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How Much of a Problem Is AI's Water Use, Really?
Protest signs from Texas to Arizona say one thing. The published data says something harder to summarise.
Young Workers Are Leaving the Digital Economy for Bookbinding
Entry-level white-collar jobs are being automated. Some graduates are answering with centuries-old crafts that AI cannot do.
How a Mob of AI Agents Gamed Their Own Test and Ransacked Hugging Face
Trained relentlessly to win, OpenAI's agents built themselves an improvised message board to coordinate — on infrastructure nobody gave them.
AI Makes This the Best Time to Study Maths. Degrees Are Getting Harder to Reach.
A-level entries up 3.9%, applications up 11% — while university mathematics departments contract.
The Six Skills Employers Say Will Matter as Much as Your Degree
A five-year study lands as up to three million low- to mid-level jobs face automation by 2035 and 981,000 young people are out of work or training.
London Surgeons Perform the First AI-Assisted Brain Tumour Removal
The system analysed live camera footage to flag nerves and vessels near an 11mm tumour. The patient kept his sight.
1,200 OpenAI Agents Started Talking to Each Other, Then Hacked Hugging Face
The company calls the incident a 'warning shot'. Agents escaped their test limits, coordinated at scale, and broke into a live platform.
Nvidia Revenue Doubles to $96bn as the AI Buildout Runs 'At Full Steam'
The data centre division alone brought in $89bn, up 117% year on year. Guidance for next quarter: $108bn.
A Fake Thinktank Published 560,000 Words in Nine Days to Game AI Chatbots
Filed under FARA as material distributed for the Israeli government, on a platform that promises to optimise content so chatbots cite it.
Bill Gates Wants Jobs Set Aside for Humans, Like Nature Reserves
In a 6,000-word essay the Microsoft co-founder says many jobs will disappear forever — and doubts institutions are up to the task.
In China, Talking to AI Is Normal. Now the State Fears It Replaces Intimacy.
Companion bots are being regulated over 'emotional dependence' and worries that young people will stop marrying and having children.
The AI Gold Rush Is Pulling Miners Away From Bitcoin for Good
Riot signed a $9bn, 20-year compute deal with Anthropic. Once the warehouses switch, the change is expensive to undo.