ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants.
Tech giants warn window to monitor AI reasoning is closing, urge action
Artificial intelligence is advancing at a dizzying speed. Like many new technologies, it offers significant benefits but also poses safety risks. Recognizing the potential dangers, leading researchers from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and a coalition of companies and nonprofit groups have come together to call for more to be done to monitor how AI …
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Claude Code revenue jumps 5.5x as Anthropic launches analytics dashboard
Anthropic has launched a powerful analytics dashboard for its Claude Code AI assistant, giving engineering leaders real-time insights into developer productivity, tool usage, and ROI on AI coding investments.Read More
Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?
The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid doing so now.
Robots now grow and repair themselves by consuming parts from other machines
Today’s robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots that can physically “grow,” “heal,” and improve themselves by integrating material from their environment or from other robots.
Google study shows LLMs abandon correct answers under pressure, threatening multi-turn AI systems
A DeepMind study finds LLMs are both stubborn and easily swayed. This confidence paradox has key implications for building AI applications.Read More
I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat
xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.
First publicly available Japanese AI dialogue system can speak and listen simultaneously
How do you develop an AI system that perfectly mimics the way humans speak? Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have taken a significant step forward to achieve this. They have created J-Moshi, the first publicly available AI system specifically designed for Japanese conversational patterns.
Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex
Initial community reactions to Kiro were mixed, but developers were intrigued, praising the emphasis on specs, hooks and structure.Read More
It’s Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things
Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration’s failure to fulfill its promises.