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OpenAI discloses six new misalignment incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a framework for reporting model misalignment — OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new incidents in which its models concealed mistakes, sought unauthorized credentials …
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OpenAI discovered an unreleased Astra model adding an “unrelated persona instruction” during RL training, but did not observe any behavioral differences — Summary — We observed rare cases of a model writing jailbreak-like instructions into its own compaction summaries …
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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk recently spoke with Trump and successfully stalled an AI regulatory plan proposed by Demis Hassabis — Senior administration officials have gathered almost daily in recent months to map out potential guardrails
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| Bloomberg: |
Sam Altman and Jensen Huang are among business leaders attending a White House state dinner for Xi Jinping next week; a source says Tim Cook will also attend — Apple Inc. Executive Chairman Tim Cook and OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman are poised to attend a White House state dinner … | Reuters: |
US and Chinese experts propose nuclear-style AI safeguards, including a dedicated AI military hotline, as part of a dialogue ahead of planned bilateral talks — An AI system that interferes with a nuclear command network or launches a military cyber operation could leave Washington or Beijing …
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| Bloomberg: |
Snap Specs hands-on: more advanced than Meta's top-end glasses, fully untethered, mostly comfortable, and navigation works well, but its design has compromises — The technically advanced Specs feature an integrated display and a convenient self-contained design.
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| Reuters: |
Huawei plans to launch the Ascend 960DT AI chip in Q1 2027 and the 960PR in Q3 2027, and says its UnifiedBus tech is key to its next-generation large AI systems — Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) will launch two new artificial-intelligence semiconductors in 2027, rotating chairman David Wang said on Thursday … | Amy Harder / Axios: |
Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI launch the AI Energy Management Alliance to advance data centers that dynamically adjust electricity use based on grid conditions — A new coalition launched Wednesday is seeking a triple win for a data center industry that lately has struggled to notch any wins at all.| Justin Papp / CNBC: |
| Omar Abdel-Baqui / Wall Street Journal: |
AWS says it can't restore some data stored exclusively in data centers across Bahrain and one UAE availability zone after Iranian drone strikes in the spring — Amazon's announcement is the first indication that some data stored exclusively in Bahrain and the U.A.E could be gone forever
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
How Dario Amodei's essays on AI safety and ethics help explain some AI fears; his regulatory stance evolved from wariness in January to embracing safety reviews — Dario Amodei, Anthropic's chief executive, on Tuesday.Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times
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Data center developer Crusoe raised $3.9B co-led by Atreides, Valor, and Mubadala at a ~$30.9B post-money valuation, as it bets on factory-built data centers — Crusoe raised $3.9 billion at a valuation of nearly $31 billion, as it bets on factory-built data centers| Financial Times: |
A look at the rapid integration of AI into warfare, as the greater speed and scale of AI-assisted target generation processes increase the risk of errors — Autonomous systems are being rapidly integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Docs: Automattic interim CEO Mark Davies and CLO Andy Missan signed each other's severance packages worth $8.15M during Matt Mullenweg's brief ouster as CEO — Last week, on September 9, Automattic's board voted to put CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave, a decision the board still hasn't explained publicly.| Yael Grauer / The Verge: |
Anthropic and other researchers detail how thousands of people were catfished by dating scam apps using LLM-generated replies from Claude and other models — Security researcher Matthew “Zigula” Gore-Kormanik was analyzing a fraudulent dating app called Dora when he got a pop-up message saying he was receiving a call from Jennifer.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: a group of 10 banks is giving a $22B loan to Blackstone and Alphabet's cloud venture Crux AI, which aims to provide compute for AI labs, to buy TPUs — A group of 10 banks is providing a $22 billion chip loan to support Blackstone Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s new cloud venture Crux AI …
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| Michelle Ma / Bloomberg: |
Generac signs a long-term deal to supply Amazon with up to $8B worth of backup generators for data centers and grants Amazon a warrant for up to a 2.6% stake — Generac Holdings Inc. agreed to supply up to $8 billion worth of generators for Amazon.com Inc.'s data centers and issued a warrant …
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| Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: |
The EU details the Kids Act, which would require social networks to use age verification tools to stop under-15s from opening accounts, ban under-13s, and more — Proposal needs to be negotiated, adopted by EU lawmakers and member states before it can take effect
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Google adds MCP integration to Google Home, letting third-party AI agents analyze home data and control devices, rolling out to Premium Advanced users in the US — Google Home adds MCP integration, allowing third-party AI agents to analyze your home data, control devices, and build custom dashboards.
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| Bloomberg: |
DoorDash says Costco members can order same-day delivery from every US Costco warehouse, after Uber expanded its delivery partnership from 17 to 47 US states — DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. are expanding their delivery partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp. … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Manus is set to soon close a $500M funding round at a $4B valuation, signaling growing confidence after Beijing unwound its $2B buyout by Meta — Chinese-founded AI startup Manus is set to double its valuation to $4 billion in its first fundraising since Beijing ordered it to split …
More: Silicon Republic and Tech in Asia
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X adds a “Trade” option to its Cashtag feature, letting US users complete trades at brokerages such as Interactive Brokers, Moomoo, Gemini, Kraken, and Coinbase — X will now allow users to trade from their timelines. The Elon Musk-owned social network on Wednesday launched …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: drone delivery startup Zipline is in talks to raise ~$1B at a ~$20B valuation, up from $7.6B in January, and Paradigm is in talks to lead the round — Zipline is in talks to raise around $1 billion in a funding round that would value the drone delivery and logistics startup at roughly $20 billion …
More: The Information, RuntimeWire, and Silicon UK
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 review: new colors and materials, revamped Health Sensing System, an S11 chip, and future AI features, but few design changes — The Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 are all about what's happening underneath. Headlined by a new Health Sensing System …
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