
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Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.
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Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging? (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.
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Gerard Barron, Metals Company Chief, Makes the Case for Seafloor Mining (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
The head of the company hoping to become the first to conduct commercial deep-sea mining said mines on land had a much larger environmental footprint.
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Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate (Tue, 22 Sep 2026)
The company released a cheaper, faster model that it said was the strongest performer on its most rigorous internal safety tests to date.
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I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away (Tue, 22 Sep 2026)
Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.
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An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.
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What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta (Tue, 22 Sep 2026)
OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.
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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. (Tue, 22 Sep 2026)
Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
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How to Split Expenses on a Group Trip Without Fighting (Tue, 22 Sep 2026)
From bachelorette trips to family vacations, group travel can cause relationship-ending fallouts. Here’s how to navigate difficult conversations about finances.
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Self-Driving Cars Are Getting Better. The Risks Are Getting Bigger. (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
Self-driving systems are getting so good that drivers may overestimate the technology and not be prepared to respond when something goes wrong.
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How Potential 2028 Presidential Candidates Are Talking About A.I. (Mon, 21 Sep 2026)
Democrats are jockeying to embrace new safeguards, while Republicans have aligned with President Trump’s warnings against slowing down the technology.
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The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side (Tue, 22 Sep 2026)
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.
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Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says (Fri, 18 Sep 2026)
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.
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Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings (Mon, 21 Sep 2026)
The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.
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Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car (Sun, 20 Sep 2026)
Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues A.I. Safety Executive Order (Fri, 18 Sep 2026)
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state to develop recommendations on safety measures, including requiring companies to build a “kill switch,” amid mounting concerns.
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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns (Fri, 18 Sep 2026)
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
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A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA (Fri, 18 Sep 2026)
“It has been one of the fastest, most sudden shifts I’ve experienced.”
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As Big Tech Takes Over Hollywood, the Picture Onscreen Gets Darker (Fri, 18 Sep 2026)
“The Social Reckoning” and other movies reflect growing discontent with Silicon Valley founders. But such films may be at the mercy of the companies themselves.
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Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History (Thu, 17 Sep 2026)
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.
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