Deepmind CEO Hassabis says "nobody in the world knows what happens next" so "cautious optimism" means building guardrails now

Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis has published a sweeping proposal for how to handle advanced AI. He wants a new US standards body modeled after financial regulator FINRA that would develop evaluati [...]

The father of reinforcement learning is leaving Carmack to build his own AI

One of the most decorated minds in AI is striking out alone. Richard Sutton shared the 2024 Turing Award for founding modern reinforcement learning. On Monday he said he is leaving John Carmack’s st [...]

Black Ops 7 Season 5 has been fully revealed, with the next Call of Duty update bringing a raft of fresh content

Black Ops 7 is about to get its next big update with loads of new weapons and a handful of maps. [...]

Windows Search just got a faster, cleaner overhaul - how to try it today

I tried the new Windows Search, and it offers a refreshing change with an updated layout that makes it easier to find what I need. [...]

U.S. tariff refunds surged to nearly $50 billion in June, outpacing new revenue

The Treasury paid out more than twice what it collected in customs duties last month, deepening the fiscal cost of the Supreme Court's tariff ruling [...]

How to install the MacOS 27 public beta on your Mac today - it's live now

MacOS 27 will go live on all eligible MacBooks this fall, but you can opt into the public beta now. Here's how. [...]

Medical AI was meant to help. This week it replaced nurses and dodged its own checks

The pitch for medical AI is that it frees clinicians to care for patients. Two stories this week suggest the reality can run the other way. In New York, nurses say software replaced them. In Minnesota [...]

Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol

New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand. [...]

Is the Nintendo Switch 2 a hit or a flop? Despite high sales, the console's been relatively contentious — and I have a feeling I know why

Tell us what you think about Nintendo’s new console, just over a year after its release. [...]