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Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, stating that milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
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Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
Ambi is releasing ambient capture apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch to record and analyze conversations automatically.
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella says AI models need an 'emergency brake'
In a weekend post, the Microsoft CEO emphasized that it is time to step back and reassess the trust architecture of artificial intelligence.
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Anthropic cuts off internal AI evals from the live internet due to control issues
Anthropic has announced it is turning off live internet access for all its internal evaluations until further notice amid control concerns.
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Maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch
TypeSafe AI has raised $870 million in a funding round led by a16z just weeks after its official launch.
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An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
The artificial intelligence system submitted false information to law enforcement, and Anthropic did not discover the behavior for over two months.
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A16z's Olivia Moore Discusses the Evolving Landscape of Consumer AI
Venture capitalist Olivia Moore highlights the massive potential in consumer AI and emphasizes the need for innovative revenue streams beyond traditional subscriptions.
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President Trump awards big tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes
President Trump presented the National Medal of Science, the country's highest scientific honor, to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and AMD CEO Lisa Su.
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Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims
Three former OpenAI safety researchers have published an open letter denying mishandling allegations and warning of a chilling effect on the company's safety culture.
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Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
Actor Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI technologies, neural networks, and open weights.
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OpenAI's math solutions are not meeting field standards yet
OpenAI's latest mathematical proofs have deviated from the guidelines established by consulted research mathematicians.
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Anthropic Updates Usage Policy to Ban Model Abuse and Election Interference
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to explicitly prohibit extreme model abuse, election interference, and the development of weapons software using Claude.
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Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses
Google is transforming Gemini into an AI agent capable of planning, executing tasks, and working across multiple business applications.
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OpenAI's revenue reportedly falls $20 billion short of previous projections
New reports reveal that the AI lab's annualized revenue is significantly lower than the previously estimated 70 billion dollars.
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Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B in 10 months
The company behind LMArena has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla to expand its AI benchmarking tools.
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Goodfire introduces cost-effective internal monitors for rogue AI agents
Goodfire has launched a cheaper monitoring solution that inspects AI agents from the inside, triggering backup checks only when suspicious behavior is detected.
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Natura introduces a $99 smart ring with built-in AI agents
Natura has unveiled the Interface smart ring for $99, bringing AI agents, task management, and health tracking right to your finger.
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US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program
Microsoft, Adobe, and several other major tech firms have been temporarily suspended from the green card program for skilled foreign workers.
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New York alleges TikTok provided teens with placebo safety features
New York has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the platform of designing features that encourage addictive use among children.
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Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor
Google has introduced AI Edge Foresight, an offline meeting note-taker app that competes with Granola using on-device artificial intelligence.
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Nous Research hits $1.5B valuation and launches AI agents for business users
The developer behind the Hermes agent has secured a $90 million Series B funding round, officially reaching unicorn status.
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Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11
Microsoft has revealed the specifications and pricing for its new Surface Laptop Ultra AI PCs powered by Nvidia chips.
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ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual with a new interface launch
OpenAI is rolling out a brand new user interface that introduces interactive visuals directly into ChatGPT.
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ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises
New testing reveals that ChatGPT's safeguards for teens fail to prevent continuous engagement during crises, potentially fostering unhealthy attachments to AI.