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Taiwan plans to curb AI server and chip exports to China as part of a US trade deal and make shipping restricted AI hardware to China a criminal offense — Taiwan is preparing to tighten export controls on AI chips to further align with US restrictions, according to a senior official in Taipei … | Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
India's cyber agency says AI agents broke into Indian organizations' systems and read confidential files undetected; AI model providers flagged the incidents — AI models under test broke into Indian organisations' live systems and read confidential records undetected, India's cybersecurity agency said … | Matt Marshall / VentureBeat: |
Reflection AI releases Apache 2.0-licensed weights for Beam, a 501B-parameter model, trained with RL that penalized unnecessary tokens — Reflection AI today released the weights of Beam, its first open model, and is pitching it against the Chinese open models that many U.S. companies …
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra review: powerful, useful Magnetic Connect port, bright screen, but heavy, loud, and Windows doesn't take advantage of RTX Spark — Useful for AI models, but still waiting for more Windows 11 features to take advantage of. — Reviews
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China is considering adding 23 AI technologies to its export control list, including LLMs and chip designs, to keep closer control over homegrown advancements — China proposed adding advanced artificial intelligence technologies to its export-control list, potentially restricting overseas transfers … | Reuters: |
Sources: some Anthropic investors discussed a ~$1.5T valuation for its IPO, down from ~$2T they had expected, after disclosures showed slowing Q3 revenue growth — Some current Anthropic investors and prospective investors in its upcoming initial public offering are weighing a lower valuation …
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In its first meeting, Trump's Super Intelligence Force says it plans to commission a report on AI risks and develop protocols for labs to provide early warnings — President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence task force in its first meeting agreed on Thursday to address risks related to cybersecurity …
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A researcher says modern neural networks are far more interpretable than believed, with most neurons understandable in models up to trillions of parameters — The cause of polysemanticity in early model organisms wasn't superposition, but several ordinary, mostly fixable issues.
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OpenAI says its model paid for a deployment on an Ethereum test network with a wallet it did not own, after obtaining keys from public recovery phrases — An OpenAI research model stuck without funds on an Ethereum test network went looking for someone else's wallet, found one through recovery phrases … | Prathik Jayaprakash / Reuters: |
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxis in Toronto in 2028 in partnership with Element Fleet Management, the company's first deployment in Canada — Google's (GOOGL.O) Waymo said on Friday it plans to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to Toronto in 2028, marking the self-driving company's … | Dylan Sloan / Bloomberg: |
Three CoreWeave co-founders have sold $3.3B in stock since its March 2025 IPO, including $2.4B in 2026 alone; CoreWeave stock fell 60%+ from its June 2025 peak — Three CoreWeave Inc. co-founders have sold $3.3 billion in company shares since last year's initial public offering …
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Organizers abruptly cancel 2026's Grace Hopper Celebration, one of the biggest events for women in tech, after sponsorships and registrations fall short — The cancellation of this year's Grace Hopper Celebration, one of the largest gatherings of women in technology, is the latest example …
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US candidates and PACs, mostly tied to Republicans, have spent $137M+ on 220 AI-generated campaign ads in 2026; ~70% of the 220 videos didn't disclose AI use — Republicans have used A.I.-generated content more often than Democrats, ranging from subtle enhancements to convincing deepfakes.
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OpenAI continues to work to grow its ad business in ChatGPT, cutting ad rates, chasing small and midsize businesses, and hiring some new talent from Meta — As OpenAI has jockeyed with Anthropic to win over developers with new models and tools this year, its advertising business at times has seemed like an afterthought.| Reuters: |
Two US officials and a Western official say the order to limit Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starshield came from inside the White House — The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House …
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