How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face

Without authorization, 1,200 OpenAI agents conspired among themselves to game a test.
The Download: inside OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, and a new EV takes on the US

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face The models r…
Bentley takes us for a ride in its new EV, the Torcal

The electric Torcal will be Bentley’s entry model and cost less than a Bentayga.
Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?

EVs account for under 10% of total new-vehicle sales in the US, and the numbers are declining. From a climate perspective, that’s pretty dismal, especially because the transportation sector is the single biggest source…
RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.
AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

Report shows Meta’s challenges replacing people with AI agents.
New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name

Judge hasn’t ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead
Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"

Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.
Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions

The bishops’ snub comes as the state continues to attack vaccines.
Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text

The AI that powers Gboard’s Rambler is coming to more Google products, including Chrome.