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Gunfire erupts at Sam Altman’s home in second attack this week
Sam Altman’s San Francisco home has been targeted twice in recent days by gunfire and a Molotov cocktail attack.
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EU to slap ChatGPT with strictest regulations
The European Commission is about to classify ChatGPT as a very large search engine, which would put the chatbot under some of the bloc’s most comprehensive digital regulations.
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Multiverse platform wants you to watch AI clones live the life you could've had
An unknown company is attempting to make your life’s “what ifs” a reality. While it may seem that you can follow the path you rejected without consequence, the result could leave you feeling dejected about the life you chose.
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Google’s AI Overviews spits out millions of wrong answers every hour
A new study found that Google’s AI Overviews feature provides accurate, reputable responses roughly 91% of the time. This sounds great, but actually, it also means that tens of millions of answers churned out every hour are erroneous or at least questionable.
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US officials warn banks over cyber risks from Anthropic’s new AI model
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent meeting with bank CEOs this week to warn of cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model.
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The internet is forgetting itself and AI can't fix what's already gone
As thousands of people went into the weekend with their flip-flops and beach towels, ready to enjoy the sun during Spring Break, techies and geeks from all over the world could be found online celebrating 404 day on April 4th.
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Elon Musk's xAI sues Colorado over AI law and claims it forces specific viewpoints into AI
xAI filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block Colorado from enforcing a new law regulating artificial intelligence systems, escalating a fight over whether oversight should be handled by states or by Washington.
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This Python notebook flaw shows how fast hackers are acting on advisories
A critical flaw in Python tool Marimo was exploited within 10 hours of disclosure, researchers report, highlighting how quickly attackers are now turning vulnerability advisories into real-world attacks.
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Small AI startups are suddenly getting Pentagon meetings and contracts
Small defense industry artificial intelligence startups are suddenly fielding calls from generals, combatant commanders and deep-pocketed investors, after the souring relationship between the Pentagon and its once-favored AI vendor, Anthropic, reinforced the need to diversify and increase the number of AI providers for the military.
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Alibaba rolls out 10,000-chip AI cluster as US-China compute race heats up
Alibaba has launched a 10,000-chip AI computing cluster powered by its in-house Zhenwu AI processors, significantly expanding its ability to train and deploy large-scale artificial intelligence models.
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Meta rolls out Muse Spark, its new personal AI model
Meta is rolling out Muse Spark, its first AI model from Superintelligence Labs, to power a more personal Meta AI across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and smart glasses.
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Companies are doing this one thing with AI and it's making employees completely lose trust in leadership
It’s perhaps an interesting sign of the times that the latest Edelman Trust Barometer found that companies were actually the most trusted institutions of our age. A scarcely believable 78% of respondents said that they trust their employer. How does that level of trust square with an AI age in which so much of what we see and read is artificially generated?
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AI is breaking bug bounty programs by finding vulnerabilities faster than humans can fix them
Bug bounty programs that have kept the internet secure for over a decade are buckling under the weight of AI-generated vulnerability reports. HackerOne has paused its Internet Bug Bounty program, Google is rejecting AI-assisted submissions, and the Linux Foundation just secured $12.5 million in emergency funding as AI tools find security flaws faster than human maintainers can fix them.
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Milla Jovovich creates MemPalace AI memory tool with “perfect score” on benchmark, but devs aren’t buying it
An unlikely Hollywood A-lister has collaborated with the CEO of Bitcoin Libre to create a free AI memory tool on GitHub that claims to be the best for long-term memory.
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What AGI? ChatGPT can’t even set a timer
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it may be a year before ChatGPT can set a timer. That’s not very good optics for a company building superintelligence.
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Senior engineer quits Google, cites concerns about AI military use
Dave Kitchin, a senior software engineer at Google, has publicly announced departing the company due to ethical objections to cooperation with the United States military.
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Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing app Grab says AI will help it fight rising fuel costs
Southeast Asia's top ride-hailing and delivery firm Grab believes artificial intelligence-led products and services will help it drive growth and navigate challenges such as affordability and rising fuel costs in the wake of the war in Iran, company CEO Anthony Tan told Reuters.
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Anthropic scrambles to fix Sonnet 4.6 and Claude AI models after days of multiple outages
Anthropic is investigating issues with some of its Claude AI models after the tech giant reported outages spanning over two days.
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Microsoft Copilot just quietly allowed sending data outside of the EU
Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, Copilot, will soon be sending data outside the European Union (EU) during peak demand hours unless administrators choose otherwise.
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Spotify’s Prompted Playlist feature now includes English podcasts
To serve the more than 34 million people who tune in to listen to podcasts every week, Spotify is expanding its Prompted Playlist feature to include English podcasts as well.
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