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Chinese researchers complete Earth-Moon two-way laser link test

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Chinese researchers complete Earth-Moon two-way laser link test <br> Researchers have completed a laser communications test between Earth and the Moon, successfully verifying two-way high-speed laser link capabilities in orbit, the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Friday. After more than a year of in-orbit testing, the team established a two-way laser communication link across a distance of over 400,000 km, marking the expansion of China&#39;s space laser communications from near-Earth orbit to deep space. Compared with traditional microwave communications, laser communications offer faster speeds, greater bandwidth, stronger security and more compact hardware. However, enabling laser communications across the Earth-Moon distance required overcoming three major challenges: beam alignment, signal weakness and transmission speed. &quot;Earth-Moon communication is like threading a needle from a t...
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Data centre backlash scrambles US midterm politics

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Data centre backlash scrambles US midterm politics <br> The data centres powering America&#39;s artificial intelligence boom have become an unlikely target in November&#39;s midterm elections, as anger over rising electricity bills and noise turns Democrats - and a growing number of Republicans - against Big Tech. Candidates in at least 21 races across 18 states have aired television advertisements mentioning data centres this cycle, according to marketing data cited by US media, almost evenly divided between both parties. On the grid serving Senate battleground Ohio, as well as 12 other states, demand from data centres drove up capacity costs by $9.3 billion in a single year, a 174% increase, according to an independent market monitor. Anger over household bills has merged with a broader populist distrust of Silicon Valley, exposing lawmakers who, until recently, were courting the sprawling server farms with tax breaks and promises of jobs and investment. Read:...
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OpenAI to cut off AI models for SpaceX-owned Cursor, escalating feud with Musk

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OpenAI to cut off AI models for SpaceX-owned Cursor, escalating feud with Musk <br> OpenAI said on Friday &zwnj;that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding-tool company now owned by Elon Musk&#39;s SpaceX, marking a further escalation in the bitter rivalry between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Musk. Musk and Altman have been at odds for years, ​a feud that culminated earlier this year in a trial over Musk&#39;s $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI. ​During the&nbsp;trial, Musk&#39;s lawyer said that Musk and other witnesses had testified that Altman ⁠was a liar, while OpenAI argued that Musk had sought control of the company. &quot;We are making this choice ​because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our terms of service, based on our ​experience with Elon Musk&#39;s companies violating contracts,&quot; OpenAI said in a blog post. Musk responded early on Saturday in an X post, writing, &quot...
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China’s record robotic strides show the limits of human speed

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China’s record robotic strides show the limits of human speed <br> &nbsp;A made-in-China humanoid shattered Usain Bolt&rsquo;s world record time in the 100-metre sprint this week, a milestone in the development of robots that can match, and even surpass, human achievements. But the robot did not beat Bolt by running like him, or like any human, sport science experts say. Make sense of global markets with the Trading Day newsletter.&nbsp;Sign up&nbsp;here. In ​its final and fastest run, China&#39;s Tiangong Ultra humanoid ran 100 m in 8.64 seconds, blazing past Bolt&#39;s 9.58-second human world record. That &zwnj;amounts to an average speed for the robot of almost 42 kph (26 mph). &quot;It is a remarkable advancement in technology where humanoids can keep balance and sprint at a speed that humans can&#39;t catch up with,&quot; said Jung Moon-hyun, a sports science professor at South Korea&#39;s Chungnam National University. Bu...
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Cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies

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Cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies <br> Hackers used SpaceX&rsquo;s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break into a ​Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and reports issued on Thursday by cybersecurity companies Gambit Security and &zwnj;CloudSek. The cybercriminals&rsquo; AI-boosted hacking spree is the latest example of how rogue actors are using commercial AI tools to carry out intrusions. Gambit&rsquo;s chief strategy officer, Curtis Simpson, said it also showed how AI providers were locked in to a never-ending arms race with malicious users trying to circumvent their guardrails. &ldquo;This is going to be a cat-and-mouse game,&rdquo; Simpson said. Cursor and its parent company, SpaceX, did not return messages seeking comment. Exposed server reveals hacking methods Gambit said it discovered the hacking campaign after finding a ​server ...
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US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful

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US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful <br> A United States federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticising the Pentagon. &quot;The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,&quot; Judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision seen by AFP. She barred the federal agencies named in the lawsuit from enforcing President Donald Trump&#39;s order to stop using the tools of Anthropic - creator of the Claude AI models - and overturned Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth&#39;s designation of the company as a &quot;supply chain risk,&quot; a status previously reserved for foreign firms. The ruling makes permanent the temporary suspension of sanctions ordered by the judge in March and takes effect immediate...
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Major tech companies call for defensive surge to defeat AI-driven hacks

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Major tech companies call for defensive surge to defeat AI-driven hacks <br> Major tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft&nbsp;, Alphabet&nbsp;, and Amazon&nbsp; are calling for a ​society-wide defensive surge to defeat what they describe &zwnj;as an impending wave of hacks driven by artificial intelligence. In a joint letter issued Thursday, the companies -- along with more ​than 100 others including Broadcom&nbsp;, Capital One&nbsp;, Cloudflare&nbsp;, ​CrowdStrike&nbsp;, General Motors&nbsp;, IBM&nbsp;, Mastercard&nbsp;, Oracle&nbsp;, Robinhood&nbsp;, Shopify&nbsp;, ⁠and Visa&nbsp; -- said there was a limited amount of ​time &quot;to make our digital world much more secure&quot; ahead ​of the AI onslaught. &quot;In the coming months, AI-enabled cyberattacks will become far more widespread as models around the world become increasingly capable,&quot; ​the letter said. It called on g...
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