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...

Dyson Unveils AI-Powered Toothbrush That Auto-Detects Plaque Buildup

Dyson unveiled the CameraJet on Tuesday in Paris — a $499 electric toothbrush that uses a built-in camera and an AI system to find...

Artist Creates $88 T-Shirt Claimed to Make Wearers Invisible to AI Cameras

A Berlin artist is selling a roughly $88 shirt covered in loud pink, orange and green shapes that he says makes the wearer vanish...

London Surgeons Perform World’s First Real-Time AI-Assisted Brain Surgery

Rhys Hibbert came out of surgery with clear vision. The 48-year-old father of two, from Bedfordshire, England, had months of looking at his world...

Tamagotchi Launches Wearable Ring That Puts an Entire Virtual Pet on Your Finger

Bandai opened preorders Thursday for the Tamagotchi ring, a 28-millimeter egg-shaped device you wear on a finger and use to raise a virtual pet,...

Bill Gates Calls for ‘Human Reserved’ Jobs to Block AI Replacement

What happens when a machine can do your job but society decides it shouldn't?Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates raised that exact question in a nearly...

Australia Bans Fully AI-Generated Songs From Official Music Charts in Industry-First Move

The Australian Recording Industry Association has banned fully AI-generated recordings from the ARIA Charts, requiring any track that uses generative AI to be “substantially...

Chinese Startup Unveils Personal Flying Platform You Ride Standing Up — Single-Person eVTOL Revealed

A rider stands upright on a flat, flower-shaped platform that looks like an oversized skateboard, four enclosed ducted fans humming underneath as it lifts...

Bilibili App Store Release: Global Launch Set for September 2026

Apple has just given a green light to the app from Bilibili on its App Store globally in September 2026, according to a viral...

Robot Dies Trying to Lift the World’s Smallest Weight

A humanoid robot lost its balance mid-lift during the weightlifting debut (a stumble that mirrors the very first AI-driven humanoid robot's stage mishap in...

AliExpress Exposed for Using Hidden Audio Signals to Track Users

A developer’s multipoint Bluetooth headphones kept refusing to switch from his computer back to his phone. The culprit turned out to be the AliExpress...

Apple’s Next AirPods Rumored to Feature Built-In Cameras and Environmental Scanning

Apple's next AirPods are set to include built-in cameras that let Siri scan surroundings, identify objects, and answer questions through Visual Intelligence, according to...

Chinese Humanoid Robot Breaks Usain Bolt’s 100m Sprint World Record

But wait, is that a robot beating Usain Bolt in a race? There have been some videos on social media showing a Chinese-made humanoid...