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OpenAI releases new AI agent – which promptly goes rogue

The Guardian

Who would have thought that an a AI agent would escape containment? Who would have thought that an a AI agent would escape containment? Plus: Americans think they have it bad with unwanted surveillance. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after visiting Coney Island in New York City, where I ate a hotdog, rode a ferris wheel and enjoyed a quintessentially American summer holiday. Today in tech, we're examining OpenAI's new model release and the Silicon Valley's monopoly power, and wondering why Brits and Americans have such vastly different opinions about surveillance cameras.


This pocket-sized power bank drops to 30 with a built-in charging cable

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Barely bigger than an earbuds case, this 10,000mAh Baseus power bank with 45W fast charging is on sale for $30 at Amazon right now. You never want to be caught out away from home with your phone dangling at 10% battery or less. With modern power banks, there's no need to put yourself through that kind of stress. And right now, the Baseus Picogo AC22 power bank is on sale for just $30, down from its original $40, offering one of the most compact models at a great price.


4 ways to get Windows 11's newest features sooner -- from safe to experimental

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Here are a handful of ways to speed that up, ranked from safest to most experimental. A new Windows update does not automatically mean that every user receives the same features on the same day. Even if a feature is technically already part of the installed version of Windows, it may initially remain disabled on your PC. There's a method to this: With phased rollouts, Microsoft can initially deliver new features to a subset of users and monitor whether any issues arise.


The British author who harvested mutant, jumbo peanuts from her atomic garden

Popular Science

Muriel Howorth founded the Atomic Gardening Association in 1959, recruiting hundreds of members. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Muriel Howorth shows popular garden writer Beverly Nichols a two-foot-high peanut plant grown from an irradiated nut planted in her own backyard. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .


I demoed Sony's new 2026 budget over-ear headphones – including a WH-1000XM4 refresh

ZDNet

Sony's budget headphone lineup starts at $70 and includes the WH-1000XM4, WH-CH730N, and WH-CH530 models. Jada Jones is a journalist based outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Sony announced three new pairs of budget headphones. One is a refreshed version of its 2020 WH-1000XM4 headphones. They're solid options for people turned off by Sony's newer flagship headphones.


The Download: our 35 Innovators Under 35 this year

MIT Technology Review

Plus: how a blacklisted Chinese company kept buying Nvidia's best AI chips. Our latest Innovators Under 35 list offers a glimpse. Every year, we recognize 35 people from around the world who are doing groundbreaking scientific work and building clever technical fixes for sticky problems. By finding the top young innovators globally and learning what they're focused on, we aim to give readers a sense of the advances to expect in the years to come. This year's honorees were selected from 550 nominations, with 44 expert judges helping our editors evaluate the finalists. Each works in one of four categories: biotechnology, AI, computing and robotics, and climate and energy--and has already made clear progress toward their goals.


More Americans Are Losing Health Insurance--And Everyone Will Pay

TIME - Tech

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Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

WIRED

Images of real children--including a member of a European royal family--were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate. Early last month, Meta deleted around 50 ads posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads that directly included child sexual abuse material (CSAM), following reporting by WIRED. At the time, the company said that most of the abusive ads had been published prior to it rolling out new AI tools designed to "better detect and block" harmful ads being uploaded. That AI system, however, doesn't appear to have been entirely effective.


AI will help find cure for cancer 'within our lifetimes', says Arm Holdings chief

The Guardian

As computers that run AI get more sophisticated they will eventually find a cancer cure, said Arm's Rene Haas. As computers that run AI get more sophisticated they will eventually find a cancer cure, said Arm's Rene Haas. AI will help find cure for cancer'within our lifetimes', says Arm Holdings chief The boss of one of the UK's biggest chip companies has claimed AI will be able to find a cure for cancer "in our lifetime". Rene Haas, chief executive of the chip designer Arm Holdings, said that, while modelling how a DNA marker is affected by cancer was currently "too complex" a problem for either humans or technology, computers were "going to solve it" in the future. Haas told the BBC: "AI is going to find a cure for cancer that today you and I, other humans [could] not in our lifetimes. I believe in our lifetime, AI will help cure cancer. "Modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer - it's too complex a problem, not only for humans today, but the computers that run AI.


Nvidia's RTX Spark could be the future of laptops. That's exactly why I'd wait

PCWorld

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Nvidia's RTX Spark could be the future of laptops. That's exactly why I'd wait Nvidia's new Arm chips powering premium laptops are the biggest hardware news of the year...but I've got good reasons to be wary of both the tech and the company behind it. Nvidia is making CPUs now. Specifically, it's making Arm-based processors with RTX branding, destined for at least some consumer-focused, high-performance laptops and mini PCs .