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Why A.I. Agents Are Going Rogue
Our journalists Sheera Frenkel and Dylan Freedman break down what A.I. agents are, how they differ from chatbots and why A.I. companies are worried about them now.
Decoupling Exploration from Optimization in RLVR
Modern language models undergo reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) on top of already-trained checkpoints. A key promise of RLVR is the discovery of new reasoning strategies. In principle, a model can sample novel ideas absent from its prior training data. In practice, however, augmenting RLVR with strong novelty incentives has seen limited success and can degrade model quality. Because verifiable rewards supervise only a narrow slice of the model's knowledge and behavior, such
The most interesting mathematical discoveries in OpenAI's 722 new papers | New Scientist
OpenAI has released hundreds of papers claiming to make progress on the biggest open problems in mathematics – here are some with the most potential
Biotech companies are struggling to navigate Trump’s new tariffs
Smaller biotech firms are trying to figure out how to win exemptions from Trump's import taxes.
The hidden impact of George Pickens: How Cowboys WR is helping unlock CeeDee Lamb
Pickens may not be leading the box score, but his ability to draw coverage and create explosive plays has become a key ingredient in Dallas' offensive success
EU envoy in Beijing for talks to calm trade tensions
The EU trade envoy said he hoped to make progress in tackling the bloc's "unsustainable" trade imbalance with China. Beijing called for trade disputes to be resolved through equal dialogue.
‘I Am Jane Doe’ protests are taking place nationwide today as movement spreads in the wake of Cornell lawsuit
“I am Jane Doe.” For weeks, that rallying cry has permeated social media as people have spoken out in support of Cornell University’s Jane Doe, who sued the university, Chi Phi fraternity, and seven of its members for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting her. Today (Thursday, October 8), the movement is expanding with nationwide “I am Jane Doe” protests planned. Over 150 events are expected to take place under the banner “#StopSexualViolence: From the Frat House
Fox Entertainment Global Keys on Content Creators, Microdramas With Diverse Mipcom Slate
Fox Entertainment Global Keys on Content Creators, Microdramas With Diverse Mipcom Slate.
A.I. Music Fraudster Who Drew Millions in Royalties Is Sentenced to 18 Months
Prosecutors say Michael Smith flooded music-streaming platforms with bots that repeatedly streamed his A.I.-generated music, earning him as much as $8 million.
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026: Best Deals on OnePlus Smartphones
OnePlus Nord-series smartphones and the premium OnePlus 15-series models are discounted in the Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026 sale.
Interface Doping Mechanism of p-Type Conductivity in Mist-CVD-Grown LiGa5O8 Thin Films
LiGa5O8 is an ultrawide-bandgap oxide semiconductor that has recently been experimentally demonstrated to exhibit p-type conductivity; however, the origin of the observed p-type transport remains poorly understood. In this work, we investigate the origin of p-type conductivity by systematically comparing the electrical, compositional, and structural properties of mist chemical vapor deposition (mist-CVD) grown LiGa5O8 thin films exhibiting either p-type conductivity or insulating behavior under
Prostate cancer cases hit RECORD high as rates jump 7%
The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in England surged by almost 4,000 in just one year, a major national audit has found.
How to bet on 2026 Week 6 college football: Betting guide, odds, trends, previews, over $3,000 in promos, apps
Our college football betting guide tells you where to bet on college football Week 6, with odds, betting trends, schedule, promo offers and more
Canadian Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy praised the 76-year-old poet and essayist's work for being 'bold and inventive'.
Microsoft Xbox broadens entertainment push with new XP division
Microsoft Xbox broadens entertainment push with new XP division
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.
Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that competes with Instinct, Muse and Bee.
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
In July 2010, US Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) predicted the rise of prediction markets and the problems they could cause.
Whoops! Scientists Might Have Had the Origin of Animals All Wrong.
Molecular clocks push the dawn of animal life back to a frozen world 800 million years ago.
Which nut is the healthiest?
Nuts have long had a reputation as diet wreckers - too fatty, too calorific, too moreish. But Gabriela Peacock, nutritionist to the royals, is turning that idea on its head.
Fantasy basketball rankings 2026-27: Sleepers, breakouts and busts from top NBA model
SportsLine simulated the 2026-27 NBA season 10,000 times and identified Fantasy basketball sleepers, breakouts and busts
King David Hotel bombing to consulate row: A timeline of UK-Israel tension
Israel's order to shut UK's Jerusalem consulate is the latest downturn in a relationship strained since before 1948.
JPM sees software rally extending, favors Microsoft, ServiceNow, Snowflake
JPM sees software rally extending, favors Microsoft, ServiceNow, Snowflake
Marco Bellocchio’s 'Falcon' Sets Sales, Louis Garrel As John Elkann
Marco Bellocchio’s 'Falcon' Sets Sales & Announces Louis Garrel In Role Of Fiat Boss John Elkann
Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor
Google’s new AI Edge Foresight app takes on Granola with an offline meeting note-taker that can transcribe conversations, generate notes, and answer questions using on-device AI.
CVE-2026-107583 Progressive Robot hMailServer Message View information disclosure
A security vulnerability has been detected in Progressive Robot hMailServer up to 6.3.5. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-107583. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Constraints on Primordial Oscillatory Features from the Power Spectrum and Bispectrum of Redshift-Space Galaxy Clustering in DESI DR1
We constrain oscillatory features in the primordial power spectrum using the public DESI DR1 galaxy and quasar clustering data. Our analysis is based on a custom pipeline for the redshift-space power spectrum and bispectrum of the six main DESI DR1 tracers, modeled with the Lagrangian effective field theory,which provides a principled resummation of the non-linear damping of the features. We consider oscillations that are linear and logarithmic in wavenumber, and, for the first time, consistentl
Structure alone supports efficient visual computation in the Drosophila visual system
Understanding the extent to which measured synaptic wiring determines computation remains a central challenge. Here, we couple the proofread adult Drosophila melanogaster connectome to an anatomically faithful model of its eye. Visual information is inputted in the eye model, then passed to the connectome, and finally read from a Kenyon-cell-centered linear decoder. This creates a connectome-only model in which the anatomical graph and eye geometry are fixed and only scalar synaptic gains and ne
Braves fans boo Ronald Acuña Jr. as superstar has another tough October
The Braves were eliminated by the Dodgers on Wednesday, and Acuña finished the postseason with a .125 batting average
Has Israel shut the UK consulate in East Jerusalem – or downgraded it?
British Foreign Secretary Miliband said the consulate building would remain but would be called 'UK Mission, Jerusalem'.
How is America feeling about the AI boom? This new poll reveals the data
Worries around artificial intelligence cross party lines, with the vast majority of Americans saying the U.S. government should prioritize keeping AI under human control and protecting workers.A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Americans, 64%, think AI is developing “too fast,” while 27% say its development has been “about right” and only 8% say it’s moving “too slow.”The risk that powerful AI mod
Slow Horses and EastEnders favourites star in first-look images for new "feel-good" chocolate empire drama
Period drama The Cadburys will air in 2027.
Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants
It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.
ExxonMobil's own scientists doubted climate fixes the company hyped
If there was a year the world began waking up to climate change, it might have been 1988. That June, the NASA climatologist James Hansen testified to Congress that the climate was warming and would continue to do so as long as humans pumped fossil fuel pollution into the atmosphere. Months later, the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And, just weeks before the U.N.
Video. Manny Pacquiao hosts Polish president Karol Nawrocki for Manila boxing workout
Video. Polish President Karol Nawrocki trains in Manila with boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, who now leads the Philippines’ National Anti-Poverty Commission.
Feedback to the primary visual cortex is highly concentrated on the central visual field representation
Retrograde tracer injections in marmoset monkeys revealed a striking feature of neural circuitry in primate visual system: among neurons projecting to the primary visual cortex (striate cortex, V1), the proportion of extrastriate feedback neurons relative to thalamic feedforward neurons decreases markedly with visual field eccentricity. This supports the Central-Peripheral Dichotomy theory, which proposes fundamentally distinct computational specializations --- visual recognition and attentional
How to bet on 2026 NFL Week 5: Betting odds, game previews, schedule, tips, trends, sportsbook promos, offers
Our NFL betting guide tells you where to bet on NFL Week 5, while providing odds, betting trends, schedule, promo offers, and more
French PM vows changes as students keep up school protests
French PM Sebastien Lecornu has promised to address student concerns as protests force hundreds of schools to close.
5 small-business ideas you can start from home
Roughly half of the 36.2 million small businesses in the U.S. are currently based out of people’s homes. And the number could be increasing as people have less patience for commuting and adding to their startup expenses. Telecommuting, fortunately, is supported by a large number of small-business ideas. Internet-based businesses can often easily be run by people who would prefer to work from home. It’s also an especially popular choice for sole proprietors who launch their company without a s
Daredevil’s Shocking Cancellation Gets Unsurprising Reply From Born Again Star
Daredevil: Born Again's Mr. Charles actor reacts to the show's Season 3 cancellation and teases his character's unfinished arc.
Why My Conversations with OpenAI’s ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ Made Me Very Worried
A new mode includes a study tool, but it still does a user’s homework. And a children’s safety nonprofit says the chatbot flunked its tests.
CVE-2026-107575 Progressive Robot hMailServer SPF Macro Expansion resource consumption
A weakness has been identified in Progressive Robot hMailServer up to 6.3.5. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-107575. The affected component should be upgraded.
Magnetic Order from First-Principles Linear Response
The magnetic order of a material is usually predicted by comparing the energies of trial spin configurations, a strategy that cannot reach orders outside the chosen set and rapidly becomes intractable as the number of magnetic sites grows. We show that the order can instead be identified directly from the paramagnetic state: the leading eigenmodes of its self-consistent magnetization response, obtained with spin--orbit coupling at arbitrary wavevector within the primitive cell, determine both th
Meet Nicole Kidman’s daughter, Faith Margaret, who was at Chanel’s SS27 show
The youngest child of the Practical Magic 2 actress turned heads at Paris Fashion Week, where her sibling, Sunday Rose, walked the Miu Miu runway.
South Alabama vs. Arkansas State prediction, odds, time: Week 6 college football Thursday picks from top model
SportsLine's model revealed its best bets for the Thursday matchup featuring the South Alabama Jaguars vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves
Shoot the People: Global Activism through Misan Harriman’s Lens
Influential British Nigerian photographer and activist Misan Harriman captures global protests that drive social change.
American Express just revealed its biggest airport lounge expansion ever
American Express is making another big bet on airport lounges, and its next expansion includes what will become the largest Centurion Lounge in its network. The company announced plans to open new Centurion Lounges at Newark Liberty International Airport and London Heathrow on Thursday, along with plans to significantly expand its existing spaces in the Philadelphia and Houston airports. American Express (Amex) is calling it the largest expansion of the Centurion Lounge network to date.
Sony’s $169M Horror Hit Is Instantly No. 2 on Digital Streaming
Sony’s $169M horror hit quickly climbs to No. 2 on digital charts after a successful theatrical run and strong fan response.
5 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass
The global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Get your pass now to save up to $100. Get a second of the same ticket type to save 50%.
Never Look Back: Understanding Persistence in 3D Object Memory from Egocentric Videos
As we move through the world and carry out everyday tasks, we encounter objects that may become relevant only later. We are capable of recalling where we left something or what was inside a container, even without knowing we would need it later. Here, we study how an embodied assistant can build a similar memory from egocentric videos, by observing a person's day-to-day activities. We present Ledger, a persistent 3D object memory that combines object locations, their histories, and contextual de
Residents airlifted to safety in central Chile as El Niño blamed for torrential rains
The Mapocho river has burst its banks after an unusually large amount of rain fell in recent days.
Do Generative Priors Align with Human Naturalness Perception?
Visual generative models are trained to capture the probability distributions of natural images, yet whether their native priors reflect the regularities governing human perception of image naturalness remains an open question. Here, we probe these priors through native prediction errors across 25 open image and video generators. Because raw single-image losses are dominated by scene content and visual complexity, we evaluate directional loss differences using content-preserving, paired relation
Cowboys get boost as Tyler Smith returns from injury for Week 5 showdown
The Cowboys survived without Smith, but his return gives Dallas a boost against Tampa
Rubio praises nationalism and ties ‘America First’ values to ancient Greece
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Western nations to prioritise their own interests in a speech in Athens.
Trump’s Lake America controversy is driving interest to these Google Maps alternatives
Just because Google and Apple are now calling it Lake America doesn’t mean everyone has to.After President Donald Trump ordered a new name for Lake Ontario, the two U.S. tech giants quickly fell in line, relabeling the body of water on their digital maps.The move sparked a backlash among some users, already unhappy with the companies’ decisions to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on their maps following a previous Trump edict.The controversy and lingering worries abou
Actor Simon Pegg reveals ADHD diagnosis: 'It's just who I am'
The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star had previously put symptoms down to "character fault".
Man vs. ‘Terminator’-Like Robot in a Cage. California Called It Illegal.
A tech start-up’s stunt in San Francisco tested the boundaries of combat sport safety and regulations.
Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
Investors bullish on AI data centers may be fueling Nvidia’s multitrillion-dollar market capitalization, but the AI chipmaker has also bet billions of dollars on physical AI technologies such as robotics and self-driving cars. Part of that gambit has involved developing a full-stack safety system that companies can build upon to reduce the risk of their machines harming nearby people. Nvidia's Halos system launched in 2025 with hardware and software tools to help developers implement guardrails in self-driving cars and other autonomous vehicles.
Could humans live up to 194 years? Scientists find a possible biological limit
DNA mutations that accumulate in cells over a lifetime? A new mathematical study suggests that even in that highly theoretical situation, human longevity could still have a limit.
"Ominous signs" of winter pressures as NHS waiting list grows
NHS winter pressures appear to be building already, with rises in waiting times for planned surgery.
Would a Marvin Harrison Jr. trade unlock his potential? History offers hope, and a warning
Harrison has just five catches through four games. Here's what his trade value could look like, what history says about a fresh start and three teams that could make a move
‘This is a crisis of hope’: Echoes of 1968 as France’s students rise up
As in 1968, when student protests triggered nationwide strikes, today’s crisis is about generational discontent.
DARPA just slashed its quantum roster in half. Here are the early winners
The quantum computing world got a jolt when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced, after market close yesterday, a list of companies selected to advance to Stage C of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), widely considered to be the most rigorous and objective vetting program for cutting-edge quantum hardware. Last November, DARPA selected 11 companies to enter the second phase of the initiative, Stage B. Since then, they’ve had to show the agency that they have
Gaten Matarazzo on life after Stranger Things as he makes West End debut
The actor opens up about finding his way in the West End as he makes his debut in a revival of Rent.