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What Tom's Hardware has been covering
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Donald Trump has suggested renaming artificial intelligence, stating the current term is inaccurate and ineloquent. He launched a poll on his social media platform, offering 'Superior Intelligence,' 'Extreme Intelligence,' and 'Supreme Intelligence' as alternatives.
Tom's Hardware reported it asUS and China propose hotline to de-escalate AI threats ahead of Washington summit (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
Tom's Hardware reported it asPutin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polling stations opened in the Far East, with President Vladimir Putin's party widely expected to win the 450 seats in the State Duma. Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Tom's Hardware reported it asPutin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC — 'Activate Windows' watermark visible in official Kremlin clip, uses foreign Dell PC despite Russian tech mandate (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI to access OpenAI's internal systems by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's community forum. The team gained access to an employee's ChatGPT account, which was linked to the code repository, and reported the findings to OpenAI, receiving a $6,500 reward.
Tom's Hardware reported it asHackers breach OpenAI using Claude tools, gaining access to employee accounts and the company's internal codebase — attackers initiated a 'harmless' pull request as proof of the hack (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Huawei has announced plans to release four new Ascend AI chips within the next three years, aiming to compete with Nvidia. The Ascend 950 chip will feature proprietary high-bandwidth memory, a key technological advancement for China. The company also plans new computing power supernodes.
Tom's Hardware reported it asHuawei details AI accelerator roadmap, pulls in next-generation Ascend NPUs by several quarters — FP4 performance of the Ascend 960PR doubles expectations (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has blocked researchers from using its models for work that could potentially aid biological weapons development. The company stated it could not determine if the research served a legitimate scientific purpose or malicious intent, citing attempts to circumvent restrictions and obscure research goals.
Tom's Hardware reported it asAnthropic says Claude thwarted bioweapon research from state-sponsored actors — covert accounts used U.S. proxies to attempt to engineer deadlier viruses, tried to evade identification and regional blocks (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
OpenAI has announced that an internal AI model has produced a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics' seven Millennium Prize Problems. The company claims approximately 10,000 AI agents worked on the problem for 88 hours. However, mathematicians have expressed skepticism due to the lack of a publicly disclosed proof.
Tom's Hardware reported it asOpenAI solution for the Navier-Stokes problem overshadowed by plagiarism controversy — researcher working on related proof claims his work with Codex influenced OpenAI's direction (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that artificial intelligence poses an 'existential' risk to humanity. He called for immediate action and 'cast-iron guarantees' to ensure AI safety and security, citing potential disruptions to critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.
Tom's Hardware reported it asMore than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives' (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
A 27-year-old British researcher, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from Anthropic and the AI industry, citing concerns over the rapid, irresponsible development of self-improving superintelligence. He fears this race poses a significant risk to humanity, with some reports suggesting an existential threat by the end of the decade.
Tom's Hardware reported it asMore than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives' (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon has resigned from AI company Anthropic, warning that the rapid development of artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity. His departure and warnings have been reported across several outlets, highlighting concerns about AI safety and the race for superintelligence.
Tom's Hardware reported it asMore than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives' (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned, stating that leading AI developers are acting irresponsibly and "gambling with our lives." His departure has drawn comparisons to the Skynet scenario from the Terminator film.
Tom's Hardware reported it asMore than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives' (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
An Anthropic researcher has warned of a greater than 10% chance of AI causing human extinction in the next ten years. The warning follows a colleague's resignation over concerns about reckless AI development.
Tom's Hardware reported it asMore than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are 'gambling with our lives' (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Nvidia's DLSS 5 technology, which uses 3D-guided neural rendering, will be available from September 3. NBA 2K27 is the first game to support it. The technology has faced skepticism, with some critics concerned about its impact on artistic intent.
Tom's Hardware reported it asWe explored early DLSS 5 performance with community mods — and the limits of the 12V-2x6 power connector may hold it back on the RTX 5090 (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Former President Donald Trump has strongly advocated for data centers, stating that communities opposing them risk becoming "backwards and poor." He suggested that such opposition could benefit China and urged support for the facilities as a path to prosperity.
Tom's Hardware reported it asTrump says communities that reject data centers 'want to end up being backwards and poor' — President claims China 'could not be happier' with AI data center backlash in the US (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Researchers have created a solid-state cooling system that uses shape-memory alloys to convert heat into mechanical motion. The technology, developed by scientists from Japan and Germany, aims to reduce the significant electricity consumption associated with cooling in data centers and other electronic devices.
Tom's Hardware reported it asMotorless solid-state cooler uses heat to cool itself; could recycle processor heat into cooling — shape-memory alloy films could turn data center exhaust into refrigeration (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
ChangXin Memory Technologies has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding its removal from a Pentagon blacklist. The company denies supporting the Chinese military and states its products are for civilian use.
Tom's Hardware reported it asChina's top DRAM maker CXMT sues Pentagon over its blacklisting — argues chips are standard civilian JEDEC spec, not defense hardware (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
Nvidia is creating an employee-funded political action committee, NVPAC, to influence U.S. policy. This move follows similar initiatives by companies like Meta and Google, and comes as Nvidia executives have made significant political donations.
Tom's Hardware reported it asNvidia gears up its influence in Washington, forming PAC — tells employees that decisions Congress makes over the coming years could have substantial consequences for the AI industry, according to report (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
The Trump administration has temporarily suspended tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef. The stated aim is to lower consumer prices, but cattlemen's associations and some ranchers argue this will harm domestic producers and is a short-term fix.
Tom's Hardware reported it asTrump administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claims — January's data center exemptions may be scrapped (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
A Chinese humanoid robot developed by Honor has run 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, surpassing Usain Bolt's world record. The robot reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during a test.
Tom's Hardware reported it asHumanoid robots shatter Usain Bolt's 100m record, hits 23.8 mph before crashing into foam pads — video shows Tiangong Ultra logging 9.39-second sprint before colliding with padded wall (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
A federal judge in Texas ruled that a Biden administration regulation targeting 'ghost guns' violates the Second and Fifth Amendments. The decision blocks enforcement of the ATF's 'frame and receiver' rule, which had expanded firearm definitions to include unfinished parts. The case was brought by Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation.
Tom's Hardware reported it asFederal judge strikes down ATF 'ghost gun' rule for 3D printed parts — says restrictions violate Fifth Amendment and historical tradition of DIY gunsmithing (opens Tom's Hardware in a new tab)
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What we have seen ourselves
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