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White House worried about compute limits as it blocks wider access to Anthropic's Mythos
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

White House worried about compute limits as it blocks wider access to Anthropic's Mythos

The White House has blocked Anthropic's plan to expand access to its Mythos AI model to approximately 70 additional...

The Decoder
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
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The more young people use AI, the more they hate it

Gen Z, despite being among the biggest adopters of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, shows significant cultural backlash...

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These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn
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These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn

Three Arizona women sued a group of men for allegedly using their photos without consent to create AI-generated...

Wired AI
AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps
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AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps

Australia's financial regulator (APRA) has warned that financial institutions have poor governance and assurance...

AI News
On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets

Elon Musk testified for the second day in his legal attempt to dismantle OpenAI, with his own tweets being used as...

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How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’

Elon Musk testified in court during the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, with tensions...

Wired AI
Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models
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Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models

Researchers have developed WRING, a new debiasing technique for AI vision models that addresses the "whac-a-mole...

MIT News AI
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
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Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

Emergency first responders have raised concerns with federal regulators that Waymo's autonomous vehicle technology was...

Wired AI
Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why
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Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Scammers are using AI-generated deepfake videos of celebrity interviews to deceive TikTok users into sharing personal...

Wired AI
Mistral's Le Chat spreads Iran war disinformation in 60 percent of leading prompts
Ethics & RegulationMistral

Mistral's Le Chat spreads Iran war disinformation in 60 percent of leading prompts

A NewsGuard audit discovered that Mistral's Le Chat chatbot repeats state-sponsored disinformation about the Iran war...

The Decoder
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman

The Musk v. Altman trial is revealing evidence from OpenAI's founding, including emails, documents, and photos showing...

The Verge AI
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
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Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’

Canonical's plan to integrate AI features into Ubuntu has prompted users to request a way to disable or opt-out of...

The Verge AI
Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI

Seven families of victims from a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging...

The Verge AI
White House moves to restore Anthropic access after Pentagon standoff
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

White House moves to restore Anthropic access after Pentagon standoff

The White House is developing guidance to allow federal agencies to resume work with Anthropic, including access to its...

The Decoder
Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok
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Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok

Scammers are using AI-generated deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rihanna on TikTok to promote fraudulent...

The Verge AI
Musk and Altman face off in court over OpenAI's for-profit pivot
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Musk and Altman face off in court over OpenAI's for-profit pivot

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are facing off in federal court in Oakland over OpenAI's transition to a for-profit structure....

The Decoder
China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos
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China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles following a Baidu robotaxi incident in Wuhan where dozens of...

The Verge AI
Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age

OpenAI has released a five-part action plan aimed at strengthening cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age by...

OpenAI Blog
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship

Elon Musk testified under oath at an OpenAI trial, recounting a previously shared story about a friendship dispute. The...

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