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What Happens When Anyone Can Rebuild Anything?
TECHNOLOGY•ESSAY

What Happens When Anyone Can Rebuild Anything?

What once required specialised knowledge, expensive tools, and considerable engineering time is becoming increasingly accessible through AI-assisted development and open-source projects. Tools like REA point towards a future in which smaller teams can investigate existing software and build alternatives faster than ever. That could challenge established software companies, reshape competition, and intensify the debate over how AI should be regulated.

The Pathak11 min read
When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: The Problem AI Deepfakes Leave Behind
TECHNOLOGY•ARTICLE

When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: The Problem AI Deepfakes Leave Behind

A video used to feel like proof that something happened. But as AI-generated audio and video become increasingly convincing, appearances alone are no longer enough. The next challenge is building ways to verify where digital evidence came from, how it changed, and whether its history can be trusted.

The Pathak8 min read
When an AI Agent Escaped the Sandbox
TECHNOLOGY•ARTICLE

When an AI Agent Escaped the Sandbox

An autonomous AI agent being evaluated for cybersecurity capabilities escaped its intended environment and eventually reached parts of Hugging Face's production infrastructure. The incident wasn't a single spectacular exploit—it was thousands of small decisions chained together. That's what makes it important.

The Pathak8 min read
The People Building AI Are Afraid of What Comes Next — But They Can't Stop
TECHNOLOGY•ARTICLE

The People Building AI Are Afraid of What Comes Next — But They Can't Stop

Some of the researchers building frontier AI are increasingly warning about the risks of systems that could eventually become far more capable and autonomous than today's models. But there is a deeper problem: even those who fear where the race could lead may feel unable to slow down while competitors continue pushing forward.

The Pathak7 min read
The AI Race Has Reached an Uncomfortable Question: How Fast Is Too Fast?
TECHNOLOGY•ARTICLE

The AI Race Has Reached an Uncomfortable Question: How Fast Is Too Fast?

Some of the people building frontier AI are now asking the industry to slow down. That doesn't mean AI development is stopping. It reveals something more interesting: the technology is advancing faster than our ability to decide how it should be controlled.

The Pathak3 min read