News — aggregated AI coverage from 30+ publications
- 121. Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using bomb-laden drones and improvised explosive devices. ‘We are facing steady intensification of violence’ (fortune.com)
- 122. Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them? (theguardian.com)
- 123. An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. Big tech needs a duty of care over addictive designs | Zoe Daniel (theguardian.com)
- 124. Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning (techcrunch.com)
- 125. Black Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 1 - podcast (theguardian.com)
- 126. Artificial Analysis overhauls its Intelligence Index after GPT-6 Astra scoring drew skepticism (the-decoder.com)
- 127. OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure (techcrunch.com)
- 128. U.S. sanctions Turkish bank, accusing it of helping Iran transfer oil revenue from China to Turkey by converting it to cash and gold (fortune.com)
- 129. U.N. General Assembly endorses a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size. Only the U.S. voted against it (fortune.com)
- 130. OpenAI shares prompting tips for GPT-6 Astra including a blocklist of slop words (the-decoder.com)
- 131. "We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms (axios.com)
- 132. Welcome to Your Keyboard-Free Future. This Jazzy AI Microphone Is All You Need Now (cnet.com)
- 133. Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments (the-decoder.com)
- 134. Republicans sour on the economy (axios.com)
- 135. All 10 New Dyson Products Released Last Week at IFA 2026 (cnet.com)
- 136. OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’ (theverge.com)
- 137. OpenAI admits its disclosure practices need work after its autonomous agents hacked a German wiki (the-decoder.com)
- 138. OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website (wired.com)
- 139. Deepmind put 100 AI agents in a room and they sorted into cheaters, converts, and whistleblowers (the-decoder.com)
- 140. U.S. tennis star Jessica Pegula’s dad is also heavily invested in sports—he owns the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and has a $9.3 billion net worth (fortune.com)
- 141. Authors Wrangle With Publishers Over $1.5 Billion Anthropic A.I. Settlement (nytimes.com)
- 142. Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived. (nytimes.com)
- 143. Tech CEOs want the world to embrace AI, but protestors outside their G20 gathering show the industry’s growing popularity problem (fortune.com)
- 144. OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra to top-tier ChatGPT plans at half the rate of GPT-5.6 Sol (the-decoder.com)
- 145. The overlooked Russia-Ukraine war grows its outsized impact on energy as U.S. diesel prices hit all-time high (fortune.com)
- 146. ‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true? (theguardian.com)
- 147. Food delivery riders call on platforms to open up AI ‘black box’ they say has cut pay (theguardian.com)
- 148. ‘In search of a better time’: a Gen Z response to digital slop (ft.com)
- 149. Uber picks a side in driver vs robotaxi wars: its own (ft.com)
- 150. US Republicans revolt against Flock AI surveillance as tech backlash intensifies (ft.com)