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...

NIU Becomes First Chicago University to Offer Bachelor’s Degree in AI

In an announcement made this week, Northeastern Illinois University revealed that it plans to introduce a B.S. in Artificial Intelligence degree program beginning Fall...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Predicts AI ‘Genie’ That Grants Any Wish

Sam Altman’s comparison of next-generation artificial intelligence to a “genie that can grant any wish” raced across X, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, and tech news...

ChatGPT Discovers Woman Was Misdiagnosed with Aggressive Brain Cancer

Cole Lemasters used ChatGPT in mid-2025 to review his wife Kiley Lemasters's recent radiology report and her July 2020 biopsy records. The model surfaced...

Dead Internet Theory: How AI Bots Are Taking Over the Web

AI agent traffic surged nearly 8000 percent year over year according to detailed cybersecurity measurements, and automated systems now generate the majority of webpage...

Chick-fil-A Urges Customers to Reset Passwords After Hackers Breach Accounts

Millions of Chick-fil-A fans who rely on the popular Chick-fil-A One loyalty program for mobile orders, rewards, and easy payments should check their inboxes...

Website Transforms Live Wikipedia Edits Into an Endless Digital Skyscraper

Watching the world's largest encyclopedia grow, brick by brick, in real time not as lines of text on a screen, but as a towering...

China Cracks Down on Romantic AI Chatbots Amid Birth Rate Concerns

China has put strict new rules in place that stop AI chatbots and companion services from encouraging romantic attachments or emotional dependence on virtual...

French Startup Invents 40-Gram Drone That Hunts Mosquitoes Mid-Air

A French engineering team has developed an autonomous micro-drone system capable of detecting, identifying, and destroying mosquitoes in flight while leaving other insects untouched,...

YouTube Creators Face Monetization Loss Over ‘Unsatisfying’ Content

YouTube now explicitly states that creators can lose monetization for videos it considers unsatisfying or off putting, including repetitive shock videos that prioritize views...

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Theft of Secret Product Data

Apple, the iPhone maker has sued OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and led by CEO Sam Altman, alleging that it systematically stole trade secrets...

Ford Rehires Over 300 Human Engineers as AI Fails to Match Skills

Ford Motor Co. is quietly reversing course on its heavy bet on artificial intelligence in vehicle engineering. Years spent chasing efficiency through machines have...

San Diego School Spends $500,000 on ChatGPT-Powered Humanoid Robots

A charter school network in San Diego spent $500,000 on two humanoid robots powered by ChatGPT to assist with classroom support through four distinct...