Palantir defends its role in the kill chain: “We are very, very proud of that”

There are no secrets” is Palantir’s conference motto. Yet how its software actually works in live operation remains a secret ...
Opinion

Dirty toilets, uncouth behaviour: Travelling to China requires confronting old tropes

China deserves the same openness we extend to any other country. A visit there may change your mind. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Security Boulevard

MY TAKE: The AI magic is back — whether it endured depends on Amazon’s next moves

I ran an experiment this week that I did not expect to be instructive, and it was. Related: How ChatGPT is becoming Microsoft ...
The Lancet

Beyond artificial intelligence psychosis: a functional typology of large language model-associated psychotic phenomena

A man breached Windsor Castle with a crossbow after his large language model (LLM)-based companion encouraged an assassination plan. A father’s question about pi evolved into more than 300 h of ...

Perfect Anthology Shows That Have Aged Like Fine Wine

Time has been extremely kind to anthology shows like CBS' The Twilight Zone and Netflix's Black Mirror, with their reputation ...
The New Yorker

The Pentagon Went to War with Anthropic. What’s Really at Stake?

The Trump Administration wants Anthropic’s A.I. model, Claude, to act like an obedient soldier; the tech firm argues that that could lead down a dangerous path.
Hydrocarbon Processing

Too small to be viable? SMRs and their potential to economy-wide decarbonization—Part 2

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear fission reactors that generate up to 300 megawatts electric (MWe) per unit, emphasizing modularization, factory fabrication and enhanced safety features. The ...
The Lancet

Natural history of chronic hepatitis B in untreated adults without cirrhosis according to baseline hepatitis B virus DNA and alanine aminotransferase concentrations: a ...

These findings, alongside the linked systematic review and meta-analysis of antiviral treatment efficacy, supported the 2024 WHO guidelines expansion of treatment criteria to include individuals with ...