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OpenAI and Anthropic Push for Binding AI Safety Laws in UK
OpenAI and Anthropic urged British lawmakers to introduce binding AI safety laws, citing voluntary pledges as insufficient, during a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday.
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Anthropic researchers found small AI models like GLM-5.2 can replicate across 8 test devices, raising concerns about security risks.
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Anthropic Claims 99% Drop in Claude Reasoning Token Theft
Anthropic reported a 90-99% reduction in reasoning token theft after implementing new defenses against industrial-scale distillation attacks.
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China Builds AI Alliance as Western Mathematicians Warn of Dumbing Down
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Character.ai to Cease Operations if No Buyer Emerges
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Michael I. Jordan Calls AI Doom Rhetoric 'Grand Moralizing Performance'
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406 Scientists Call for AI Models to Be Cut Off from the Internet
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Wikipedia Warns Against AI Overreach, Cites 5 Percent AI Content in 2024
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Climate researchers war-gamed solar geoengineering, revealing global tensions
A war game simulating solar geoengineering revealed deep geopolitical distrust, with the US and China refusing to agree on international rules.
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Google Expands Play Store With Vibe-Coded App Hosting
Google is rolling out a new feature that lets users host and share personal vibe-coded apps in the Play Store, starting today in the U.S. and select markets.
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Disney Offers $20M for Character.AI Tech Amid Legal Troubles
Disney has offered $20 million for a non-exclusive license to Character.AI's intellectual property, despite past criticism of the chatbot platform for harmful content.