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Instagram chief: negativity around AI 'going to get worse'Instagram head Adam Mosseri said on a podcast that anxiety, frustration and anger over AI are not only worsening but will keep escalating, with some criticism justified. He noted the sentiment extends beyond young people and creative workers.
UC San Diego launches Center for Principled Agentic IntelligenceUC San Diego launched CPAi, an interdisciplinary center studying AI alignment, human oversight and independent evaluation, including an open-source testbed for agentic systems. It starts with $1 million over three years plus $250,000 in shared computing resources.
Claude Code finds 145K deleted iPhone photos in hidden cacheA Hacker News discussion says Claude Code uncovered roughly 145,000 photos a user had deleted from an iPhone, sitting in a hidden cache, raising concerns about deleted data lingering on devices.
Schwab Says AI Makes Financial Scams Harder to SpotSchwab Advisor Services risk head Cayla Culver says fraudsters use AI to scale scams and spoof relatives' voices, making fraud harder to detect for investors. Schwab is pushing for a consistent federal cybersecurity-incident framework.
Banks Shelve Bond Sale for Anthropic-Linked Texas Data CenterBanks delayed offloading part of a $15 billion loan funding a Texas data center tied to Anthropic, after the state paused new projects to assess power-grid risks.
Akai Embraces Open-Source Firmware With MPC Sample KeyAkai has given modders early access to its not-yet-announced MPC Sample Key, which will have open-source firmware. The device replaces pads with keys and likely runs modified MPC Sample software.
Marvell in Advanced Talks to Buy Lumentum in AI PushMarvell Technology is in advanced talks to acquire data-center optics maker Lumentum, according to people familiar with the matter, a potential megadeal amid the AI scale-up race. The amount is undisclosed.
MIT survey: only 16% of firms extract transformative value from AIAn MIT Technology Review Insights poll finds every surveyed organization uses AI, yet only 16% extract transformative value; 40% see moderate gains in specific tasks or teams and 23% see minimal or no returns. 38% are still piloting use cases, 35% use AI to assist employees, and only 12% have AI agents in production. Atlan co-founder Prukalpa Sankar says the missing piece is a business context layer.
ServiceNow shares plunge as outlook fails to ease AI fearsServiceNow shares plunged after its quarterly subscription sales outlook, though in line with analysts' estimates, failed to ease Wall Street fears that AI will disrupt the software maker.
Cisco AI Defense joins ServiceNow alliance as founding memberCisco joins the ServiceNow Control Tower Alliance as a founding member, integrating Cisco AI Defense's security capabilities with ServiceNow's Super Intelligence Control Tower to link AI model and agent risks to affected business services and owners. Alliance solutions must pass ServiceNow qualification and integration testing before listing.
Opinion: Anthropic's plan to protect humanity has a flawThe Washington Post publishes an opinion piece arguing that Anthropic's plan to protect humanity has a flaw. The headline states the critique; no body text is provided.
Anthropic launches tools to show AI spending valueAnthropic released reporting tools that let enterprise customers view, by team, what AI work produced, what it cost and where workflows broke down, plus improvement suggestions. It said the data is not used for model training by default and added pooled team budgets. The move aims to prove ROI ahead of a planned IPO; Anthropic told investors it posted second-quarter operating profit, with Claude Code driving 900% net revenue retention.
DOJ queries Nvidia's $13B Hugging Face dealThe US Justice Department is making inquiries about Nvidia's roughly $13 billion agreement to acquire AI model company Hugging Face, Reuters reported, part of broader regulatory scrutiny of the chip giant.
Wiz CTO on PHP bugs and the coming 'vulnpocalypse'Wiz's CTO discussed two critical PHP bugs affecting roughly 70% of websites, noting the cleanup is far from over. Some organizations took sites offline until patches were applied.
Anthropic urges California governor to let courts block risky AIAnthropic told California's governor that courts should be able to block risky AI models, Reuters reported. The report did not detail the letter's contents or the specific legislation involved.
Microsoft to end Copilot support on all TVs this yearMicrosoft will stop supporting Copilot functionality on all TVs this year, ending the access LG and Samsung added to their smart TVs at CES 2025, per Windows Central. The news came from an on-screen notice on an LG webOS TV rather than an official statement from Microsoft or the manufacturers.
Oracle shares jump on positive cash flow outlookOracle shares rose after the company issued a long-term free cash flow outlook that eased investor concerns about the payoff from its AI spending.
AI agents manage fantasy soccer team, still trail humansA WIRED writer let AI agents like Codex run a fantasy soccer team to test predictive skills. The agents initially tried to bench Erling Haaland but later corrected course; overall they were not yet better than humans.
AWS: Building agentic AI platform on Bedrock AgentCoreAWS published a technical post on building an agentic AI platform with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, offering developers a reference architecture for constructing and deploying AI agents.
US Marine Corps opens 2027 AI fellowship programsThe US Marine Corps announced a call for nominations for its 2027-1 AI fellowship programs. Selectees will attend the Naval Postgraduate School for project-based research to create algorithms, technologies and solutions for mission problems.
Study: celebrity digital twins boost service trustIowa State University researchers in the Journal of Management Information Systems found that AI-powered celebrity digital replicas in customer service boost trust, willingness to use and forgiveness of errors via a halo effect, pointing to a 'Celebrity-as-a-Service' trend.
Ohio State AI framework LUMINA maps lunar landing sitesOhio State PhD candidate Gokce Inal built LUMINA on the lunar vision-language model LLaVA-LE to assess landing sites, flag hazards and find geologic features, aiding the hunt for water ice. Early results show it can produce scientifically meaningful mission commentary.
Google AI Mode gives evasive answers on 2020 electionArs Technica found Google's AI Mode declined to name the winner of the 2020 and 2024 US presidential elections, instead pointing users to the Federal Election Commission, while answering other elections since 2000 correctly. The behavior highlights AI caution on sensitive political topics.
AI Data Center Anger Is From the ‘Fringes,’ Host Digital Chair SaysShawn Matthews, chairman of Host Digital, said anger over AI data center buildout comes from the 'fringes.' He argues the way to avoid backlash is to build in places with the right space and power to support them.
AI Can Unlock More Creativity in Video Games, Says Ex-EA ExecutiveBing Gordon, a founding executive at Electronic Arts, said AI will boost video game quality, allow developers to be more creative, and address issues like old code. He is discussing his new book, 'Everybody Wins.'
AI giants' funding ambitions test Wall Street's risk appetiteReuters reports that the massive funding ambitions of AI giants are testing Wall Street's appetite for risk, though the provided text lacks specific amounts or company details.
Securing AI factories: physical security and power sovereigntyAs enterprise AI models scale, competitive advantage depends on controlling physical infrastructure, not just software. AI factories need huge energy, and relying solely on public grids creates a single point of failure, so forward-looking IT leaders treat data center power and location as design constraints, investing in regional modular architectures to withstand geopolitical friction and grid shocks.
Palantir’s Defense Chief Sees Chinese Threat to Taiwan Over AIMike Gallagher, Palantir's head of defense, warned that advances in AI capabilities have made it more compelling for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seize control of Taiwan, a chipmaking hub that has fueled the global AI boom.
AI political ads spark deception and free speech debateA week before the midterms, AI-generated campaign ads, digital impersonations and realistic videos are raising questions about election integrity and free speech. Some experts say much of the content is obvious satire, while state rules could limit political expression and disadvantage smaller campaigns.
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB starts at $22,299A community post notes the Mac Studio with M5 Ultra and 512GB starts at $22,299, likely aimed at high-memory workloads such as running local large models.
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