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Almost 150 politicians across Europe have been included on harmful deepfake pornography websites over the last few years, according to new research seen by WIRED. Some of the politicians, who are overwhelmingly women, have had their likeness included in...

The next scam call you receive may not sound like a robot, a call center, or even someone pretending to be your relative. AI voice generators have become capable of reproducing regional accents and dialects that sound convincing enough...

A misconfigured Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database linked to Vietnam exposed more than 220 million passenger and crew travel records spanning 2017 to 2026, including names, passport numbers, nationalities, flight details, seat assignments, and baggage references. Researchers...

NASA and IBM have released an open-source AI model trained on a large collection of lunar observations to help scientists analyze the Moon at scale. "The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model gives scientists a foundation to explore the Moon...

"I won't lie to you – there are real dangers," said Anthropic CEO and cofounder Dario Amodei about the development of artificial intelligence. "And I think for too long the...

Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season’s biggest issue: data centers. If you’ve got a question or thought for the column, feel free to shoot Molly an email...

America's highest court heard Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a new trial on Thursday, CNN reports. But they add that "the former crypto mogul who was convicted of defrauding investors by secretly diverting billions of dollars of their money"...

An AI researcher who quit Anthropic told the BBC that people working on the technology are "genuinely frightened" about the speed of its advancements and what it could mean for humanity.Jacob Coxon spoke with BBC's Laura Kuenssberg on Saturday...

Tips and Frequently Asked QuestionsIs a Standing Desk Worth It?AccordionItemContainerButtonNew research shows that while standing desks can potentially mitigate some health risks by limiting your sitting time, standing too long isn't all that great and can increase the risk...

Mathematician and author Steven Strogatz starts to cry when he talks about the artificial-intelligence-driven breakthroughs in his field over the past week.“The science is thrilling,” the Cornell University professor says, “but there's a lot of human unpleasantness going with...