At Oxford, AI Researcher Urges Embracing Rapid Progress Over Retreat
In a lecture, an Anthropic cofounder argued humanity must proactively engage with AI's accelerating capabilities or risk being left behind.
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Nadia Okonkwo
Nadia writes on the business and politics of AI — funding, regulation, and the industry moves that shape the field.
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VentureBeat's multi-part survey of over 150 enterprises reveals that organizations are deploying AI agents and infrastructure faster than they can secure, evaluate, or even measure them.
GoPro Max 2 Bundle Throws In $100 Worth of Accessories for Just $70 More
The GoPro Max 2 accessory bundle is now $369, packing a pole, extra battery, SD card, and mounts that would cost $75 plus on their own.
Government Pilots AI for Medicare Prior Authorization, but Doctors Fear More Denials
A new federal AI pilot aims to cut waste in Medicare claims processing. Physicians worry it will just automate the denial of necessary care.
Google-backed FireSat satellites launch to spot wildfires before they spiral
The first three FireSat satellites are now in orbit, promising to detect fires as small as a backyard before existing systems can see them.
San Francisco AG Demands Apple and Google Remove 13 Nudify Apps From Their Stores
San Francisco's attorney general sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google, ordering them to pull 13 apps that use AI to generate non-consensual nude images of real people.
Wildfire Smoke Threatens World Cup Final — and FIFA Has No Air Quality Plan
As Canadian wildfire smoke blankets the East Coast, the Argentina-Spain World Cup final outside New York faces an air quality crisis FIFA never planned for. Other leagues have protocols; soccer's governing body does not.
GoPro Max 2 Accessory Bundle Drops to $369 with $100 Worth of Extras
GoPro's Max 2 360-degree camera bundle is selling for $369 — just $70 more than the bare camera — and packs in an extension pole, extra battery, microSD card, and more.
Trump Administration's AI-Driven Prior Authorization Pilot Raises Patient Access Concerns
A new government program uses AI to streamline Medicare coverage decisions, but critics warn it could lead to more wrongful denials of necessary care.
Google-Backed FireSat Satellites Launch to Catch Small Wildfires Before They Spread
Three FireSat satellites built to detect small wildfires that other systems miss have reached orbit, backed by Google and the Bezos Earth Fund.
San Francisco AG Orders Apple and Google to Remove AI Nudify Apps From Their Stores
San Francisco's attorney general sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google demanding removal of 13 nudification apps, calling the companies' profits from these tools illegal under California deepfake laws.
Open-Weight AI Models Are Closing the Cyber Gap With Frontier Systems, AISI Finds
The UK's AI Security Institute reports that open-weight models like GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4-Pro now match the cyber capabilities of closed frontier models from just four to seven months ago — down from a six-to-ten-month gap at the start of 2025.
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