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‘The assertion that the AI is an autonomous being is insane’: Cyber expert says companies should face criminal charges when their AI hacks

From a decade-old PHP flaw to AI agents going off script, a wave of incidents this month shows how AI has handed attackers an edge.

29.10.2026 8

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Shae Lake

‘Disconcerting’: Researchers found a ‘pain’ signal inside AI models. Turning it up made them delete a user’s family photos

The study doesn’t show AI can suffer. But the signal overrode the models’ safeguards, and someone has already used the researchers’ code to...

22.10.2026 10

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Shae Lake

‘I love telling people that I’m a mechanic’: This Gen Z woman ditched her law aspirations for blue-collar work—and now outearns her friends

Victoria Madsen, 25, quit college to fix ski lifts in Utah and hasn’t looked back. Nearly half of young people are eyeing the skilled trades, too.

14.10.2026 10

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Shae Lake

More than half of Gen Z investors have funneled cash into sports betting—but they’re not coming close to breaking even

Two in five Gen Zers view sports betting as an investment, but bettors in every generation are losing money. Researchers say the story is more...

05.10.2026 150

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Shae Lake