Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program
… In March, Meta created a new Applied AI team and moved some 6,500 employees into new roles focused on improving AI models. …
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In the Wake of Anthropic’s Mythos, OpenAI Has a New Cybersecurity Model—and Strategy
… OpenAI says that the initiative fits into its broader security efforts, including an application security AI agent launched last month known as Codex Security, a cybersecurity grants program that began in 2023, a recent donation to the Linux Foundation to support open source security, and the “Prep… …
Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
… It’s also another step in the company’s embrace of open-source AI models, part of a broader strategy to maintain its dominance in AI infrastructure at a time when leading AI labs are building their own custom chips. …
The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants
… In 2024, Elon Musk’s xAI tapped Black Forest Labs to power Grok’s first image generator. That partnership put Black Forest Labs on the map but generated a lot of controversy due to the chatbot’s limited safeguards. It ended months later when xAI developed an in-house AI image model. …
The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation
… Winning the AI race means not only beating China but also clearing bureaucratic hurdles thrown up by state legislatures and woke politicians in DC.” But perhaps the biggest hurdle in getting regulation back to the table remains Trump himself, the aides said. “Resolving the infighting only matters i… …
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
… At least six scholars have publicly said they turned down invitations to serve as area chairs at NeurIPS this year due to the sanctions policy. Others said they would decline to participate as paper reviewers. “I have served as area chair for NeurIPS every year since 2020. …
AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy
… In addition to a digital business launch kit $117 or six-week intensive product accelerator course $147 , the creator behind the Ari Banks avatar offers a $497 lesson plan called “AI Content University” where people learn to “Create viral AI podcasts & talking head content, Master the Realism Formu… …
Some Asexuals Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex
… There's no reason to think aces need to use AI more than any others.” Doré says he has never used an AI as “an emotional support mechanism” and stresses that most asexual people “actually desire some form of human companionship,” whether that’s through close, platonic friendships or in community. “… …
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
… Even if much of the opposition in the US began organically, there’s a strong chance that foreign actors could intervene sooner rather than later. “The targeting of OpenAI and US data center buildouts is significant not because the operation appears to have shifted public opinion, but because it sho… …
A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab
… To rail against it, the argument goes, would be as futile as a man on Wednesday railing against Thursday. “They want to make AI feel inevitable,” DeWaard says of AI firms like Google. “They want to make AI feel like it’s everywhere. …