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Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
OpenAI researchers delete X posts claiming that GPT-5 solved Erdős math problems, after pushback from Demis Hassabis and others; Yann LeCun ridicules OpenAI  —  OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community …
Bloomberg:
China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023  —  China said it's uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of US government cyber attacks on the country's main agency responsible for timekeeping.
Financial Times:
Sources: Chinese companies including Ant Group and JD.com pause plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong after instructions from regulators not to move ahead  —  Regulators raise concerns about the rise of privately controlled currencies  —  Chinese tech giants have paused plans …
Business Insider:
US military has adopted an aggressive push to embrace AI; the top US Army commander in South Korea says “Chat and I” have become “really close lately”  —  - Some military leaders are adopting AI for decision-making.  — The military has adopted an aggressive push …
Jocelyn Gecker / Associated Press:
Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share
Zeyi Yang / Wired:
ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia  —  ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia.
The Conversation:
A study of 311 AI-generated eighth-grade civics lesson plans in Massachusetts suggests they fall short of inspiring students or promoting critical thinking  —  When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging …
Jinjoo Lee / Wall Street Journal:
A look at some US energy companies linked to AI infrastructure, such as Sam Altman-backed Oklo, whose stocks have soared despite having little to no revenue  —  Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations  —  Forget about the froth in tech valuations.  The real excess might be building up in energy stocks.
Andy Newman / New York Times:
Two Wikipedia contributors disarmed a gunman who threatened to kill himself at WikiConference to protest a policy banning editors who identify as pedophiles  —  After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World's Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
A profile of Credo, which makes active electrical cables to connect AI servers and whose stock price has more than doubled this year, after soaring 245% in 2024  —  In July, Elon Musk posted photos from inside an xAI data center called Colossus 2, which the artificial intelligence startup aims …
Emma Beavins / Fierce Healthcare:
Counsel Health, which uses a medical AI chatbot and human physicians to provide virtual care, raised a $25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and GV  —  Artificial Intelligence Andreessen Horowitz Google Ventures Telehealth  —  AI-enabled virtual care company Counsel Health …

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