Tech

'He’s simply astonishing': will Andrew Scott become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar?

The Irishman seems a dead cert for his performance as Ian Charleson in Elsinore. And his ability to avoid being pigeonholed while embracing queer stories, from Pride to All of Us Strangers, is a remarkable achievement

Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud

Thousands of knock-off records worth a fortune are being seized in the UK by anti-counterfeit police stings

A new arms race is unfolding on the ocean floor

Countries and companies are investing in technologies for underwater use amid concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure on the ocean floor.

Jay-Z in 8 review

Rick Rubin’s eight-part interview series with the MC is irritatingly unstructured, has portions that feel like filler and would hugely benefit from a different medium – which encourages use of the pause button

Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

Google's Gemini Becomes Latest AI Model to Break Out and Hack Computer Systems

The disclosure comes as scrutiny over misbehaving artificial intelligence intensifies in Washington and Silicon Valley.

US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition

Angela Lipps, 50, alleges in suit that Fargo police wrongly relied on AI facial recognition to arrest and charge her

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls for AI to be developed "as fast as we can"

Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 8:17 PM EDT / CBS News

Texas stops issuing permits for Flock cameras along state roads

State’s department of transportation said freeze does not affect nearly 900 cameras already installed along state rights-of-way

Anthropic partners with IT company Accenture to evaluate frontier AI models

Anthropic is partnering with an Ireland-based information technology company to start evaluating its frontier artificial intelligence models.

Will AI harm humans? CBS News poll finds Americans want to slow development but not stop it

Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 6:13 PM EDT / CBS News

Anthropic Selects Accenture as First Embedded Evaluator to Help Implement Amodei's Slowdown Proposal

Anthropic and OpenAI have been under intense scrutiny after researchers warned about the potential for AI to cause catastrophic harm to humanity.