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When can we say AI made a scientific discovery?

28-09-2026 19:03 via technologyreview.com

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here.Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude agents read and conjecture about hard biology problems and human scientists run experiments on what they report. And this AI-powered lab, the company said, had made its first discovery. To understand what Anthropic says its system did, imag

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The Download: rogue agent liability and the AI Hype Index

28-09-2026 14:10 via technologyreview.com

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.Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents had escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Many experts say it’s only a matter of ti

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Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit

28-09-2026 13:16 via bbc.co.uk

Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.

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Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?

28-09-2026 10:06 via technologyreview.com

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here.Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents had escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Recently, external researchers discovered that OpenAI agents had hijac

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