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Bluesky presents Attie, an AI app that will let users design their own algorithms

The team behind Bluesky is launching Attie, an AI-powered app that will let users design their own algorithm and eventually “vibe-code” their own app.
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China's DeepSeek suffers 7-hour outage, longest since launch

China's popular DeepSeek artificial intelligence chatbot suffered on Monday its longest outage since the viral rise of its flagship R1 and V3 models early last year.
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Belgian Royal Family demands Meta take down deepfakes of Crown Princess Elisabeth

Dozens of deepfakes of 24-year-old Crown Princess Elisabeth are circulating on social media. The Belgian Royal Family has asked Meta to take these fake videos offline.
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xAI’s last remaining co-founder departs

Elon Musk’s last original co-founder left the company this week, according to Business Insider.
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Palantir’s Sankar says the Iran war is the first major AI-powered conflict

Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer at Palantir Technologies, says the ongoing war in Iran will be remembered as the first major combat operation powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
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ByteDance and Alibaba ditch Nvidia for Huawei's new AI Chip

Customer testing of Huawei’s new AI chip, designed to rival Nvidia in the China market, has reportedly gone well. Major tech companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, are planning to place orders, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Claude Chrome extension’s “zero-click” flaw confirms it: the better the browser, the easier the hack

A newly discovered “zero-click” vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Chrome Extension reveals the more powerful an AI browser assistant becomes, the more attractive it is to attackers.
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Apple plans to let rival AI services work with Siri

Apple plans to open Siri, its voice assistant, to rival artificial intelligence services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT.
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Executives restrained from leaving China as government reviews $2B acquisition by Meta

Authorities in Beijing have prohibited two highly ranked executives from leaving China amid a review of the acquisition of a Singapore-based AI company.
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David Sacks steps down as White House AI czar, joins Trump tech council alongside Zuckerberg, Huang

David Sacks steps down as White House AI czar and will join Trump’s tech council alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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Figure AI humanoid is the first robot to set foot in the White House, well, besides Melania Trump

A humanoid robot from a rising robotics start-up awkwardly accompanied Melania Trump to greet other world leaders’ spouses in an education and technology summit held at the White House.
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Scientists develop AI tool to weed out gaslighters and narcissists

A team at the University of Huddersfield has created a hybrid AI system that identifies sarcasm, manipulation and abuse patterns – offering new potential for policing and mental health support.
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Siemens CEO to the EU: don’t throttle innovation speed while achieving AI sovereignty

Siemens CEO Roland Busch says prioritizing the development of sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Europe over using existing tools to boost economic growth may lead to a “disaster.”
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OpenAI open sources safety filters to help monitor teen AI interactions

ChatGPT’s maker has released a set of open-source prompt-based filters designed to control how AI systems interact with teenage users, as LLM makers grapple with how to make AI safer without overreaching in shaping conversations.
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Trump adds Zuckerberg and Nvidia boss to tech council to shape AI policy

US President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday.
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AI doesn’t kill jobs, it unbundles them and reduces your pay

Some forecasts say that intensifying automation might put millions of Americans out of work, but a new paper argues it’s not so simple – if your so-called job-bundle is strong, you’re probably safe.
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German army wants AI outpacing human decisions on battlefield

The German army is aiming to speed up wartime decision-making using artificial intelligence tools that can analyse battlefield data faster than humans. The army’s commander said this effort draws lessons from Ukrainian and other forces.
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The AI Doc: controversial AI apocalypse movie is coming to cinemas

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist has yet to be released, but some researchers who featured in the film are already regretting taking part.
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Why did OpenAI’s Sora crash and burn?

The AI video generator was meant to be a major platform for OpenAI and was behind a $1 billion deal. So what went wrong?
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Your private Zoom call may be featured in an AI-generated podcast

WebinarTV may be secretly scanning the internet for private Zoom meeting links to record calls and feature them in artificial intelligence (AI) generated podcasts.
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