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Sources: A24, Sony Pictures, and NYT have registered interest in acquiring Letterboxd, which has a user base of 30M and is expected to be valued at $300M+ (New York Times)
New York Times : Sources: A24, Sony Pictures, and NYT have registered interest in a…
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Sources: the White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new models with UK's AISI until US reviews them; Anthropic appears to have agreed (Politico)
Politico : Sources: the White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new mod…
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A sample of FBI data allegedly stolen by ShinyHunters includes granular detail on officials' job assignments on China, Russia, cartels, cyber, and other issues (Reuters)
Reuters : A sample of FBI data allegedly stolen by ShinyHunters includes granular d…
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Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, somewhat similar to CRISPR, the first result from its new biolab (Robert Hart/The Verge)
Robert Hart / The Verge : Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzym…
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Internal data: Meta's Muse surpassed 500,000 total users, including 250,000 daily active users, with more than 2M prompts submitted in its first week (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
Jyoti Mann / The Information : Internal data: Meta's Muse surpassed 500,000 tota…
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OpenAI says it is working with an independent advisory group of mathematicians to responsibly share math-related AI advances (OpenAI)
OpenAI : OpenAI says it is working with an independent advisory group of mathematic…
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Ahead of Sam Altman's UN address, OpenAI urges the US to lead an effort to develop global safety and security standards for building frontier systems (Maria Curi/Axios)
Maria Curi / Axios : Ahead of Sam Altman's UN address, OpenAI urges the US to l…
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China has made AI a national mission, but local workers' fear of displacement mirrors worries abroad, and potential for social unrest may force CCP to slow down (Michael Schuman/The Atlantic)
Michael Schuman / The Atlantic : China has made AI a national mission, but local wo…
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Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7B open-weight model it says outperforms most closed-source models, with native transparency and up to ten reference images (Qwen)
Qwen : Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7B open-weight model it says outperforms …
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Jensen Huang says AI leaders calling for regulation don't want new legislation, but to be "relieved of the laws we do have" because of "ulterior reasons" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)
Truman Dickerson / Business Insider : Jensen Huang says AI leaders calling for regu…
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AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are putting pressure on office rents in Singapore as they embark on expansion in response to government overtures (Owen Walker/Financial Times)
Owen Walker / Financial Times : AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are p…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law that will penalize influencers who do not properly disclose paid political content, with fines of up to $5K per post (Ken Bensinger/New York Times)
Ken Bensinger / New York Times : California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law that will…
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Experts say AI kill-switch legislation is far harder to implement than lawmakers assume, warning a rogue AI could actively try to dismantle the mechanism itself (New York Times)
New York Times : Experts say AI kill-switch legislation is far harder to implement …
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Trump says he will appoint an AI czar and form an "AI Force", in a Truth Social post that rejects AI safety concerns as a "hoax" (María Paula Mijares Torres/Bloomberg)
María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg : Trump says he will appoint an AI czar and …
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Former DraftKings employees detail how it uses ML to target likely losers with promotions, while efforts to flag problem gamblers were shelved or squashed (New York Times)
New York Times : Former DraftKings employees detail how it uses ML to target likely…
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