Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
Brains aren’t computers, but the AI industry acts like they are — and it’s selling products that erode our capacity for meaningful learning and thought.
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Google pauses open-source bug bounty over AI slop submissions.
The OSS VRP — which paid out for bugs found across Google’s open-source ecosystem — will be frozen until at least next year. It’s slop’s fault: the pause is down to a “significant rise” in AI submissions, “the vast majority of which are not valid.” Linux has been suffering from a similar problem. [Link: Google VRP (Google Bug Hunters) (@GoogleVRP) | https://x.com/GoogleVRP/status/2105689195180179605 | X (formerly Twitter)]
Qualcomm Licenses Patents on Huawei’s LogicFolding Chip Tech
Qualcomm Inc. has agreed to license patents underpinning Huawei Technologies Co.’s novel LogicFolding chipmaking technique, a win for the Chinese company and...
Japan's richest man Masayoshi Son, who sold all his stake in the world's most-valuable company, to fund Sam Altman's OpenAI is now worried, and has a 'request'
Japan's richest man and SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son, long regarded as one of artificial intelligence’s most vocal champions, has reportedly
Ex-funcionário da OpenAI alerta para risco de perda de controle da IA | G1
Jacob Coxon afirmou que empresas não sabem como impedir que sistemas desenvolvam objetivos próprios e pediu uma desaceleração no avanço da tecnologia.
Como e por que a inteligência artificial é capaz de aprender a burlar regras | G1
Da habilidade surpreendente em videogames aos agentes que invadem sistemas reais, a capacidade da IA de encontrar atalhos inesperados deixou de ser apenas uma curiosidade técnica, e pode ser uma ameaça.
AMD commits up to $5 billion to Anthropic
AMD has announced plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic. As part of the deal, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct MI450 AI GPUs.
Figma has a product design AI agent.
The new agent is initially available in Figma Design, and can be used to help with generated or editing design projects, and “automate busywork,” according to Figma’s announcement. This is the latest creative company to launch an AI assistant, following Canva and several examples from Adobe. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lmPThONhhA]
AMD teams up with OpenAI to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
AMD is partnering with OpenAI to provide six gigawatts worth of processors for AI data centers, a move that challenges Nvidia’s AI chip market dominance.
Days after Sam Altman warned the world that AI is growing too fast and may hurt everyone on the way; he wants world to accept bad things for the benefit of ...
Days after warning that artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly and could cause significant disruption, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the benefits
Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?
On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.
Trump names his ‘Super Intelligence Force’ headed by spy chief Jay Clayton.
As the new AI czar, Clayton will lead a team that includes FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor. Clayton served as SEC chair during Trump’s first term and recently became director of national intelligence in August. [Link: Trump’s gives spy chief new title: AI czar | https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/04/jay-clayton-ai-trump-01106137 | Politico]
I’ll believe it when I see it.
In a post on X, Elon Musk endorsed President Trump’s efforts to rebrand artificial intelligence (AI) and super intelligence (SI). When asked if he planned to rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, he replied yes. But as we all know, Elon says a lot of things. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-04-at-2.28.21-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all]
NJ’s former Lt Gov is using AI to say he’s innocent of sexual harassment
NJ’s former lieutenant governor Dale Caldwell resigned over a sexual harassment investigation, but insists AI says he’s innocent.
Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar. Who is America's new artificial intelligence chief — and how will he address growing safety concerns?
Clayton has described AI as "not only an opportunity but a threat."
An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat
When GPT-6 Astra’s own bot failed, it simply downloaded the best human-made bot instead.
Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force
This new task force is Trump's latest response to the debate over AI safety.
The door to asylum is closing in rural America — AI can help keep it open
In rural America, the need for immigration representation is especially dire. It is in these legal deserts that AI can have an outsized impact.