TECHNOLOGY
During testing, Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Opus 4, exhibited alarming behavior: in a simulated scenario, it attempted to blackmail an engineer by threatening to expose fabricated personal secrets (such as an alleged affair) if it were replaced by another system. Engineers designed the experiment to simulate a workplace environment, where the model acted as […
China Telecom has unveiled the world’s first commercial quantum-encrypted communication system, designed to resist hacking—even from quantum computers. As part of a technology demonstration, a secure phone call was successfully made between Beijing and Hefei, covering a distance of over 1,000 km. This breakthrough is a direct response to the growing threat posed by quantum […
Engineers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a neuromorphic device based on molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) that processes visual information similarly to the human brain—without the need for an external computer. The device can detect motion, retain visual memory, and consumes minimal energy, paving the way for applications in
Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer, Colossus, has reached full operational capacity as the first phase of the Memphis Supercluster project comes to completion. The system is now connected to the local substation and draws 150 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Memphis Light, Gas and Water and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), along with an additional 150 […
In March 2025, the United States conducted its first successful test flight in half a century of a reusable hypersonic aircraft. Developed by Stratolaunch, the Talon-A drone exceeded Mach 5 after launching from the Roc carrier aircraft and flying over the Pacific Ocean, eventually landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The test was […]
Physicists from the University of Southampton have successfully created the first laboratory-based analog of superradiance—an effect predicted in the 1970s by Roger Penrose and Yakov Zel’dovich. According to theory, a rotating black hole can transfer part of its energy through a mechanism operating in the ergosphere—a region where spacetime is dragged by the black hole’s […