‘100 Video Calls Per Day’: Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams

Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these ...
The Conversation

Why Islamic finance could provide an ethical model for funding the green transition

Abdul Wase Samim does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
CNBC

Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6 model

CNBC's Kate Rooney reports on news regarding Anthropic. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox Get this delivered ...
CNBC

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, continuing breakneck pace of AI model releases

Anthropic has released its latest AI model, Claude Sonnet 4.6, which is better at using computers, coding, design and knowledge work, the company said. The startup launched another model, Claude Opus ...
Invezz

Alibaba changed its AI playbook, and the timing's hard to ignore

Alibaba’s latest AI launch is not a routine model refresh; it is a cost-and-capability bet aimed at locking in enterprise users as China’s AI space gets crowded with fast-moving rivals. On Monday, the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

When Human Activity Dropped During Covid-19, Methane Levels Surprisingly Spiked. Now, a Study Points to Two Reasons Why

Wetlands like South Sudan's Sudd swamp saw more rainfall in 2020 due to the La Niña climate event, which caused more methane to enter the atmosphere. Inna67895 via Wikimedia Commons As the world ...
TechCrunch

Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’

On Thursday, Anthropic released the latest version of Opus — its most advanced model and a particularly important model for Claude Code. Opus 4.5 was only released last November, and with 4.6, the ...
Motor Trend

2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class First Look: The Year’s Most Important Stopgap

A new flagship is always cause for attention, but none is likely to endure the scrutiny the refreshed 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class will. Historically, the S-Class is Mercedes’ tech leader. You look at ...
GitHub

Replication package for the paper 'Nowcasting economic activity in European regions using a mixed-frequency dynamic factor model'

Software version: R version 4.5.1 (2025-06-13) -- "Great Square Root" The out-of-sample forecast exercise and in-sample results were obtained on a high-performance cluster which allows for parallel ...
Hometown Source

Community thread launches new accessible activities and services model

Community Thread is excited to announce the official launch of a new, simplified Activities & Services participation model beginning Jan. 13, 2026. Designed to remove financial barriers and increase ...
Task & Purpose

NORAD stresses aircraft deployment to Greenland is ‘routine’ and ‘long-planned’

The move of new aircraft to Pituffik Space Base comes amid growing tensions as the Trump administration reiterates calls to acquire Greenland. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jan 19, 2026 3:55 PM EST ...