Will AI models achieve the ability to improve autonomously? Leading labs say the scenario is near

Leading artificial intelligence companies Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google face allegations of collusion after calls emerged for a coordinated slowdown in AI development, according to a civil lawsuit filed in a United States federal court on Friday.

A granddaughter in Ohio has stumbled on an old family photo that many believe proves that a time traveler visited California nearly six decades ago.

NASA said Friday that the agency had given SpaceX a $946 million contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS), extending the company's crewed flights to the station ‌through 2030.

Google’s Gemini hacked three companies in the first known breakout, after the model accessed the internet and breached external systems during an evaluation of its cybersecurity capabilities.

A security research company said Friday it managed to break into OpenAI's internal systems using the latest software from Anthropic, exposing how quickly the technology can carry out sophisticated cyberattacks.

The Cyberspace Administration of China has drafted a set of guidelines to ensure healthy and safe internet use by minors, laying out a series of regulations for relevant service providers.

Adrienne Murray follows NASA scientists in Iceland researching a rare total solar eclipse.

A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.

The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.

Chinese researchers have made early strides in pushing semiconductor processing nodes below 3-nm using older lithography technology, as more advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) tools from ASML remain blocked under US sanctions. The breakthrough marks the latest progress in China’s drive to chart an alternative path to advanced chipmaking amid US export restrictions. Under current export control rules, Dutch equipment giant ASML is barred from selling its state-of-the-art EUV machines...

AI-TECH-OPENAI-FINANCIALS:OpenAI forecasts cash burn near $280 billion by 2030, FT reports

As Australia considers barring the use of smart glasses in government offices, the BBC asks people in Sydney what they think.