OpenAI has built GPT-Red, an LLM super-hacker that automates red-teaming safety evaluations typically done by human testers. The system acts as a sparring partner to find ways to break or hijack models, and OpenAI gave MIT Technology Review an exclusive peek into how it could keep the company ahead of human attackers.

Heat pumps are surging in the US despite a key tax credit ending. Sales have doubled over the past 15 years, and they outpaced natural-gas furnaces by 32% during Q1 2026. The appliances use electricity for heating and are incredibly efficient, maintaining momentum even without subsidies.

Other must-reads include Elon Musk discreetly buying APR Energy for $1 billion to power Grok, a hack revealing Suno AI scraped YouTube and Deezer for training data, and Thinking Machines launching Inkling—its first open-weight model built by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Europe is narrowing tech independence ambitions while India scrambles for AI sovereignty.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul defended a data center moratorium, saying communities powering AI should share in its success. Robotics firm Prosper is developing humanoid Alfie with trustworthiness as the top design priority, though reliance on remote human operators raises privacy and labor questions.