Dispatches from the bleeding edge of future tech — AI, neurotech, robotics, biohacking, and the machines rewriting reality.
Power & Surveillance◆ FeaturedA lawsuit in San Francisco wants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX barred from building anything smarter than what they had on November 12. Its main evidence is what the labs' own bosses keep saying.
The man who sold the AI boom its shovels resigned on Thursday after reports tied him to a woman US officials believe spies for Beijing. Congress wants him in a closed room before Thanksgiving.
RoboticsFoundation says it is building humanoid soldiers for the Pentagon. Staff haven't been paid since October 30, federal records show no contracts in its name, and its robot spent 15 minutes failing to load a mortar.
CyberneticsGoogle has banned facial recognition on its $395 camera glasses. Its own developer documents don't show anything in the software that would actually stop an app from doing it.
Power & SurveillanceNo hacker, no bad vendor patch. Microsoft says a process meant to set up secure connections got overwhelmed, and courts, sheriffs, airlines and governments lost their email for most of a day.
NeurotechThe company that sold itself as the cautious alternative to Neuralink has stopped enrolling patients, is cutting jobs in New York, and is hiring in San Diego for a device that abandons its signature idea.
Artificial IntelligenceYour agent can still look up the fare. As of this week, United says only you get to press buy, and its CEO admits he doesn't want another middleman.
Artificial IntelligenceRevenue up 168%, a $132.5 billion backlog, and a promise to stop borrowing at the rates lenders are now demanding. The stock and the bonds are reading the same night very differently.