When Houston-based buyer Reza Soltani ordered a Tesla Cybertruck, he expected a long wait. Just a year earlier, early customers were talking about reservation queues and delivery delays. So when Tesla assigned a VIN within hours and told him the truck was ready in Houston the same day, the speedy turnaround time felt more odd...

Leading artificial intelligence systems are starting to show troubling tendencies that mirror unethical behaviors of humans. A new wave of research from Anthropic shows that top AI models will opt for deception, threats and even engage in blackmail to achieve their goals or protect their existence. Researchers have discovered in tightly controlled experiments that these...

For some people, obtaining their license is somewhat of a rite of passage, a part of becoming an adult. The same goes for purchasing a vehicle. Some are fortunate enough to inherit one, and others may be able to purchase a vehicle. However, when someone obtains a vehicle, it represents a significant investment and requires...

Executives worldwide have started to insist that artificial intelligence is forcing them to cut jobs and reorganise teams. Recently, many headlines have repeated this message, framing “AI job loss” as an unstoppable wave that has already arrived. Yet a new MIT study paints a very different picture of what is happening inside companies. The report,...

The family of Michael Sheehan, a 47-year-old Baytown, Texas resident, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla. The suit claims Sheehan’s Cybertruck trapped him inside during a fire after a relatively minor crash, preventing him from escaping. His relatives say that Tesla’s decisions about the truck’s design, especially its unconventional doors and battery system,...

Denmark is moving forward with a bold idea that could reshape how people control their online identities. The government has introduced a proposal that would give citizens copyright-style rights over their face, voice, and body. If approved, this means that any unauthorized use of a person’s likeness could be challenged legally. The move is designed...

For years, the concept of car touch screens was presented to the public as the future of driving. They promised sleek minimalism, smartphone-style convenience, and endless customization. Yet a different story has emerged on our roads in the real world. In fact, many drivers now report frustration, safety researchers warn about delayed reactions, and regulators...

The highway stretches dark ahead, and your headlights carve a tunnel through the night. A car pulls up behind with LED beams so bright they flood your rearview mirror with white light. The glare burns into your peripheral vision and makes the road ahead harder to see. Most drivers don’t know their rearview mirror has...

In 1951, a young Black woman named Henrietta Lacks walked into Johns Hopkins Hospital with a pain that changed the world. She had no clue that her own body carried the secret to one of science’s biggest discoveries. Her cells, taken without permission, became the first immortal human cell line known as HeLa cells. Her...

When 75-year-old grandfather Dave Richards began a bike ride with friends in July 2021, he expected nothing more than a pleasant afternoon. But in a few chaotic seconds, his life changed forever. A drunk driver, distracted by his phone, sped up behind the cyclists and crashed into them. Richards got pinned beneath the vehicle. The...

Not too long ago, AI just used to serve as the obligatory plot driver of your average science fiction movie. Then suddenly, all these big language models felt like they arrived out of nowhere. Now they are absolutely everywhere, from our social apps to our work. Suddenly, everyone had an opinion about where this all...

In a push towards biometric verification and as a significant data-cleansing effort, Vietnam’s State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has deactivated more than 86 million bank accounts. At the beginning of September, SBV closed accounts that had been inactive or had not been biometrically activated. This initiative is part of a government project launched back in...