US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House state dinner on September 24, 2026, bringing together two of the world’s most powerful leaders and some of America’s biggest technology executives. The dinner followed hours of talks between Trump and Xi on issues including trade, Taiwan, artificial intelligence and the Iran…
The United Nations has called for urgent global action to control the risks posed by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems, warning that the world could be approaching an “irreversible change” that affects generations to come. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made the warning in a letter to governments and leading AI companies,…
A researcher has resigned from artificial intelligence company Anthropic, warning that the race to build increasingly powerful AI systems could put humanity at serious risk before the end of the decade. Jacob Coxon, who spent the past three years working on pretraining research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said he left because he believes the…
Uber and British autonomous-driving company Wayve have launched London’s first public robotaxi service, marking a major step in the UK’s move towards self-driving transport. The service began on September 3, allowing selected passengers to book autonomous rides through the Uber app. But the biggest surprise is that London’s first robotaxi is not completely driverless. The…
The race to increase AI data center capacity is becoming just as important as the race to develop better AI models. Major technology figures, including Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, are calling for a rapid expansion of computing infrastructure as demand for AI services continues to grow. The message from the tech industry is becoming…
Australia has taken a major step in the growing debate over AI-generated music in Australia, with the country’s official music charts moving to exclude songs that are wholly or primarily created by artificial intelligence. The Australian Recording Industry Association, ARIA, has updated its chart rules so that fully AI-generated recordings will no longer qualify for…
Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, but a recent Omaha bank robbery shows just how far that reality now extends. A 23-year-old Nebraska man, Deron Lewis-Payne, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison after investigators found that he used ChatGPT to plan an armed bank robbery. The case is unusual because…
The future of humanoid robots looked impressive at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing. Robots danced, boxed, played table tennis and demonstrated tasks designed to show how machines could eventually work alongside humans. But some of the most memorable moments came when the robots simply stopped working properly. Several humanoid robots reportedly malfunctioned during…
Apple and OpenAI are now fighting over something potentially bigger than trade secrets: who gets to define the hardware that will sit between people and the next generation of AI. Apple sued OpenAI in July, alleging that the ChatGPT maker encouraged former Apple employees to bring confidential information, including product designs and other proprietary material,…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are officially married, but their wedding has already become a perfect example of how difficult it is to separate a real celebrity moment from AI-generated fiction. The couple held a private civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, on August 11, surrounded by their five children. Ronaldo and Rodríguez confirmed the milestone…
