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Garry Tan pushes US labs to distill frontier models before China dominates open-weight AI

Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust set of open-weight options that aren’t Chinese.

TechCrunch·2w ago

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Mathematicians' open letter signals broader revolt against AI’s claimed reasoning prowess

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.

TechCrunch·2w ago

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AI-generated witnesses sink New Mexico murder appeal, lawyer fined

New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. In a filing on Wednesday, the court fined Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for failing t

The Verge·2w ago

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Judge blocks Trump’s emergency power to extend coal plant closures

Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge

Ars Technica·2w ago

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AI insiders' existential risk warnings reshape tech policy debate

Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas H

MIT Technology Review·2w ago

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AI insiders now driving the existential risk debate they once dismissed

MIT Technology Review·2w ago

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Streaming platforms now depend on recommendation lists to compete

South Park, Slow Horses, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and a Lego-fied Mandalorian are just a few of the things you should be watching right now.

Wired·2w ago

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CFTC scrutinizes Polymarket for insider trading tied to Biden pardons and geopolitics

The agency that oversees prediction markets has investigated Polymarket trades on Biden pardons and the Iran war—and even more potential insider trading at Google, documents obtained by WIRED show.

Wired·2w ago

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Meta’s facial recognition revival tests limits of AI training consent

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature.

Wired·2w ago

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Mullenweg’s 48-hour ouster reveals governance cracks at WordPress powerhouse Automattic

Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard confirmed Mullenweg's return to the CEO role in a Friday post on X, which the official W

The Verge·2w ago

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Apple’s foldable phone debut reshapes the category’s future

You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple's first folding phone is certainly a strong way to start things off as Apple's CEO. On The Vergecast today, we're talking all about Apple's launch event: how John Ternus did in his first appearance as CEO, what we make of

The Verge·2w ago

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White House claims reveal Truth Social’s real position in social media

The White House claims the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social is the "most powerful and popular social media platform in the world." The statement, provided to The New York Times by White House spokesperson Davis Ingle, is at odds with the user counts from some of the biggest social media platforms on

The Verge·2w ago

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