Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights

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Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

Last week, Anthropic introduced a new system prompt designed to stop its Claude models from recreating specific, existing video games.

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Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers

Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.

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Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job

On August 9, 2026, Dartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell wrote a Washington Post op-ed called "Universities are fighting AI cheating. But there’s a deeper problem."

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Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders

As AI tools and agents have continued their march across all aspects of digital life, many companies are trying to use LLMs to improve the experience of purchasing goods and services on the Internet.