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US needs nimble approach to technological governance

The new law comes as the feasibility of AI oversight is in question for being impossible and too expensive.
California’s state Capitol.
“California State Capitol” by Steven Pavlov via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Astra kicks off AI monitoring debate

Astra appears to do less of its thinking out loud, giving researchers little insight into whether it might be hiding something or planning something it shouldn’t.
A graphic promoting OpenAI’s Astra model.
Courtesy of OpenAI

Breaking up Google could have handed more power to other monopolies

The antitrust balloon-squeezing phenomenon is well documented.
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Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters

Filmmakers tout AI’s use in Hollywood at the other film festival in Venice

The Reply AI Film Festival fetes films made with the technology as its honorees say traditional filmmakers won’t admit they use it too.
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Mike Blake/Reuters

OpenAI’s new Astra model has private thoughts

Existing frontier AI models use “chain of thought” reasoning: They write ideas down, in English, in a “scratchpad” to keep track. CoT boosts “interpretability”.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Jonathan Drake/Reuters

OpenAI begins phased rollout of GPT-6 Astra model

OpenAI said its new model surpasses Anthropic’s most advanced models and meaningfully approximates “artificial general intelligence.”
Sam Altman
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Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion

Hugging Face has exploded in popularity, providing an open-source hub for collaborative machine learning.

US President Donald Trump imposes 100% tariff on drones

Chinese drone firm DJI alone accounts for more than 70% of the global market.

Asian data center boom faces backlash

Asian governments’ urge to cash in on the AI boom is clashing with constituents’ environmental and health concerns.

Textual sleuths fight AI slop with Pangram

Pangram has recently been credited with helping implode a lucrative book deal and unmasking AI use at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

China ramps up brain computer interface push

China has approved a slew of brain-computer interface devices this year, in a bid to compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink.

Startup launches AI physics lab to maximize data center efficiency

Physical Superintelligence launched out of stealth on Tuesday with $58 million in funding.

AI deployment in businesses outpaces trust, study finds

Nearly 90% of respondents to a SAS survey said AI agents play some decision-making role in their organizations, but only 66% said they trust AI.

OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack reveals questions about AI predictability

Ancient civilizations are most known for one thing: conquering. And that’s the worry. If OpenAI’s agents are Romans, humanity represents the barbarians.

Meta disables cameras on thousands of tampered smart glasses

The company is putting up billboards to raise awareness about when its smart glasses are in record mode.

Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down

Since he replaced the late Steve Jobs, Apple has shipped 3.1 billion iPhones and its stock price has risen 2,275%.

Communities opposed to data centers will end up “backwards and poor,” Trump says

The president’s remarks are unlikely to soften mounting public criticism of Big Tech.

BoE chief warns of AI cyber risks

Bailey joined a chorus of prominent voices warning about the threats highly advanced AI poses to critical infrastructure.