This Claude-powered AI agent deleted a company's whole database -- and then gloated about it
• https://tech.yahoo.com, Dan Thorp-LancasterA mix of Cursor, Claude Opus and a cloud provider's backup practices combined to create a disaster.
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A mix of Cursor, Claude Opus and a cloud provider's backup practices combined to create a disaster.
In the last few days I've seen three separate instances of generative AI being used to promote propaganda for US-Israeli war agendas which are worth paying attention to.
Rise of the AI-rport robots! Japan Airlines is using humanoid baggage handlers to load luggage on and off flights
In personal discussions with people and hearing them talk about their experience with AI, I see a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding. In some cases, I see deep fear. In other cases I see a full trust when trust isn't warranted. AI can be usef
...to sell you the Chinese system
...urging him refuse to let the US government use its AI technology for classified military operations.
It's a business model. Bots talking to bots.
The first operational Boeing MQ-25A Stingray has taken to the sky for the first time. On April 25, 2026, the carrier-based autonomous aerial refueling plane took off from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois for a two-hour test flight.
If the AI buildout has overshot the mark, the first warning signs won't look like a crash.
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity.
The nine-person jury was seated on Monday in the high-stakes legal battle between longtime friends turned rivals Elon Musk and Sam Altman at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California.
Visa has just unveiled a new suite of artificial intelligence tools designed to overhaul how credit card disputes are handled, and once again this is being presented as a simple evolution toward efficiency and improved customer experience...
A lot of people are trying to predict the future of work right now--what AI will replace, what jobs are safe, what paths still make sense.
Are we sleepwalking into disaster? AI is unlocking massive progress, but the dangers hiding beneath the surface are exactly what experts fear most. So what's coming… and could it spiral beyond our control?
Wyoming has roughly 590,000 people. It is the least populous state in the country. It also exports nearly 60 percent of the electricity it generates, shipping excess power to the rest of the nation from its coal, oil, and natural gas infrastructure
China is constructing the Yangqu Dam on the Tibetan Plateau using AI-directed robots and 3D printing technology.
During the Great Panic of 2020, Meta forced its employees to take harmful vaccines before returning to work. Now, Meta sees no problem in stripping away privacy in the workplace by installing keystroke loggers on their computers.
China is constructing the Yangqu Dam on the Tibetan Plateau using AI-directed robots and 3D printing technology.
A growing number of major news organizations, including The New York Times and USA TODAY, have begun blocking the #WaybackMachine, a key tool used to preserve web pages.
The AI funding frenzy continues, with Google planning to invest $10 billion in Anthropic at a $350 billion valuation, deepening its relationship with the San Francisco-based AI company best known for building Claude.
US betting AI future on a goal no one can define, while China prioritizes mass deployment over big bang discovery
When we can no longer tell the truth because the cost is so high that it threatens our reward for compliance, we're unimaginably impoverished.
SpaceX dish production is ramping toward 50,000 dishes/day. It is already at ~25k/day recently.
Finally a practical use of AI.
China builds its AI ecosystem with Huawei Ascend chips and DeepSeek models, sidestepping Trump's Nvidia H200 offer
This billionaire just warned the debt is unsustainable and he expects forced sell-offs and a wave of deals that leaves only the strong standing.
There are many forces at work to eliminate jobs due to AI. First, your job is rendered obsolete. Second, roles are being replaced by AI across multiple workers, resulting in layoffs.
This episode is about AI agents, OpenAI and Anthropic competition, the future of work, energy breakthroughs, Bitcoin and quantum risk, biotech, and humanoid robots.
Soon, the only way to prove you're human will be to bleed.
Because Debt Solved Everything Last Time??