AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
Last week, I attended a talk at MIT by Neil Thompson, who studies progress in computing and artificial…
From Earth to Orbit, France’s Ecosystem Delivers Agentic Computing at Scale With NVIDIA
Companies in France are deploying agentic computing across industries spanning space, financial services, the public sector and scientific…
I Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally Fine
A Meta spokesperson highlighted Muse’s system prompt, which guides the tool on how to answer questions from users,…
AI vulnerability patching has a grading problem
Researchers at Northwestern University tested AI coding agents on 112 real security bugs. They found that a patch…
Apple Makes It Tougher for AI Agents to Access Macs
Apple is changing its Mac operating system to make it clearer when artificial intelligence agents seek access to…
Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Welcome to Kernel Panic!, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new…
Visa CEO Says AI Shopping Has Arrived but Payments Haven’t
Artificial intelligence may be changing where consumers decide what to buy before it changes where they pay for…
Intel’s AI Tailwinds Are Real. Mizuho Cut the Target Anyway.
On September 3, Mizuho lowered the price target on Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) to $92 from $109. Mizuho’s note…
Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing
Meta is formally ending what amounted to a tokenmaxxing incentive program for employees. In an internal announcement this…
You Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters
On the job review platform Glassdoor, one faction hates artificial intelligence more than any other. “Pushing AI to…
Banks Double Down on nCino AI Agents After Using Initial Cre…
Early adopters of nCino’s agentic solutions and other artificial intelligence initiatives for financial institutions have used up their…
The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI
OpenAI’s leaders are rallying workers to respond to one of the largest crises in the company’s history—which spans…