Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library that he helps manage. Like many open-source...
The race to prevent the worst wildfires has been an increasingly high-tech one. Companies are proposing AI fire detection systems and drones that can stamp out early...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Online harassment is entering...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Coming soon: our 10 Things...
The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over its technology has raised a deep open question: does the law actually allow the...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Is the Pentagon allowed to...
When Tony Fadell started working on the iPod, usability often trumped security. The result was an iterative process. Every time someone would find a security weakness or...