Could the next great novel be written by AI (and would you even be able to tell)?
As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of fiction in an age of ChatGPTThree paragraphs, from three different hotel reviews. Can you tell which, if any, were AI‑generated?“The hotel is in a great location for everything. Lots of places to eat and drink. The hotel itself is always abuzz. The tavern located on the ground floor is definitely a must. Food, service, prices and atmosphere were great.” Continue reading...
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AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps
As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornographyUK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fearsThe two photos started out as typical teenage selfies: looking into the mirror, fully clothed. But once online predators had got hold of those pictures and ran them through an AI imaging tool, they had become the basis for extreme pornography videos.These examples come from the Report Remove service, which allows children who have had explicit pictures of themselves distributed without their consent to flag the image confidentially and have it blocked or taken down from social media. Due to breakthroughs in AI, and the wide availability of AI models and nudification apps, some under-18s are becomi...
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UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material onlineAI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification appsParents should not put photos of their children on public display online, according to landmark guidance issued to tackle the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material.The recommendation has come from the National Crime Agency and the Internet Watch Foundation, which fear that most people are unaware of the dangers posed by paedophiles and criminal networks. They suggest that parents and guardians make their social media accounts private or share pictures of their children through a “close friends” group. The NCA and the IWF stressed they were not telling parents how to behave online, but said they ...
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We can debate the ethics of AI but can’t seem to change course | Letters
Readers respond to the profile of Iason Gabriel, a philosopher and research scientist at Google DeepMindThe Guardian’s profile of Google DeepMind’s philosopher was encouraging because it showed how seriously many of the people building AI are taking their ethical responsibilities (‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI, 30 June). Yet it also left me wondering whether the most important decision has already been made.The article asks whose moral compass should guide artificial intelligence. My concern is that the direction of travel may already have been set, not by philosophers or engineers, but by the incentives surrounding the technology. Hundreds of billions are now being invested because AI promises commercial returns...
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Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start
During negotiations on Wednesday, employees voiced frustrations with what they consider an unwillingness among executives to engage meaningfully with the prospect of unionization.
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Parents warned not to publicly share children’s images amid AI abuse risks
The NCA says there is a growing threat of children's images being used to create child abuse material.
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How to control AI agents before they control you
I've been spending a lot of time thinking about this, and more importantly, living it while building agentic systems at 2Q AI. What follows are real incidents, real architectural breakdowns, and a practical framework for keeping your AI agents from going off the rails...
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NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films
Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong’s staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney – despite the government’s encouragementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW technology minister’s office removed a reference to being “absolutely thrilled” about OpenAI opening a Sydney office after staffers joked a dystopian Skynet could be headed for the city within five years.Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI announced its first Australian office in August last year, before opening in December. Continue reading...
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Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone
NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.
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Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech
New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.
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Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America
It's difficult to pinpoint the moment in my life where America started to lose the plot.
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Visiting the stars (and planets, and telescopes) in VR
Walkthrough experience includes visits to stars, exoplanets, and observatories.
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Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
C:\ArsGames takes a look at the time Chris Roberts more or less made a whole movie.
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NSW shadow upper house leader steps aside during Icac Liberals inquiry – as it happened
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.AAP reports the boy was found critically injured outside Craigieburn Community hospital in Melbourne’s north about 7.50pm on Wednesday. A staff member from the clinic rushed to his aid and delivered CPR but he died at the scene. Continue reading...
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3,000% bonuses but a growing wealth divide: South Korea grapples with its AI chip boom
Powered by chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, South Korea is seeing a surge in wealth, but there are questions over who gets to share in the profitsWhen South Korea’s most high-profile divorce case returned to court last month, the lawyers were arguing not just about the breakdown of a relationship, but also the exact date at which to value shares in one specific company.The judges’ decision in Seoul could change the value of business tycoon Chey Tae-won’s assets by billions of dollars. The shares were in the holding company behind SK Hynix, the manufacturer of chips powering AI systems around the world. Continue reading...
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‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work
A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about itCreatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’Big tech companies are asking for Australian copyright laws to be watered down, to allow them to scrape Australian output – including journalism, music and books – in order to improve their AI models.Guardian Australia this week reported on an industry proposal under which companies would commit more than $50bn in investment in datacentres and set up a $350m fund to compensate creatives in exchange for weaker copyright laws. Senator David Pocock has described it as the “ultimate...
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AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence?
Leading AI researcher Yan LeCun has a start-up which is developing a more flexible AI system.
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Microsoft Bets on Humans to Scale AI
Microsoft Frontier Company is the latest example of how experts are necessary to achieving returns on AI investments.
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Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.
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Can Cursor Remain a Platform for OpenAI and Anthropic’s Models Inside SpaceX?
Cursor hopes to continue offering third-party AI models after it's acquired by SpaceX, testing the relationships between frontier AI labs.
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FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet
New US rules would legalize quiet supersonic flights without the sonic boom.
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Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?
I have not seen anyone put out a date for a new rocket, and actually hit it.
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Plex debuts 5-year membership pass for $250
Plex is pushing customers to newer features and more frequent payments.
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Africa CDC confirms Marburg case in Uganda as Ebola outbreak rages
Early reports indicate there may be another case, but spread is thought to be localized.
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Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division
It only works for a few divisions thanks to a lot of added materials.
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Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target
Insiders say Sam Altman is in active talks with the Trump administration.
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Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
FTC urged to reject Elon Musk’s bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.
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NVIDIA BioNeMo accelerates Anthropic Claude Science
Anthropic Claude Science now integrates the NVIDIA BioNeMo Agent Toolkit to accelerate computational life sciences research. Anthropic has launched the public beta of Claude Science, an AI workbench built for scientific research. The platform enables scientists to converse directly with digital agents using natural language to execute end-to-end research workflows. This system connects natively to […] The post NVIDIA BioNeMo accelerates Anthropic Claude Science appeared first on AI News.
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Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026
Deliveries outstripped production, suggesting Tesla has cleared some inventory.
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Woman's puzzling decline turns out to be cobalt poisoning from hip replacement
Doctors find grey fluid and dead, metallic flesh inside poisoned woman's hip.
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Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature
A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.
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The age of AI evangelism is over. Welcome to the evaluation era.
Transparency scores are falling, hallucination rates on user-framed statements hit as high as 94%, and benchmark performance still fails to predict real-world results. The gap between what AI can do and what organizations can actually verify is now the problem worth solving...
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Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science
Your comments on a dangerous rule putting politicals in charge of science can matter.
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Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals
A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."
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Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech
You bought the hardware. Now you’ll need to subscribe for “expanded access” to the most advanced features.
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OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report saysBusiness live – latest updatesOpenAI is reportedly in early stage talks to give a 5% stake in the ChatGPT developer to the US government as artificial intelligence companies attempt to smooth relations with Donald Trump’s administration.The OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, has argued that giving the US public a financial stake in the company is the best way to share the benefits of AI, according to the Financial Times, which cited two unnamed people familiar with the discussions. Continue reading...
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Are AI companies getting away with crime? | Fiona Katauskas
They’re making an art of stealing intellectual propertySee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
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Goose, a New Gay Dating App, Appears to Be a Psyop
Touted as a less-hookup-focused Grindr, Goose is an invite-only space for gay men. The problem is the people promoting it don’t seem real.
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You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
Are you worried your AI chatbot is trying to build a bomb or leak personal information about you? There’s a website for that.
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PlayStation will stop releasing games on discs in 2028
The firm said future games would still be sold in shops, but they would come with a digital code only.
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Restrictions on Fable 5, Mythos 5 Lifted, as Anthropic Launches Sonnet 5
The release of the powerful models shows that enterprises need to be open to different AI systems and consider governance as part of choosing models.
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Anthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good Graces
The government has removed restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models—but there were strings attached.
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Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight
Optimising retail AI infrastructure drives the successful deployment of personalisation systems and real-time customer insight. Leaders are replacing static customer interaction patterns with data pipelines capable of modifying the user environment during a live session. Static layouts and broad segmentation rules fail to satisfy modern conversion targets. Deployments demonstrate that traditional demographic categorisation generates insufficient […] The post Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight appeared first on AI News.
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Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice
The actor, who died in 2016, appears in the Netflix show with the consent of his estate.
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Google Expands AI Imaging Offerings With Nano Banana Lite 2
The release comes alongside expanded availability of Google’s Gemini Omni Flash.
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Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots
Japan’s AI robots plan just went from a talking point to a formal national strategy. This week, the government confirmed the numbers everyone’s been quoting: 10 million AI-powered robots deployed across 18 industries by 2040, backed by public funding of up to one trillion yen, or roughly US$6.1 billion, over five years. The headline figure […] The post Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots appeared first on AI News.
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Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance
The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed for AI agents that can act without direct human instruction. Speaking at the European Central Bank Forum on central banking […] The post Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance appeared first on AI News.
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Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose.
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Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored
Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5 and restored access to its Fable and Mythos frontier models following a federal export control review. The decision marks the conclusion of an eighteen-day operational pause triggered by a US government export control directive on June 12, which forced the temporary suspension of Anthropic’s highest-capability systems. Government officials enacted […] The post Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored appeared first on AI News.
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The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models
The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals.
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E-scooters being advertised for commuting despite UK road ban
A Press Association investigation found major retailers advertising e-scooters for "commuting" and "urban riding".
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With Claude Science, Anthropic Targets Another Application
The AI vendor is not the first model provider to focus on science. It is proceeding cautiously due to challenges with using AI in the science field.
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Anthropic’s Claude Models Now Available in Microsoft Foundry
The launch gives enterprises broader access to building domain-specific, autonomous AI agents.
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Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming
For decades, the senator has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and unchecked AI is reaching a tipping point.
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WhatsApp to let people chat by swapping usernames instead of phone numbers
The app's new usernames feature will be rolled out globally over the next few months.
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Opinion: Why Token Counting Obscures ROI on AI Investments
A true cost model doesn’t just show where money is being spent -- it reveals which work is driving impact.
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South Korea Unveils $576B AI Chip Push With Samsung and SK Hynix
The move comes as part of the government’s series of megaprojects designed to secure the country’s position in the global AI landscape.
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How SMBs Can Take Advantage of Generative AI
Small and medium-sized businesses need to up their data quality and forge a model strategy to reap the potential benefits from AI.
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HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier
HP has scaled its OpenAI Frontier integration across global operations to optimise enterprise workflows and accelerate output. The hardware manufacturer initiated testing of the platform in February 2026. Early pilot programs yielded verified operational gains in software engineering and cybersecurity remediation. Expanding these initial trials into an enterprise-wide operating model requires connecting access protocols, contextual […] The post HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier appeared first on AI News.
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Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage
The All England Lawn Tennis Club is adding new AI-powered features to Wimbledon’s digital platforms through its ongoing work with IBM. The updates will be available through the Wimbledon app and wimbledon.com as first-round matches begin on Monday. They include an upgraded Match Chat assistant and a new feature called Key Moments. The features will […] The post Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage appeared first on AI News.
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Advances in Natural Language Processing Are Changing Professional Networking
Natural language processing is reshaping professional communication on online platforms, enabling more relevant and personalised networking interactions. As AI-driven systems increasingly comprehend and generate human language, these technological advances affect how users pursue and maintain professional connections, presenting both opportunities and challenges in authentic relationship-building. Professional networking now relies on a growing ecosystem of AI-powered […] The post Advances in Natural Language Processing Are Changing Professional Networking appeared first on AI News.
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Prompt: Physical AI Is Entering Its Commercialization Phase
Investment, safety and next-generation AI models suggest the conversation is shifting from robot demonstrations to real-world deployment.
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30 startups rebuilding enterprise software with AI agents
In Q1 2026, AI companies pulled in $242 billion in venture capital. That is 80% of all global VC funding for the quarter. From coding to compliance, customer service to clinical documentation, these 30 companies are not updating enterprise software. They are rebuilding it from scratch.
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India to Get Another Big AI Funding Boost From Amazon
Other tech giants have also planned multi-billion-dollar AI investments in the large and fast-growing Indian AI market.
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The hidden costs of scaling AI and how to get ahead of them
A live session with practitioners from Barndoor AI
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AIAI New York, June 2026
Catch up on every session from AIAI New York with sessions from Meta, Perplexity, Walmart, Pika AI, RingCentral & more.
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From prediction to decision: Smaller models will reshape how we build AI
The bottleneck in AI systems isn't model intelligence anymore, but decision agility. Mallika Rao, engineering manager and former Netflix infrastructure lead, breaks down why smaller, task-specific models are outrunning foundational ones, and what that means for every team building at scale.
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The US AI rulebook is being rewritten. Your compliance team can't wait
America's AI regulatory landscape just had a month that made legal counsel everywhere reach for stronger coffee. Colorado's landmark AI Act, once celebrated as the country's first comprehensive state AI law, was gutted and replaced before it ever took effect.
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After Orthogonality: Virtue-Ethical Agency and AI Alignment
Preface This essay argues that rational people don’t have goals, and that rational AIs shouldn’t have goals. Human actions are rational not because we direct them at some final ‘goals,’ but because we align actions to practices[1]: networks of actions, action-dispositions, action-evaluation criteria,
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AGI Is Not Multimodal
"In projecting language back as the model for thought, we lose sight of the tacit embodied understanding that undergirds our intelligence." –Terry WinogradThe recent successes of generative AI models have convinced some that AGI is imminent. While these models appear to capture the essence of human
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Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research
What is the Role of Mathematics in Modern Machine Learning?The past decade has witnessed a shift in how progress is made in machine learning. Research involving carefully designed and mathematically principled architectures result in only marginal improvements while compute-intensive and engineering-first efforts that scale to ever larger training sets
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What's Missing From LLM Chatbots: A Sense of Purpose
LLM-based chatbots’ capabilities have been advancing every month. These improvements are mostly measured by benchmarks like MMLU, HumanEval, and MATH (e.g. sonnet 3.5, gpt-4o). However, as these measures get more and more saturated, is user experience increasing in proportion to these scores? If we envision a future
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Financial Market Applications of LLMs
The AI revolution drove frenzied investment in both private and public companies and captured the public’s imagination in 2023. Transformational consumer products like ChatGPT are powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) that excel at modeling sequences of tokens that represent words or parts of words [2]. Amazingly, structural
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A Brief Overview of Gender Bias in AI
A brief overview and discussion on gender bias in AI
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Mamba Explained
Is Attention all you need? Mamba, a novel AI model based on State Space Models (SSMs), emerges as a formidable alternative to the widely used Transformer models, addressing their inefficiency in processing long sequences.
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Car-GPT: Could LLMs finally make self-driving cars happen?
Exploring the utility of large language models in autonomous driving: Can they be trusted for self-driving cars, and what are the key challenges?
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Do text embeddings perfectly encode text?
'Vec2text' can serve as a solution for accurately reverting embeddings back into text, thus highlighting the urgent need for revisiting security protocols around embedded data.
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