Sci-Tech

An autonomous OpenAI program infiltrated an Australian government health website in June in an “unacceptable” breach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

A drone is now being used in Peel Region to deliver life-saving equipment and medication to the scene of an emergency in the critical moments before paramedics arrive.

Kent Hups set out one morning on a research expedition in the famed Hell Creek Formation, a series of fossil-rich sedimentary rock layers in the western United States.

Prince Harry has joined calls for an urgent slowdown in the development of AI, calling it that “ultimate sycophant” and warning that technology is moving faster than researchers can keep pace with.

The federal government will not reverse a decision to close several agricultural research facilities across the country, a move the opposition Conservatives are calling a threat to Canada’s food security.

Canadian AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio told the UN Security Council Wednesday it faces an 'unprecedented threat' as it confronts the dangers of artificial intelligence.

Members of Canada’s business community gathered for an technology conference Wednesday called on institutional investors to take their patriotism even further than they currently do when it comes to their portfolios.

Executives from three of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies briefed the UN Security Council on Wednesday amid warnings that increasingly powerful AI systems could soon improve themselves, slip beyond human control and pose a threat to international security.

America’s aging air traffic control system — reliant on outdated telecom systems, decades-old Compaq computers and replacement parts bought on eBay — keeps failing.

Private investment in space companies globally climbed to US$23 billion in the year through June, more than double the $9.7 billion raised a year earlier, according to a report by Relm Insurance and British investment firm Seraphim on Wednesday.

Meta Platforms is expected to unveil new smart glasses at its annual Connect conference on Wednesday, including a pair without cameras, amid growing privacy concerns about AI devices that can be used to record people without their consent.

AI agents are getting better at working together, and in some cases, acting outside the scope of their instructions. Now it's happening with greater frequency, raising fresh questions about oversight.

The most powerful venture capital firm in Silicon Valley is starting a two-year private school for young people intended to replace college, as some U.S. tech elite question the benefits of a classical university education.

Visions of the future straight out of comic books are playing out at the United Nations as world leaders talk about the threat — or promise — of artificial intelligence.

Meta has been testing a “human concierge” for its new personal AI assistant, Muse, which entails having human contractors quietly handle some of the phone calls placed via the digital agent, according to internal company posts seen by Reuters.