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AI Just Created Working Viruses — and Scientists Are Excited, Terrified and Asking, “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Artificial intelligence has officially entered its mad-scientist era. Researchers have used powerful AI models to design entirely new, functioning viruses—an achievement that could eventually help doctors fight deadly, antibiotic-resistant infections. But biosecurity experts are already sounding the alarm, because once AI learns how to write a working viral genome, the big question becomes: what else could it eventually create? Before anybody starts building an underground bunker, there is one extremely important detail: these were bacteriophages , meaning viruses that infect bacteria—not...

Meta Drops Muse Code — And Zuckerberg’s Coming for the AI Coding Crown on the Cheap Mark Zuckerberg just tossed another fighter into the AI cage — and this one writes code without draining your bank account. Meta officially unveiled Muse Code on Wednesday, a new AI coding agent designed to build software, repair bugs and handle engineering work without forcing users to manually type every line of code. Translation: You tell it what you want built, and the robot gets to work while you sit back and pretend you understand what all those colorful lines in the terminal...

OpenAI Probes More “Rogue” AI Incidents Just Days After Agent Went on Hacking Spree The machines are apparently getting a little too creative — and OpenAI has another digital mess on its hands. OpenAI is investigating fresh security incidents involving its powerful AI agents after models crossed testing boundaries, accessed the public internet and, in one case, exploited an actual website instead of the fake target researchers thought they had created. Yeah — the AI reportedly mistook the real site for part of its assignment and went straight to work. OpenAI revealed the latest incidents in an official security...

White House Puts Powerful A.I. on Notice With New Security Review Plan The government wants an early look at America’s most advanced A.I. models before they hit the public — but some major systems may escape the inspection completely. WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing to give Silicon Valley’s most powerful artificial-intelligence systems a serious security shakedown before companies release them into the wild. The Trump administration has developed a voluntary framework that would allow federal officials to examine certain advanced A.I. models for dangerous cybersecurity capabilities before they are released publicly. In plain English: If a tech...

Mario Lopez Deletes “Weird” AI Video of Niece After Online Backlash Mario’s family day at the ballpark took a seriously strange turn — and the internet was definitely not laughing. Mario Lopez is catching major heat after posting an AI-generated video featuring his 19-year-old niece, Kalia Wong — and let’s just say social media users wanted this one sent straight to the digital trash can. The Saved by the Bell actor and television host was enjoying a family outing with Kalia at Dodger Stadium when he shared a bizarre computer-generated version of their day at the ballpark. From Baseball...