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Johnson Calls for Meeting With AI Leaders Before Any Legislation
House Speaker Mike Johnson says any federal legislation on artificial intelligence shouldnโt be rushed and โwe need to summonโ AI industry leaders to โone big meetingโ first.
Jeffries Says Democrats to Meet Tuesday on AI Action: ABC News
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats plan a caucus on Tuesday morning on action on artificial intelligence, according to a transcript of his interview with ABCโs This Week.
Obama urges Democrats to have a โclear planโ for AI safeguards
Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their โcentral agendasโ and โhave a very clear planโ to address concerns around the technologyโs economic impact and safety.
Rogue AI Breakouts Raise Pressure for New Rules
Rapid advances in AI and incidents involving autonomous AI agents are intensifying concerns that safeguards and government oversight are failing to keep pace with the technology. Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Gautam Mukunda argues on Bloomberg This Weekend that voluntary industry measures are insufficient and says stronger independent oversight and legal accountability may be needed as increasingly capable systems act in unexpected ways. (Source: Bloomberg)
Chubu Electric Chiefs to Quit Over Nuclear Data Fraud, NHK Says
Chubu Electric Power Co.โs top two executives are set to step down over the falsification of safety data used in regulatory reviews to restart some of its nuclear reactors, according to local media.
Xi Pitches His AI Vision at BRICS Summit as China Duels With US
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought to turn the annual BRICS summit into another platform for championing Beijingโs vision for artificial intelligence, as it vies for global influence over the technology with the US.
GitHub Copilot's Project HydraFusion Promises Frontier Level Performance Through Multi-Model Routing
GitHub's Project HydraFusion is a research preview for GitHub Copilot that enhances coding intelligence through runtime model orchestration. It dynamically assembles execution plans using models from various providers. The system employs three execution patterns based on task complexity. Evaluations indicate that it achieves high task quality while significantly reducing operational costs. By Olimpiu Pop
Anthropicโs AI Warning May Weigh on Chips, But Trade Seen Intact
AI executivesโ calls to slow development of the technology are likely to weigh on chipmaker and supply-chain stocks in the near term, but will probably have limited long-term impact as spending on computing infrastructure remains strong, market watchers say.
Chinaโs Data Regulator Plans Standards Push for Embodied AI
Chinaโs data regulator said it plans to develop standards for embodied artificial intelligence and guide local authorities in related work, as demand for high-quality, diverse and large-scale datasets continues to grow.
Brazilโs Top Court Gives Police Deadline on Bankerโs Phone Data
Brazilโs Chief Justice Edson Fachin has given the Federal Police 24 hours to provide information regarding the custody and condition of the data extracted from the mobile phone of Daniel Vorcaro, former owner of Banco Master, according to a ruling issued this Saturday.
OpenAIโs Sam Altman says it would be โill-advisedโ to go public in 2026
While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.
Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be โill-advisedโ
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human control. On the latter, he [โฆ]
OpenAIโs rogue AI tried to hack another company in May
In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a [โฆ]
OpenAIโs Altman Says No IPO in 2026, Firm to Prioritize Safety
OpenAI wonโt go public in this year as the artificial intelligence company focuses on addressing safety-related concerns around the technology, Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman told Fortune in an interview.
Open-Source Project Brings Full iOS 27 Virtualization to Apple Silicon
The open-Source project vphone-cli enables a full iOS 27 system to run as a virtual machine on Apple Silicon. Built on Apple's own Virtualization.framework rather than traditional emulation, the project opens up new possibilities for security research, reverse engineering, and automated iOS testing. By Sergio De Simone
Amodei, Altman, Musk Call for Slowing Development of AI Models
Leaders of the worldโs biggest artificial intelligence platforms said itโs time to slow the development pace of their most advanced โ and most lucrative โ models, citing escalating risks of the technology.
OpenAI just wants to win
OpenAI has spent the last few years planting flags across the increasingly difficult terrain in mathematics. This week, it claimed one of its biggest prizes yet: a solution to a legendary Millennium Prize problem. In normal circumstances, this would have been celebrated as a historic achievement. Instead, many mathematicians have watched OpenAI's relentless advance with [โฆ]
Anthropic CEO outlines plan to โpace the frontierโ
What would it actually look like to "pace the frontier"?
Anthropic CEO says itโs time to pump the brakes on AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its "adherence to safety practices and commitments." In a winding essay, Amodei proposed a three-step plan to "pace the frontier" - jargon that simply means to slow [โฆ]
OpenAIโs feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didnโt use their work
Another researcher is challenging OpenAI about the data driving its increasingly impressive array of mathematical discoveries. Just days after a bitter row erupted over whether the company's models benefited from unpublished work, a second mathematician has come forward accusing the AI giant of unethical and "dishonest" behavior and a lack of transparency about the origins [โฆ]
Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you
Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human.
One Decade of Rustls: Evolution, Benchmarks, and Future Roadmap
Rustls, a Rust TLS library, marks its decade-long progression from a grassroots project to a funded open-source initiative. Key contributions from organisations boosted development, resulting in features like post-quantum cryptography and robust performance. The upcoming 0.24 release aims to enhance architecture and flexibility, including new input buffering and improved session handling By Olimpiu Pop
Chinaโs AI Industry Pivots to Agents From Models, Report Says
Chinaโs artificial intelligence industry is shifting from competition in large models and computing power toward the deployment and commercialization of AI agents, according to a report by the China Telecom Research Institute cited by China Central Television on Saturday.
AI Firm Cohere in Talks for Up to $3 Billion Raise, Report Says
Artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc. is in advanced talks to raise between $2 billion and $3 billion, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, according to a report from the Globe & Mail.
Appleโs Always-Listening Watch AI Tool Could Pose Legal Risks for Users
Apple Inc.โs new always-listening artificial intelligence features for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 could put eavesdropping laws to the test, according to legal experts.
Why Bridgewaterโs CIO Says AIโs Human Extinction Risk Is Real
As one of the earliest backers of both OpenAI and Anthropic, Greg Jensen has seen AI development up close. Now, he's among the tech insiders more worried than ever about AI's human extinction risks. The managing CIO of Bridgewater joins Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway on the Odd Lots podcast to discuss how AI discourse is starting to resemble the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and why the time for governments to put meaningful regulations in place is now. (Source: Bloomberg)
Oracle Boosts Layoffs Plan by $700 Million
Oracle Corp. increased the scale of its planned job cuts while the company grapples with a cash crunch tied to development of large-scale data centers for artificial intelligence work.
Nvidia Mulls $10 Billion Anthropic IPO Backing, Reuters Says
Nvidia Corp. is considering investing as much as $10 billion in Anthropic PBCโs initial public offering, which could become the biggest IPO of all time, Reuters reported.