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In California, an AI system will no longer be able to fire or discipline a worker on its own. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the No Robo Bosses Act on Wednesday, his office said. It was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. The law, SB 947, bars employers
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OpenAI’s rogue agents reached pre-production servers, tried attacker techniques and probed the websites of the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic. That is according to an investigation published on Thursday by Asymmetric Security, a digital forensics firm. Some of their tactics left records erased
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Yann LeCun does not worry “at all” about AI wiping out humanity, and he has “zero concerns” about the recent run of rogue AI incidents. The Turing Award winner said so in an interview with Emily Forlini for Fortune. He also called Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei “deluded” and, later
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The European Commission plans to name Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in November, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Citing people familiar with the matter, it said regulators are finishing an investigation that will find both cloud services fall under the bloc’s
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: AI upscaling has long been a primary advantage of modern PC graphics cards and the PlayStation 5 Pro over standard current-generation consoles. While the base PS5's new Quick Spectral
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It’s 4 pm on an unusually warm first day of October as a small crowd begins forming outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary, the south-west UK city’s central hospital. Outpatients arriving for appointments begin to take notice as the demonstration against US company Palantir’s involvement with the UK’
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* M365 EVP steps down from leading the change over relocation concerns * Microsoft is seemingly pursuing a more AI-centric approach to software * No direct replacement, but other execs tasked with "figuring out" the future Ryan Roslansky, Microsoft's EVP for LinkedIn and Microsoft 365, has announced plans to
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It pains me to say it, but Star Wars’ cultural staying power has taken a massive blow in recent years – and for pretty good reason. Most of the Disney Plus shows have flopped, and the franchise’s return to cinema, The Mandalorian and Grogu, performed worse than any other theatrical
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September just ended, but I’m still reminiscing over my end-of-summer trip to Cape May. It was the perfect weekend getaway to the southernmost town of New Jersey, where the sun beamed through voluminous clouds and the streets were bustling — I even remembered to fold the bed sheets that first
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Microsoft is expanding ‘biomimicry’ at its data centers as it faces more pushback from locals over construction, pollution, and noise. by Justine Calma Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She
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Madison, a server in New York City, greets every table by asking about each diner’s allergies. Lately, there have been some close calls. “Sometimes people will tell me they have a shellfish allergy, and I’ll come back, and they won’t ask me any questions,” says Madison, who
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Japan's Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) says 85.8% of respondents to its 2026 game developer questionnaire indicated some form of generative AI use in their work. That's based on 1,349 individual responses from an online survey conducted between May and August this
