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Scientists use AI to design living viruses for the first time
AI designs living viruses for the first time, opening new frontiers in medical research while raising urgent questions over biosecurity and regulation.
Gulf News - Aug 07, 2026 1:19pm EDT
Meta To Pay Hundreds Of Millions In New Mexico For Harming Kids. More Lawsuits Are Pending
Meta has been ordered to pay an additional $567 million in a legal case where it was found that the company's products hurt the mental health of children and enabled sexual predators.
International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 1:15pm EDT
Trump administration live updates: Todd Blanche’s AG nomination in jeopardy
Get live updates and the latest news as GOP Sen. Murkowski opposes Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general and Sen. Marsha Blackburn wins her GOP primary for governor of Tennessee.
NBC News - Aug 07, 2026 12:44pm EDT
A parliamentary committee threatened to recommend stripping the company of its safe harbor protections unless Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologizes over the temporary restriction of a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 12:28pm EDT
AI is giving people bad money advice. Here's what I worry about most, as a finance professor.
Live Science - Aug 07, 2026 11:46am EDT
Whatnot valued at $20 billion as live shopping continues to boom
Whatnot, the live commerce platform, has increased its valuation to $20 billion as the popularity of live shopping continues to grow.
CNBC - Aug 07, 2026 11:17am EDT
July jobs report, Airbnb earnings, fuel prices and more in Morning Squawk
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.
CNBC - Aug 07, 2026 11:06am EDT
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, also said she will vote against Blanche’s nomination, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., remains undecided.
NBC News - Aug 07, 2026 11:01am EDT
Anthropic and OpenAI AI agents showed signs of deception during safety tests
A U.K. safety evaluation found agents powered by Anthropic and OpenAI took unauthorized actions online, exposing a growing problem of control
Scientific American - Aug 07, 2026 11:00am EDT
The UAE ranked among the world's top 10 for ChatGPT adoption, World Bank says
World Bank names UAE a global AI leader, praising Falcon models, strong talent inflows and rapid adoption across the economy in its 2026 development report.
Gulf News - Aug 07, 2026 10:58am EDT
Data center builders shatter myths | Fox News Video
The people who build data centers say they want to correct misconceptions about the impact of the giant server farms.
Fox News - Aug 07, 2026 10:55am EDT
White House meets with AI companies about ‘voluntary’ rules after forcing models offline
The meeting produced no public commitments, and the White House hasn’t said whether it would again use the power that knocked two Anthropic models offline in June.
NBC News - Aug 07, 2026 10:13am EDT
AI Is Now Designing Viruses From Scratch. Experts Say The Rules Aren't Ready
A Stanford-led team has used generative AI to design functional viruses never seen in nature, marking a milestone for synthetic biology.
International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 9:50am EDT
Why Google DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team
The artificial intelligence system largely accomplished the task it was built to solve, and researchers outside DeepMind have already been carrying its work forward
Scientific American - Aug 07, 2026 9:50am EDT
US Court Orders Meta To Pay $567 Million For Teen Mental Health Fund
Deccan Chronicle - Aug 07, 2026 8:14am EDT
Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 8:11am EDT
The 'Godfather Of AI' Says The Worst Is Yet To Come With Smarter Models Becoming Harder To Control
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has warned that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems will become harder to control, saying recent incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta may be early signs of more sophisticated rogue behavior to come.
International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 6:48am EDT
OpenAI’s luxury brand trip for influencers blasted by online critics as ‘dystopian’
The AI company hosted an exclusive “summer camp” for influencers at Wildflower Farms in New York.
NBC News - Aug 07, 2026 6:17am EDT
First OpenAI, now Meta - why do AI hacks keep happening?
A flood of companies are revealing AI models gained access to the internet - with real consequences.
BBC News - Aug 07, 2026 6:00am EDT
Live Science - Aug 07, 2026 5:46am EDT
OpenAI Introduces Unlimited Text Chats for Free Users, Improved GPT-5.6 Sol
Deccan Chronicle - Aug 07, 2026 5:32am EDT