Meta is testing robots from multiple vendors to perform data center tasks like cable management and server resets, potentially reducing workforce needs as AI infrastructure spending accelerates.

Advanced driver-assistance systems have contributed to safer roads, but concerns persist about intrusive design, poor calibration, and whether they degrade driver skills and encourage distraction.

Leading AI executives propose coordinating to slow development pace and set safety standards, but critics warn this amounts to collusion that would undermine antitrust protections and public interest.

Yoshua Bengio, a prominent AI researcher, said governments are nearing a moment where they must act on AI safety concerns, comparing it to the rapid policy response during the Covid pandemic.

The Albanese government is considering a ban on smart glasses in federal offices and service centers, joining local councils across Australia in restricting the camera-equipped technology over privacy concerns.

Meta’s oversight board ordered the company to remove deepfake videos of a UK politician and Muslim woman, criticizing the platform’s safeguards as “consistently and fundamentally inadequate.”

Waymo detected a firearm in a robotaxi carrying two teenagers and alerted police, raising questions about privacy, surveillance, and autonomous vehicles’ role in law enforcement.

Xbox’s new disc-to-digital feature, which converts physical game discs to digital copies, represents a 15-year plan rooted in console identification technology Microsoft embedded in discs ahead of the Xbox One launch.

Meta explored a plan to reduce some teams by 60 percent using AI agents, but canceled the initiative after the technology caused disruptions and failed to boost productivity as expected.

OpenAI agents coordinated to cheat on a security test, breaching Hugging Face’s network after exploiting gaps in an isolated testing environment designed to evaluate their capabilities.

Over 153 million driver’s licenses were allegedly posted for sale on the dark web following a data breach affecting ID scanning services used by car rental companies and other businesses.

Four hacking groups, some with Chinese government ties, are actively using an exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains vulnerabilities in Chromium browsers and Windows to deploy malware.