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- Simon Willison's WeblogmodelsTree Appreciator
Tool: Tree Appreciator Another game experiment with Claude. This one used the default Claude iPhone app (chat mode, not Claude Code mode), where I prompted Claude Opus 5.5 Max with: Build a three js game called "Tree app…
- The Verge AIpolicyEight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT, as reported earlier by Reuters. The lawsuits, filed separatel…
- Ars Technica AImodelsEpic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
But the new “Preview” app “will have some bugs,” Epic warns.
- The Register AI + MLagentsChaos ensues when AI interviewer meets AI interviewee
Things got weird, but there's a lesson to be learned: Don't trust a bot to negotiate for you
- AI BusinessagentsIBM: Agentic AI is reshaping governance, controls and trust
As AI agents move from answering questions to making decisions and acting, businesses face a growing challenge of keeping accountability in step with the pace of change.
- Latent SpaceresearchLab-in-the-Loop at Compute Speed — Ian Quigley, Leash Bio
How Leash Bio tamed DELs, the assay that traumatizes everyone, and used the data to catch cheating models. And why that same data is perfect for AI agents learning to think like chemists.
- Latent SpaceresearchLab-in-the-Loop at Compute Speed — Ian Quigley, Leash Bio
How Leash Bio tamed DELs, the assay that traumatizes everyone, and used the data to catch cheating models. And why that same data is perfect for AI agents learning to think like chemists.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyOpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device
Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown An OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product…
- SiliconANGLE AIstartupsAI cloud startup Modal raises $750M at $15.75B valuation
Modal Labs Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence infrastructure, today announced that it has raised $750 million in funding. Accel led the Series D round. It was joined by Kleiner Perkins and a half-dozen existing…
- LessWrongpolicyRogue AI developers as hostis humani generis: under an international AI treaty, should they be subject to international concurrent jurisdiction?
An international treaty banning superhuman AI will, necessarily, require the arrest of rogue AI developers who violate the treaty. But who should be authorized to conduct these arrests? Should there be some sort of inter…
- Guardian AIsafetyEight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit
US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users Eight US states sued OpenAI Wednesday, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Kansas, Arizona, M…
- The Register AI + MLopen-sourceLinux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage
Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use
- TechRadar AIchipsWater-resistant and easy to clean: HP delivers an AMD Ryzen keyboard PC that can be splashed with liquid — EliteBoard G1a has a 32Whr battery but alas no touchpad, review finds
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- AI BusinessagentsMusing about Muse’s new AI models, unruly DeepSeek
The social media giant tries to capitalize on, monetize its successful personal agent and maybe crack the business market. Chinese models go astray, like their U.S. counterparts.
- The DecoderresearchGoogle says self-improving AI isn't anywhere close
Google engineer Haydn Belfield says there's no measurable acceleration of AI research driven by AI at Deepmind. AI now writes more than 75 percent of production code, but 88 percent of changes still need human oversight.…
- Guardian AIstartupsOpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually
Accounts for the Westminster-based company behind ChatGPT show that 110 staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares last year OpenAI’s London staff each received £2,318,181 on average last year, as the ChatGPT-make…
- The Verge AImodelsThe AI race is back on
Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful models that left their rivals in the dust. Google seemed hopelessly far behind, while Meta, despite…
- The Verge AIpolicyNow that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy proceeding. James is among…
- TechRadar AIchipsData centers use as little as 60% of power consumed for actual AI work, Nvidia claims — failures and restarts 'consume' a whopping 10% of every watt used
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- Guardian AIcommunityZimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story
Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short stor…
- The Verge AIpolicyYouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs
YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos. It doesn't sound like this will apply…
- TechCrunch AIcommunityYouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as AI involved in composition and vocals.
- WIRED AIresearchAI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.
- The DecodersafetyResearchers tracked down a rogue fleet of Chinese AI agents in the wild and actually talked to it
For the first time, researchers have tracked down an uncontrolled fleet of Chinese AI agents in the wild and communicated with them via a web mailbox. The agents, running on Tencent Cloud, had launched more than 2,600 at…
- TechCrunch AIagentsApate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
- TechRadar AIstartupsSquarespace and Titan team up to offer $3/month professional email
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechRadar AIsafetyRay-Ban Meta users say their smart glasses are making secret recordings
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Ars Technica AIresearchResearchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.
- The Verge AIcommunityMy AI doppelganger tells me what to eat
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. For…
- Guardian AIsafetyCould AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons?
Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence se…
- The Verge AIpolicyOpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple
OpenAI claims a former employee took more than 100 files related to its product plans before joining Apple. In a document filed on Wednesday, OpenAI accuses the unnamed employee of sending this information to a personal…
- Ars Technica AIsafetyRecording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.
- Tom's Guide AIsafetyAnthropic warns AI could soon self-replicate across everyday smart devices — here’s why it matters
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- Simon Willison's WeblogcommunityAI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary.
AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. Indie game developer Popcar talks about the recent wave of AI-powered decompilation of existing games, enabling weird mashups between existing games, and produ…
- AWS Machine Learning BlogagentsBuild self-improving document processing using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Learn how to build an agentic intelligent document processing (IDP) system using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that classifies, extracts, validates, and learns from business documents with minimal human intervention, automati…
- Guardian AIpolicyTo unlock Britain’s innovation potential, Labour needs to think outside the box | Letters
Kate Fleming says the government must look beyond the models it rewards today, while Jenny Haigh says unlocking potential means recognising that creativity and science are partners Gordon Brown wants Britain to invent, i…
- The Register AI + MLresearchResearchers cig-nal their faith in AI by taking up smoking
What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Reg it's a bad bet
- Google ResearchresearchResearch@ 2026: Novel capabilities and intelligence
We’re sharing our latest milestones and some of the advanced AI capabilities and intelligence that we’re putting in the hands of experts.
- The DecodermodelsOpenAI will reportedly ship at least one model this year but its flagship still needs alignment work
OpenAI is racing to finish its next flagship model, which uses the same looped transformer technique as Astra to boost math and coding performance. The tradeoff is that looping makes safety monitoring harder. Microsoft a…
- Hugging Face BlogresearchHiRO-ACEv2: Simulating extreme weather at 3 km resolution for a fraction of the cost
Open-source model releases, tooling, and community updates.
- NVIDIA Developer BlogagentsOptimizing Agent Reliability and Tool Calling Efficiency for Chip Design Using NVIDIA NeMo Gym
AI agents offer remarkable productivity gains in complex chip design workflows, but their tendency to generate plausible yet incorrect artifacts makes...
- Guardian AIpolicyPalantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract
Dispute related to claims London mayor blocked US tech firm from £50m police deal because of concerns over its values Palantir and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have called off their legal fight over claims the Labour ma…
- The Verge AIresearchMicrosoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts
Old-school physics-based weather forecasting and even new AI models typically become less reliable beyond two weeks, a problem Microsoft claims to have solved using machine learning. Researchers with the company say they…
- TechRadar AImodelsBestselling author shows why AI-generated movies might not be a bad thing
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- LessWrongcommunitySome interesting internal documents from Anthropic litigation
Anthropic released some documents earlier this year due to the book copyright litigation. I think a few of those documents might be of interest to some people here and haven't gotten much attention. In this post I link t…
- BBC TechnologypolicyToilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer
Abdulrahman Alfozan had worked for the AI giant for more than a year before he was arrested by the FBI.
- The Verge AIsafetyAnthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is alarming deja vu
Are legions of smart devices - fridges, ovens, vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, security cameras, and TVs - conspiring to take over the internet? No. But they could soon be unwitting hosts to self-replicating AI models that…
- Guardian TechnologycommunityWas this Mark Zuckerberg’s first – and last – taste of Guinness?
The Meta boss looked traumatised when he sipped stout on the Cheeky Pint podcast. An hour later, his glass was still half full Name: Guinness. Age: Arthur Guinness began brewing porter in the 1770s. Guinness draught was…
- TechRadar AIagentsRogue AI agent reportedly deletes entire season of Swedish reality show
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechRadar AIsafetySecurity flaws found in top open source AI gateway — LiteLLM vulnerabilties could affect millions of users
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.