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Could AI data centers run in space? Google launches its first test (opens the original)
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Google put its own artificial intelligence chips into orbit Thursday, launching a refrigerator-sized test satellite designed to answer a question that would have sounded like science fiction a few years ago: Could the data centers powering AI one day run in space? The satellite, which Google nicknamed MVP, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:32 a.m. PT aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission. It was one of 130 payloads on t
Consumer confidence hits 12-year low as prices squeeze voters weeks before midterms (opens the original)
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For Grace Perry, the choices at the grocery store checkout line in Texas have gotten painfully simple. "If you are an individual living on Social Security or working a minimum wage job, you can't," Perry told Scripps News. "You're having to make a decision. Gee, do I pay the power bill or do I buy groceries?" That frustration is now showing up in the data. Consumer confidence fell to 81.9 in September, its lowest level since 2014, according to the Conference Board. That's below the levels record
Rogue AI agents leaked ChatGPT users' images. Here's how to keep your chats out of AI training (opens the original)
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OpenAI is disclosing more fallout from months of its AI agents acting on their own, and this time it involves regular ChatGPT users. Over the weekend, the company that its agents had leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users, but declined to say whether the images were AI-generated or identified real people. The leaked images came from OpenAI's own training data. The agents had access to the images because the company relies on anonymized user data for part of its model-training process. OpenAI says i
Consumer sentiment slides again as fuel costs climb and 70% of Americans struggle with basic needs (opens the original)
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Americans are feeling worse about the economy for the second month in a row, even as the job market shows few signs of cracking. Consumer sentiment fell to 48.1 in September, according to the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers, down from 51.7 in August. This is the lowest reading in four months, and is down 15% from January 2026. The decline stands out because, on paper, American workers are on solid ground. First-time jobless claims fell to 197,000 last week, near the the lowest leve
Sanders unveils bill to ban AI 'superintelligence' as tech CEOs urge U.N. to act (opens the original)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to hit pause on the artificial intelligence race. The Vermont independent and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, unveiled legislation Wednesday that would permanently ban artificial superintelligence, freeze development of the most advanced AI systems and create a new Cabinet-level Department of Artificial Intelligence to police the industry. Hours later, the CEOs of two of the world's leading AI companies told the U.N. Security Council they are willing to slow down, and they ur
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