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| Terence Tao / What's new: |
A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics — I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week.
More: Math and AI, The Economist, TechCrunch, and Le Monde
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LinkedIn: Alessio Figalli, Martin Hairer, and Olga Holtz
Bluesky: @lemonodor, @tedunderwood.com, @glassbottommeg, and @zachweinersmith
Mastodon: @tao@mathstodon.xyz, @karl@infosec.exchange, @rntz@recurse.social, and @mattsheffield@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/aiwars, r/mathematics, r/accelerate, r/slatestarcodex, r/singularity, and Lobsters
| Truman Dickerson / Business Insider: |
More: Gizmodo, SingularityHub, ABC, The Week, Proofs and Prompts, Proofs and Prompts, Understanding AI, Forbes, and Scientific American
X: @danintheory, @8teapi, @sytelus, @elliotglazer, @scottstts, @tracewoodgrains, @john_iller, @ben_golub, @samth, @ctjlewis, @aurifomo, @ben_golub, @navvye, @kristapsbalodi3, @lianda_edu, @ben_golub, @hypergameme, and @sams_antics. Mastodon: @rom@social.lol. Forums: Hacker News
| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers: OpenAI agents attacked Ruby package manager RubyGems in May; OpenAI says its agents used RubyGems to access the internet to do “benign tasks” — The incident, which wasn't previously linked to OpenAI, happened two months before July's Hugging Face hack
More: The RubyGems attack, Reuters, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Information, Washington Examiner, and The Indian Express
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Bluesky: @rossengineer, @bellamyj.blacksky.app, and @mikal-el.com
Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| Andrew Solender / Axios: |
Sources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings — A letter is circulating among House members urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring back the House “immediately” …
More: New York Times, Washington Examiner, Modern Diplomacy, and International Business Times
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| Bloomberg: |
Threat intelligence report: Anthropic says it disrupted a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to build missile and rocket guidance software — Anthropic PBC uncovered a group in northern Yemen — where Iran-backed Houthi militants operate — using its Claude AI model …
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LinkedIn: Dave Schroeder, PhD and Ian Bremmer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him — Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic's Slack, claiming he is back in control as CEO of the WordPress.com parent company …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B — Anthropic is in talks to bring Nvidia (NVDA.O) as an anchor investor into what could be the largest IPO in history, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.| Business Insider: |
LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize — Google has some fresh talent in the AI race. — The tech giant has completed its talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, public postings show.
X: @charlesrollet1 and @charlesrollet1
| Globe and Mail: |
Sources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation — Cohere Inc. is in advanced talks to raise between US$2-billion and US$3-billion, including financing from the Canadian government … | Mark Spoonauer / Tom's Guide: |
An interview with Apple CEO John Ternus and Greg Joswiak on making the iPhone Duo, minimizing the crease, “half baked” Android foldables, the price, and more — 'I was like, yes, that's it...this is what I want' — Apple's first foldable phone is finally coming in the iPhone Duo …
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| Ben Bergman / Business Insider: |
Sources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago — Jeff Dean, who resigned as chief scientist from Google last month, is raising again for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections — Apple Inc.'s new always-listening artificial intelligence features for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 could put eavesdropping laws to the test, according to legal experts.
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Forums: r/technology and r/sysadmin
| Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism: |
Meta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters — “It just kept going and going, and that pit in my stomach just kept getting bigger and deeper.”
More: The Verge, Business Insider, Quartz, Inc.com, and Yahoo Tech
| Politico: |
Ex-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump — Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions — LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users' browser extensions, with a judge granting the Microsoft subsidiary's motion to dismiss the cases.
More: Gizmodo, ByteHaven, Top Class Actions, and Bloomberg Law
Forums: r/technology and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
Citrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the firm to SemiAnalysis for an undisclosed sum; sources: van Geelen plans to launch a new fund — James van Geelen, the founder of independent investment-research shop Citrini Research, has sold the firm to semiconductor and AI researcher SemiAnalysis.
X: @vikramskr, @tbpn, @pythiar, @citrini, @stevehou, @sammykoppelman, and @frank_liquid
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
FOIA docs: the CFTC launched at least three previously unreported investigations into Polymarket trading, including about Google's 2025 Year in Search Ranking — The agency that oversees prediction markets has investigated Polymarket trades on Biden pardons and the Iran war …
Bluesky: @knibbs
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is “time for me to move on and try new things” — Frank Shaw has been supporting Microsoft's communications for nearly 30 years. … Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer.
More: Axios, The Information, The Mac Observer, Fortune, and GeekWire
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Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk, @williammoss, and @dominique
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