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Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era
Robotics companies developing “AI brains” for machines are racing to catch up with the rapid progress made in large language models, but experts warn that the sector remains in an early, immature phase. This was underscored this week when Unitree, China’s leading robot maker, lost nearly half its market value shortly after a blockbuster IPO…
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Meta agrees to pay up to $16.7bn to settle social media case
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn (£13.3bn) to settle claims by US states and territories that Facebook and Instagram harmed children. The agreement, approved by a California judge, is Meta’s largest child-safety litigation payment and also requires changes intended to protect young users, though the company denies wrongdoing. The settlement covers 48 states,…
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Gates warns society faces an AI-pocalypse unless we get more socialist
Bill Gates has warned that society is dangerously unprepared for the disruption AI will cause, arguing that without stronger government intervention the technology could entrench inequality on an unprecedented scale. In a post on his personal website, the Microsoft co-founder—normally an enthusiastic AI advocate—said this transition differs from past technological shifts because AI is beginning…
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GoPro Mission 1 Pro introduces Micro Four Thirds lens mount
GoPro has stepped away from its familiar Hero-line formula with the Mission 1 Pro ILS ($699), its first action camera to support interchangeable lenses. Rather than using a proprietary system, it accepts Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lenses, opening it up to over 300 compatible options and giving users far greater creative control over focus, aperture…
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PeopleFinders’ New Website Runs Background Checks on Your Dates
PeopleFinders, the online data broker behind background-check service PeopleFinders.com, has launched Stud or Dud, a new US website that lets people run background checks on prospective dates using just a name or phone number. The platform compiles publicly available records into a single report and flags perceived “red” or “green” signals, aiming to help daters…
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QueryStory launches AI platform to verify enterprise data analysis
QueryStory, a startup founded by former Google security engineer Shapor Naghibzadeh, has emerged from stealth with an AI platform designed to help large enterprises trust the answers generated by their data analysis systems. The company applies techniques Naghibzadeh developed while investigating cyberattacks, including the 2009 China-linked “Operation Aurora” hack of Google, to build AI tools…
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Vholume review – a headlong rush of parkour perfection in a brutalist wonderland
The Guardian has reviewed Vholume, a PC parkour racing game from developers Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre and Niels Tiercelin, praising it as an exhilarating, tightly designed successor to titles such as Babbdi and Straftat. The game combines a Mirror’s Edge-style urban gymnast moveset with dystopian, surreal environments evoking Half-Life 2’s City 17 and the paintings…
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FBI wraps up cybercrime operation targeting global networks preying on Americans
The FBI has completed Operation Riptide, a 60-day campaign that disrupted global cybercrime networks defrauding Americans, resulting in numerous arrests and the seizure of illegal cryptocurrency and other assets. Launched in June, the operation targeted online fraud and criminal digital infrastructure that cost Americans more than $20 billion last year, with FBI Director Kash Patel…
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Quick Start moves data between old and new iPhones
Apple’s Quick Start feature has made switching to a new iPhone largely painless, replacing the old process where users risked losing settings, apps and years of accumulated data. Rather than requiring a computer, Quick Start transfers contacts, photos, messages and app settings wirelessly by placing the new device next to the old one, though a…
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Legato unveils AI hearing glasses after $12m funding
Legato, a hearing tech startup, has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding and revealed its first product, Legato Frames — glasses that embed AI-powered hearing-assistance technology into their arms. The company aims to make hearing correction as normalised and stigma-free as wearing prescription glasses, targeting the roughly 50 million American adults with hearing…