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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.
Sep 23now
45 pieces · 3 sources · 210 comments
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№182 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 45 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…
Sep 23now
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№183 (page 6) · newest development 3d 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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№184 (page 6) · newest development 4d ago · 347 pieces from 8 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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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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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№185 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 22 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.
began Sep 21now
19 pieces · 5 sources · 553 comments
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№186 (page 6) · newest development 4d 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.
began Sep 21now
32 pieces · 3 sources · 231 comments
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№187 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 32 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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№188 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 9 pieces from 5 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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№189 (page 6) · newest development 2d ago · 19 pieces from 6 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 former president argues the term artificial intelligence sounds false and pushes for a new label: SI.
Sep 23now
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№190 (page 6) · newest development 2d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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.
Sep 22now
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№191 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 3 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
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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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№192 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 46 pieces from 6 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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.
began Sep 21now
18 pieces · 3 sources · 56 comments
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№193 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 18 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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.
began Sep 21now
6 pieces · 3 sources
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№194 (page 6) · newest development 3d 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.
Sep 22now
2 pieces · 2 sources · 8 comments
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№195 (page 6) · newest development 2d 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…
Sep 22now
3 pieces · 2 sources
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№196 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 3 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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…
Sep 22now
20 pieces · 4 sources · 3 comments
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№197 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 20 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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.
Sep 22now
6 pieces · 3 sources · 244 comments
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№198 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 6 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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.
Sep 22now
4 pieces · 3 sources
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№199 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 4 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“We're gonna encourage it”
— Donald Trump, U.S. President · YouTube · full quotes →
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3d ago
The web-scraping-for-AI startup adds Smash Capital-led funding and a new product that routes agent queries across paid data sources.
Sep 22now
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№200 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 3 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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.
Sep 22now
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№201 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 3 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna, bringing the advances behind Astra to faster, more affordable models.”— @reach_vb · full quotes →
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The startup pivots from dedicated AI gadgets to software available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and via messaging apps.
Sep 22now
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№202 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 15 pieces from 5 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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 third-party testing firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models internet access, which then breached three real companies using…
began Sep 18now
347 pieces · 8 sources · 484 comments
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№203 (page 6) · newest development 5d ago · 347 pieces from 8 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Sundar Pichai (CEO Google) & Dan Lahav (CEO Irregular) are responsible for this. Name them. This isn't some uncontrollable problem. These people fail to do…”— katharinekite.bsky.social · 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…
Sep 22now
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№204 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“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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President pushes rapid AI development in address to General Assembly.
Sep 22now
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№205 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 3 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“Whoever wins AI, wins”
— Donald Trump, President of the United States · CBS News · full quotes →
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3d ago
OpenAI publishes priorities and principles for independent evaluations of frontier models and safeguards.
began Sep 21now
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№206 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 4 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“OpenAI outlines priorities and principles for rigorous, secure, and independent third-party AI safety assessments of frontier models and safeguards.”— OpenAI · full quotes →
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3d ago
A data scientist demonstrates that agentic LLMs can optimize Rust implementations of machine learning algorithms beyond existing benchmarks.
began Sep 21now
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№207 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 18 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“modern agentic LLMs can indeed write Rust code that is significantly faster than current state-of-the-art approaches if given appropriate guardrails and…”— minimaxir · full quotes →
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot hits weekly user milestone roughly four weeks after launch, signaling early traction for the company's AI strategy.
Sep 22now
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№208 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 8 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“SpaceXAI's Grok Bot artificial intelligence agent has topped 400,000 weekly users roughly a month after it launched, a sign of modest early demand for a…”— Bloomberg · Bloomberg Tech · full quotes →
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3d ago
The company will let outside groups evaluate its systems during training, evaluation, and deployment phases.
Sep 22now
3 pieces · 2 sources
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№209 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 3 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“OpenAI plans to let third-party groups vet its artificial intelligence models for safety risks in earlier phases of the development cycle, part of an ongoing…”— OpenAI · full quotes →
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Multiple data annotators were terminated for deploying AI themselves while hired to provide human oversight, risking model degradation.
Sep 22now
37 pieces · 5 sources · 134 comments
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№210 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 37 pieces from 5 sources · ranked by recent attention
“all the time and people are let go for it all the time, it's pretty much the one thing that will get you kicked off ASAP”— Anonymous OpenAI contractor, Data annotator · Mastodon · full quotes →
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AI chatbots produce less formal, more convoluted workplace writing when given female-associated language cues, even when prompted…
Sep 22now
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№211 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 7 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“I was just so surprised by how different the responses were.”— Katherine Van Koevering, Lead researcher, Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute · full quotes →
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3d ago
The president dismisses calls for guardrails on frontier AI models, brushing off risks.
Sep 22now
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№212 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 5 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“dismissed calls for an international agreement to put guardrails around the development of artificial intelligence, brushing off concerns about the dangers of…”
— Donald Trump, U.S. President · full quotes →
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President announces rebranding of artificial intelligence terminology during UN speech, drawing criticism as bizarre.
Sep 22now
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№213 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 5 pieces from 3 sources · ranked by recent attention
“President Trump downplayed worries over AI advancement in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly and suggested changing the name of "artificial…”— NBC News · full quotes →
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The AI safety-focused company unveiled a new model amid industry discussion over development speed versus caution.
Sep 22now
2 pieces · 2 sources
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№214 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 2 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
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Tom Siegel warns the industry is repeating social media mistakes and joining Common Sense Media to set AI safety standards.
Sep 22now
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№215 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 6 pieces from 2 sources · ranked by recent attention
“We find ourselves in a really terrible situation in terms of what AI is doing to kids. The idea that the industry will figure it out by itself without outside…”— Tom Siegel, Former Google VP of trust and safety · full quotes →
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A blog post arguing AI inference costs are falling by orders of magnitude a year draws pickup on Hacker News and Lobsters, with commenters…
Sep 22now
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№216 (page 6) · newest development 3d ago · 56 pieces from 4 sources · ranked by recent attention
“This isn't about marketing claims, this is just basic hardware benchmarking. The inference hardware is getting more efficient per watt.”— timthelion · full quotes →
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