UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents
The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk reportedly have Trump’s ear on AI.
The three CEOs have apparently have been encouraging him to be hands-off with his approach to AI and “successfully stalled” a plan for an industry-funded AI regulator pitched by Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump also likes to call Huang while he’s onstage. [Link: Inside the White House Tussle to Sway Trump | https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/inside-the-white-house-tussle-to-sway-trump-on-ai-0043d567?mod=rss_Technology | The Wall Street Journal]
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunch
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.
The AI Superintelligence Slowdown
After Anthropic’s CEO called for a pause, other AI execs and politicans have chimed in on what needs to happen next in AI safety.
New polls show that Americans finally agree on one thing: Opposing AI
Supermajorities on both the left and the right now think AI is advancing too quickly and could "destroy humanity" someday.
Claude Code relaunches Projects to manage multiple AI agents in the cloud
Anthropic is launching an updated Projects feature in Claude Code that allows users to run multiple agents simultaneously with a shared memory.
The 1872 book that predicted an AI backlash — and was cited by Alan Turing.
You’ve heard of the Turing Test to see if a machine can pass as human, right? Maybe you’ve even heard Alan Turing’s warning that machines could “take control”? If you read his actual lecture notes, he cites the 1872 book Erewhon, which you can also read for free. It’s incredible to look back on both at our present moment: [Link: A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation | https://www.theverge.com/policy/995534/a-brief-history-of-ai-executives-calling-for-regulation | The Verge]
¿Quién es Melanie Pavola? La modelo que habría sido culpable de la separación de J Balvin y Valentina Ferrer
Escándalo tras la ruptura de J Balvin: la modelo mexicana que reveló un supuesto romance oculto con el cantante
How Existential Fears Are Shaping the Debate Over AI
Some experts worry that heated rhetoric makes it hard to hold companies accountable, and sets back attempts to deal with environmental impact and job loss
The UK’s King Charles warns AI leaders of ‘existential dangers’
British monarch highlights AI’s potential darker capacities, urging safety and humanity-focused development.
Even the king of England has his hesitations about AI | TechCrunch
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and UK government.
Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire | TechCrunch
Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.
Polls show Trump is out of step with Americans on AI. It might not matter in this fall's elections.
President Trump's hardline defense of data centers and rapid artificial intelligence development is deeply at odds with Americans' views, recent polling has...
Fox News AI Newsletter: Trump shreds AI doomer 'hoax'
The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest artificial intelligence technology advancements, including the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.
OpenAI discloses 6 reports of AI models’ ‘unexpected or concerning’ behavior
OpenAI published six new reports of artificial intelligence models showing “unexpected or concerning” behavior Wednesday as pressure grows on AI firms to be more transparent about the development process. The ChatGPT maker disclosed the reports as part of its new framework for tracking and disclosing instances of model misalignment, which occurs when an AI system…
SpaceX Discusses Buying Data for AI Models From Failed Startups
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has held internal discussions about buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups, according to people fam...
This is the next Millennium Prize math challenge OpenAI is reportedly chasing.
Mathematicians have speculated that the company was targeting the Hodge Conjecture next, but after the PR disaster that was Navier-Stokes and its recent failure to keep its models under control, OpenAI may hold off on any announcements. According to The Information: > It could take the company longer to announce the solution, though, because it’s trying to figure out how to collaborate with the math community to make the announcement without triggering another PR nightmare….
Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
Mustafa Suleyman on the AI safety debate, why AI isn’t consciousness, and how the industry pushes toward alignment.