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Google plans orbital AI chip test as data centers face pushback
Google plans to test AI chips in orbit next week. Space data centers could ease pressure on local grids, but cost and reliability remain obstacles.
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Meta puts Muse at the center of Connect with Charm and AI glasses
Meta unveiled Charm and plans for Muse on AI glasses at Connect 2026. Its viral agent gives the company a stronger case for everyday AI hardware.
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Anthropic says Claude leads 26% of its measured AI research
Anthropic says Claude led 26% of its measured AI research in August. Its call to pace AI progress now faces a test of access and public transparency.
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Anthropic’s Claude spots an unexplained system in viral DNA
Anthropic says Claude found a system in viral DNA with repeats resembling CRISPR. ART gives biologists a new lead, though its function remains unknown.
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Study links AI ‘pain’ signal to harmful choices in modified models
Researchers mapped a “pain” signal in 25 AI models. Tests in modified Qwen systems raise safety questions while leaving actual suffering unproven.
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Trump proposes an AI Force to protect the U.S. lead in AI
Trump’s proposed AI Force favors industry growth and existing law as leading AI executives call for slower development and more safety oversight.
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Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse in dispute over AI shopping access
Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse shopping agent 12 days after launch. Outside agents could steer shoppers around the retailer’s sponsored listings.
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Anthropic sets up a biology lab for Claude’s experiments
Anthropic’s Bay Area biology lab adds a place to test Claude’s ideas, alongside tools for controlling instruments and speeding up molecular models.
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Hacktron says Claude helped three researchers breach OpenAI
Hacktron says three researchers reached OpenAI’s private codebase in under 72 hours, raising questions about what larger malicious teams could do.
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Google DeepMind launches think tank to prepare society for AGI
Google DeepMind’s new think tank expands Demis Hassabis’s push to prepare for AGI as Washington’s reported effort to create an AI oversight body stalls.
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Zuckerberg rejects coordinated AI slowdown as industry leaders split
Mark Zuckerberg says AI labs can pace themselves safely. His opposition adds to the pressures making a coordinated slowdown harder to secure.
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Chinese researchers outline AI that can build its successors
Chinese researchers map five levels of AI that improves itself, while Western labs warn that automated research could move faster than human oversight.
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Salesforce introduces Koa while expanding its Claude partnership
Salesforce’s Koa brings CRM reasoning under its control, while Claudeforce connects its customers and workflows with Anthropic’s frontier AI models.
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TypeSafe launches Jev for AI decisions inside software
ChatGPT contributor Diogo Almeida's TypeSafe launches Jev, betting that cheap, fast and reliable AI judgments can become a standard part of software.
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Trump and Beijing push back on Amodei’s AI slowdown plan
Trump dismissed AI catastrophe warnings, while Beijing criticized Amodei’s proposal. The test now is whether AI labs follow through on safety pledges.
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Microsoft AI drafts a Humanist AI rulebook for its own models
Microsoft AI’s draft Humanist AI code sets rules for oversight and shutdowns. Its impact depends on testing, enforcement and adoption by leading labs.
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Apple starts shipping Siri AI with app access and cloud limits
Apple's Siri AI beta adds personal context and actions across apps, but daily limits and app support leave questions about its role in sustained work.
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Dario Amodei calls for an AI slowdown as rivals signal support
Dario Amodei’s call to slow AI gains draws rival support as claims about unreleased models raise questions over safety, oversight and who sets the rules.
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