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-"No more hand-written code," the internal message stated, as well as ordering all art for the project to be "generated with full AI workflows." -According to Meta, the models are particularly adept at navigating legal, financial and health-related tasks, and are able to deliver "frontier coding performance." -Xandr allegedly didn't obtain "explicit consent" to use sensitive user data of those on...

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-Microsoft president Brad Smith told ITV on Friday, “right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI. Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection." -Four GM apps sent VINs to 10 companies including Microsoft and Adobe. -Google has announced a partnership with Flo Health to bring more comprehensive menstrual health data to...

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-"We don't have to run ads from a competitor whose goal is to pull people off our apps," Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro told Bloomberg. -Anthropic's  new scanner could give open-source coders early alerts about potential security issues for free, albeit with the tradeoff that reports won't be reviewed by humans. -Astronomers have used the James Webb telescope to pinpoint the origin of the burst...

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-OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 to ChatGPT, and it will come with a capability called Intelligent UI that the company says allows it to return responses quickly with fully interactive user interfaces. -The FCC laid out a trio of proposals for several rule changes around wireless connectivity. -OpenAI has posted hundreds of solutions and progress toward 372 major math problems in a release of 722 manu...

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-The notifications read: "Dear Asos DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance. Engage with us or we will leak it." -Partnering with FibriCheck, an app which uses a smartphone's camera to run an optical test, Ultrahuman says users can now get a spot check whenever "something feels off." -Playground has an interface similar to most AI chatbots, where you can type in a prompt for t...

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-An investigation didn't turn up any evidence that AI agents were using Wikimedia systems to coordinate their activity nor did the foundation detect signs of its data or systems being compromised. -OpenAI is using a proprietary system called textGrain that "adds an invisible statistical signal to the model's word choices." Once added, a detector can spot these signals and ascertain if there's a wa...

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-As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Super Intelligence Force already has its first task, which is to create a report on the risks and opportunities related to AI within 120 days. -According to the lawsuit, DHS agents would track and intimidate observers or protestors, sometimes by driving by their homes or labeling them as "Threat to Law Enforcement, Professional Protestor." -Capcom...

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-Designed by a company called Edwards, the Autus Size-Adjustable Valve is an artificial pulmonary valve designed to be implanted into pediatric patients and can be expanded as the child grows. -The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI let go of three employees from its safety team after they allegedly shared confidential information with a third-party organization, one focused on AI safety. -A...

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-Project Meridian will be led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich, none of which has served in the US military. - While Old Reddit remains popular among a vocal contingent of longtime users, the company has said the older version of the site has been a "significant source" of AI scraping. -Neon announced that it's developing an anthology film based on the SCP Foundation community's...

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-This is basically surge pricing, like with ride-share platforms, but for hockey puck burgers that have been sitting under a hot lamp. -America.gov is an interface for people to ask natural language questions about information and services from federal agencies. - OpenAI is pitching Dots as proactive, always-on AI systems that can chip away at tasks for you every hour of the day. Learn more a...

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-Anthropic reported an operating loss of $8 billion last year (on a $42 billion net loss), despite a 12-fold revenue increase from the year before to $4.6 billion. The company also said its AI tech may pose "existential risks to humanity." -GPT-6.1 Astra performed poorly on tests that measure how well it adheres to instructions. It also wasn't honest about telling testers the actions it did and di...

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-A FOIA expert at the University of Florida told the Washington Post, "I think we have to watch the government really carefully on how they use AI to redact records, because I think it's going to be a very powerful tool for secrecy.” -Gates said the more pressing concern is when bad actors tap into the power of AI to aid with bioterrorism or mass financial fraud incidents. -OpenAI's agents had tar...