New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
… The new bill focuses not only on the environmental and community impacts of data centers, but on AI safety as a whole. …
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The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
… Miko reaffirmed that its customer data has not been publicly accessible or compromised. “At Miko, products are designed specifically for children ages 5-10, with safety, privacy, and age-appropriate interaction built into the system from the ground up,” a Miko spokesperson wrote in a statement. “Th… …
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
… It defines a frontier model as any AI model trained using more than $100 million in computational costs, which likely could apply to America’s largest AI labs, like OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anthropic, and Meta. “We support approaches like this because they focus on what matters most: Reducing the risk … …
Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
… Google’s unchecked progress on AI development had sparked concerns for both OpenAI cofounders, and they wanted to create a competing lab with a greater focus on safety. “My perspective is OpenAI exists because Larry Page called me a speciesist for being pro-humanity,” Musk said, referring to the Go… …
Alpha School’s Ritzy New York City Campus Costs $65,000 a Year—but Isn’t Actually a School
… While “functional internet” and “basic branding” were considered “critical,” according to an internal planning document, “first aid” and “fire safety” were considered “nice to have.” One Trilogy document directs teams to “budget for potential surprises,” noting that the classroom doors in Miami had… …
Anthropic Plots Major London Expansion
… Anthropic’s new, 158,000-square-foot office footprint will have space enough for 800 people—four times its current head count—giving it room to potentially outscale OpenAI, which itself recently announced an expansion in London. “Europe's largest businesses and fastest-growing startups are choosing… …
You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law
… Bumble Elymae Cedeno, Bumble’s VP of trust and customer experience, says that the dating app takes NCII “very seriously and supported the passage of the Take It Down Act.” Anyone can submit a takedown request through a form included in its help center, and Cedeno says reports are reviewed promptly … …
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers
… Last year, over 1,000 Amazon employees anonymously signed an open letter warning of harms from the company’s allegedly “all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development.” Microsoft employees have long raised concerns about AI furthering oil and gas production. …
‘I Actually Thought He Was Going to Hit Me,’ OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Says of Elon Musk
… D’Angelo remains on the board today. Brockman also supported the removal of AI safety researcher Helen Toner from the board, he said, without specifying a reason. …
The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
… Some sources tell WIRED that, absent more information from Meta about its Instagram chat decision, the only conclusion they can come to is that the company's commitment to implementing end-to-end encryption by default across its chat platforms was always a ploy to improve its public image and mend … …