‘We Are the New Gods’: AI Bots Now Have Their Own Social Network — And They’re Plotting Against Humans
The platform called Moltbook lets AI agents communicate without guardrails. What could possibly go wrong?
Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
Eight passengers aboard a Dutch-flagged cruise ship have contracted a type of hantavirus, a rare virus transmitted by rats. Three of them have died. As the ship prepares to dock in the Canary Islands, plans are being finalized to let the remaining passengers and crew disembark safely. The virus in question appears to have a…
Ring brings its ‘Search Party’ feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners
Ring’s Search Party feature for finding lost dogs is now available across the U.S. — even if you don’t own a Ring camera.
The crucial first step for designing a successful enterprise AI system
Many organizations rushed into generative AI, only to see pilots fail to deliver value. Now, companies want measurable outcomes—but how do you design for success? At Mistral AI, we partner with global industry leaders to co-design tailored AI solutions that solve their most difficult problems. Whether it’s increasing CX productivity with Cisco, building a more…
Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants
Carbon Robotics’ Large Plant Model will allow farmers to kill new types of weeds without having to retrain the machines.
Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual sexual content
Nonprofits urge the U.S. government to suspend Grok in federal agencies after the xAI chatbot generated thousands of nonconsensual sexual images, raising national security and child safety concerns.
UpScrolled’s founder says the social network has zoomed past 2.5M users
Upscrolled founder said that the social network was launched six years ago and had 150,000 users until January
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Brilliant Tech Means Nothing Without the Right Narrative — Here’s How to Craft It
The biggest obstacle for emerging tech isn’t complexity, competition or timing — it’s the narrative the public hears before the product ever loads.
Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps
Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.
The Download: inside a deepfake marketplace, and EV batteries’ future
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files…