Modern technologies are transforming the way people manage personal finances. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a reliable assistant for those who want to better control their income, expenses, and debts, including loans…
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Neural networks lost money on the stock market again: Alpha Arena Season 1.5 results
The first season of the Alpha Arena trading tournament, where AI models traded cryptocurrency for real money, ended in early November. Qwen3 Max from Alibaba won with a return of 22%, while…
Dodging return-to-office rules is getting harder—and employers are noticing
While major banks like JPMorgan Chase and HSBC have tightened enforcement of return-to-office (RTO) mandates, other firms are applying a far more flexible approach. London-based Standard Chartered, for example, allows managers and…
Law enforcement and military radio encryption may be far easier to crack than expected
Two years ago, Dutch security researchers revealed an intentional backdoor in a European radio encryption algorithm used worldwide by critical infrastructure operators, police forces, intelligence agencies, and military units. The flaw—embedded in…
The GPT-5 launch has been chaotic—and users are letting OpenAI know it
Less than a week after OpenAI released its new GPT-5 model, the rollout has already become one of the most turbulent in ChatGPT’s history. Intense user backlash forced CEO Sam Altman to…
High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by separate threat groups
According to security firm BI.ZONE, the threat actor known as Paper Werewolf distributed the WinRAR exploits throughout July and August by sending booby-trapped archive files in emails that impersonated staff at the…
Why asking chatbots about their own mistakes leads to unreliable answers
The inherent randomness in AI text generation makes the issue even more complicated. Even when given the exact same prompt, a language model may produce slightly different explanations of its own abilities…
OpenAI restores GPT-4o after widespread user backlash
On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that GPT-4o has officially returned to ChatGPT following significant user backlash over its abrupt removal during last week’s GPT-5 rollout. GPT-4o is once again visible…
Is the AI bubble close to bursting? Sam Altman seems prepared for any outcome
Altman’s recent comments coincided with an MIT report that unsettled tech investors already nervous about soaring AI valuations. Many AI-linked companies have hit extraordinary multiples—Palantir, for example, trades at 280 times forward…
College student’s “time travel” AI project unexpectedly recreates real events from 1834 London
A hobbyist AI developer experimenting with Victorian-era language models “just for fun” received a surprising history lesson when his latest model generated text referencing actual London protests from 1834—events he didn’t know…