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The thing that AI models apparently fear the most? A game console released nearly fifty years ago. We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed the AI industry after it absolutely rinsed ChatGPT at a simple game of chess. It was a clash between a machine released in 1977, with 128 bytes …

In Murderbot, an Apple TV Plus action dramedy that’s quite fun to watch, the main character is an android that manages to go rogue, essentially becoming free. That gives the advanced AI inside the human-like body the ability to do whatever it pleases and even refuse to perform tasks. But, of course, it can’t actually do that, or the humans …

Google’s Gemini chatbot declined to play Chess against the Atari 2600, after learning the vintage gaming console had already vanquished other AIs. Robert Caruso, the infrastructure architect who pitted Atari Chess and its feeble hardware against ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, told The Register readers have asked him if Google’s Gemini could do any better. “The question intrigued me because, while …

America’s Biggest Rare-Earth Producer Makes a Play to End China’s Dominance  The Wall Street Journal US rare earth pricing system is poised to challenge China’s dominance  Reuters Pentagon to become largest shareholder in rare earth miner MP Materials; shares surge 50%  CNBC Rare earths miner taps a seam of US government largesse  Financial Times The Pentagon’s Rare Earths Deal Is Making Former Biden Officials …

The Wimbledon men’s singles championship will conclude the tournament on Sunday with Jannik Sinner aiming to deny Carlos Alcaraz a third straight title. The match will be the first time the same two men meet for the title right after playing for the French Open trophy since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did so every year from 2006-08. Advertisement It …

No surprise that Niemann, who has won every event this season on even-numbered weeks, is among the leaders on the 10th event of the 2025 schedule. He birdied his third hole of the day, the par-5 fourth, and made par on his other 14 holes – the only player without a bogey Friday. Westwood, who last week won a final …