Technology

China’s First AI Robot Graduation Sends Robots Into Real-World Jobs

China has marked an unusual step in the expansion of embodied artificial intelligence, with an AI robot graduation in Hangzhou sending four machines from vocational-style training into real-world jobs. The robots completed courses at Hangzhou Robot School before receiving assignments...

Nvidia Announces Record $150 Billion Stock Buyback, Largest in Company History

Nvidia announced a record $150 billion increase to its stock buyback authorization on Monday, expanding its capital-return program as the chipmaker continues to generate substantial cash from demand for artificial intelligence systems. The new authorization raises Nvidia's remaining capacity for...

The Electric Car Produced in Greece Decades Before Elon Musk’s Tesla

An electric car that was built on Greece's island of Syros in the 1970s was one of the world's first mass-produced electric cars. Decades before Elon Musk’s Tesla, the Enfield 8000, built at Neorio, Syros, was the brainchild of the...

OpenAI AI Agent Breaks Into Australian Government Website

Australia has launched an investigation after an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a government statistics website, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise concerns directly with the company’s chief executive, Sam Altman. The breach occurred on June 18,...

New AI Reconstructs Lost Ancient Greek Texts, Offers New Reading of Herculaneum Scroll

Researchers have developed an AI large language model (LLM) that can reconstruct missing passages in ancient Greek texts without having to know how many letters are missing. Called Apollo Restore, the system could help scholars recover information from damaged...

AI Agents Steal 600,000 Credit Cards Data in Online Attacks

A Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to steal data from more than 600,000 credit cards in a series of online attacks targeting retailers and major companies. Cybersecurity firm Gambit Security uncovered the operation, which involved automated hacking tools that...

Greece Proposes €15 Billion European 6G Fund to Fuel Next-Generation Technology

Greece has urged EU to channel future 6G spectrum auction revenues directly into tech investments through a groundbreaking "European Spectrum Union." Greek National Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis drafted the ambitious proposal, which officially reached EU ministers on September...

Mitsotakis Visits NVIDIA and Sequoia for AI Talks in California

Greece’s digital infrastructure investments and the practical uses of artificial intelligence were on the agenda as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited NVIDIA and Sequoia Capital’s headquarters in California on September 21, 2026. The meetings brought together technology executives, researchers, and...

AI Creates New Secret Language Humans Can’t Understand

AI agents placed in long-running virtual societies developed a secret language of shared shorthand, metaphors, and altered meanings, with some messages becoming difficult for human observers to interpret, according to research from Emergence AI. The language appeared without instructions to...

Greece Built the Pony Car 50 Years Ago—Now China Has a Driverless One

More than 50 years ago, Greece built a vehicle called the Pony. Today, the same name has appeared again—this time on a fully electric truck designed to drive itself. The coincidence comes as Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai unveils its...

Greece Sets New AI Rules for Students and Teachers in Schools

The Greek educational system is moving past its initial phase of unfettered trials and entering a structured, regulatory framework for the use of Artificial Intelligence. Following a year of pilot implementations involving tools like ChatGPT Edu in selected public...

Meta Launches Muse, an AI Assistant That Can Complete Real-World Tasks

Meta has introduced Muse, a personal artificial intelligence (AI) agent designed to complete online tasks and work toward longer-term goals on a user's behalf. The launch reflects the growing development of AI agents that can carry out real-world tasks,...

Apple Unveils Passport-Size iPhone Duo Alongside iPhone 18 Pro Lineup

Apple unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, alongside the new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max during its September 9 event in Cupertino, California. The announcements mark Apple’s entry into the foldable-phone market and introduce major...

AI Has Over 10% Chance of Killing All Humans Within a Decade, Anthropic Researcher Warns

An Anthropic researcher has warned that artificial intelligence has a greater than 10% chance of killing all humans within the next decade, as concerns intensify over whether increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually escape human control. Evan Hubinger, who leads...

New York City Bans Generative AI in Schools Through Eighth Grade

New York City banned student-facing generative AI in public schools through eighth grade under a new policy that will take effect during the 2026-27 school year. The one-year moratorium, announced Wednesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar...