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Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing
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Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing

Etsy's marketplace has deteriorated as mass-produced goods and AI-generated knockoffs flood the platform, driving away...

Wired AI
Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs.
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Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs.

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, the largest open-weight model to date on July 16, sparking policy debates in Washington...

AI News
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OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face have disclosed findings from a security incident that occurred during AI model evaluation,...

OpenAI Blog
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
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Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

Anthropic has received final approval for a landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement, resolving one legal case....

TechCrunch AI
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David Vélez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC

David Vélez and Robin Vince have joined the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, bringing expertise in...

OpenAI Blog
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

David Sacks has resigned from his position as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), making...

TechCrunch AI
Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
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Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Sony Music Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Udio, an AI music generator, claiming it infringed the copyright...

The Verge AI
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
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OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?

OpenAI's concerns about open-weight LLMs and discussions around potentially banning Chinese-made open-weight models...

TechCrunch AI
YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos
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YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos

YouTube has updated its monetization policies to clarify rules around AI-generated and low-quality content that cannot...

TechCrunch AI
Trump administration reportedly builds a slow-motion ban on Chinese AI models through sanctions and soft pressure
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Trump administration reportedly builds a slow-motion ban on Chinese AI models through sanctions and soft pressure

The Trump administration is considering indirect measures to restrict Chinese AI models, including sanctions and...

The Decoder
Import AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan
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Import AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan

The article discusses perspectives on AI development trajectories, comparing open versus closed approaches to AI...

Import AI
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Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models

OpenAI discusses safety challenges and risks associated with deploying long-horizon AI models, including observed...

OpenAI Blog
‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’
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‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’

Director Christopher Nolan criticizes AI as a 'Trojan horse,' using the metaphor of Greeks hidden inside to warn about...

TechCrunch AI
AI text detectors struggle when language models mimic an author's style
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AI text detectors struggle when language models mimic an author's style

Epoch AI tested three leading AI text detectors and found they struggle to identify AI-generated content when language...

The Decoder
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff  that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Author Dave Eggers spoke to OpenAI staff, criticizing ChatGPT for negatively impacting education and silencing writers....

The Verge AI
China's new World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is President Xi's clearest play yet for a parallel AI order
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China's new World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is President Xi's clearest play yet for a parallel AI order

China announced a new World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization at the Shanghai World AI Conference,...

The Decoder
Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
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Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You

The article discusses privacy concerns with period tracking apps and other cybersecurity issues including Russian...

Wired AI
Open-weight models now match frontier cyber performance from just four months ago at a fraction of the cost
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Open-weight models now match frontier cyber performance from just four months ago at a fraction of the cost

Open-weight AI models like GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4-Pro have rapidly closed the cybersecurity capability gap with...

The Decoder
The Pentagon's new AI playbook treats slow adoption as a bigger risk than imperfect alignment
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The Pentagon's new AI playbook treats slow adoption as a bigger risk than imperfect alignment

The US Navy has adopted a strategy to prioritize AI and data integration across its fleet, including deploying large...

The Decoder