Technology

tax tech profits, not people 0
- SCIENCE
- June 16, 2026
If artificial intelligence and automation begin to replace human labour at scale, the key economic question won’t be the speed at which jobs vanish — it will be who pays the bill. As machines generate an ever-larger share of economic value, governments will be forced to confront how to fund retraining and unemployment support in
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Humans outperform AI at this highly rigorous mathematics test 0
- SCIENCE
- June 13, 2026
The top-performing artificial-intelligence model scored 6 out of 10 in the First Proof set of mathematical challenges.Credit: vitacopS/Getty Artificial intelligence has undergone its most scrupulous maths test yet. The results are in, and the AI models that took part didn’t live up to the problem-solving skills of top mathematicians. The test — part of a
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FTC chair Lina Khan warns AI could ‘turbocharge’ fraud and scams 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News
- June 13, 2026
Washington — Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT could lead to a “turbocharging” of consumer harms including fraud and scams, and the US government has substantial authority to crack down on AI-driven consumer harms under existing law, members of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. Addressing House lawmakers, FTC chair Lina Khan said the “turbocharging of
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Science with military applications is cited more than civilian-only research 0
- SCIENCE
- June 4, 2026
Drones are one example of a technology that emerged out of dual-use research.Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Dual-use research that leads to applications for both civilian and military or security purposes is geographically widespread and more scientifically influential than is research that has strictly civilian applications. An analysis of data from bibliometric databases and US patent
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is Mythos the start of the restricted-AI era?0
- SCIENCE
- May 26, 2026
In April, the artificial-intelligence firm Anthropic announced it had made an AI model too dangerous to be released to the public. The company, based in San Francisco, California, said its Claude Mythos model was so powerful that it had found vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser currently in use. “The fallout —
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Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News
- May 26, 2026
New York — Netflix is officially winding down the business that helped make it a household name. This fall, the streaming giant will officially say goodbye to its DVD rental service and all of the red envelopes that made it possible. “On September 29th, 2023, we will send out the last red envelope,” the company tweeted
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