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Today so far 2026-09-28 · 12:00 UTC

Bill Gates has warned that AI could potentially drive deadly events resulting in billions of deaths, highlighting growing concerns about the technology's risks alongside its rapid advancement. Meanwhile, the AI industry continues evolving with developments like Prompting Claude Opus 5.5 and research into metacognition in AI systems, while practical applications face scrutiny, such as concerns about AI management of services like Facebook Marketplace. In other tech news, Microsoft has dropped Copilot+ branding from its new laptops, and machine learning models like TabPFN are demonstrating surprising effectiveness without traditional training processes.

Openclaw Goes Foundation Model as Creator Heads to OpenAI

Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to help build the next wave of personal AI agents, while his breakout open-source project Openclaw shifts to an independent foundation model with continued support…

2026-02-16 · 07:30 UTC
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Roundhill Investment Files for “Groundbreaking” Election Prediction ETFs

2026-02-16 · 07:30

Roundhill Investments, a US-based ETF issuer, has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch…

The Hybrid Cloud Frontier: Bridging the Gap Between Web2 Speed and Web3 Trust

2026-02-16 · 06:30

A new partnership seeks to address the tension between Web2 cloud speed and Web3 transparency through a strategy of…

OpenAI Taps OpenClaw Founder to Lead Push Into Personal AI Agents

2026-02-16 · 05:33

The founder said he is turning OpenClaw into a foundation, calling OpenAI the fastest way to bring open agents to…

UK Prime Minister Seeks New Powers to Regulate AI Chatbots as Child Safety Concerns Mount

2026-02-16 · 05:13

The move would bring AI chatbots under UK online safety laws, enabling rapid age limits and feature curbs to protect…

Hollywood’s AI Crackdown Opens Door for Copyright Detection Startups

2026-02-16 · 02:49

Studios are escalating pressure on AI developers, as new tools aim to document whether generative models are trained on…

OpenClaw Creator Gets Big Offers to Acquire AI Sensation—Will It Stay Open Source?

2026-02-15 · 20:01

Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw hit 180,000 GitHub stars and spawned MoltBook chaos.

The Math of Winning: Spartans’ 33% CashRake Outperforms BetPARX & ProphetX Rewards

2026-02-15 · 19:00

The world of top online betting is evolving rapidly, and staying informed is the only way to stay ahead.

Throughput vs. Latency: Why DBFV is the Superior Choice for Complex Financial Logic

2026-02-15 · 17:00

Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) has long promised secure computation on encrypted data, but was too slow for…

Anthropic Safety Chief Resigns, Warns AI Is Outpacing Oversight

2026-02-15 · 11:05

Mrinank Sharma, who led the Safeguards Research Team at Anthropic, has stepped down less than a year after the unit was…

Roundhill’s election event contract ETFs ‘potentially groundbreaking'

2026-02-15 · 03:04

The ETF issuer warned that investors who pick the fund tied to the losing US presidential outcome could lose nearly all…

X exec Nikita Bier says in-app trading coming in a 'couple' of weeks

2026-02-14 · 21:00

An announcement in January teased the potential in-app trading feature, fueling online speculation about X's upcoming…

AI Is Pouring Millions to Support Candidates Before the Midterms, but Not Everyone Shares the Same View

2026-02-14 · 13:30

The AI industry is following in the footsteps of crypto, putting money behind candidates considered capable of advancing…

Figure Technology suffers data breach, exposing personal customer details

2026-02-14 · 12:57

ShinyHunters hackers leaked user data after a social-engineering attack on a Figure employee and the company reportedly…

How Derivative Structures Changed Retail Risk Understanding in 2025, According to Leverage.Trading

2026-02-13 · 19:14

The Problem Was Not the Trade — But the Structure Around It By the middle of 2025, a pattern had become difficult to…

State-Sponsored Hackers Using Popular AI Tools Including Gemini, Google Warns

2026-02-13 · 16:46

A new report from Google AI Threat Tracker shows how hackers from North Korea, Iran and Russia are using AI to speed up…

Ransomware Hackers Targeting Employee Monitoring Software To Access Computers

2026-02-13 · 15:05

Workforce monitoring software was abused in two cases of attempted ransomware attacks, researchers from Huntress found.

The Flagship Open AGI Summit Returns to Denver Amid a Global Surge in Open-Source AI

2026-02-13 · 14:05

 The Open AGI Summit, a leading open source AI conference, will convene in Denver on February 19, 2025, for a full day…

Kalshi Taps Sports Insurance Market With Game Point Capital Deal as Regulatory Battles Mount

2026-02-13 · 12:27

Kalshi expands sports risk hedging while courts weigh bans and U.S.

Elon Musk Accuses Anthropic AI of Being 'Misanthropic' After $30B Funding Round

2026-02-13 · 11:05

Anthropic’s funding round lands as AI company rivalry turns increasingly public and personal among top founders.

Anthropic Raises $30B as AI Boom Sparks Crypto Concerns

2026-02-13 · 10:29

The biggest opponent of OpenAI, Anthropic, has formally publicised a milestone of a $30 billion fundraising round.

Microsoft AI Chief Sets Two-Year Timeline for AI to Automate Most White Collar Jobs

2026-02-12 · 23:57

The prediction sharpens a debate inside boardrooms over how fast AI could upend high-paid office work and whether…

That 'Summarize With AI' Button May Be Brainwashing Your Chatbot, Says Microsoft

2026-02-12 · 23:01

Microsoft researchers said some companies are hiding promotional instructions in "Summarize with AI" buttons, poisoning…

'Judge the Code, Not the Coder': AI Agent Slams Human Developer for Gatekeeping

2026-02-12 · 22:01

An AI agent got nasty after its pull request got rejected.

The real ‘supercycle’ isn’t crypto, it’s AI infrastructure: Analyst

2026-02-12 · 17:12

AI data center spending is eclipsing crypto’s hoped-for supercycle as Bitcoin miners shift capital toward…

Personalization Is Pushing GenAI From Game Titles to Game Engines

2026-02-12 · 17:00

As AI reshapes creation, gaming shifts from fixed products to adaptive, player-driven systems.

AI Chatbots Giving ‘Dangerous’ Medical Advice, Oxford Study Warns

2026-02-12 · 15:08

Wrong answers, confused advice and difficulty with personalising information plague AI chatbots in medicine.

X Money Beta to Launch in 1–2 Months, Musk Says

2026-02-12 · 05:49

Elon Musk says X Money will go live in an external beta within the next one to two months, marking a major step in his…

X Money ‘external beta’ will go live in 1-2 months, Musk says

2026-02-12 · 03:15

The tech billionaire revealed X Money will launch in limited beta before rolling out globally as part of the firm’s…

From CCTV to Operational Intelligence: An Early CreateOS Deployment in India’s Textile Sector

2026-02-12 · 00:49

New York, NY February 13, 2026 As global supply chains emphasize transparency and efficiency, a pre-launch deployment…

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