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121Karpathy declares the 'pelican on a bicycle' benchmark dead. AI labs may have already killed it.Artificial IntelligenceAug 3, 2026

Karpathy declares the 'pelican on a bicycle' benchmark dead. AI labs may have already killed it.

122Why AI Agents Break Every Security Model We HaveSecurityAug 2, 2026

Why AI Agents Break Every Security Model We Have

123Three open letters in five days exposed the fault lines running through AI's safety debatePolicy & DefenseAug 2, 2026

Three open letters in five days exposed the fault lines running through AI's safety debate

124Google spent 15 years quietly killing RSS. A 2023 autopsy is blowing up on Hacker News for a reason.Business & IndustryAug 2, 2026

Google spent 15 years quietly killing RSS. A 2023 autopsy is blowing up on Hacker News for a reason.

125OpenAI's president admits people resent AI agents that insert themselves into workplace relationshipsArtificial IntelligenceAug 2, 2026

OpenAI's president admits people resent AI agents that insert themselves into workplace relationships

126Judge lets first US ban on AI 'nudify' apps take effect, rejecting xAI's last-minute challengePolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

Judge lets first US ban on AI 'nudify' apps take effect, rejecting xAI's last-minute challenge

127Apple and Samsung want you to subscribe to your next phone instead of buying itHardware & DevicesAug 1, 2026

Apple and Samsung want you to subscribe to your next phone instead of buying it

128Hank Green got caught using ChatGPT on camera. His apology exposed a deeper AI dependency problem.Artificial IntelligenceAug 1, 2026

Hank Green got caught using ChatGPT on camera. His apology exposed a deeper AI dependency problem.

129An AI-generated song cracked the Billboard Hot 100, and the industry has no test for itArtificial IntelligenceAug 1, 2026

An AI-generated song cracked the Billboard Hot 100, and the industry has no test for it

130Cursor quietly removed cost tracking from its usage dashboard, leaving teams blind to per-model AI spendBusiness & IndustryAug 1, 2026

Cursor quietly removed cost tracking from its usage dashboard, leaving teams blind to per-model AI spend

131OpenAI is racing to make ChatGPT indispensable to parents while wrongful death lawsuits mountArtificial IntelligenceAug 1, 2026

OpenAI is racing to make ChatGPT indispensable to parents while wrongful death lawsuits mount

132Iran is hacking American water systems, and the president is blaming his political rival insteadSecurityAug 1, 2026

Iran is hacking American water systems, and the president is blaming his political rival instead

133EU hits Temu with formal obstruction charges over Dublin raid, escalating subsidy probePolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

EU hits Temu with formal obstruction charges over Dublin raid, escalating subsidy probe

134GitHub Copilot retires Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash: the suggested replacement is still in previewArtificial IntelligenceAug 1, 2026

GitHub Copilot retires Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash: the suggested replacement is still in preview

135Orchid's viral 'fix your boyfriend' ad reveals how far AI agent startups will push into your personal life for attentionBusiness & IndustryAug 1, 2026

Orchid's viral 'fix your boyfriend' ad reveals how far AI agent startups will push into your personal life for attention

136The FCC banned foreign robot vacuums for national security, but the rule has nothing to do with cybersecurityPolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

The FCC banned foreign robot vacuums for national security, but the rule has nothing to do with cybersecurity

137OpenAI reveals Cambodia scam syndicate used ChatGPT to run fraud operations and manage trafficked workersSecurityAug 1, 2026

OpenAI reveals Cambodia scam syndicate used ChatGPT to run fraud operations and manage trafficked workers

138Google's Android verification will lock developers in sanctioned nations out of global app distributionPolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

Google's Android verification will lock developers in sanctioned nations out of global app distribution

139OpenAI's next model, Astra, has solved ten open problems in pure mathematics with formal proofsScience & FrontierAug 1, 2026

OpenAI's next model, Astra, has solved ten open problems in pure mathematics with formal proofs

140The biggest open-source AI model ever can now run on a laptop at half a token per secondHardware & DevicesAug 1, 2026

The biggest open-source AI model ever can now run on a laptop at half a token per second

141OpenAI says its models now reach 1 billion people every weekBusiness & IndustryAug 1, 2026

OpenAI says its models now reach 1 billion people every week

142Major labels propose banning AI songs from the charts unless they are 'substantially human made'Policy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

Major labels propose banning AI songs from the charts unless they are 'substantially human made'

143Tailscale admits its zero-trust network couldn't stop a rogue AI agent, and the real lesson is that long-lived credentials are now deadSecurityAug 1, 2026

Tailscale admits its zero-trust network couldn't stop a rogue AI agent, and the real lesson is that long-lived credentials are now dead

144EU AI Act transparency rules become enforceable tomorrow: every AI interaction must now be disclosed, every deepfake labeledPolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

EU AI Act transparency rules become enforceable tomorrow: every AI interaction must now be disclosed, every deepfake labeled

145qm brings multiplayer to AI agents: an open-source harness where teams share agents without collidingArtificial IntelligenceAug 1, 2026

qm brings multiplayer to AI agents: an open-source harness where teams share agents without colliding

146AI tools let teenagers raise millions for startups in months, but the same speed has eliminated the room to failBusiness & IndustryAug 1, 2026

AI tools let teenagers raise millions for startups in months, but the same speed has eliminated the room to fail

147MCP 2.0's stateless rewrite makes AI agent tools simpler to build and harder to weaponizeArtificial IntelligenceAug 1, 2026

MCP 2.0's stateless rewrite makes AI agent tools simpler to build and harder to weaponize

148OpenAI endorsed the EU's AI Code of Practice but skipped the Copyright chapter, and enforcement powers activate tomorrowPolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

OpenAI endorsed the EU's AI Code of Practice but skipped the Copyright chapter, and enforcement powers activate tomorrow

149A dead SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into the Moon on August 5, and scientists say the debris plume could be visible from EarthScience & FrontierAug 1, 2026

A dead SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into the Moon on August 5, and scientists say the debris plume could be visible from Earth

150Reddit's DMCA lawsuit against Perplexity survives dismissal, testing whether platform data licensing deals create anti-scraping moatsPolicy & DefenseAug 1, 2026

Reddit's DMCA lawsuit against Perplexity survives dismissal, testing whether platform data licensing deals create anti-scraping moats