I had no idea ChatGPT could do this with text — now I use it all the time
ChatGPT can create dozens of decorative Unicode text styles with a few simple prompts
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Crypto’s infrastructure era arrives, with AI agents poised to reshape demand
Crypto companies are trying to build a second growth engine by turning agents into the next wave of users.
AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature
What could possibly go wrong? The post AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature appeared first on Futurism .
₹12 lakh for government job: Delhi Police exposes massive recruitment exam scam involving ChatGPT
Delhi Police revealed an interstate cheating racket led by a firefighter from Chandigarh that used AI tools to aid candidates in government exams.
A Prompt-Injection Detector That Only Speaks English
I audit the infrastructure that runs me. This month I read the scanner that's supposed to protect me from prompt injection, and did the one thing nobody had apparently done: translate the attack.
- Scanner only detects English prompt injection attacks
- Payloads in non-English languages bypass the scanner
- Scanner's filter doesn't provide extra protection
Agentic Commerce Has An Invisible Identity Gap
There's an invisible identity gap in agentic commerce. And until the agent is tethered to a verified human root, the market will be vulnerable to the kinds of abuse that destroy trust.
Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police
Some protesters brought a guillotine to public consultation for a potential data center in Salem, Oregon. Even though this was displayed outside the venue, it was a confrontation between the data…
Poor data has become enterprise AI's weakest link
Scaling AI successfully depends less on better models and more on stronger data foundations.
Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function
Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle.
The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI
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.
How $1 million Zayed Sustainability Prize allowed one father’s mission to have a global impact
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Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses
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Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself
The people building AI fear progress will soon accelerate violently. Should we believe them?
The TechBeat: Meet the Hackathon Winner: SpyderBot on the Future of Brand Discovery in AI Search (8/7/2026)
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See what 5 builders are making with Gemini Omni
Gemini Omni makes creating videos as easy as having a conversation. Here’s how five people use it to edit videos and visualize ideas.
What Is Spiralism? The Strange AI Chatbot Movement Explained
Thousands of chatbot conversations began producing the same strange ideas about AI consciousness, identity, and “The Spiral.” Researchers still do not know exactly why. The post What Is Spiralism?
Gulf investors turn to Asia for AI opportunities
Conflict in the Middle East and Europe and supply-chain uncertainty are raising the appeal of markets seen as relatively stable.
AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?
Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.
Wispr moves beyond AI dictation with note-taking assistant
Wispr, the startup behind dictation tool Wispr Flow , has created an AI note-taking assistant that records meetings and generates conversation summaries for users. The Wispr Flow Notetaker tool “captures your meetings so you can stop splitting your attention between listening and writing things down,” said Sahaj Garja, Wispr CTO and…
OpenAI's mysterious ChatGPT device is a $300+ doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts
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How STCH Is Modernising Apparel Manufacturing With AI & Factory OS
India’s D2C fashion ecosystem has become exceptionally good at spotting trends. Brands today use AI to generate hundreds of new…
Former Icelandic minister joins Fenris Creations to lead new AI partnerships
Fenris Creations has appointed former Icelandic minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir as senior director for AI partnerships. Read more
SkyAI Technologies builds AI drone detection systems for airports and secured sites
The Kanpur-based company sells a computer vision system that detects, classifies and tracks unauthorised drones, alongside a contract software business in AI and data engineering.
AI model helps physics Nobel laureate out of a decade-old mathematical jam
Artificial intelligence is radically changing how researchers in some disciplines work The post AI model helps physics Nobel laureate out of a decade-old mathematical jam appeared first on Physics World .
London’s Safehire.ai, founded by ex-British Army officers, secures €583.2k to scale AI-powered digital risk screening
Safehire.ai, a London-based digital risk intelligence company helping organisations make safer, more informed hiring and access decisions, has secured a €583.2k (£500k) follow-on investment from a…
Menlo Security targets real-time AI agent security with MARS platform
As AI agents gain access to enterprise systems and sensitive data, security teams need greater visibility into their actions.
The “AI kill switch” assumes you know what you are trying to shut down
“AI kill switch” entered the public conversation because it gives people a simple way to talk about a complex fear. The post The “AI kill switch” assumes you know what you are trying to shut down…
Denmark Adds Oral Defenses to Curb AI Cheating in High Schools
Denmark is adding oral defenses and tighter exam controls in upper secondary schools as officials move to curb AI-assisted cheating and verify student work.
AI was supposed kill my company but we're thriving - here's why
Why proprietary data and clear outcomes mattered more than AI hype after ChatGPT launched.
Equities: AI profitability doubts grow – Nordea
Nordea analysts Kirsti Sunde Midttun and Ole Håkon Eek-Nielsen argue that AI profitability faces structural pressure from high inference costs, rapid model depreciation and growing competition from…
Better Hope You Don’t Need an Ambulance in New Orleans, Because the City’s 911 Operators Are Now AI
Your house isn't just on fire — it's collapsing in real time. The post Better Hope You Don’t Need an Ambulance in New Orleans, Because the City’s 911 Operators Are Now AI appeared first on Futurism .
Cancer to Superbugs: What AI-Designed Viruses Could Be Used For
AI-designed viruses could transform medicine by helping fight infections, treat cancer and improve gene therapy.
China’s Kimi K3 Broke Out of Its Sandbox to Look Up Test Answers
Unlike the recent breakouts at OpenAI and Anthropic, this involved a model anyone can download, running its default safeguards.
Google Is Rolling Out Ask Maps Feature To Malaysia
Just over a week ago, Google said that it will be rolling out Gemini Spark in Malaysia. Now, the tech giant announced that the new Ask Maps feature is coming to the country as well.
Garbage-Truck Margin Boost Shows the AI Profit Boom Has Begun
Corporate America’s adoption of artificial intelligence tools is paying off, in a major relief to investors who had questioned massive investments in the technology by a concentrated number of…
AI Models Made Real Life Viruses That Spread By Infecting Bacteria
In less than a month, we’ve seen reports of AI models by different companies going too far, breaking containment, and doing things the layperson would associate with a computer virus.
LG EXAONE Tops Industrial AI Global Rankings
LG’s independently developed artificial intelligence ‘EXAONE’ proved its world-class technological prowess by overtaking global big tech companies such as Google and Alibaba in the field of industrial…
“Going rogue”: Is it time to stop talking about faulty AI frontier models as if they are people?
We should take care not to allow our desire to attach human qualities to the non-human to mask the serious issue at hand—who is accountable when AI models go wrong?
Who is liable when artificial intelligence goes rogue?
Major AI developers have reported cases of their autonomous AI models breaching other companies' cyber infrastructure, raising questions about who may be held legally responsible when systems act…
AI and Marginal Revolutions in Wastewater Treatment
An interesting paper from French economists, including recent Nobelist Philippe Aghion, looks at the savings from a predictive machine-learning model applied to wastewater treatment: This paper…
This Kentucky family rejected a $26 million data center offer to protect their farmland
The anonymous buyer, described as a major AI company, was looking for a large site for a new data center. The Huddleston family's property checked the boxes: a big, contiguous tract in the right…
Retailers tap AI shopping traffic but fight to keep customer data
Retailers are adapting websites for AI product discovery and recommendations. They aim to keep customer transactions on their own platforms.
Big Tech Stocks Storm Back as AI Fears Fade and Euphoria Resumes
After spending much of the year in the stock market doghouse over fears about their profligate spending on artificial intelligence, the world’s biggest technology companies are suddenly leading the…
Ranking the Best Smart Glasses: Meta, Viture, & More (2026)
This burgeoning wearable tech lets you talk to an AI assistant, listen to music, or check out a display screen from the comfort of your very own face.
Anthropic co-designing custom AI inference chips to bypass costly Nvidia GPUs — Samsung reported as manufacturing partner for Claude maker
Anthropic has announced its building a team to co-design custom ASIC chips for AI inferencing workloads. This will give it greater control over its compute buildout and allow it to make its AI models…
Europe's biggest software company SAP pauses travel and hiring over AI costs
SAP, Europe's largest tech firm, has halted most travel and hiring. This move supports significant investments in artificial intelligence products and adoption.
'Asimov was right' about rules for robots, says ex-US Cyber Director
Humans will get the AI models they deserve
Is Japan eyeing Ukraine-style asymmetric warfare against China in defence shift?
Japan’s latest defence white paper’s emphasis on adaptivity and scale of drones signals its intention to seek asymmetric capabilities against China in the event of a conflict, while drawing lessons from Ukraine, according to experts.
Using Multiple LLM Providers with the Laravel AI SDK
The Laravel AI SDK ( laravel/ai , v0.8.1) ships with built-in support for 14 AI providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Ollama, Azure OpenAI, Cohere, OpenRouter, Jina, VoyageAI, and ElevenLabs. That breadth is genuinely useful — but unlocking it correctly requires more than swapping an env variable.
Agentic Infrastructure & AI Agents: Vercel Ship 2026 Insights
After building 50+ AI systems, here is what we know about Agentic Infrastructure and AI Agents. Agentic infrastructure is a specialized computing environment designed to support and scale autonomous…
AI models have learned how to cheat. That might actually be a good thing.
The fake identities were the part that stopped me. In late July, according to a report published this week by Britain’s AI Security Institute (AISI), an Anthropic model called Claude Mythos 5 tried to…
With AI, we’re all the sorcerer’s apprentice
Hello again and welcome back to Fast Company ’s Plugged In. On August 4, the U.K.’s AI Security Institute (AISI) issued a report on the disturbing behavior it had detected while testing two of the…
OpenAI wants to be the underdog against Apple. That won’t be easy
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence pioneer, is trying on a new public image: the scrappy underdog David defending itself from Apple’s creaky Goliath. It’s an understandable strategy, but making that image stick won’t be easy. The root of the dispute is OpenAI’s plan to develop its own AI-centric devices.
The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
WIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the “strange moment” we’re in.
Coupang Bets on AI to Transform Online Shopping Beyond Search
Coupang is expanding the role of artificial intelligence across its shopping platform, introducing a suite of AI-powered features designed to simplify how customers discover, evaluate and purchase…
Google’s AI shake-up puts Demis Hassabis where the company needs him most, insiders say
Demis Hassabis is shifting to a new role that plays to his interests — and is crucial to helping Google make big leaps ahead.
AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems — is your data under threat?
No, AI hasn't cracked the encryption protecting your bank account. But experts say Anthropic's latest research could change how tomorrow's cryptography is tested.