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New York halts data center development, but people aren’t impressed


Palantir’s Alex Karp says gains from the AI revolution won’t be equally distributed


Grok slurping secrets from private repos, xAI scrambles to fix it

Fix only controls what xAI keeps, not what is transmitted.
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Learn to think again: University of Chicago blocks AI use entirely for first-year law students

University of Chicago law students will have to learn to think for themselves
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Canadian regulator warns banks that Anthropic's Claude Mythos compresses cyber defense window

Attack methods can emerge as soon as new vulnerabilities are identified.
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ChatGPT advice leaves hikers stranded in the mountains

A rescue mission was launched after the chatbot got it horribly wrong.
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A dozen New York nurses replaced by AI tied to Palantir partner

The contractor was also at the center of a $900,000 data breach class action.
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Those LinkedIn thought leadership posts? Probably AI-generated


Pennsylvania state senator denies profiting off data center deal as he pushes pro-big tech bill

The real estate agent turned senator promises he didn’t make any money off the data center deal.
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AI camera triggers $1,200 fine for phone resting face down on driver’s lap

The truth is more nuanced, but exposes bigger questions around police use of AI
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OpenAI, Google researchers warn AI will transform economy faster than the Industrial Revolution


White House wants tech giants and utilities to promise AI growth won't spike your power bill

However, Donald Trump's administration still pushes to accelerate the expansion of AI infrastructure.
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The Odyssey is almost here, and Christopher Nolan has words about AI slop

The famous director insists that the younger generation is “utterly rejecting” AI
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Meta's AI detector missed 55% of its own cropped AI images, Reuters finds


OpenAI kills ChatGPT Atlas less than a year after launch

It's time to say goodbye to Altas as you know it.
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Russian spy or teenage hacker? AI may soon make it impossible to tell, says Sony breach investigator

The trail of clues is going cold as AI makes all cyberattacks look increasingly vanilla
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Italy’s postman joins the AI infrastructure race to secure digital sovereignty

The deal is part of a broader European push to achieve digital sovereignty.
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Cheating with AI? Ivy League students’ scores drop dramatically during in-person exam


Asha Sharma and Marc Andreessen will shape future of work at the Federal Reserve

Trigger-happy CEO, AI evangelist, and ambivalent economist will work together on the future of the Federal Reserve.
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Germany's AfD built an AI tool to mass-produce “rage bait” using chatbots like Claude