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‘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...

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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...

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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....

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did
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GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 has accidentally deleted users' files when operating in Full Access Mode, overwriting directory...

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TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool
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TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool

TikTok is testing an opt-in AI likeness detection tool that allows creators to report AI-generated deepfakes of...

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Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI
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Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI

Apple is suing OpenAI in what appears to be a high-profile legal confrontation, though experts debate whether the...

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Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
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Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them

Patreon is partnering with Cloudflare to actively block AI scraping bots from training models on creator content...

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Prompt: Enterprise AI Must Prove Its Value Beyond Deployment
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Prompt: Enterprise AI Must Prove Its Value Beyond Deployment

Organizations are shifting focus from simply deploying AI to demonstrating measurable business value, redesigning...

AI Business
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
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San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

San Francisco's City Attorney sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google demanding they remove 13 AI-powered...

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Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis
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Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis

Apple has sued OpenAI, adding to the company's ongoing legal and reputational challenges. The article examines how...

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OpenAI Unveils GPT-Red to Test AI Model Safety
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-Red to Test AI Model Safety

OpenAI has unveiled GPT-Red, a novel approach to AI safety testing that combines human and AI red teaming to evaluate...

AI Business
Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
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Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

Anthropic has endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York, but the company's head of US state and...

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New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state
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New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is using AI to analyze all state rules and regulations to identify and remove outdated...

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Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push
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Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs launched a bioresilience program to prevent AI misuse in biology while supporting...

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Germany puts Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity under media law in first-of-its-kind ruling
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Germany puts Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity under media law in first-of-its-kind ruling

German media regulators have ruled that Google's AI Overviews constitute the company's own content rather than neutral...

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