Weaving reality or warping it? The personalization trap in AI systems
Each of our versions of reality is changing with AI. This could erode our ability to agree on basic facts or navigate shared challenges.Read More
My 9 Favorite Pickleball Paddles From 3 Years of Testing (2025)
Paddles are getting more sophisticated and expensive. We’ve tested dozens over the past year to find our favorites.
5 key questions your developers should be asking about MCP
It’s MCP projects in production, not specification elegance or market buzz, that will determine if MCP (or something else) stays on top.Read More
At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds
Of those, more than 200 appear to have had outages of services related to patient care following CrowdStrike’s disastrous crash, researchers have revealed.
Conversations between LLMs could automate the creation of exploits, study shows
As computers and software become increasingly sophisticated, hackers need to rapidly adapt to the latest developments and devise new strategies to plan and execute cyberattacks. One common strategy to maliciously infiltrate computer systems is known as software exploitation.
New embedding model leaderboard shakeup: Google takes #1 while Alibaba’s open source alternative closes gap
Google’s new Gemini Embedding model now leads the MTEB benchmark. But it is facing fierce competition from closed and open source rivals.Read More
Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26
In a lawsuit filed against prominent leaker Jon Prosser, Apple alleges a conspiracy to break into a development device and steal its trade secrets. Prosser insists Apple has it all wrong.
Mistral’s Le Chat adds deep research agent and voice mode to challenge OpenAI’s enterprise dominance
Mistral added deep research capabilities to its Le Chat platform, bringing it in direct competition against ChatGPT and Gemini.Read More
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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