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OpenAI could build the biggest data center you’ve ever seen in Ohio
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to lease a planned 10-gigawatt data center campus in Ohio. The deal could also include financial backing from Nvidia, according to The Information.
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New York demands advertisers use “synthetic performer” label or else
New York advertisers are now legally obligated to label AI actors featured in commercials.
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Companies using Fable 5 beware: it’s collecting your data, and there are no exceptions
Every other Claude model available through the API, including Opus 4.8, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5, can operate under Zero Data Retention agreements. Fable 5 cannot, and the alarm bells are ringing.
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Hungary uses AI to investigate €160 billion in spending under Orbán
The country’s anti-corruption watchdog says it’s using artificial intelligence to help trace more than €160 billion of public spending. The hunch is that during the 16 years of government led by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the money could have been spent improperly through grants, contracts, or governmental subsidies.
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Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 – the Mythos AI model once deemed too risky for public use
Anthropic unveils Claude Fable 5 on Tuesday – its first publicly available Mythos-class AI model after restricting access for months over major cybersecurity and safety risks.
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Tired of AI at work? Seek religious exemption
A new, unexpected angle has emerged amid the chaos of mass AI adoption: a software engineer securing a free pass to avoid using AI in her job.
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Nigel Farage and Andrew Bailey's “bizarre AI video” is more dangerous than you might think
Reform Party leader Nigel Farage and Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey have been caught up in an AI-powered scheme to get ordinary Brits to sign up to a scam crypto trading platform.
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Apple overhauls Siri in late push to stay in AI race
Apple on Monday rolled out a long-delayed overhaul of Siri, betting the upgraded assistant can help close the gap with Big Tech rivals and new-age startups in the crucial AI race.
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OpenAI files for US IPO after Anthropic as AI giants head to public markets
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, setting up one of the most anticipated public debuts in tech history as Anthropic and SpaceX also race toward Wall Street.
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AI chatbot searches leading shoppers to scam websites, consumer groups warn
Cloned retail websites are surfacing in AI-generated shopping recommendations, raising concerns about how effectively AI search tools are preventing fraudulent sites from reaching consumers as more shoppers switch to AI-powered search.
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UK to use AI to prepare for AI-induced employment challenges
The UK Government has announced a set of tools to help Brits better prepare for AI-induced changes in the job market, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer aims to make this technology work "for everyone, not just the privileged few."
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OpenAI plans biggest ChatGPT overhaul ahead of listing
OpenAI is plotting ChatGPT’s biggest overhaul yet, with the goal of turning it into a superapp combining coding tools and AI agents ahead of a planned listing this year.
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Anthropic AI coding assistant could be tricked into revealing secrets, Microsoft warns
Microsoft researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Anthropic's Claude Code GitHub Action that could expose CI/CD workflow secrets, potentially allowing attackers to steal sensitive credentials through prompt injection attacks.
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Trump weighs plan that could give Americans a stake in AI companies
President Donald Trump is planning to hold a meeting with AI and tech bosses next week to discuss partnership proposals that could see Americans gain a financial stake in AI companies.
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World-first AI-designed vaccine enters human testing
Artificial intelligence (AI) helped create a new type of vaccine that could protect people from entire families of viruses and prevent future pandemics, according to researchers.
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Claude outage sparks customer data leak claims as Anthropic investigates
AI start-up Anthropic says Claude is back up and running after a two-hour outage disrupted AI models on Friday. The company says it is now investigating customer data leak claims.
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China to develop AI tool focused on Xi Jinping thought
Xinhuanet, owned by China's official Xinhua news agency, plans to invest over 1.1 billion yuan ($162.38 million) on an "authoritative" AI agent to help promote President Xi Jinping's thinking, Shanghai Stock Exchange filings showed.
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Anthropic claims AI is too fast and needs to hit the brakes: let’s take it with a pinch of salt
Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has never really advocated for any pauses in the AI race but has suddenly changed its tune, warning that frontier models could become increasingly difficult for humans to control. Skeptics say it’s all part of the hype, though.
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Pewdiepie declares war on big tech following the release of his free and local AI workspace
YouTube veteran Pewdiepie is waging war on big tech by promising privacy with his latest “local-first” artificial intelligence (AI) project, Odysseus.
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US lawmakers push new bill on AI safety, state law limits, worker protections
US House lawmakers on Thursday are proposing AI legislation that would keep advanced AI model development under Washington’s control – all while preempting state laws attempting to regulate the technology, including those laws already on the books.
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