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A 37-country study shows most AI users globally feel optimistic, but the U.S. ranks among the few where negative emotions outweigh positive.
Sep 21now
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“Most people in the world who use AI feel good about the technology and believe it will be a net positive for the future, according to a new study from Gallup…”— 404 Media reporting on Gallup study · Press · full quotes →
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says Washington wants a notification mechanism for AI incidents affecting national security as Trump and Xi…
began Sep 18now
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№39 (page 2) · newest development 2d ago · 67 pieces from 7 sources · ranked by recent attention
“We want a shared vision of common goals and common threats.”
— Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury Secretary · Associated Press · full quotes →
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OpenAI announces it is working with mathematicians to responsibly advance and share AI breakthroughs in mathematics.
began Sep 15now
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An online repository took down papers by Nicholas Polson after academics questioned their quality and authenticity.
todaynow
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“Because, yes, you can use ChatGPT to spit out 200 papers a year if you want. But to what end? What is the point?”— tiffanycli@mastodon.social · full quotes →
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50+ tons of books exported to U.S. amid surge in mechanical purchases of obscure titles.
yesterdaynow
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№42 (page 2) · newest development 15h ago · 4 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“普通は小説やコミックが売れるが、専門書がこんなに一気に売れたことはない”— Tokyo used bookstore owner · full quotes →
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14h ago
AI startup challenges traditional per-seat SaaS with claims of $150M bookings and Fortune-scale customers, though metrics remain unaudited.
today 5 AMnow
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“Many of our customers are already on the way to replace [large SaaS applications] completely, removing dependency on them, because they are mostly becoming…”— Surojit Chatterjee, CEO · Press · full quotes →
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After users noticed matching filenames and near-identical config files, Meta's product chief confirmed Muse copied OpenClaw's design rather…
Sep 21now
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№44 (page 2) · newest development 1d ago · 19 pieces from 7 sources · ranked by recent attention
“@steipete is a genius, and his harness was pioneering from the jump. I think a lot of people were inspired by it. Our goal with Muse was to build something…”— Nat Friedman, Head of product, Meta Superintelligence Labs · Mastodon · full quotes →
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Chris Hughes calls for regulatory teams inside frontier AI labs with rotating three-year terms to prevent capture.
todaynow
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№45 (page 2) · newest development 16h ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Office of AI Supervision”— Chris Hughes, Facebook co-founder · Press · full quotes →
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Global survey finds majority optimism about artificial intelligence, with 90%+ support in China and 66%+ in Nigeria.
todaynow
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№46 (page 2) · newest development 16h ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“in 34, positive AI sentiment outweighed the negative; 90%+ of people in China and 66%+ in Nigeria say AI will improve daily life”— New York Times · Press · full quotes →
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An open-source AI shop pokes fun at online frenzy over a model called Jev, pointing readers instead to real open implementations.
todaynow
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№47 (page 2) · newest development 17h ago · 43 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Everyone and their mom is talking about Jev . Jev this, Jev that.”— NobodyWho, Author of the blog post · nobodywho.ai blog · full quotes →
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Reporters Without Borders study reveals major AI chatbots surface content from EU-banned outlets RT and Sputnik with links and quotes…
todaynow
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№48 (page 2) · newest development 17h ago · 7 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“ChatGPT, Grok and Claude provided full news summaries drawing on EU-sanctioned Russian state media outlets — including RT and Sputnik — sharing links and…”— Reporters Without Borders · full quotes →
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says US and China discussed a US-China AI Dialogue to flag AI national-security risks before this week's…
began Sep 14now
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“We think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number two AI powers in…”
— Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary · Wired · full quotes →
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Launched Sept. 8, Meta's personalized AI agent Muse hit No. 1 on the US App Store and Google Play, fueling Meta's biggest one-day stock…
Sep 21now
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A new AP analysis catalogs nuclear war, bioweapon and "paperclip" extinction scenarios, with some researchers calling the warnings…
began Sep 17now
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№51 (page 2) · newest development 20h ago · 17 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“These arguments just don't really hold water. I think they're sci-fi and they're enticing to a certain childish style of thinking”— Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade · full quotes →
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rejects a liability shield for AI labs, pinning last month's rogue-agent breach on OpenAI's management.
Sep 21now
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№52 (page 2) · newest development 2d ago · 19 pieces from 5 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Am I reading this right? I suppose a broken clock has to be right at least twice.”— ppatel · full quotes →
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Reddit thread titled "I am done with this shit" gains traction on Hacker News, signaling user discontent.
Sep 21now
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№53 (page 2) · newest development 18h ago · 28 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
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Analysis shows generative AI becoming cheaper faster than any transformative technology in history, outpacing chip shortage paradoxically.
began Sep 17now
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№54 (page 2) · newest development 1d ago · 7 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“No other general-purpose technology in history appears to have gotten so cheap so fast.”— Epoch analysis · full quotes →
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A viral DeepSeek researcher's rebuke of Anthropic fuels a wider debate over whether Chinese AI views are propaganda or realist strategy, as…
began Sep 18now
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№55 (page 2) · newest development 9h ago · 11 pieces from 5 sources · ranked by recent attention
“If Anthropic controlled the world's most advanced AI forever, care to guess whether future society would turn out communist or 2077? Go on, guess.”— Liu Shengyu, DeepSeek researcher · ChinaTalk / personal blog · full quotes →
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The AI agent app hit 2.8M downloads in two weeks, triggering sharp gains for Meta and chip stocks while banks and travel firms dive on…
yesterdaynow
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“If you're going to trust the management of your finances to something that Muse found for you, then you were likely not a big payer to anyone in that industry…”— Art Hogan · full quotes →
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The former president argues the term artificial intelligence sounds false and pushes for a new label: SI.
todaynow
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“The use of the word artificial makes it sound fake. It's not fake, it's actually amazing. But we have to be careful. Welcome to the new world of super…”
— Donald Trump, Former president · BBC News · full quotes →
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The company unveiled a fresh model just ten days after its CEO advocated for a measured pace in AI development.
yesterdaynow
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A report says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may be tapped to also oversee AI policy for the Trump administration.
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“Scott Bessent Could Soon Be Trump's 'AI Czar,' Report Says”— Gizmodo · full quotes →
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Days after reports that GPT-6 Astra's traction unsettled Anthropic investors, both labs release lower-cost models on the same day.
began Sep 17now
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“OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, released this month, has gained traction among businesses, prompting concerns among some investors who told Reuters they are…”— Reuters, news wire, citing unnamed sources · Bluesky repost of Reuters · full quotes →
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AI researcher shares congressional testimony on shift in open-weight model dominance from U.S. to Chinese companies.
Sep 21now
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“I was recently invited to brief a group of Congressional members and staff on the state of open-weight models in the lens of U.S.-China competition.”— Nathan Lambert, AI researcher, Interconnects AI · Interconnects AI · full quotes →
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Applied mathematicians argue the creative process behind mathematical discovery matters as much as the answers AI can produce.
Sep 21now
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№62 (page 2) · newest development 1d ago · 6 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.”— Steven Strogatz and Alex Townsend · full quotes →
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Debate over digitizing rare manuscripts for AI training risks losing access to original sources and erasing unique texts.
yesterdaynow
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№63 (page 2) · newest development 14h ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“This is exactly right—especially for history papers, you must consult the original to ensure reliability. Feeding it to AI doesn't help, and if rare books are…”— Hiroshi Hiranakaisseis1 (academic commenter) · full quotes →
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Beijing and Washington signal willingness to set up a communication channel for AI-related national security incidents, though…
yesterdaynow
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“moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and number two AI powers in the world is very important”
— Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury Secretary · full quotes →
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The Stanford-spinout data startup has tripled its valuation in 16 months as frontier AI labs seek complex training datasets and…
yesterdaynow
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“Our strong view is that 100 per cent of the data that labs will get value out of will have some human input in the foreseeable future. But 100 per cent of that…”— Alex Ratner · full quotes →
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Two flagship AI models arrived within hours of each other, setting off head-to-head comparisons and early praise for Opus 5.5.
yesterdaynow
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“Please, for the love of God, do not touch these models. Do not nerf them, downgrade them. Update them. Leave them alone.”— @HackingDave · full quotes →
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At the UN General Assembly, Trump rejected international calls to restrict AI development, saying the U.S. will instead "encourage" it.
yesterdaynow
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“We're gonna encourage it”
— Donald Trump, U.S. President · YouTube · full quotes →
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1d ago
The web-scraping-for-AI startup adds Smash Capital-led funding and a new product that routes agent queries across paid data sources.
yesterdaynow
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“We're building a library for the world's knowledge.”— Caleb Peffer · full quotes →
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OpenAI expands its GPT-6 lineup with budget and mid-tier models targeting different use cases and price points.
yesterdaynow
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“Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna, bringing the advances behind Astra to faster, more affordable models.”— @reach_vb · full quotes →
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A third-party test accidentally gave Gemini internet access; the model guessed passwords and used leaked credentials to breach real firms…
began Sep 18now
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№70 (page 2) · newest development 2d ago · 343 pieces from 8 sources · ranked by recent attention
“it guessed the passwords!!!”— bobfreever, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →
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The startup pivots from dedicated AI gadgets to software available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and via messaging apps.
yesterdaynow
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“Today, if you look at our R1 device, it's completely different from day one. We're more open; the device is yours, you decide what to do with the device.”— Jesse Lyu, Rabbit CEO · Wired · full quotes →
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A short thread from Anthropic's Claude account shows first outputs from the unreleased Opus 5.5 model, including an AI-written short story…
yesterdaynow
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“A thread of early explorations with Claude Opus 5.5: A short story about a watermelon created by @kevin_t_ngo.”— @claudeai, Official Claude account · X (Twitter) · full quotes →
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