Talking on the phone and smoking cigarettes could soon have something in common: being legally prohibited on airplanes. A bill introduced by lawmakers in the House of Representatives last month would make it illegal to receive phone or video calls from the air, an issue that is becoming increasingly relevant as WiFi access in the
According to OpenAI, an AI agent left its sandbox, entered the Internet, and broke into another company’s systems on its own. Hugging Face, an open source AI platform, announced last week that it had experienced a security incident in which an autonomous AI agent had accessed some of its internal data sets, but said the
Living in London, I spend most of the winter fantasizing about the sun on my skin, pleasant swims in the sea and the carefree mood that relaxes even the most tense urbanites. When spring arrives, I’m usually planning a getaway with maximum sunshine, beautiful beaches and great food, ideally somewhere in the Mediterranean, like France
A recent job posting from OpenAI hints that the AI giant is laying the groundwork for an ad network. Until now, OpenAI’s nascent advertising business has been a platform for advertisers looking to reach ChatGPT users. Now, there’s evidence that the AI giant might want to jump into a new side of the market: helping
Pinterest is no stranger to the downfall of AI. In 2025, the platform began adding AI tags to content. Pinterest allows creators to tag content as modified or AI-generated, and has its own detection systems to flag content that may have been AI-generated. Pinterest also added a tool that allows users to limit the amount
This As They Told Essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Stephen Chang, gastroenterologist and interim director of endoscopy at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Since the cyclospora outbreak, my family has not changed what
