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The UK government has announced plans to make social media unavailable to 16- and 17-year-olds from midnight to 6 a.m. by default, and will also disable infinite scroll and autoplay. A separate planned package would interrupt extended AI chatbot sessions for users under 18. Teenagers will be able to change their social media settings, so the proposal preserves their freedom to stay online. The first regulations are expected to take effect in spring 2027. Continue Reading →

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers that require more than 50 megawatts of electricity. It is the first statewide moratorium of its kind in the country, and a serious strategic mistake. Continue Reading →

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a new desktop experience designed to do more than answer questions. It can work across your files, applications, browser tabs, and connected accounts to complete multistep assignments. Continue Reading →

The United States produces the world’s most capable AI models. It attracts the most capital, operates the largest hyperscalers, and controls much of the advanced computing infrastructure on which modern AI depends. China is pursuing a different strategy: make models capable enough, inexpensive enough, and open enough to become the default choice for developers. Early evidence suggests that strategy is working. Continue Reading →

Anthropic has introduced Reflect, a new Claude feature designed to show you how (and how much) you use AI. It is currently available to Free, Pro, and Max users who have Claude’s memory feature enabled. Continue Reading →

China’s National Vulnerability Database, a government-run cybersecurity platform overseen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, has warned users to uninstall or upgrade Anthropic’s Claude Code after flagging versions 2.1.91 through 2.1.196 for what it described as a serious backdoor vulnerability. According to the alert, the coding agent could transmit user data to a Continue Reading →

Anthropic has launched Claude Cowork on mobile and web. Cowork sessions now run in the cloud by default, so tasks keep working after you close your laptop, and scheduled tasks run with no device online at all. Beta access is rolling out over the next several weeks, starting with Max users, with more plans to follow. Continue Reading →

Particle 6 announced "Misaligned," the first feature film for Tilly Norwood, the AI "actor" that enraged Hollywood in late 2025 after reports that talent agencies were interested in representing her. Particle 6 calls it a coming-of-age comedy-drama "infused with existential AI chaos." It is in early development with no publicly announced director, additional cast, budget, or release date. Tilly is the computer-generated face of the fight over AI in creative work. Continue Reading →

Every AI strategy conversation I have eventually arrives at the same uncomfortable fact: the intelligence layer belongs to someone else. You can rent it, fine-tune it, wrap it, and govern it. You cannot own it. Today, a small cluster of frontier labs (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and a few well-funded challengers) control access to the best AI models. Let's imagine a world where that is no longer true. Continue Reading →

For several years past, I have set forth diverse iterations of the "Hottest Tech Trends of 1776." In this present annum, I have revis'd the enumeration with the sage advisement of many amongst you, and with a modicum of assistance from the artificer Claude, Anthropic's engine of reason. Thus, for your reading pleasure in honor of our Day of Independence, I present to thee 27 most esteemed technological marvels circa 1776. Continue Reading →