The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with “so many more pictures, so many more stories”. ...
Month: April 2026
Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as ‘very frank’Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as ‘very frank’
The US president says Nato “wasn’t there when we needed them” during the Iran war. ...
Anthropic says Mythos model too powerful for releaseAnthropic says Mythos model too powerful for release
AI startup Anthropic said it created a model that is too powerful to be released to the public. Mythos exposed thousands of software vulnerabilities in common applications for which no fix exists, according to Anthropic, which instead shared a version of the software with certain companies to bolster defenses against ...
The US Army is developing its own chatbotThe US Army is developing its own chatbot
The US Army is building its own chatbot for soldiers, the latest sign of the Pentagon’s embrace of AI. VictorBot can offer troops answers to questions like how to configure electromagnetic warfare systems for a mission, WIRED reported. The model is trained on internal information gleaned from ongoing conflicts in ...
US stocks rally in familiar patternUS stocks rally in familiar pattern
US stocks soared Wednesday on investors’ relief over a tenuous Iran ceasefire. The Dow had its best day since April 2025, while the US crude benchmark posted its largest drop since 2020. The pattern is now familiar to investors, CNBC wrote: Escalation drives market unease, pressure rises, and de-escalation causes ...
China reportedly pressed Iran to accept truceChina reportedly pressed Iran to accept truce
China reportedly played a behind-the-scenes role in pushing for the US-Israel-Iran ceasefire. Beijing used its influence to press Tehran to accept the truce at the 11th hour, The New York Times reported. At the start of the war, analysts argued China would be happy to see the US drawn into ...
Why OpenAI’s slowdown isn’t as bad as it looksWhy OpenAI’s slowdown isn’t as bad as it looks
Reed’s view OpenAI is chaotic, even by Silicon Valley startup standards, so the palace intrigue chronicled by The New Yorkers’ 10,000-word opus is table stakes. What really matters though, as we approach one of the world’s largest IPOs, is how OpenAI is performing. Slowing revenue growth, which The Information first ...
AI research foundation releases test that will warn when AGI arrivesAI research foundation releases test that will warn when AGI arrives
A respected AI research foundation released a new benchmarking test which, it said, will warn when true artificial general intelligence arrives. Frontier AIs pass existing benchmarks easily — but they test knowledge more than reasoning, a comparatively easy task for AIs trained on vast amounts of text, according to researcher ...
Data-center proponents targeted by shooterData-center proponents targeted by shooter
A person fired 13 shots at the home of an Indianapolis city councillor days after he advocated for data center construction at a local meeting. The council member was unharmed but the shooter left a chilling note in a Ziploc bag on his doorstep: “No Data Centers.” While police say ...
Microsoft says AI voice command needs more workMicrosoft says AI voice command needs more work
AI power users are increasingly controlling their agents via voice commands, but there’s still a lot of work to be done to get computers to understand us. Voice is our most natural form of daily communication, and the transition from keyboards and mice to conversation is profound. But it’s not ...