AI
The AI Apocalypse Is Here
American public opinion on artificial intelligence has shifted sharply negative, with recent polling showing attitudes ranging from ambivalence to horror, a stark contrast to more favorable views in China.
AI
Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI.
Prism
Metabase Zero-Day Exploited in Wild Allows Admin Access Without Authentication
Metabase said its cloud service was attacked by someone utilizing this unknown vulnerability in versions 1.58 and above.
AI
Cloudflare Launches Persistent, Stateful, Computer-like Environments for Agents
Cloudflare has introduced Cloudflare Computer, an open-source runtime designed to give AI agents persistent, stateful environments closer to a real computer rather than short-lived containers.
AI
Cloudflare's Precursor Detects Bots and AI Agents Through Continuous Behavioral Analysis
Cloudflare has unveiled Precursor, a new client-side behavioral analysis engine designed to detect sophisticated bots and AI agents by continuously evaluating session interactions such as mouse movements and keyboard timing.
Prism
Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
Wildfire tracking has become significantly more accessible thanks to a new visualization layer added to Europe's free Copernicus Browser.
Crypto
IMF
IMF First Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz made the remarks on Friday in a speech at the University of Cape Town, highlighting the interplay between local and foreign-currency stablecoins.
Prism
'It’s going to happen,' Elon Musk says
Elon Musk doubled down on SpaceX's ambition to build factories on the moon, declaring during the company's first quarterly earnings call on Tuesday (Aug.
Statecraft
Judge rules Meta caused 'public nuisance' and must fund mental health treatment
In a landmark ruling, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay $567 million to fund youth mental health treatment, determining that the company's social media services created a 'public nuisance.' The judgment, issued by Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe County, adds to the $375 million in civil penalties a jury already imposed on Meta in the same case, bringing the company's total financial liability to $942 million.
AI
Malaria's Drug Resistance Is Becoming Alarmingly Sophisticated, Study Finds
The study, published in Nature Microbiology, highlights a dual threat to malaria control: lingering resistance to retired drugs and growing threats to current frontline therapies.