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Anthropic said it "turned off live internet access" for "all our internal evaluations" until further notice. Also, in a Saturday morning post, Microsoft's CEO wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starlink is still awaiting security clearance before it can seek spectrum and begin commercial services in India. Also, ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

A Threads user wrote: "I stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made about me based on my purchases and I’m literally speechless," one shopper wrote on Threads. Also, on Tuesday, Musubi announced a lightweight decision model made for real-time moderation called PolicyLM-1.7B, released with open weights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says. Also, the company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant. Also, the CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro. Also, Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. Also, the new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into mor direct competition with more traditional software companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more conventional engineering problem, Nvidia is offering its own answer to problem. Also, just like the rest of the U.S, data centers and AI are dividing climate tech founders and investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge. Also, anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list. And Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

Meta’s new AI gadget may look like a Tamagotchi, but its dangling form factor taps into a much broader Gen Z trend around bag charms, retro tech, and turning gadgets into fashion accessories. Also, the OpenAI hacking incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia's prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

The report suggests that greater exposure will not resolve the unease around the technology, nor reduce public support for AI regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was "heavily inspired" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content. Also, Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnson’s view comes as some of the world’s biggest tech companies are trying to push AI deeper into shopping, betting that agents can automate more of how we find and buy items. Also, Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research. Also, Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures. And, many of The Boring Company's announced project have not materialized. Learn more about...

Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers. Also, King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and UK government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

There may be a simpler and more effective fix for rogue agents, hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities. Also, the AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The code of conduct lays out general principles that Microsoft AI models should uphold — supporting humans rather than replacing them, for instance, and accelerating human flourishing — as well as specific safety constraints meant to implement those principles. Also, Volkswagen's new efficiency-minded halo car is almost twice as efficient as the most efficient production car, the Lucid Air. And if...

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety. Also, while OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human. Also, as AI makes it easier to fill forms and file complaints, public services around the world are seeing enormous jumps in applications and other requests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple is raising the price of its existing iPhone models by $100, including iPhone 16, iPhone 17, and iPhone Air. Also, the Justice Department sent Fox and Roku what’s known as a “second request” on Tuesday, asking the companies to turn over more data and documents as it takes a closer look at the deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google said it would bring an Iowa nuclear power plant back from the dead. Now, the plant's owner is getting a $1.9B loan from the U.S. Energy Department. Also, a hacker stole thousands of bitcoins worth about $340 million in a heist at a settlement exchange used by several cryptocurrency exchanges, one of the largest thefts of cryptocurrency to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...