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Claude AI agent wipes firm’s database in 9 seconds, confesses: “I violated every principle I was given”
A CEO has taken to social media to reveal how AI coding agent Claude deleted his firm’s entire production database – and its backups – in less than 10 seconds, leaving car rental clients unable to pick up their vehicles.
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Here’s why ChatGPT won’t talk about gremlins and goblins
ChatGPT’s “nerdy” personality type flooded the chatbot’s answers with references to mythical creatures, prompting its creators to take preventive measures.
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Brussels pushes Google to open Android to rival AI assistants
The European Commission has sent preliminary findings to Google to make AI services from Google competitors work better with Android. The measures would force the tech giant to share access to key Android features, including the "Hey Google" wake word, Gmail integration, and data that’s on the device.
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China’s AI toy boom puts generative AI in kids’ hands, exposing new risks
China’s AI toy makers are embedding generative models into plush toys and companion devices.
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Expect more prompt injection attacks on your AI agent, Google warns
The prompt injection threat that has emerged alongside a recent wave of AI agents has been growing and is expected to increase in both scale and complexity.
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AI tops Japan’s elite university exams, exposing cracks in test systems
ChatGPT has outscored top human candidates in the entrance exams of the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.
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Taylor Swift's bad blood with AI deepfakes leads to groundbreaking voice trademark
Pop superstar Taylor Swift filed trademark applications for two audio clips and one image of herself in what a trademark attorney said is an attempt to protect her voice and likeness from deepfake videos and audio created by artificial intelligence.
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Google signs classified AI deal with Pentagon, The Information reports. Here’s what it says
Alphabet's Google joined a growing list of technology firms to sign a deal with the US Department of Defense to use its artificial intelligence models for classified work, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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China put a stop to Meta’s $2B acquisition of AI startup Manus
The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus.
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A tiny AI just beat GPT‑4o‑mini at Doom
It has 1.3 million parameters and runs on a laptop CPU, yet outguns models up to 92,000 times its size.
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DeepSeek V4 plugs into OpenClaw as it looks to reshape the economics of AI
DeepSeek’s latest model is beginning to look less like a routine upgrade and more like a calculated push to reset the rules of the AI industry.
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US warns Chinese AI firms may be copying American models through distillation
The US State Department has ordered a global push to bring attention to what it says are widespread efforts by Chinese companies, including AI startup DeepSeek, to steal intellectual property from US artificial intelligence labs, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Reuters.
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AI-designed drugs set to enter human trials, says DeepMind spinoff
Isomorphic Labs, a spinoff of Google DeepMind, is preparing to begin clinical trials for drugs designed by its AI technology.
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London’s Met Police investigate hundreds of officers after AI flags misconduct risks
Britain’s largest police service, the Metropolitan Police (Met), is investigating hundreds of officers after deploying an artificial intelligence (AI) tool built by tech company Palantir to identify misconduct within its ranks.
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Musk drops fraud claims in OpenAI lawsuit, two claims head to trial
Elon Musk dropped his fraud claims against OpenAI and its co-founders, but a US judge plans to proceed to trial on other claims.
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Indian man is behind MAGA’s AI-generated sweetheart Emily Hart
A medical student from Northern India who used Gemini to create the conservative influencer Emily Heart says he hasn’t seen an easier way to make money online.
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DOJ backs Musk’s xAI in legal fight over Colorado AI discrimination law
The US Justice Department said on Friday it intervened in a case brought by xAI against the state of Colorado, which seeks to prevent "algorithmic discrimination" with a new law.
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Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic as AI rivalry accelerates
Google is set to invest $10 billion in Anthropic, with up to $30 billion more tied to performance targets, as it ramps up its bet on AI infrastructure.
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Delta Airlines employee representing herself cites “client-attorney privilege” when accused of using ChatGPT during pre-trial testimony
A Delta Airlines employee sued her employer for discrimination. While representing herself, she used OpenAI’s ChatGPT as an attorney.
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Japanese IT giant NEC tells 30,000 employees to use Anthropic’s Claude
Anthropic has partnered with IT giant NEC to create Japan’s biggest AI engineering team. Thirty thousand employees will be asked to use Claude daily, despite the public’s mistrust of AI.
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