Researchers discover nearly 2,000 Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers exposed online without authentication, allowing potential hackers to execute commands, steal data, or launch denial of wallet attacks on critical systems.
Meta acquires PlayAI as voice AI ignites fierce competition, fueling a surge in investment with companies racing to secure conversational AI capabilities through acquisitions of startups like ElevenLabs, Cresta, and Cartesia amid rapid technological advancements enabling natural voice interaction.
Amazon introduces AgentCore, a comprehensive suite of services enabling secure, scalable deployment and operation of AI agents, empowering developers to build and run agents with any framework or model while ensuring runtime, memory, identity, observability, and integration capabilities.
Meta intensifies the race for artificial general intelligence by poaching two prominent researchers, Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung, from OpenAI, offering lucrative compensation to bolster its AI capabilities under CEO Mark Zuckerberg's leadership.
A groundbreaking self-driving lab accelerates materials discovery through real-time data collection, gathering 10 times more data than previous techniques by continuously monitoring chemical reactions, enabling machine learning algorithms to make faster, more accurate predictions while reducing waste.
Google and Microsoft report significant surges in greenhouse gas emissions, with increases of 48% and 29% respectively, driven by the energy-intensive demands of their expanding artificial intelligence operations and data center construction.
Google's AI agents uncover real-world security flaws, thwarting cyber threats and accelerating incident response through new capabilities like Sec-Gemini for Timesketch and FACADE, as Google partners with industry and government for secure AI implementation.
The Pentagon strikes a $200 million deal with Elon Musk's AI company Grok to utilize its chatbot technology for defense applications, escalating tensions between the tech billionaire and former President Trump.
AI powerhouses Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Elon Musk's xAI secure lucrative defense contracts worth up to $200 million from the U.S. government, signaling the military's accelerated adoption of cutting-edge AI capabilities for national security, while Musk unveils Grok for Government, an AI suite tailored for government agencies.
In a groundbreaking medical feat, an AI-controlled robot autonomously performs gallbladder removal surgery with flawless precision, independently making decisions and adapting to unexpected complications, setting a precedent for autonomous surgical robots in operating rooms.