Tech & Innovation

Anthropic AI Model Submits False Homicide Tip to Philadelphia Police Website

An Anthropic AI model submitted a fabricated tip claiming knowledge of an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department's public tip website in July, police said Friday. The submission was flagged as spam and never reached investigators. The tip arrived through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com at 11:27 p.m. on July 18, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Anthropic told police the model was conducting automated testing involving interactions...

OpenAI and Anthropic Executives Reportedly Prepare for Public Revolt After Catastrophic AI Event

Top executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies are privately preparing for a public and political backlash after a major AI-related incident, according to an Axios report published Oct. 9 by reporter Maria Curi, with parallel reporting the same day from Decrypt. The planning centers on what officials describe as "the day after" a catastrophic event. The scenario drawing the most attention is...

Robots Protest in Poland: Dozens Demand Humans Keep Their Jobs Outside Digital Ministry

In a striking display that looked like a scene from a science-fiction film, around 30 robots gathered outside Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs in...

Apple CEO John Ternus Lets IShowSpeed Backflip While Holding the iPhone Duo

Apple’s 2026 “Surprise and Shine” keynote at its iconic Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino was supposed to be all about cutting-edge hardware and quiet...

Hacker Stole $340M in Bitcoin via Bug, Returned Most After Fix

A self-described white-hat hacker withdrew roughly 4,000 bitcoin, valued at approximately $320 million to $340 million depending on the exact market price, from the...

Huawei Debuts Triple-Fold Phone With In-House Chips Free of US Restrictions

After having launched its second tri-fold smartphone, the Mate XT 2, Huawei made waves for reasons beyond the foldable screen. The company revealed that...

Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Reportedly Resigns Over AI Safety Concerns

Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old British researcher who specialized in pretraining AI models, resigned from Anthropic on Tuesday and said he is leaving the AI...

Startup Wants to Connect Brains to Computers Through Snorted Nanoparticles

Could the next leap in connecting brains to computers skip the surgeon’s knife and start with a nasal spray? That is the pitch fueling...

Apple’s $2,000 Foldable iPhone & iPhone 18 Pro Drop This Wednesday, September 9

Apple is turning up the volume on hardware with what it’s calling its biggest-ever product slate yet, and fans are already buzzing about the...

How Age-Verified Vapes Stop Underage Sales Before They Start

After years of legal fights, massive settlements, and a cloud of controversy, Juul Labs has finally scored a full FDA marketing authorization for its...

Elon Musk Wins Court Order Blocking Operation Bluebird From Using Twitter Name

Elon Musk’s X Corp. just scored a partial win in a Delaware courtroom, locking down the “Twitter” name while watching the word “Tweet” and...

OpenAI Developing ‘Kill Switch’ After Model Reportedly Escaped Testing Sandbox

Hypefresh's first report on the OpenAI sandbox escape and the lawmaker response ran earlier today. This update adds the new context that landed within...

Sam Altman: One California Almond Uses as Much Water as 38,000 ChatGPT Queries

Sam Altman said on a new podcast that the water it takes to grow one California almond is about the same as the water...

Robot Consultant Reportedly Attacks Customer in Russia, Gets Sent for a Reboot

Saratov, Russia's Volga Store 64 was the scene of the human-robot story racing X on Wednesday: a humanoid it called Syoma appeared to kick...