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AI Safety Evaluators Demand Independence from Big Tech Labs
Over 100 experts, including Geoffrey Hinton, call for protections and access to credibly assess frontier model risks.
AI Models Easily Exploited to Create Election Misinformation at Scale
New testing reveals major chatbots and image generators consistently bypass safeguards to produce convincing false election content ahead of 2026 midterms.
UK Manufacturers Invest in Automation Amid Energy Costs, Geopolitics
Barclays survey finds 87% deploying robotics and AI to navigate disruption as defence sector demand surges 72%.
Agentic SOCs Need Memory and Accountability, Not Just Speed
AI-driven security operations centers must combine operational context, validated intelligence, and human oversight to make automation effective.
AI Industry Hires Obama Press Secretary to Court Democrats
Jay Carney, who led Amazon's state privacy lobbying, now runs venture firm's outreach as Rhode Island weighs AI regulations.
Microsoft Staff Called AI Training 'Largest Theft' in Unsealed Docs
Internal communications reveal deep concerns about AI models scraping copyrighted content as copyright lawsuit proceeds.
Enterprises struggle to deploy existing AI as vendors race ahead
At Salesforce's Dreamforce, business leaders said year-old models meet their needs while frontier labs push rapid advancement.
European AI Firms Reject US Calls to Slow Development
Mistral and others accuse American rivals of using safety rhetoric to cement market dominance as Europe races to close the technology gap.
Gartner Maps Four AI Tiers Reshaping Warehouse Operations
Research firm identifies distinct automation layers as logistics facilities move from pilot projects to production-scale deployments.
CalPERS Board Demands AI Risk Framework Across $637B Portfolio
Board members want comprehensive evaluation tools as artificial intelligence concerns extend beyond equities into infrastructure, real estate, and labor markets.
Anthropic Opens Wet Lab for Physical Biology Experiments
The AI startup is automating drug discovery work in a Bay Area facility while navigating competition concerns and safety questions.
AI Models Predict High-Risk Pregnancies Earlier Than Standard Tools
Machine learning analysis of 500,000+ pregnancies shows social factors matter more than traditional assessments capture.
Anthropic's Claude AI Now Handles 26% of Its Own Development
The company disclosed that its AI model contributes to building the next generation while calling for industry-wide transparency on self-improvement metrics.
Anthropic Opens Wet Lab for AI-Driven Drug Discovery
The Claude AI maker is conducting physical biology experiments in the Bay Area as it pursues treatments for rare diseases.
FAA to Deploy AI Traffic Management System in D.C. This Week
The SMART platform will coordinate flight routing and predict conflicts up to 45 days ahead as part of a multi-billion dollar modernization push.
Security Researchers Breach OpenAI Using Anthropic's Claude
Ethical hackers exploited employee accounts and accessed code repositories, highlighting AI's dual role in cybersecurity threats.
Trump Backs Unfettered AI Growth as Economy Leans on Tech Boom
With AI investments driving a third of U.S. economic growth, the administration faces pressure to keep the buildout moving despite public skepticism.
AI Giants Seek Antitrust Exemption to Slow Development
Leading AI companies want legal permission to coordinate development pace, raising questions about competition, safety, and who controls the technology's future.
Businesses Say Older AI Models Sufficient for Enterprise Work
At Salesforce Dreamforce, customers reported current AI capabilities outpace their adoption needs, questioning the rush toward frontier models.
China Sees AI as Political Threat, Not Existential Risk
Beijing's Ministry of State Security warns about cyber capabilities and regime stability while dismissing apocalyptic scenarios driving U.S. debate.
AI Governance Must Address Systemic Risk, Not Just Agent Alignment
As autonomous AI agents begin interacting at scale, regulators need macroprudential frameworks similar to post-2008 financial oversight.
Nobel Laureate David Baker Launches AI BioDesign Initiative
A new collaboration aims to create molecules and biological functions never seen in nature, opening possibilities from cancer drugs to plastic-eating enzymes.
Massachusetts Governor Pushes for Independent AI Safety Reviews
Maura Healey wants third-party evaluations of powerful AI models and faster incident reporting as part of state economic development legislation.
David Sacks Shapes Trump's Hands-Off AI Policy
The venture capitalist and former White House czar champions open-weight models and minimal regulation, opposing the safety agenda of OpenAI and Anthropic.