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Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?
The government is piloting a program that uses AI for insurance-coverage decisions.
Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.
Apple, Google must stop profiting off AI nudify apps, San Francisco AG says
Official estimates Google and Apple likely made millions in nudify app fees.
Washington Is Looking to Keep China From Training Its AI on US Models
CSET’s Colin Shea-Blymyer shared his expert insight in an article published by Bloomberg. The article examines growing concerns in Washington over the use of "distillation" by Chinese AI companies to train models using outputs from leading US systems, and the resulting debate over intellectual property, competition, and national security in the global AI race. The post Washington Is Looking to Keep China From Training Its AI on US Models appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technology .
"Chat is dead": OpenAI preps overhaul of ChatGPT
OpenAI to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.
The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?
School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon
How accurate does an AI system need to be?
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.
"We pissed off a lot of people": Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests
Developer felt "beaten up," with "no choice" but to shrink data center.
The Fitbit Air is a good wearable weighed down by a chatty AI "coach"
The Air succeeds as a minimalist, reliable fitness tracker, but Google's AI Health Coach feels unnecessary.
Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra Powers Faster, More Efficient Reasoning for Long-Running Agents
Single-turn chatbots are evolving into long-running agents that can reason, maintain context, use tools, and run efficiently across many turns to complete...
Superintelligent machines may well need us after all
Despite AI's dizzying improvements in mathematical ability, its successes show just how integral human mathematicians are to the scientific process
The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants us to know it's taking this very seriously.
Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval
Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees.
Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations
One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media.
OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
Judge orders Apple to give Musk internal messages discussing secretive ChatGPT deal.
Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom
“This is a public trust and transparency issue.”
Claude Code's product lead talks usage limits, transparency, and the "lean harness"
"We have no grand plan," says Anthropic's Cat Wu—but that's by design.
Most "inner work" looks like entertainment.
Imagine you’re looking for a personal trainer. You open one trainer’s webpage and read their testimonials: “I had an experience tied for the most intense experiences of my life” ; “They do it all with fun, care, and a sense of humour.” You notice that none of the testimonials mention improved body composition, fitness, or bloodwork. What would you think? Personal training should improve your body. Inner work should improve your life. If inner work were optimized for results, what would we expect to see? I’d expect to see success stories: people who got undeniable life changes. Like: He was si…
Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar
"Very painful": Altman relives his Muskian reaction to losing control over OpenAI.
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Free AI literacy training is available to all 6 million K-12 and higher education teachers across the U.S.
Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”
But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help.
Quoting Boris Mann
“11 AI agents” is meaningless as a phrase. If I said “I have 11 spreadsheets” or “I have 11 browser tabs” to do my work, it means about the same thing. — Boris Mann Tags: ai-agents , ai , agent-definitions