Artificial Intelligence

Science|Technology

What happens if AI agents start speaking their own language?

October 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Science|Technology

IMF-World Bank meetings focus on global risks and potential benefits of AI

The head of the International Monetary Fund has called for urgent guardrails to manage risks from the AI boom, comparing it to a Formula 1 car that could go off track

October 16, 2026

Economy|Science|Technology

IMF chief says AI risks may exceed opportunities without safeguards and ethical framework

The risks of artificial intelligence may exceed its opportunities if no adequate safeguards and ethical framework are put in place, IMF

October 16, 2026

Science|Technology

Meta releases open-weight Muse Spark model for coding, agentic tasks

Meta Platforms on Thursday released an open-weight version of its Muse Spark artificial intelligence model for coding and AI agents, expanding developers' ability to download and

October 15, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

Fed chair Warsh says price stability is key but shies away from signals about rates

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says he won't prejudge what the U.S. central bank will do about interest rates at its upcoming meetings

October 16, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Tesla's new Roadster turns in air with SpaceX thrusters, won't land until 2028

Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster powered with rocket-style thrusters on Thursday and said it would start production in 2028, more

October 15, 2026

Why CoreWeave's troubles are rattling the AI boom

CoreWeave's mounting debt is raising fresh concerns about the AI boom, as investors question whether demand can justify the billions being borrowed

October 15, 2026

Global tech rout loses steam

The AI equity rout accelerated significantly in Asia on Thursday on growing fears about the murky, circular financing powering the intelligence

October 16, 2026

Science|Technology

Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia

Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop a new generation of driver-assistance and automated-driving technology, the companies said

October 15, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Market selloff, rising rates test AI data centre deal boom

(Corrected AirTrunk's Johor valuation to $2 billion from $1 billion in paragraph 26, and separated Bain Capital from the AirTrunk backer attribution in paragraph 28 to clarify that Blackstone backs

October 15, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

CoreWeave's AI contracts and the lenders financing its build-out

CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed cloud company that provides high-performance computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has secured tens of billions of dollars in contracts

October 15, 2026

Economy|Science|Technology

Nasdaq nears one-month low as AI stocks slide on debt concerns

The Nasdaq fell to near one-month lows on Thursday as fears of a hit to artificial-intelligence investments from higher interest rates deepened a rout in AI-linked stocks, while

October 15, 2026

Political|Science|Technology

Trump's AI task force to meet Thursday, FTC spokesperson says

US President Donald Trump's new government task force on AI is scheduled to meet on Thursday, a Federal Trade Commission spokesperson said, as pressure

October 15, 2026

Opinion|Science|Technology

As AI takes on more tasks, what happens when people have to jump in to clean up after it?

Having a human “in the loop” overseeing when an AI makes a decision is important, but what happens to that responsible human over time when the AI gets it right over and over again?

October 15, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Taiwan chipmaker TSMC explores Texas investment to expand production in the US

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is exploring potential investments in Texas to expand chip production in the U.S. The company says it is open to collaborating with Elon Musk’s planned “Terafab” chip manufacturing complex in Texas

October 15, 2026

Science|Technology

US FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over consumer harms, Axios reports

The US Federal Trade Commission has sent civil subpoenas to AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI, seeking documents about safety incidents, Axios reported, citing a person familiar with

October 15, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Europe|Technology

Police seize robot that groped 16-year-old girl, investigate whether young men were at the controls

German authorities have opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment involving a robot

October 14, 2026

Science|Technology

Chinese startup DexForce trains humanoid robots using virtual data to slash costs

At the offices of Chinese startup DexForce, a screen shows a virtual robot placing objects on a table.

October 15, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Figma CFO says design platform willing to put margins on the line to boost AI demand

Figma's CFO said on Thursday it was uncertain if the design software firm would return to peak gross margin levels as it ramps up

October 15, 2026

Business|Finance|Science|Technology

Global financial watchdog calls for more human oversight of agentic AI

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global standard setter, has called for greater human oversight of agentic AI in final guidance for banks and other firms on managing

October 15, 2026

At Anthropic pre-IPO meet: ‘Thinking’ caps, surging revenue, no human extinction

Anthropic told prospective investors on Wednesday that revenue in the third quarter surged 45% from the prior quarter, two

October 15, 2026

US stocks drop to their worst day since July as inflation worsens

U.S. stocks dropped to their worst day since July

October 14, 2026

Political|Science|Technology|World

Putin convenes top Russian officials to discuss cybersecurity

Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss cybersecurity with top officials on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, describing it as an increasingly pressing issue but denying

October 14, 2026

Science|Technology

Google Deepmind's Hassabis calls AI hacks 'early warning shots'

Recent hacking incidents perpetrated by AI agents are "early warning shots", and the world could soon face major incidents if systems are

October 14, 2026

Business|Economy|Europe|Science|Technology

Europe leads the world on AI rules. So why is it missing from the AI safety debate?

October 14, 2026

Arts|Europe|Finance|Technology

UK media regulator says concerns persist over X's handling of illegal content

Britain's media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday it remained concerned about Elon Musk-owned X's handling of illegal hate and terrorism-related content

October 14, 2026

Barbados joins push for global panel to tackle inequality

Barbados is joining a group of countries calling for the establishment of an international panel to address inequality, at a time when heightened geopolitical

October 14, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Nvidia pledges $250 million to UK AI safety research

US chipmaker Nvidia has pledged $250 million worth of computing resources to Britain over five years, to fund AI security research, bolstering the country's ambitions to

October 14, 2026

Economy|Science|Technology

Kamala Harris warns window closing for AI safeguards, urges US-China cooperation

Former US Vice President Kamala Harris urged governments and technology companies on Wednesday to urgently put safeguards in place for artificial

October 14, 2026

Business|Political|Science|Technology

Anthropic seeks rehearing of case over Pentagon's security risk branding

Anthropic asked a US appeals court on Tuesday to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Pentagon's decision to label the AI company as a national security supply chain risk over a

October 14, 2026

Arts|Technology

FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of placing recording device in company conference room

An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials say was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company’s technology

October 14, 2026

Tencent raises $5.7 billion in debt sale as demand defies AI scrutiny

Tencent Holdings has raised about $5.7 billion through US dollar and offshore yuan debt offerings on Tuesday, drawing combined

October 13, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Kroger to lay off 3,000 corporate employees over 3 years as it leans into artificial intelligence

Grocery store chain Kroger says it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence to streamline operations

October 13, 2026

Goolsbee says AI-induced inflation is 'jumping out of its lane,' Semafor reports

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Tuesday that inflation is starting to feel like "aggregate overheating" fueled by spillovers from the artificial

October 13, 2026

Technology

MI5 chief lists Iran, Russia, AI and terrorists among threats to UK

MI5 spy chief Ken McCallum delivered his annual speech on Tuesday outlining his view of the threats to Britain, from hostile states such as Iran and Russia to the

October 13, 2026

Business|Election|Finance|Science|Technology

Goldman CEO watching for election-driven volatility around data centers

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Tuesday it would be interesting to watch for political volatility around AI centers ahead of

October 13, 2026

Science|Technology

Anthropic warns AI models may soon self-replicate and could wreak havoc on the web

A new warning about artificial intelligence from Anthropic caused a stir in cybersecurity circles on Tuesday, a day after the company

October 13, 2026

Arts|Interview|Technology

Q&A: Brian Eno on relaunching Opal Records, 'Music for Airports,' AI and Palestine

Brian Eno, the multi-hyphenate artist, producer, sound designer and political activist best known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music, relaunches his transformative label Opal Records on Friday

October 13, 2026

Economy|Finance

Growing debt burden poses significant risk to developing nations, G24 chair says

The debt vulnerabilities of many developing economies are a "major barrier" to inclusive growth, the chair of the Group of 24 nations said on Tuesday, warning

October 13, 2026

Science|Technology

Banking watchdogs ramp up AI scrutiny as stability fears mount, sources say

Banking regulators are stepping up efforts to contain growing AI risks, six people familiar with the matter

October 13, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|World

IMF cites AI slowdown, spiking yields as looming global market risks

The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday against "complacency" in global financial markets, citing risks from an

October 13, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but says economies will slow in 2027

The International Monetary Fund has slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, but it's forecasting growth at a still sluggish 3.1%

October 13, 2026

Science|Technology

Anthropic says new safeguards sharply reduce AI distillation attacks

Anthropic said on Monday new measures designed to prevent rivals from copying the capabilities of its Claude AI models have reduced data harvested in so-called distillation attacks

October 13, 2026

Business|Economy|Technology

Japan's Omron to buy US industrial PC firm Onlogic for $675 million in physical AI push

Japanese manufacturer Omron will buy US industrial PC firm Onlogic and its parent company, Interlogic, for $675 million, the company said on Tuesday.

October 13, 2026

IMF cuts Latin America, Caribbean growth forecasts on energy shock, little AI boost

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean for this year and next and said most of the region was getting little lift

October 13, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Technology|World

Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate roles, memo shows, as it expands AI use

Kroger plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, CEO Greg Foran told staff in a memo, seen by Reuters on Monday, as the grocer integrates AI into its

October 13, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Meta releases Muse Wonder AI models to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI

Meta on Monday launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, calling them its most capable AI models yet, as the social media firm looks to compete more forcefully with OpenAI and

October 13, 2026

Arts

Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”

October 12, 2026

Science|Technology

Nikon revokes first prize in Small World in Motion video competition over AI use

October 12, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Technology

When AI goes rogue, who should get sued?

October 12, 2026

Interview|Science|Technology

Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI

Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently

October 12, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Intel CEO says Chinese frontier AI model adoption has been 'very fast'

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Monday that the token costs of Chinese frontier AI models have been lower and adoption has been "very fast".

October 12, 2026

Asia|Economy|Science|Technology|World

Productivity gains from AI could help offset Asia's ageing population problem, IMF says

Artificial intelligence could help offset Asia's shrinking workforce as some countries' populations age, provided its adoption is scaled evenly across the region

October 12, 2026

Technology

Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an ‘energy ceasefire’ but Kyiv says attacks continue

U.S. President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported continued attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement

October 11, 2026

Science|Technology

Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, WSJ reports

Amazon is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal valued at around $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

October 12, 2026

Health|Science|Technology

AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action

October 11, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Nvidia in talks to invest further in Reflection AI or buy it, FT reports

Nvidia is in talks to deepen its investment in open-source startup Reflection AI or acquire it, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the

October 11, 2026

Business|Crime|Science|Technology

Anthropic's Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said

October 10, 2026

Crime|Science|Technology

Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China

A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced

October 10, 2026

Crime|Election|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic discloses fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia police website, among a string of incidents the AI company disclosed on Friday detailing

October 10, 2026

Europe|Finance|Science|Technology

EU tech chief says bloc 'well equipped' to fend off rogue AI risk

European Union rules setting guardrails on AI use adopted by the bloc two years ago are more than capable of tackling rogue agents, EU tech chief Henna

October 09, 2026

Arts|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|US

Stocks advance ahead of earnings, navigating still-high Treasury yields and oil prices

World stocks rose on Friday, with government bond yields and oil prices only incrementally higher, ahead of key economic

October 09, 2026

Science|Technology|World

China AI developers publish safety tests for just 3.6% of model releases, report finds

China's leading AI developers have publicly disclosed model-specific safety-test results for only a small fraction of their releases, a report by

October 09, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks

OpenAI has fired three safety researchers for a "breach of trust," defending the decision after the trio accused the company of prioritizing corporate interests over safety

October 09, 2026

AI-related companies to drive most third-quarter US earnings gains

US companies are likely to deliver another earnings surge for the third quarter, and like the rally in the stock market, AI-related players are

October 09, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

Modi wants India to power the AI age. Residents are pushing back

The view from Indian engineer Tushar Shetty's Mumbai apartment captures a tension playing out around the world as the

October 09, 2026

Arts|Business|Finance|Technology

OpenAI's September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated, source says

OpenAI has told investors its annualized revenue for September was almost $50 billion, a drop from what it signaled earlier, a person familiar with

October 09, 2026

Science|Technology

Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances

October 09, 2026

Business|Political|Technology

Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models

More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns on Thursday about a deal for Alphabet's Google unit to acquire defunct carrier Spirit Airlines' internal

October 09, 2026

Economy|Political|Science|Technology

Trump honors Microsoft’s CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company

President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at an event with arguably awkward timing

October 08, 2026

Science|Technology

Trump AI task force leaders to meet on Thursday, vice chair says

The four leaders of US President Donald Trump's AI task force are slated to meet on Thursday, task force vice chair Scott Kupor told Reuters, adding

October 09, 2026

Business|Technology

Anthropic launches dashboard, animation tools for Claude

Anthropic on Thursday launched tools that allow users to create data dashboards and animations through Claude, as AI companies vie to broaden their suite of workplace productivity

October 09, 2026

Science|Technology

Veterans in Des Moines receive AI glasses to improve daily life

October 09, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Google Cloud introduces Gemini agent for work as AI race heats up

Alphabet's Google Cloud on Thursday introduced the Gemini agent, a single AI agent for work that can answer questions, handle tasks, create content and write code.

October 08, 2026

Science|Technology

Indiana 911 call center turns to AI to take non-emergency calls amid critical staffing shortage

October 08, 2026

Arts

Why are the tech lords so bad at signing their names?

October 08, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Nvidia-backed Upscale AI launches platform to connect chips from rival suppliers

Upscale AI, a startup valued at $2 billion in June, launched a networking platform on Thursday that allows customers to build data centers using AI chips from different suppliers.

October 08, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Amazon launches first Android tablets, raising prices and incorporating Alexa

Amazon on Thursday unveiled a slate of higher-end tablets that for the first time feature its Alexa+ voice assistant and run on Google's Android

October 08, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features

AI models will refuse to say whether a person’s face looks gay or straight, but they will alter images of faces to fit stereotypes of gay and straight.

October 08, 2026

Science|Technology

‘Political chameleon’: How Mark Zuckerberg charmed Trump and got his way on AI

October 08, 2026

Business|Europe|Science|Technology

Dutch firm uses AI to help drone systems 'talk' on Ukraine's battlefield

A high-velocity drone launched at a disused Dutch airbase by the North Sea roars through the clouds and intercepts

October 08, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|World

Sovereign bonds shouldered aside as AI takes their turf

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole Sovereign borrowers are no longer the big boys on the block as AI giants increasingly invade their turf.

October 08, 2026

Science|Technology

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died

October 08, 2026

Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

Some of the guardrails for children that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product do not work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children

October 08, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Wall Street retreats from its record as stocks fall worldwide

U.S. stocks pulled back from their record

October 07, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Anthropic launches third Claude 5.5 model, expanding AI lineup before planned IPO

Anthropic on Wednesday launched Claude Haiku 5.5, the third model in its Claude 5.5 family in the past month, expanding its artificial intelligence lineup ahead of a planned IPO.

October 08, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|Travel

Priceline to face FTC action over deceptive hotel ads, sources say

The US Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to take action against owner Booking Holdings over online ads that appear to direct consumers to a

October 07, 2026

Arts|Election|Science|Technology

FCC considers allowing more political robocalls before midterms, including those created with AI

The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with AI-generated voices

October 07, 2026

Science|Technology

Huge companies have dominated AI. Two startups with an entirely different approach think they can do better

October 07, 2026

Science|Technology

US government, Google join Zuckerberg-backed Biohub in $1.8 billion push for AI biology data

The US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to train AI models for biological

October 07, 2026

IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

The head of the International Monetary Fund says countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the AI boom and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine

October 07, 2026

Existential threats join bubble fears as AI mood sobers at Singapore forums

Existential and financial risks posed by the artificial intelligence boom were top of mind for investors and policymakers at two conferences in Singapore

October 07, 2026

Arts|Education|Science|Technology

AI can help with academic research but doesn’t always get it right – here are some tips to check the information you receive

AI is quickly changing. These tips from university librarians can help people keep pace with the shifts as they approach their research.

October 07, 2026

Science|Technology

Most US voters say Trump, Congress don't take AI risks seriously, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Most US voters think President Donald Trump's administration and Congress are not taking the risks of AI seriously enough and want the

October 07, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Boston Dynamics appoints ex-Amazon executive Rohit Prasad as CEO

Boston Dynamics, a humanoid robot maker owned by Hyundai Motor Group, said it had appointed Rohit Prasad as chief executive officer, effective October 7.

October 07, 2026

Political|Science|Technology

US Justice Dept tells staff to call AI 'super intelligence' under Trump order

The US Justice Department directed its employees on Tuesday to use the words "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" when referring

October 07, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with competing franchisees

October 07, 2026