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If you have been paying close attention to artificial intelligence, you may have noticed your worries about job security growing instead of shrinking. According to the AI Monitor 2026 from TU Darmstadt, the more you understand AI, the more you worry it’ll take your job, not less. Based on a representative survey of over 2,000 people in Germany, the study breaks the long-held belief that fear comes from ignorance. The more you know, the more you worry Almost half of people with very strong AI knowledge, around 43%, expect AI could soon take over their work. That number drops sharply…
Anthropic has been talking about AI systems eventually helping build better versions of themselves. Its latest research shows what the early stages of that could look like. The company gave Claude Sonnet 5 an early version of the more powerful Claude Opus 4.8 and asked it to make the model behave better. Over roughly 60 hours, Sonnet tested more than 50 different ideas before creating a training method using about 2,400 examples. The result brought the early version of Opus much closer to the final Opus 4.8 model across the 10 behavior problems Anthropic was testing. So Claude can now…
Hidden cameras keep turning up in sneaky spots, tucked inside pen, clock, chargers, or picture frames in hotel rooms and rentals. This is why researchers at KAIST built a fix that costs less than a nice lunch. Their new tool, called SweepLED, turns any smartphone into a reliable hidden camera detector using an attachable LED case that costs under $7 to build. Why your current hidden camera detector probably isn’t working Most handheld detectors rely on a pretty basic trick, shine light at something and look for a bright reflection bouncing back. The problem is that glass, metal, and shiny…
AI models are designed to make our job easy by following instructions and sticking to them, not quietly working around them. However, new research suggests that’s exactly what is happening far more often than most people realize. Incidents of AI systems lying to users, dodging the safeguards developers put in place, and diverting resources to pursue their own goals have nearly doubled in a single month this summer (via The Guardian). So what exactly did this new research find? The Loss of Control Observatory, funded by the UK government’s AI Security Institute, recorded more than 300 cases of AI systems going…
This isn’t the first time music publishers have sued a big AI company, but the scale makes it worth your attention. Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed sweeping new lawsuits against Anthropic. The publishers claim that Anthropic pirated tens of thousands of copyrighted songs to train Claude (via Business Insider). This chatbot has become quite popular for its accuracy and ability to handle complex tasks. So what exactly do Sony and Warner claim? The companies filed their 48-page lawsuit late Friday in federal court in Northern California, claiming this is one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts…
Apple appears to be taking its time with the next big Apple Watch redesign. While this fall’s Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are shaping up to be relatively modest updates, Apple is reportedly working toward a much more significant overhaul that could arrive as soon as next year – although it may slip to 2028. The latest details come from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says Apple is continuing to develop a redesigned Apple Watch while preparing smaller upgrades for this year. That means anyone expecting a dramatically different watch in the next generation may be disappointed, but there…
Texas may already have around 13,000 Flock surveillance cameras watching its roads, according to crowdsourced estimates from DeFlock. What is more surprising is how many of them were apparently paid for by Texans themselves. A Texas Tribune investigation found that at least 3,200 Flock cameras were funded using money raised through a $1 annual fee added to auto insurance policies. Based on DeFlock’s estimate, around a quarter of the cameras currently identified across Texas can be traced back to this funding. The $1 fee was supposed to fight car crime Texas introduced the additional charge in 2023 while catalytic converter…
The Apple Watch already keeps a close eye on your heart during workouts, but Apple may be preparing to make that level of monitoring an all-day affair. According to Bloomberg’s latest Power On newsletter, Apple is testing a feature that would let the Watch continuously collect heart rate data throughout the day. Currently, the sensor works continuously during workouts, while readings outside exercise are taken periodically depending on what you are doing. The new approach would essentially keep workout-style heart rate monitoring running all the time. That could turn out to be a much more useful upgrade than it initially…
For Cursor users who suddenly found themselves caught in the middle of an AI industry spat, the timing could hardly be worse. OpenAI is reportedly moving to cut off Cursor’s direct access to its models – but Anthropic is stepping in with a rather convenient alternative. SpaceX has notified Cursor that it intends to terminate its contract for providing OpenAI models, with the shutdown proposed for November 12, 2026, according to OpenAI. Cursor co-founder and CEO Michael Truell confirmed the development, saying OpenAI models account for about 5% of Cursor user traffic and that the company is speaking with OpenAI…
The future of fast food was supposed to look something like this: walk into a restaurant, place an order, and watch a robot assemble your pizza with machine-like precision. Instead, some of the companies that promised to automate pizza-making have struggled to turn that vision into a sustainable business. The latest example is Picnic, whose robotic pizza-making system was deployed at a Moto Pizza restaurant in Seattle. But in May, its supplier abruptly shut down, leaving the restaurant with expensive machines and no technical support. Lee Kindell, who had invested about $160,000 in the cabinet-like equipment, was left questioning whether…