Did the Vikings reach Maine?
In 1957, an amateur archaeologist working at a Native American site in Maine discovered a mysterious treasure. It is a 900-year-old Norse silver coin from the Late Viking Age (793-1066 AD). The artifact, also known as the “Maine Penny,” is now housed at the Maine State Museum. This discovery raised many questions. Primarily, how did […]
Gemini Access exposes thousands of public Google Cloud API keys after API activation
New research reveals that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, can be misused to authenticate sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private data. The findings come from Truffle Security, which discovered approximately 3,000 Google API keys (identified by the prefix “AIza”) embedded in client-side code to provide Google-related services such […]
Department of Defense designates human-induced supply chain risks surrounding AI military conflict
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 28, 2026National Security/Artificial Intelligence Anthropic Inc. fired back Friday after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate artificial intelligence (AI) startups as a “supply chain risk.” “This action follows months of stalled negotiations over two exceptions we requested for the legal use of our AI model Claude: domestic mass […]
India blocks access to popular developer platform Supabase with block order
Popular developer database platform Supabase faces disruption in India, where one of its major markets Supabase is blocked, TechCrunch has learned. New Delhi ordered internet providers to block the website, resulting in patchy access across the network. The blocking order was issued on February 24 under Section 69A of the Indian Information Technology Act, officials […]
OpenAI fires employee for using sensitive information in prediction markets
OpenAI has fired employees for their activities in prediction markets, including Polymarket, the company confirmed to Wired. The company alleges that the employee used OpenAI’s confidential information in connection with the transaction. OpenAI does not release the names of its employees. But a spokesperson said the actions violated company policy that prohibits employees from using […]
Archaeologists discover Stone Age boy in Sweden buried in deerskin and woodpecker headdress
More than 7,000 years ago, Stone Age mourners in what is now Sweden buried a young boy with a crown of woodpecker feathers, and in another grave buried a woman wearing colorful fur and feather footwear, a new study has found. Researchers say these details were unearthed thanks to newly developed technology that allows them […]
Department of Defense to designate humans as supply chain risk
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump directed federal agencies to stop using all Anthropic products following a public dispute between the company and the Department of Defense. The president granted a six-month phase-out period for departments using the product, but stressed that Anthropic is no longer welcome as a federal contractor. “We don’t […]
Passing this new AI exam (which its creators say is the world’s most difficult) could show the first signs of AGI
Researchers at the Center for AI Safety and Scale AI have published “Humanity’s Last Test.” It’s a test designed to measure how close today’s most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models are to approaching or exceeding human-level knowledge across multiple domains. The test began in January 2025, but scientists first outlined the framework and the thinking […]
Musk criticized OpenAI in his deposition, saying, “No one committed suicide because of Grok.”
In a newly released deposition filed in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, the tech executive attacked OpenAI’s safety record and claimed that his company, xAI, prioritizes safety more. He went so far as to say, “No one has committed suicide because of Grok, but apparently they have because of ChatGPT.” The comments came as part […]
People vs. the Department of Defense: What’s really at stake?
The past two weeks have been marked by a clash between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, as they battle over the military’s use of AI. Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of the American public or for fully autonomous weapons that carry out […]