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Wharton researchers coined ‘cognitive surrender’ to describe what happens when people let AI think for them


A pair of Wharton researchers have put a name to something that many AI users have quietly started doing: letting chatbots make their decisions for them. Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave published a study in January titled “Thinking, Fast, Slow, and Artificial,” in which they introduced the term “cognitive surrender” to describe the tendency of […]



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BYD rejects claims it violated Hungary’s environmental rules at its Szeged EV factory


BYD executive vice president Stella Li said the Chinese automaker has complied with all environmental regulations at its Szeged factory in Hungary, pushing back against allegations that the company violated its obligations during construction. Li made the comments at a press conference in Belgrade on Friday, where she met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to […]



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The developer behind VLC’s 6 billion downloads now wants to connect hundreds of millions of robots


Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer of VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million for his startup Kyber, an infrastructure layer for controlling remote devices in real time. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which also led Mistral AI’s record-breaking seed round and has since invested in Anthropic. OVNI Capital and Kima Ventures also […]



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Trump says he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat after G7 meeting with CEO


President Donald Trump said in a pretaped Axios interview that he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat, marking a sharp reversal from the administration’s aggressive posture toward the AI company over the past three months. Asked whether he considers Anthropic a threat, Trump replied, “Well, not now. But a week ago, maybe.” […]



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Asus is charging $4,799 for an RTX 5080 gaming laptop that costs more than last year’s RTX 5090 model


Asus has quietly added an RTX 5080 configuration to the ROG Zephyrus G16 (2026) in the US, and the price is $4,799. That is $200 more than the 2025 ROG Zephyrus G16 with a more powerful RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of RAM, which is currently available on Amazon and Newegg for $4,599. A newer […]



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