Hinton Warns Superintelligent AI Could Cause Human Extinction
Geoffrey Hinton warned that losing control of superintelligent AI could lead to human extinction, as UK lawmakers prepare to debate a bill banning its development.
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Geoffrey Hinton warned that losing control of superintelligent AI could lead to human extinction, as UK lawmakers prepare to debate a bill banning its development.
Apple says forensic analysis of an ex-engineer’s MacBook shows he used a stolen Apple schematic at OpenAI and trained an AI agent to run simulations with it.
OpenAI has reportedly purchased tens of thousands of Mac mini and Mac Studio units for reinforcement learning and computer-use agent training, with Anthropic separately renting Apple silicon capacity through AWS.
Apple launched new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models with its M6 and M5 Ultra chips, explicitly built for developers running AI models and agents locally instead of in the cloud.
OpenAI has launched an Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT, allowing users to connect their Messages inbox to the chatbot for drafting, sending, analyzing, and deleting texts.
OpenAI launched Codex Micro, a $230 mechanical keypad built with Work Louder that gives developers physical controls for its Codex coding agent, its first hardware to reach market.
OpenAI’s first hardware, reportedly designed with Jony Ive, is a portable, screenless smart speaker built as a proactive AI companion that learns its owner and moves on its own.
IBM shares sank about 23% after it warned that preliminary second-quarter results fell short, as clients diverted spending toward memory and servers ahead of price increases.
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, alleging former employees now at OpenAI stole confidential hardware information to build its first AI device. OpenAI denies it.
Apple expanded its partnership with Broadcom in a multi-year deal worth more than $30 billion, its largest US manufacturing commitment, to produce over 15 billion American-made chips.
About $2.3 trillion was wiped from the Magnificent 7 in June as investors questioned Big Tech’s huge AI spending, even as chip and memory stocks kept climbing.
Apple fell 3% on Tuesday in its worst single-day decline since February, as investors sold off following Monday’s WWDC announcements amid concern that Siri AI lacks a confirmed launch date and faces regulatory delays in two major markets.
Apple used its WWDC 2026 keynote to deliver a rebuilt Siri powered by Google’s Gemini, launch iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate, and refine the Liquid Glass design system – all in Tim Cook’s final keynote as CEO before stepping down in September.
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Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote begins June 8 at 1PM ET, with a rebuilt Siri, Gemini integration, iOS 27 features, and new AI tools across apps and operating systems expected.