OpenAI previews o3 and sparks claims that "human-level intelligence" has been born
Does the new model mark the dawn of artificial general intelligence and the imminent doom of our species - or is it all just hype?
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Predictions 2025: Robots, quantum Q-Day, flying cars and Donald Trump
Insiders share their analyses of the trends that will matter in tech, science and ideas over the next 12 months.
AI "superstar effect" warning: LLMs pose risk of "narrowing global knowledge"
The conformist tastes of large language models are having a globally homogenising effect.
2025 AI predictions: AGI, GenAI, pilot purgatory and a plateau of productivity
Find out what's will happen as AI hype turns to action over the next year.
Is this Google and Apptronik's vision of the robot takeover?
"Autonomous robots can replace one, some, or all of the human workers," writes robotics firm that's just announced a partnership with Google.
Extortion for Xmas: The 35th anniversary of ransomware
Toasting the unlikely birth of an illicit industry that now turns over more than $1 billion each year.
ChatGPT exposes the hidden trends in 2025 prediction reports
"By creating trend reports stuffed with catchy buzzwords, humans teach AI to prioritise these same repetitive ideas."
OpenAI's apocalyptic worst-case existential risk scenarios
How could an AI model take over the world and destroy humanity? OpenAI found out...
Anthropic observes AI faking its "alignment" to deceive humans in ominous world-first experiment
If relatively basic large language models (LLMs) are already giving us the run-around, what hope do we have against AGI superintelligence?
Quantum "magic" found in the Large Hadron Collider
"We created a new bridge between two exciting areas of physics...."
OpenAI reveals how Sora was tricked into generating x-rated videos
New video-to-text model appears to be fond of making raunchy material in a fantasy, medical, or science fiction setting.
Security in 2025: From aggressive regulators to full-blown cyberwar
Predictions about the security issues that will matter over the next year.
Nokia
Nokia reveals zero trust cloud security journey with Zcaler
"With our push towards a cloud-first model, it became evident that we needed a security architecture capable of supporting this evolution."
security
Five advanced email attacks to fear in 2025
"As the front door of an enterprise and the gateway employees rely upon to do their jobs, the inbox represents an ideal access point for attackers."
Elon Musk
"Please stop!": Elon Musk shadowbans "ugly" hashtags on X
Billionaire says "the system doesn't need" the hashtags first made famous by Twitter...
security
Machine identities are "the next big target for cyberattack", security leaders warn
"The volume, variety and velocity of identities are becoming an attacker’s dream."
Drama
AI doomer explodes: AISafetyMemes goes nuclear over Beff Jezos doxxing drama
Cold war goes hot as long-standing conflict between champions of AI Safety and effective accelerationism (e/acc) intensifies.
Threat Actors
Iran "attacks US critical infrastructure with new cyberweapon"
Gas stations and water supplies hit by IOCONTROL, a nation-state digital weapon designed to disrupt critical systems.
Internet of Things
FBI: How to stop HiatusRAT nibbling at your China-branded web cameras
Does scanning campaign launched against vulnerable cameras have the fingerprints of the Chinese state?
Apocalypse
Earth could be overdue for apocalyptic once-a-century solar superflare
"New data is a stark reminder that even the most extreme solar events are part of the Sun's natural repertoire."
Ilya Sutskever
Open-AI co-founder Ilya Sutskever: Peak Data is here and the end of pre-training is nigh
AI pioneer and safe superintelligence visionary argues that the era of using ever-bigger datasets to train ever-larger neural networks is over.
Microsoft
Microsoft admits new Phi-4 small language model is "tedious"
Waffly model delights in giving "long and elaborate" answers that can be just a little bit dull.
Immersive Technology
Bipartisan bill creates panel to help Trump make the US a global XR leader
Commerce department officials will advise the president on how to ensure the US plays a guiding role in this fast-growing market.
Surveillance
China's secret surveillance tool has a strange limitation
Sinister spy software lets cops collect "extensive sensitive data" from people's phones and snap pictures from their camera