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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 5:27pm EDT
Why Google DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team
This 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 4:48pm EDT
Take Your Streaming Abroad: NordVPN Is Up to 75% Off With 3 Free Months
Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 4:14pm EDT
A Lesser-Known Stock Climbed More Than 100% In a Day After AI Surprise. Here's Why.
Doximity's stock more than doubled in overnight trading following its fiscal first quarter 2027 earnings report, climbing more than 130% in premarket trading before declining to about 40%.
International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 3:03pm EDT
Uncle Sam aims to help nuclear energy find its sea legs
IAEA initiative tackles the rules for floating reactors and atom-powered civilian ships
Register UK - Aug 07, 2026 2:55pm EDT
OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
Ars Technica - Aug 07, 2026 1:43pm EDT
Trump is right to purse diplomacy with ‘fractured’ Iran, Victoria Coates says | Fox News Video
Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates joins 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, threats in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of Iranian cyberattacks targeting water systems.
Fox News - Aug 07, 2026 1:42pm EDT
Lenovo Pro 9i 16 G11 Aura Edition Review: A Pretty Screen Stuffed Into an Ugly Laptop
Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 1:15pm 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
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
SK Hynix Makes a New $38 Billion AI Bet: Memory Plants For South Korea
SK Hynix is making one of its biggest bets yet on the artificial intelligence boom, announcing plans to invest 54 trillion Korean won, or about $38.1 billion, to expand its memory chip manufacturing capacity.
International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 12:10pm 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
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
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
Samsung 990 PRO Gen4 SSD Sees Nearly 40% Off on Amazon, Now Only Slightly More Than the 1TB Version
Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 8:40am EDT
China is gaining ground in AI. But the U.S. still has a major advantage
Chinese AI companies have made recent leaps in closing the performance gap with U.S. frontier labs.
CNBC - Aug 07, 2026 8:29am EDT
US Court Orders Meta To Pay $567 Million For Teen Mental Health Fund
Deccan Chronicle - Aug 07, 2026 8:14am EDT
SK Hynix to invest $38 billion building new memory chip plants as demand soars
Memory prices have surged because of short supply and huge demand with investors watching closely for any changes to the supply-demand imbalance.
CNBC - Aug 07, 2026 7:30am EDT




