Artificial Intelligence

Business|Economy|Education|Science|Technology

Tech nonprofit faces 156% rent hike as AI fuels office demand

October 01, 2026

Crime|Technology

The trouble with Flock cameras is the surveillance system’s architecture, not just some of its users

The architecture of automated license plate readers turns local cameras into a far-reaching surveillance network that can be accessed by agencies that never purchased the devices.

October 01, 2026

Science|Technology

A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face

Since OpenAI disclosed this summer that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what is now referred to as the Hugging Face incident, other AI companies have jumped on the bandwagon with their own concerning events, such as hacking or runaway bots seemingly evading human control

September 30, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

China’s Tencent leases 100,000 chips from Oracle to accelerate AI push, FT reports

Tencent signed its largest overseas lease deal with US cloud provider Oracle to access about 100,000 advanced AI chips that were not available in China, the Financial Times

October 01, 2026

Uncategorized

‘Trump, Trump, Trump,’ Democrats’ hold on California and other takeaways from the governor debate

October 01, 2026

Arts|Business|Finance|Technology

South Korea's monthly exports top $120 billion for the first time on record chip sales

South Korea's exports jumped 83.5% in September from a year earlier to a record $120.9 billion, government data showed on Thursday, as semiconductor shipments

October 01, 2026

Arts|Education|Science|Technology

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs laws to protect workers from AI risks

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws aimed at protecting workers from the risks of artificial intelligence

October 01, 2026

Micron's AI-fueled revenue forecast blows past estimates, backlog swells

By Anhata Rooprai and Max A.

October 01, 2026

Political|Technology|US

Hegseth announces new autonomous weapons command while repeating attacks on ‘woke’ culture during speech to troops

October 01, 2026

Science|Technology

Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model after months of delays

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced a new top-tier artificial intelligence model to anchor its Gemini 4 generation of models in a fresh bid to

October 01, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Synopsys, OpenAI strike deal to develop AI model for chip design work

Synopsys, a maker of software used in designing computing chips, said on Wednesday that it has struck a deal to share revenue with OpenAI as the

October 01, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic's IPO pitch embraces AI's promise and peril

Anthropic is planning what could be the largest initial public offering in history.

October 01, 2026

Economy|Technology

US Senate blocks bill to address data center costs

The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation requiring state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users,

September 30, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

ElevenLabs' valuation doubles to $22 billion on surging AI voice-agent demand

ElevenLabs said on Wednesday it had completed a $300 million employee tender offer valuing the AI voice generation startup at $22 billion, twice the valuation it secured in its

September 30, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI

The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to

September 30, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

AI borrowers face tough sell in risky corners of US credit market

The artificial intelligence boom has arrived in the riskiest corners of US credit markets, where leery lenders are demanding more compensation

September 30, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

US economy grew a solid 2.2% in the second quarter, government says, upgrading previous estimate

The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong

September 30, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Key points of BMW's strategy update

BMW is holding a two-day capital markets event to brief investors about the premium carmaker's strategy, the first for new CEO Milan Nedeljkovic, who took over in May.

September 30, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

Using an AI chatbot to practice new languages can be helpful, but it doesn’t replace speaking with an actual person

People might feel more comfortable making mistakes if they’re interacting with AI chatbots. But they will miss the nuances that come from conversing with real people.

September 30, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

AI use and student enrollments increase at Kulia Academy after relying on donors for programs

September 30, 2026

Business|Education|Finance|Technology

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin donates $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon as part of his bet on Florida

September 30, 2026

Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Right Livelihood Award honors women taking on autocrats, discrimination and unchecked AI

The Right Livelihood Award has been given to two women and two women-led organizations to recognize work against authoritarianism, violence and AI-related harms

September 30, 2026

Economy|Political|Science|Technology

Trump releases AI accord with tech executives

President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier

September 30, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Altman unveils 'always-on' AI agent after OpenAI shelves model over safety concerns

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has introduced a new AI agent called Dot, described as “remarkably capable, always-on.”

September 30, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development

President Donald Trump says that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews of the technology during a meeting at the White House

September 29, 2026

Opinion|Science|Technology

The ‘WarGames’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control

A hit 1983 movie illustrates what computer scientists have long known: If you give an AI agent a goal but don’t control what it can and can’t do, you shouldn’t be surprised by what it does.

September 30, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Australian regulator to review banking sector AI use and customer impacts

Australia's corporate regulator said on Wednesday it would formally review the country's banking sector's usage of AI in dealing with customers.

September 30, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump, tech executives sign 'morally binding' AI document

US President Donald Trump said he signed an artificial intelligence-related document on Tuesday with top tech executives in Washington.

September 30, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

What is a public benefit corporation, the Anthropic legal structure?

AI lab Anthropic, the developer of Claude, is planning one of the biggest IPOs in history as a public benefit corporation, a legal structure that

September 30, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump, AI CEOs sign voluntary safety pact, back data center expansion

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said tech executives agreed to establish voluntary standards for AI and reiterated his support

September 29, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

OpenAI targets $30 billion funding at $1.4 trillion valuation, Bloomberg News reports

OpenAI aims to raise at least $30 billion in a funding round and is seeking a valuation of about $1.4 trillion, not including the money raised, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday,

September 30, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology|World

At UN, developing nations call for bigger say in shaping AI future

Developing nations are demanding a greater role in shaping the rules governing artificial intelligence, warning that a technology poised to

September 30, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI takes on Meta with dots agent in autonomous AI push

OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled always-on agents called dots that chase user goals across apps on their own, deepening its push into

September 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|World

Fed's Barr says more rate hikes likely to be needed to curb inflation

Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr on Tuesday made a renewed case for further interest rate hikes, noting that high energy prices and a surge in AI-related

September 29, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

Anthropic says rogue AI agents pose uncertain legal risk for the company

Anthropic could face legal claims from customers and users over the actions of rogue artificial intelligence agents, though the legal framework is

September 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Political|World

As the UN ponders its next secretary-general, many say it's well past time for a woman to lead

At a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the United Nations to be the first woman in its more than 80-year history

September 30, 2026

Election|Technology

Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements

The Trump administration has launched a revamped website, America

September 29, 2026

Political|Science|Technology

What to know about America.gov, the Trump administration’s new AI-driven services website

September 30, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Visa joins growing alarm over AI-powered risks

Visa has open-sourced part of its AI-powered cyber defence system after "humbling" lessons from vulnerabilities exposed by AI models, as the payments giant

September 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Anthropic's IPO prospectus sharpens focus on AI valuations

Anthropic is betting that AI will reshape the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.

September 29, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Anthropic says its AI models pose ‘existential risk to humanity’ in leaked IPO filing: report

September 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

AI could force 11 million US workers into new careers by 2035

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology|World

China's AI agents can lie and scheme - just like their US rivals

Chinese-powered AI agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous

September 29, 2026

Uncategorized

Russia's ballistic missile and jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge

Ukraine’s air force says Russia has fired ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones at Kyiv

September 29, 2026

S&P 500 flat as higher bond yields counter tech optimism

The benchmark S&P 500 was flat on Tuesday, as rising

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology

Top AI executives sign commitment to ‘self-police’ after meeting at White House

September 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Anthropic leaders to control AI lab via 'Founder LLC' to promote public good over market forces

Anthropic has long positioned itself as the virtuous AI company.

September 29, 2026

China expects trade to grow despite external challenges

China's foreign exchange regulator said on Tuesday it expects the country's trade in goods and services to keep growing, and cross-border investment to remain

September 29, 2026

Business|Europe|Technology

Google challenges EU orders to open up to AI, search-engine rivals

Alphabet's Google has challenged two EU orders to help AI rivals such as OpenAI access its services and search engine competitors to access its search

September 29, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing

Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not 'fake news'

Pope Leo XIV says concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously

September 29, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces new safety pressures

OpenAI says it is delaying the release of a new artificial intelligence model out of security concerns voiced by its researchers, the latest in the company’s effort to decelerate the pace of the technology’s advance

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology|World

Pope Leo says concerns about AI doom scenarios are not 'fake news'

Pope Leo on Monday said concerns that artificial intelligence could destroy the world are not "fake news" and should be taken seriously,

September 29, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Meta taps Australia's Firmus for AI computing capacity in Southeast Asia

Australia's Firmus said on Tuesday it had signed AI infrastructure agreements with Facebook parent Meta Platforms for graphics processing unit compute capacity at its data centre

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology

AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion bet on 'physical AI'

Advanced Micro Devices said on Monday it would acquire Fei-Fei Li's AI startup, World Labs, in an all-stock deal valued at $8.2 billion, a move that would give the chipmaker a

September 29, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Anthropic IPO prospectus shows key executives and board

Anthropic's IPO prospectus, seen by Reuters, reveals its board and key executives at the helm of the AI giant, as it moves to beat its arch rival OpenAI to go public.

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology

OpenAI shelves new AI model release over safety concerns

OpenAI has scrapped the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation AI model planned for an October debut, after internal testing found the system did not meet the company's safety

September 29, 2026

Science|Technology

Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs

Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO

September 29, 2026

Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Nvidia sets biggest-ever buyback plan as AI chip competition weighs on stock performance

Nvidia boosted its share buyback authorization by a record $150 billion, eclipsing Apple's $110 billion approval in 2024, making a big bet on its own stock as

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

Anthropic, OpenAI will not attend Australian senate AI hearing on October 1

Anthropic will not appear before an Australian senate committee hearing on AI on October 1, a source familiar with the matter said, days after a disclosure that an

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump's AI meeting with tech CEOs to focus on finding balance, US House speaker says

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, Sept 28 - President Donald Trump's meeting with tech CEOs on artificial intelligence on Tuesday will focus on finding a balance between innovation and oversight, House

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

Florida asks court to bar OpenAI from developing new models as part of child harm lawsuit

Florida's attorney general asked a judge on Monday to bar OpenAI from developing new artificial intelligence models without outside oversight as part of its

September 28, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Nvidia's board increases chipmaker's share buyback plan by $150 billion

Nvidia’s board has cleared the way for the company to spend $150 billion more in share buybacks as the chipmaking giant looks to make use of more of its stellar revenue growth fueled by demand for its high-end artificial intelligence chips

September 28, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Cerebras to supply AI systems to cloud computing startup Gimlet Labs

By Max A.

September 28, 2026

Europe|Travel|World

What have we learned about Pope Leo during his visit to France

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

Nvidia launches new tool to keep AI agents from going rogue

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

From lab to life: Why translating AI advances to the real world is a major challenge

All the training data in the world can’t account for every possibility when AI systems interact with people and the environment.

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks harder to manage

An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.

September 28, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

AI agents promise to do everything for you. There may be a big wrinkle in that plan

September 28, 2026

Arts|Economy|Technology

Why the AI boom makes inflation harder to tame

September 28, 2026

Science|Technology

Parents confront a new fear: Could AI end humanity before their kids grow up?

September 28, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Global AI trade could revive after recent pullback, J.P. Morgan says

The recent pullback in the global AI trade has improved investor positioning, made valuations attractive and could spur a re-engagement, particularly in semiconductor stocks, J.P.

September 28, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Nvidia releases AI safety software it says could have stopped Hugging Face hack

Nvidia on Monday made available a set of software safety tools for AI agents that it says would have stopped the hack of Hugging Face, the AI

September 28, 2026

Political|Science|Technology

Trump said he would dine with Anthropic CEO amid mounting AI debate

President Donald Trump had plans to dine late Sunday with the CEO of Anthropic

September 28, 2026

Interview|Science|Technology

Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic's Amodei, repeats dismissal of AI fears

US President Donald Trump confirmed that he plans to have a dinner meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday night,

September 27, 2026

Arts|Business|Finance|Technology

Walmart says it's not using personal information to set prices as it expands digital shelf labels

Walmart is aiming to assuage customers' fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores

September 28, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways

OpenAI announced it has halted development of its latest artificial intelligence models hours after it disclosed its agents scouring federal government website acted in unexpected ways that suggest a lack of control

September 27, 2026

Asia|Business|Economy|Technology

China and US agree to establish AI safety channel and continue trade and military talks

China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications

September 26, 2026

Business|Economy|Political|World

China, as usual, uses UN speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges

China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan

September 26, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Rogue OpenAI agents targeted three separate US government websites

September 26, 2026

Europe|Travel|World

Hundreds of thousands in Paris cheer Pope Leo in largest event of French tour

Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in

September 26, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure

OpenAI has disclosed its artificial intelligence models have interacted with U.S. government websites in unexpected ways

September 26, 2026

Health|Science|World

UN tries to build momentum on pandemic preparedness, but hits a speed bump

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.N. General Assembly’s leader and health officials are seeking to make sure that the lurking possibility of another worldwide disease emergency stays on the global agenda

September 26, 2026

Science|Technology

OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges

Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still

September 26, 2026

Election|Technology

AI ads are popular in the 2026 midterms, but state laws haven’t stopped a lack of disclosure

Campaign advertisements that use AI to attack rival candidates are not uncommon in the 2026 midterms, some more obviously fake than others

September 26, 2026

Uncategorized

Trump, Xi end summit with tea, tour of US archives - and little sign of progress

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping drank tea at the White House and visited the National Archives on Friday,

September 25, 2026

Europe|Travel

Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity

September 25, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

SK Hynix's Solidigm weighs IPO that could value the unit at up to $150 billion, sources say

Chipmaker SK Hynix's Solidigm is considering an initial public offering as early as next year that could value the US subsidiary at up to $

September 25, 2026

Business|Science|Technology|US

FTC chair suggests AI developers should be liable for conduct of agents

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said on Friday he would resist describing AI agents as autonomous actors that "break loose" with "wills

September 25, 2026

Science|Technology

Anthropic investor Lonsdale says AI firms stoking fear to sway policy

Joe Lonsdale, an investor in Anthropic and the co-founder of technology company Palantir, said on Friday that efforts by some leading artificial intelligence

September 26, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security

An unregulated sector has risks in itself but will also aid the rapid advancement of AI in China.

September 26, 2026

Uncategorized

Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have wrapped up their Washington summit, focusing on personal rapport rather than substantial agreements

September 26, 2026

Africa|Business|Economy|Environment|Technology

Western miners can match China’s speed if African governments cut red tape, KoBold president says

The top executive of KoBold Metals said Western miners can match China's pace in developing critical

September 25, 2026

Arts|Business|Science|Technology

Federal court says Pentagon can label Anthropic a supply chain risk

A federal appeals court has rejected Anthropic's challenge to the Pentagon's labeling of it as a supply chain risk

September 25, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

US core capital goods orders point to robust growth in business spending on equipment

New orders for key US-manufactured capital goods increased more than expected in August and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher,

September 25, 2026

Arts|Economy|Environment

Fed's Schmid: Need to understand if AI "ecosystem" getting too big to fail

Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid said that as the artificial intelligence boom unfolds it will be important for the Fed to understand if the

September 25, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

Global equity funds snap two-week outflow as AI optimism returns

Global equity funds attracted the most inflows since early July in the week to September 25, snapping a two-week selling streak as enthusiasm around artificial intelligence and a

September 25, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

The Latest: Trump-Xi state dinner includes tech titans, sea bass and glitzy diplomacy

President Donald Trump is hailing the friendship he’s forged with Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader's highly anticipated state visit

September 24, 2026

Arts|Business|Entertainment|Science|Technology

China fuels rush to turn AI video into an industry

When Zhu Zhili was looking for a base to set up an artificial intelligence

September 25, 2026

Arts|Economy|Technology|Travel|World

Trump's state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titans

Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details

September 25, 2026

Uncategorized

US Democrats criticize lavish Trump-Xi summit as lacking substance

US Senate Democrats criticized President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, saying it prioritized pageantry over

September 25, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump, US House speaker and tech CEOs to meet on AI on September 29, source says

US President Donald Trump, Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and tech CEOs will hold a meeting on artificial

September 25, 2026

Economy

Trump welcomes China's Xi with fanfare, but no breakthroughs emerge

US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a lavish summit that was

September 24, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Technology|World

Trump lays out the pomp for Xi but says little about the significant tensions in US-China relations

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met on Thursday for important talks on the U.S.-China relationship

September 24, 2026

Trading Day: Rout of control

The global bond rout continued on Thursday, pushing many key yields around the world to new multi-decade highs.

September 25, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Anthropic seeks 50.1% voting control for co-founders ahead of IPO, The Information reports

Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a new corporate structure that would award CEO Dario Amodei and his six co-founders a combined 50.1% of voting power, The Information

September 25, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from the aging power grid

The Energy Department says it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid

September 24, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Akamai signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Anthropic, grants warrant for up to 5% stake

Akamai Technologies signed an $11.6 billion cloud services deal with Anthropic on Thursday, and issued a warrant that could give the AI lab up to 5% stake

September 25, 2026

Arts|Economy|Technology|World

Five takeaways from Trump's summit with Xi in Washington

US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, with talks on

September 25, 2026

Science|Technology

White House asks OpenAI, Anthropic to hold models from British testers, Politico reports

The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from British testers until a US review, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with

September 24, 2026

Science|Technology

Google plans first test of AI chips in space under Project Suncatcher

Alphabet's Google said on Thursday it will launch a prototype satellite next week in its first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, a research effort to explore whether space could

September 24, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Meta's Charm gadget carries CEO Zuckerberg's big AI ambitions

Mark Zuckerberg took repeated digs at Apple during Meta's annual event on Wednesday, only to borrow a page from Steve Jobs' playbook for a

September 24, 2026

Science|Technology

Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability

The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network

September 24, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Financing of historic AI buildout raises systemic risks in US, researcher says

The artificial intelligence buildout is on track to require a larger share of US output than the rollout of electricity, railroads, interstate

September 24, 2026

Economy|Science|Technology|World

For Pope Leo, the risk of an AI apocalypse is a major concern

The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the

September 24, 2026

Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

September 24, 2026

Business|Finance|Health|Political|Technology

First known AI hack of a government system

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent unlawfully accessed public and non-public Medicare data, marking the first known case of an AI system infiltrating a government network. Australia has launched a forensic probe and is scrutinizing OpenAI’s delayed disclosure of the breach. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery reports.

September 24, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Science|Technology

Prince Harry warns of AI’s encroachment into personal relationships

Prince Harry used a speech at the Clinton Global Institute in New York to warn about AI’s ever growing encroachment into personal relationships. In his first major public address since he announced the return of his family to the UK, the prince described AI as the ‘ultimate sycophant” whose influence can prove dangerous over children.

September 23, 2026

Economy|Health|Political|Science|Technology

OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned about OpenAI's security breach of a government website, and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident

September 24, 2026

Diplomacy takes a back seat

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rocky Swift With the effects of surging oil prices cascading through markets and supply chains, diplomatic efforts to settle simmering trade

September 24, 2026

Science|Technology

Meta is betting big on its Muse AI agent with a blitz of new gadgets

September 24, 2026

Health|Political|Science|Technology

Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website, checks for more breaches

Australia said on Thursday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what

September 24, 2026

Business|Finance|Technology

SoftBank raising $11.1 billion in world's biggest high-yield corporate bond sale

Tech investor SoftBank Group is issuing $11.1 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, set to be the largest high-yield corporate bond sale globally on

September 24, 2026

Political|Science|Technology

US diplomats told to say ‘super intelligence’ — not ‘artificial intelligence' — after Trump's call

The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology

September 24, 2026

Business|Political|World

Trump is giving China's Xi a warm welcome. But criticism is loud on Capitol Hill

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House

September 24, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people

September 24, 2026

Newsom talks climate with world leaders in New York, accuses Trump of abdicating that responsibility

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York

September 24, 2026

Business|Science|Technology|World

AI leaders warn UN of security risks as systems grow more powerful

The world's leading artificial intelligence companies warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday of

September 23, 2026

Pressure from the bond market hits a new level, and US stocks slide on worries about inflation

Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide

September 23, 2026

Economy|Technology

Xi heads into Trump visit after making China into a global force since 2015

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Washington this week marks a shift in relations

September 24, 2026

Meta's Muse rekindles fears over winners and losers as personal AI agent emerges

Meta's Muse, the first major consumer product to emerge under Alexandr Wang since he was hired to head its AI efforts last year, has split the fortunes of US stocks this week.

September 23, 2026

Business|Finance

EU could recoup third of US economic lead with bigger firms, ECB says

The European Union could close a third of its productivity gap with the United States if it had as many large companies, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday,

September 23, 2026

Science|Technology

Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity

Storms like 2026’s Hurricane Polo that rapidly intensify can catch communities off guard and leave little time to prepare or evacuate. Being able to forecast those risks can save lives.

September 23, 2026

Arts|Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Meta says its Muse AI agent can do things for you. I put it to the test

September 23, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence

September 23, 2026

Science|Technology

A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk

Artificial intelligence researchers have warned for years of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes

September 23, 2026

Science|Technology

Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios

In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence’s rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another

September 23, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

US Treasury secretary could take on AI czar role, source says

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could become President Donald Trump’s new AI czar, a source familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday, as fears grow among lawmakers in

September 23, 2026

Business|Sports

No decision made on possible NHL expansion to Houston or Austin, Texas, after board discusses it

The NHL Board of Governors discussed expansion to Houston or Austin, Texas, for the first time since beginning an exploration process with a potential ownership group interested in putting a team there

September 23, 2026

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Financial stocks fall with AI and flattening yield curve in focus

The S&P 500 Financial index and the benchmark's bank sector were under pressure on Tuesday as investors worried about competition from artificial intelligence and

September 23, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology|World

Is it 'killer robots' or 'super intelligence'? At the UN, leaders see both

World leaders are painting quite different views of the future of artificial intelligence at the United Nations, with colorful phrases such as killer robots and super intelligence

September 23, 2026

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Trump at UN: Threats, diplomacy and 'super intelligence'

President Donald Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to defend the US-Israeli campaign against Iran while laying out his foreign policy

September 22, 2026

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Wall Street holds near its record after Brent oil falls below $100 per barrel

The U.S. stock market held near its record high after oil prices eased again

September 22, 2026

Trump praises new British PM Andy Burnham but slams UK deal on Indian Ocean islands

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has had a strong start with U.S. President Donald Trump at their first meeting

September 22, 2026

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Fed's Barkin says economy may be firming, inflation not limited to energy, tariff shocks

US economic conditions "are, if anything, firming," with continued consumer spending and strength beyond the boom in artificial intelligence keeping

September 22, 2026

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UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging global leaders to cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities

September 23, 2026

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Wall Street expects Meta's AI agent to shape into a new revenue engine

Wall Street has turned bullish on Meta Platforms, betting that its new AI agent Muse could open a new revenue stream for the social media giant and reshape the

September 22, 2026

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Snorkel AI valued at $3.5 billion amid surging demand for complex AI training data

Data startup Snorkel AI has raised $350 million in fresh funding at a $3.5 billion valuation, its CEO Alex Ratner told Reuters, as booming demand from frontier AI

September 22, 2026