Day: October 14, 2026

AI may soon be able to self-replicate across internet-connected personal devices in homes, Anthropic warned, raising the possibility of so-called “botnets” that would be difficult to stamp out. While botnets predate AI and range from harmless to malicious, impending AI swarms could hijack the entire internet, the startup has said. ...

The IMF warned that “zombie companies” — whose earnings haven’t covered interest payments for at least three years — now comprise more than a fifth of Asia’s outstanding corporate debt, potentially posing a systemic risk. Zombie firms’ debt share has more than doubled since 2008. “This rising share of corporate ...

Bumble agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition Tuesday that would take the dating app private, after years of falling revenue amid a shift in online dating habits. Bumble distinguished itself by only allowing women to message first, eventually going public in 2021 at a $14 billion valuation, before scrapping its ...

Iran and Russia are escalating their hybrid warfare campaigns against the UK, the head of MI5 warned Tuesday. The British intelligence agency is now devoting more resources to state threats than during the Cold War, Ken McCallum said in his annual speech, calling Moscow “aggressor No. 1” and blaming Tehran ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he plans to unveil $2 billion in new European investments next week, as the continent’s economic prospects get a boost from AI. “Europe needs to get in the race,” Huang said. The IMF’s chief economist noted that AI-related exports and investments have given “some countries ...

War profiteering, AI grift and tariff shenanigans spell defeat for Trump’s party This is the first edition of How We Win, a Guardian opinion series featuring leading thinkers and writers offering diverse perspectives on America’s political future. Sign up here to receive future editions in your inbox. In these last ...

Katie Zacharia’s maiden briefing was excruciating – at least her predecessor had delivered her propaganda hot Well, that was weird. Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, made her debut on the podium on Tuesday with all the warmth, wisdom and political dexterity of an AI avatar. Zacharia was ...

Character.ai’s bankruptcy is the one of the first dominos to fall in the long-foreseen AI bubble. The circumstances of its bankruptcy are exactly what critics of AI have been saying would happen: Character.ai lit a huge amount of money on fire running its product, did not bring in a lot ...

William Chapman was attacked by the tiger after he entered its pen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. ...