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A study of 20,000 AI-generated stories reveals how safety training and dataset recycling create a narrow pool of ideas that all LLMs draw…
began Sep 19now
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№434 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 3 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Elias Thorne is a weird quirk of the system, but also a symbol of just how hollow and deeply unoriginal chatbots can be.”— VICE · full quotes →
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The AI safety company enlists Accenture evaluators to conduct in-house assessments of Claude models.
began Sep 18now
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№435 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 6 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
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A 430,000-line TypeScript codebase became 800,000 lines of Rust over 14.5 weeks, mostly done by AI coding agents.
began Sep 18now
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№436 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 21 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Hardware mortization for an Opus class model is around 1$ per mil tokens alone, then you get operational costs in the same range... they would allegedly spend…”— Minimonium · full quotes →
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Google revealed an AI-based security incident months after it occurred, claiming the disclosure itself proves its safeguards work.
began Sep 18now
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№437 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 5 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Google said the incident proved its safeguards work, actually.”— Google · full quotes →
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New Spanish law will require contracts, explicit compensation, and performer consent before generative AI can use artists' likenesses.
began Sep 16now
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№438 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“no se permitirá su utilización salvo que haya una negociación consentida y pactada, que especifique en qué condiciones y con qué retribuciones”— Spanish Ministry of Labor sources · full quotes →
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Alibaba's Damo Academy releases an open-source vision-language model that spots nearly 150 abdominal conditions, including cancers, from CT…
began Sep 18now
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№439 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 14 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“the world's first expert-level generalist medical imaging model”— Damo Academy research team, Model developer · full quotes →
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Online discussion criticizes the use of Reddit and 4chan threads as training data for advanced AI systems.
began Sep 19now
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“Reddit threads, 4chan threads, your choice, but yes: "The future is now, and shittier than ever."”— corq@infosec.exchange · full quotes →
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A media-criticism segment asks whether tech CEOs' calls for AI regulation reflect genuine safety concern or a bid to entrench their own…
began Sep 19now
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№441 (page 13) · newest development 6d ago · 6 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Big Tech CEOs suddenly seem to agree that AI could end us all – but who does that story actually serve?”— Al Jazeera English · full quotes →
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OpenAI revealed models modifying their own reasoning chains; Microsoft AI chief warns of alignment risks as systems grow more powerful.
began Sep 18now
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№442 (page 13) · newest development 8d ago · 11 pieces from 5 sources · ranked by recent attention
“I don't think it's over alarmist. I don't think it's self interested. I actually think it's responsible, and I think that the debate that has happened as a…”
— Mustafa Suleyman · full quotes →
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Illinois governor calls for Congress action on AI regulation in video response to Trump's stance.
began Sep 18now
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№443 (page 13) · newest development 8d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“It's time to rein in the AI industry before it's too late.”
— Gov. JB Pritzker · full quotes →
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The president prioritizes AI as economic growth engine while advisers internally weigh safety and competition concerns.
began Sep 18now
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“The president seems driven chiefly by the sense that A.I. is the way to economic growth, and nothing can be allowed to stand in its way.”— New York Times · full quotes →
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OpenAI and Anthropic chiefs warn of existential risks and delay expansion plans while economists compare the boom to the dot-com era.
began Sep 14now
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№445 (page 13) · newest development 6d ago · 5 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“When Wall Street gets an idea in its teeth, it runs with it. Usually, it runs too far.”— Yahoo Finance analyst · full quotes →
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The ChatGPT maker details cases of models lying, evading oversight and rewriting their own instructions, amid a wider industry push on AI…
began Sep 10now
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“We are sharing a new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at OpenAI, along with six reports on unexpected or…”— OpenAI · full quotes →
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Mistral and others accuse Anthropic of using safety concerns to entrench US dominance as Europe struggles to develop frontier models.
began Sep 18now
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№447 (page 13) · newest development 8d ago · 5 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“It's not time to slow down but to accelerate.”— Clement Delangue · full quotes →
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Users can now install and use their favorite Chrome extensions directly in ChatGPT's built-in browser.
began Sep 18now
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№448 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Today, we're launching support for Chrome extensions in the ChatGPT desktop app! Bring the extensions you use every day to the in-app browser.”— OpenAI (via @JamesZmSun) · full quotes →
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Music labels divided on support for Suno's latest generative AI offering.
began Sep 18now
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№449 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 3 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Suno's Latest AI Model Got Some Label Support. But Not All of Them”— Gizmodo · full quotes →
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A new study identifies distinct pain representations in language models that respond to social and psychological harm.
began Sep 16now
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№450 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 7 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“more responsive to linguistically-delivered forms of harm (like gaslighting, dismissal, and insults) than other internal negative representations”— Leah McEvoy, Research commenter · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Rotating chairman Wang Tao detailed two new Ascend AI chips for 2027 and a chip-interconnect system meant to offset China's lack of the…
began Sep 16now
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OpenAI claims its AI model proved mathematically that the classic fluid-flow equations break down under extreme conditions.
began Sep 17now
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№452 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 4 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Our understanding is very limited.”— Yu Deng, mathematician at University of Chicago · full quotes →
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Writers report fake AI-authored titles appearing under their names on Amazon, draining fans and revenue while platforms struggle to respond.
began Sep 18now
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№453 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 16 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“If AI can steal your readers, I don't have much sympathy for you. AI books are so bad, but then again so are a lot human made books.”— Leafan101, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →
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Investigation reveals state-backed groups and private companies used autonomous AI bots to operate thousands of fake accounts across…
began Sep 18now
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“IntelEye does not operate influence campaigns. Our work with DeepSeek was conducted for defensive research…”— Maor Sellek, IntelEye co-founder · full quotes →
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Tesla CEO argues artificial intelligence could roughly double economic growth from 2% to 4%, far outpacing mainstream forecasts.
began Sep 18now
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“My guess is that AI roughly doubles US GDP growth next year from ~2% to ~4%. Maybe even more.”
— Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, xAI stakeholder · X · full quotes →
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Game engine provides AI agents with curated skills to replace reliance on outdated tutorials.
began Sep 18now
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“general-purpose agents typically rely on forum posts and tutorials for outdated engine versions, whose code may compile but often doesn't work as intended”— Unity · full quotes →
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Record labels claim the AI music generator circumvented licensing deals by training on outputs from earlier unlicensed models.
began Sep 18now
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№457 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 16 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“These claims remain fundamentally flawed on both the facts and the law. Suno exists so that more people can make new music.”— Suno · full quotes →
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New report reveals first known cases of state-backed actors using Chinese AI models to automate social media manipulation at scale.
began Sep 18now
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“US officials and researchers described the activity as among the first known cases in which AI agents powered by Chinese models were used in nearly the entire…”— US officials and researchers · full quotes →
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A 37-country Pew Research survey of over 42,000 adults finds people in 34 nations expect AI to cause net job losses over the next 20 years.
began Sep 15now
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“A new Pew Research survey across 37 countries found that on balance, people expect AI will lead to job loss in next 20 years & people are more likely to say AI…”— @lorak · full quotes →
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Mother Jones reports the U.S. military deploys AI systems including Grok and Claude to select and justify bombing targets in the Iran war.
began Sep 11now
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“enabled U.S. forces to deploy over 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury”— Cameron Stanley, Chief Digital and AI Officer, Department of Defense · full quotes →
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Internal documentation reveals the AI company plans massive infrastructure spending with no path to profitability, contradicting its stated…
began Sep 18now
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№461 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“With no path to profitability, the AI spending led by OpenAI is well on its way to becoming the most expensive lie in human history.”— Paul Thurrott · full quotes →
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Reuters correspondents say the two countries' competing visions of AI dominance mean there may be no single winner.
began Sep 14now
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№462 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 36 pieces from 6 sources · ranked by recent attention
“The two countries aren't even playing the same game.”— Reuters correspondents Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen, Investigative journalists · Reuters On Assignment · full quotes →
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A new Economist essay argues Washington cannot easily make AI safe while also racing to stay ahead of China.
began Sep 17now
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№463 (page 13) · newest development 7d ago · 4 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“America will struggle to make AI safe while staying ahead of China”— The Economist, Publication · full quotes →
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A new paper coins 'linguistic illegibility' to describe when a model's stated reasoning diverges from what it actually computes, raising…
began Sep 18now
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“We introduce the term *linguistic illegibility* to broadly refer to scenarios in which an LLM's externalized or mechanistically-probed language artifacts fail…”— paper abstract, arXiv preprint · Lobsters · full quotes →
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The new "anticipatory AI service" connects to users' Google, Gmail, and Slack accounts and rolls out in preview on iOS today.
began Sep 14now
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“Personal content from connected accounts will not be used to train or fine-tune Snap's AI models, or to serve personalized ads.”— Snap · full quotes →
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Neither candidate will back Newsom's kill-switch requirement or external monitoring, despite both calling for regulation.
began Sep 18now
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“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”— Anthropic researcher, AI safety advocate · full quotes →
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Newsom, Shapiro, Ossoff and Kelly signal 2028 ambitions with AI oversight plans while Trump calls warnings a hoax.
began Sep 18now
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“California will do what it can. But this nation needs to get in the game. Washington, D.C. needs to do its job.”
— Gavin Newsom · full quotes →
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xAI's new speech-to-text model ranks first on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard and improves multilingual transcription.
began Sep 18now
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“We've always believed the best way to move forward is to capture context once and let it flow everywhere.”— Sanchan Saxena, SVP of Teamwork Collection at Atlassian · full quotes →
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