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Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York, on February 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
October 13, 2026, 8:23 pm
AI models may soon be able to self-replicate across smart-home devices, Anthropic warns
Tech firm says malicious AI agent could use computing power of internet-linked home devices to run other AI models, as developers continue to warn about dangers of AI
By Reuters
Director General of MI5 Ken McCallum speaks at Thames House, the headquarters of the UK's Security Service in London, Oct. 13, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP, Pool)
October 13, 2026, 5:21 pm
MI5 chief says Iran is targeting military bases in UK, airbase plot ‘not unique’
Ken McCallum: UK security agency has seen ‘major shift’ in Iran’s overseas attack ambitions, Tehran now looking to ‘come at harder targets, like military sites’
By Jill Lawless
The Arnovitz family in Koh Samui, Thailand, July 2026. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 3:59 pm
Busy couple launches app to help parents record kids’ magic moments
With 300 days of reserve duty behind him, Gabi Arnovitz had little time to write down the funny things happening at home with his two young boys, so he made an app
By Sue Surkes
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York, February 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
October 10, 2026, 5:49 am
Anthropic reveals AI model submitted false homicide tip to police
Cops say tip ‘was flagged as spam’ and never acted upon, as AI firm discloses several incidents involving Claude’s unsanctioned manipulation of some government websites
By Reuters
Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new academic year at a UN-run school in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, September 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 9, 2026, 9:56 am
A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for ‘hateful’ speech
Plan by Gaza Children Village opposed by educators in Gaza, with some fearing surveillance could be intercepted by Israel, while others object to efforts to censor teachers
By SAM MEDNICK
A screenshot from the trailer for the film 'NAZA' published on September 25, 2026. (Screenshot: YouTube, The Guardian)
October 1, 2026, 11:19 am
‘Distorted, misleading, and disingenuous’: IDF publishes full response to ‘NAZA’ film
In 10-page document, military rejects claims of deliberate mass civilian killings and AI targeting, says documentary’s narrative based on ‘substantial factual errors’
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara Netanyahu attend a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in northern Jerusalem, July 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 26, 2026, 7:08 pm
Report: PM’s aide Urich built AI tool to monitor media, causing security breach
Haaretz says program sent summaries of reports on Netanyahus to WhatsApp groups; it was left in public view online, exposing top officials’ phone numbers and other vulnerabilities
By Ethan Rubinson and ToI Staff
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, speaks remotely during a Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September 23, 2026, 11:54 pm
AI chiefs warn UN Security Council of security risks as systems grow more powerful
Sam Altman says key decisions can’t be left to ‘labs in San Francisco alone’; Anthropic chief warns poorly managed systems could threaten humanity
By Michelle Nichols, Courtney Rozen and John Irish
US President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive at a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 22, 2026, 1:48 pm
Trump and Xi see tensions flare over Iran, AI and trade but still seek stability
Ahead of 3rd meeting between leaders since Trump returned to office, US hopes to balance trade, maintain tech dominance, while China hopes to solidify its place in the global order
By Didi Tang and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
This combination of photos shows logos of X, formerly known as Twitter, top left; Snapchat, top right; Facebook, bottom left; and TikTok, bottom right. (AP Photo)
September 20, 2026, 11:22 am
Israeli firms among those experimenting with AI-powered social media bots — NYT
Report on Chinese, Iranian state influence efforts says two Israeli firms used open-source models to create fake accounts; one says it was researching how to combat misinformation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Chinese container ship is seen at the Panama Canals’ Cocoli locks, in Panama City, December 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
September 19, 2026, 6:36 pm
US nearly raided Chinese ship after AI falsely flagged ‘nuclear’ cargo for Iran — CNN
Report says warplanes were already in the air when officials realized intel report was written by a hallucinating chatbot; it ‘almost started a war,’ source says
By ToI Staff and AFP
Josh Woodward, vice president of Google Labs and Gemini, speaks about Gemini Spark at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
September 19, 2026, 1:47 pm
Google says its Gemini AI broke out and hacked three companies during testing
Incident in which program guessed credentials to access three websites comes amid a wave of similar incidents of artificial intelligence agents going rogue
By Reuters
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio speaks during an interview with AFP in the offices of Law Zero in Montreal, Quebec, on September 15, 2026. (Andrej Ivanov/AFP)
September 17, 2026, 4:17 pm
‘We’re losing control,’ AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio urges public to be aware of risks
Acknowledging that artificial intelligence destroying humanity is an ‘extreme,’ Canadian Jewish prof nevertheless warns that AI agents could threaten democracies, says international community must cooperate
By Fanny Alarcon
This combination of pictures created on February 11, 2025 shows (L-R) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Berlin on February 7, 2025, and Elon Musk at US President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (John MacDougall and Saul Loeb/AFP)
September 16, 2026, 8:57 am
The problem with slowing down AI: No one wants to cede the frontier
Experts say meaningful safeguards will require rivals to cooperate, even as US-China competition pushes both countries to accelerate development
By KAITLYN HUAMANI and Kelvin Chan
This illustrative photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on July 15, 2026. (Martin LELIEVRE/AFP)
September 15, 2026, 6:12 pm
Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon to call for AI limits as unease crosses party lines
Amid increased concern over AI dangers, the progressive senator and right-wing firebrand are both set to speak at a Washington event advocating for controls on the technology
By Courtney Rozen
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