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| 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, Politico, and The Indian Express
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Bluesky: @rossengineer, @bellamyj.blacksky.app, and @mikal-el.com
Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| 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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| Truman Dickerson / Business Insider: |
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Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| 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.
More: Bloomberg, The Information, and Finimize
| 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” …
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| 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
| 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
| 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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X: @photomatt, @4thhubbard, @wordpress, @photomatt, @photomatt, @deliprao, @mikemcalister, and @luke_metro. LinkedIn: Mike Cottam
Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com, @saridder, @daniloc.xyz, @marty.day, and @josephcox
Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange and @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
Forums: Hacker News, r/WPDrama, r/Wordpress, and Slashdot
| 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 … | 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 …
More: Reuters. X: @mattturck, @beffjezos, @jasonlk, and @andrew_n_carr. Bluesky: @anildash.com. Forums: r/technology
| 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
Bluesky: @ianbremmer.com and @mikeluvs2draw
Forums: r/politics and r/Military
| 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 …
X: @tcberenson, @jyarow, @eshugerman, @mollyjongfast, @timodc, @mattzeitlin, @aaschapiro, and @pauldemko
| 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.| 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
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Roblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card — At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company behind the popular gaming platform announced several new features …
More: Moneycontrol, AppleInsider, GamesBeat, Dexerto, Polygon.com, Engadget, Reuters, Tubefilter, PC Gamer, and Roblox
X: @roblox and @timsweeneyepic
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