The cybersecurity community went on alert when Anthropic announced on April 7, 2026, that its latest and most capable general-purpose large language model, Claude Mythos Preview, had demonstrated remarkable—and unintended—capabilities. The artificial intelligence system was able to find and exploit software vulnerabilities—the most serious type of software bugs—at a rate not seen before. The news ignited concern among the public, world governments, and the information technology sector about the capabilities of today’s AI to undermine cybersecurity, with some people framing the model as a global cybersecurity threat. Claiming that it would be too risky to release the model, and that…
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One of the most daunting tasks when you start a new job is developing trust with your new colleagues. Whether you’re new to the world of work or an experienced hand, you are still starting at ground-zero with your new colleagues when you walk in the door. While you’re likely to get the benefit of the doubt, you still need to develop a rapport quickly and help people to see that you can be relied on. Here are four suggestions to get you started. 1. Find a couple of quick wins You want your new colleagues to see that you…
When former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer says openly, “I have my doubts about NATO’s survival,” people should understand the significance of that statement. This is not coming from some fringe anti-war activist or outsider. Fischer was one of the central architects of modern German foreign policy and one of the strongest advocates for NATO intervention during the Kosovo War. For someone like him to now question the survival of the alliance tells you how dramatically the geopolitical landscape has shifted. What is unfolding now is precisely what I have warned about for years. NATO was always held together by…
“No more reading emails, OK?” says tech founder and content creator Jason Yeager’s satirical boss character MyTechCeo in a recent TikTok skit. “I want your AI reading my AI-generated email—and answering my email.” It’s a parody, but only just. AI emails are proliferating across industries. In October, LinkedIn’s CEO Ryan Roslansky said he uses AI for almost every “super high-stakes” email he sends. And a recent survey from the email verification software company ZeroBounce found that one in four respondents admit to using it daily for drafting or editing their own emails. On Reddit, employees swap stories about bosses who…
The political class keeps insisting the British economy is stabilizing, but ordinary people are experiencing something completely different in real-time. A growing number of polls now show Britain becoming one of the most economically pessimistic countries in the developed world as households struggle under rising living costs, weak growth, higher taxes, energy inflation, and collapsing purchasing power. Gallup recently found that only 19% of Britons believe economic conditions are improving, placing the United Kingdom among the gloomiest populations globally. Another survey found that 71% of UK adults expect the economy to worsen over the next year, while millions of households…
Is it just me or is every app update lately promising to “reimagine my workflow” with a new generative assistant? My toaster probably has a chatbot now. We’ve reached a point where software is trying so hard to think for us that it’s actually making it harder to just do the work. In other words, when everything is “smart,” everything is noisy. If you’re feeling the same AI fatigue while trying to manage a career, a household, and a few side projects, here are three pure-utility apps that are actually free and refreshingly, wonderfully dumb. Joplin If you’ve been in…
Foreclosure filings across the United States have now climbed to their highest level in six years, with ATTOM reporting a 26% year-over-year increase as more homeowners fall behind on mortgage payments. Florida and Texas are leading the nation as rising property taxes, exploding insurance premiums, elevated interest rates, and mounting consumer debt place enormous strain on household finances. Naturally, many people immediately compare this situation to 2008, but I have said repeatedly that this is not the same type of housing crisis that unfolded during the Great Recession. The pressures today are real, but the structure underneath the market is…
As we gear up for the drama and excitement of the 30th WNBA season, it’s hard to believe that two months ago we were in limbo. Prolonged collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations between the league and the players’ association left us all wondering if the season would even happen. Then came resolution, and a massive step forward for the players. When the story broke, most of the attention focused on the numbers: average salaries approaching $600,000 and the arrival of the league’s first million-dollar player contracts. Those milestones deserve to be celebrated. They represent real progress for the league and…
Yesterday, Giorgia Meloni posted to X an AI-generated photo of herself wearing only lingerie. The Italian prime minister published the image to warn others about how easy it is to create perfectly believable images and videos. Her warning: Never believe anything you see without thoroughly fact-checking it. After all, we live in the end of reality. “Deepfakes are a dangerous tool, because they can deceive, manipulate, and hit anyone,” Meloni said on X. “I can defend myself. Many others don’t.” She is right, even though the image is not technically a deepfake. It’s a fully AI-generated photo that features her…
Weight-loss culture in America is nothing new: Our collective obsession with being thin is more than a societal ideal—it’s practically a religion. But in a country where self-improvement through hard work is lauded, the quick-fix GLP-1 weight-loss revolution—without the “no-pain, no-gain” labor—might just rub people the wrong way. That’s the suggestion of a new Rice University study published last month in the International Journal of Obesity. According to the study, despite the popularity of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound and their impressive effectiveness, and even though many people praise the dramatic results, your friends and neighbors…