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The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/28/2025 07:00 EDT

AI assistants don't have fixed personalities—just patterns of output guided by humans. Read more ›

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CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 20:15 EDT

Monarez aligned with evidence-based public health community and had support of experts. Read more ›

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CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 17:25 EDT

Monarez aligned with evidence-based public health community and had support of experts. Read more ›

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CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 16:32 EDT

"If you want to make foodborne disease go away, then don’t look for foodborne disease." Read more ›

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Russian space official: “We need to stop lying to ourselves” about health of industry

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 15:54 EDT

"A significant part of the team has lost motivation and a sense of shared responsibility." Read more ›

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Judge unhappy with FCC’s “vague and uninformative” response to DOGE lawsuit

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 15:09 EDT

Plaintiffs seek DOGE documents, allege FCC violated Freedom of Information Act. Read more ›

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Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 12:41 EDT

Intel warns investors to brace for losses and uncertainties. Read more ›

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New AI browser agents create risks if sites hijack them with hidden instructions

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 12:17 EDT

Malicious websites can embed invisible commands that AI agents will follow blindly. Read more ›

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Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 12:05 EDT

French report also suggests Star Citizen might hit 1.0 release in "2027 or 2028." Read more ›

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Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 10:48 EDT

This was the first successful flight of SpaceX's second-generation Starship after three failures. Read more ›

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The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as we thought

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Luke Keller, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 10:16 EDT

Collapsing gas clouds in the early universe may have formed lower-mass stars as well. Read more ›

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Corsair’s PC-dockable screen helped me monitor my PC components and news feeds

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 10:08 EDT

Corsair's Xeneon Edge is the best at what it does but is software-dependent. Read more ›

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2025 VW Jetta GLI: Save the manuals, but not like this

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Jim Resnick @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 09:39 EDT

Specs mean nothing if you get the feel and execution wrong. Read more ›

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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/27/2025 09:11 EDT

It's not just you. Survey says: "Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky" Read more ›

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The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to join the space police

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 09:00 EDT

Preview: The sequel's prologue stresses meaningful choices, wry humor Read more ›

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Lawmaker: Trump’s Golden Dome will end the madness, and that’s not a good thing

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/27/2025 07:00 EDT

"I don't want to gamble on which major city or two we lose in a scenario like that." Read more ›

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Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/26/2025 18:26 EDT

Advocates fear such settlements will "financially ruin" the AI industry. Read more ›

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After teen suicide, OpenAI claims it is “helping people when they need it most”

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/26/2025 18:08 EDT

ChatGPT allegedly provided suicide encouragement to teen after moderation safeguards failed. Read more ›

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US‘s spike in electricity use is slowing down a bit

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/26/2025 17:40 EDT

Half of a year of data shows that the solar boom is not slowing down. Read more ›

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DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/26/2025 17:04 EDT

Cloud copy of database "lacks any security oversight," whistleblower alleges. Read more ›

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