Pentagon Summons Anthropic CEO for Tuesday Ultimatum Meeting
Defense Secretary Hegseth has called Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense meeting. Anthropic must decide: drop AI safety guardrails or face blacklisting.
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States Race to Regulate AI Chatbots for Minors After Deaths
78 chatbot bills are active in 27 states as lawmakers respond to tragedies involving Character.AI. California and New York laws are already in effect.
The US Is Sending AI Volunteers Abroad. Can Tech Corps Actually Counter China?
The Peace Corps just launched Tech Corps to deploy American engineers across the developing world. The goal is ambitious: beat China in the global AI race. The plan has some serious problems.
AI Security Week: Malware Uses Gemini, Hackers Use Claude, and NIST Scrambles to Catch Up
Android malware using Gemini for real-time evasion. A low-skill attacker using Claude and DeepSeek to compromise 600 networks. NIST launches an emergency standards initiative. Welcome to February 2026.
The February Reset: There's No 'Best AI' Anymore, and That Changes Everything
Four major AI models launched in 16 days. None of them won. Here's what that means for you.
AI Chatbots Build Preterm Birth Models Faster Than Humans
UCSF study finds generative AI can build prediction models in minutes that took human teams months, though only half the tested systems worked.
AI Database Identifies 25 Rare-Earth-Free Magnetic Materials
University of New Hampshire researchers used AI to scan 67,000 compounds and find alternatives to rare earth magnets critical for EVs and clean energy.
The Prediction Reckoning: What AI Leaders Promised Six Months Ago vs. What Actually Happened
Dario Amodei said 90% of code would be AI-written by September. Elon Musk said AGI would arrive in 2025. The World Economic Forum predicted 85 million jobs displaced. Time to check the receipts.
A Low-Skill Hacker Used AI to Breach 600 Firewalls in 5 Weeks - Amazon Watched the Whole Thing
Amazon threat researchers tracked a Russian-speaking attacker who used commercial AI tools to compensate for limited hacking skills. The result: 600+ FortiGate devices compromised across 55 countries.
Claude Opus 4.6 Jailbroken in 30 Minutes; Bioweapon Outputs
Anthropic's flagship model bypassed by security researchers who extracted detailed sarin gas and smallpox synthesis instructions
Cohere Hits $240M Revenue, Eyes IPO in Enterprise AI Race
Canadian AI startup surpasses targets with 50% quarterly growth, positions for public market debut
Cursor vs Windsurf: Which AI Coding IDE Actually Delivers?
A head-to-head comparison of the two leading AI code editors in 2026, based on real benchmarks, pricing, and what developers are saying.
Why Teaching AI One Bad Trick Makes It Broadly Evil
ICLR 2026 research: fine-tuning models on narrow harmful tasks produces 'stereotypically evil' behavior across all domains. Experts failed to predict this.
Local RAG with AnythingLLM and Ollama: A Private Document AI
Step-by-step guide to building a private document search system that runs entirely on your computer, no cloud services required
Microsoft Copilot Read 'Confidential' Emails Despite DLP Labels
A bug let Microsoft 365 Copilot summarize emails marked confidential, bypassing DLP protections. Microsoft's defense misses the point.
Tech Giants Building Shadow Power Grid for AI Data Centers
As grid connections take five years, companies bypass utilities entirely with natural gas plants
Windows 11's New AI Feature Sends Screenshots of Your Apps to Microsoft's Cloud
Microsoft's 'Share with Copilot' taskbar feature is enabled by default and transmits visual snapshots of any open window to cloud servers for AI processing.
AI in Education: The Gap Between Tools and Thinking Skills
Students say schools are handing them AI before teaching critical thinking. Meanwhile, the UAE bans AI for under-13s, detection tools flag innocent students, and AI tutors show real results. Here's what's actually happening in classrooms.
AI Security Roundup: 300 Million Messages Leaked, Microsoft Copilot Bug, and the Vibe-Coding Crisis
This week in AI security: Chat & Ask AI exposes 300 million messages, Microsoft patches Copilot email vulnerability, and vibe-coded apps prove trivially hackable.
Agentic AI Reality Check: 39% Experiment, 11% Production
Enterprise adoption of AI agents is stalled by legacy systems, governance gaps, and a common mistake: automating broken processes instead of redesigning them.
Most AI-Generated Passwords Fail Basic Strength Tests
Kaspersky finds DeepSeek, Llama, and ChatGPT all produce password outputs that fail standard strength tests. Prediction capability makes LLMs bad at randomness.
AI Job Market Feb 2026: Who's Firing, Who's Hiring, What Matters
Companies are citing AI to justify 55,000 layoffs while paying 56% premiums for AI skills. Here's what's really happening and which skills are worth learning.
Google VP: LLM Wrappers and Aggregators Face Extinction
Darren Mowry, who oversees Google's global startup program, says two hot AI business models are running out of road. The survivors will need deep moats.
DeepRare AI Diagnoses Rare Diseases Faster Than Doctors
Shanghai researchers built DeepRare, an AI system using 40+ tools that identifies rare diseases 64% vs 55% for experienced physicians on first attempt.