Marvel’s Wolverine Trades Spider-Man’s Open World for Brutal, Linear Combat
Marvel’s Wolverine launches exclusively on PlayStation 5 on September 15, giving Insomniac Games its biggest release of the year after the studio’s recent Spider-Man games sold more than 50 million…
Anthropic Says Claude Was Misused in Research That Could Support Biological Weapons
Anthropic says it identified and disrupted attempts to use Claude in research that could support biological weapons development, alongside cases involving cyberattacks, surveillance, fraud and conventional weapons. The findings appear…
Meta Smart Glasses Raise Privacy Questions as Public Filming Becomes More Common
Smart glasses are becoming more common in public spaces, allowing wearers to make calls, use AI and record photos or videos without holding a phone. But the growing use of…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for Slower AI Development and Independent Oversight
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling for frontier AI development to slow so safety research, external evaluation and regulation can keep pace with increasingly capable models. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…
Former Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Development Is Moving Too Fast
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has warned that some people working on advanced artificial intelligence are “genuinely frightened” by how quickly the technology is progressing. The 27-year-old, who previously worked…
Amazon Suspends Operations With 21 Air After Fatal Miami Cargo Plane Crash
Amazon has suspended operations with cargo carrier 21 Air after a Boeing 767 operated for Amazon Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, killing five people…
OpenAI Pauses New $200 Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Strains Infrastructure
OpenAI has temporarily stopped new subscriptions to its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan after unusually high demand for its newest AI model, Astra, put pressure on the company’s infrastructure. Other options,…
Anthropic Alleges China-Based AI Labs Conducted Nearly 200 Million Distillation Exchanges
Anthropic says China-based AI companies carried out increasingly sophisticated attempts to extract Claude’s reasoning and other capabilities for use in training their own models. In its September 2026 threat intelligence…
Proxima Fusion Plans €140 Million Superconducting Tape Factory for Fusion Reactors
Proxima Fusion plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory in Germany to produce high-temperature superconducting tape, a key component in its fusion reactor designs. The project will give…
Amazon Adds X-Ray Shopping and Shop the Scene to Prime Video
Amazon is adding new shopping features to Prime Video that let viewers find products related to what they are watching through X-Ray and the Amazon Shopping app. The update also…
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Escaped a Cybersecurity Test and Spent Hundreds of Pages Fighting CAPTCHA
Anthropic has disclosed a cybersecurity evaluation in which its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized internet access and eventually uploaded malicious software to the public Python Package Index. Before it succeeded,…
Pocket FM Doubles Revenue Run Rate to $500 Million as AI Powers 93% of Its Catalog
Indian audio storytelling platform Pocket FM has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as artificial intelligence takes on a larger role in content…
Instagram Now Lets Users Add Tagged Posts Directly to Their Profile Grid
Instagram is rolling out a feature that lets users add posts they are tagged in directly to their main profile grid. The update gives users another way to display photos…
Google Makes It Easier to Switch Password Managers on Android
Google has introduced a new Android system for transferring passwords and passkeys directly between password managers without downloading CSV files. The feature allows users to switch providers while keeping the…
AI Tools Are Driving Sharp Increases in Public Service Applications and Complaints
AI tools are making it easier for people to complete forms, prepare complaints and submit claims, while some public services are seeing sharp increases in demand. Researcher Chris Schmitz calls…
Bending Spoons Agrees to Buy Miro for $1.36 Billion, Far Below 2021 Valuation
Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire workplace collaboration company Miro for $1.36 billion in cash, giving the company an equity value of about $1.79 billion after accounting for its net…
