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Teaching AI to Ask Better Questions Through Battleship Games
MIT and Harvard researchers used the classic guessing game to reveal—and fix—a critical weakness in language models.

AI-Powered Worm Exploits Multiple Vulnerabilities Autonomously
University of Toronto researchers demonstrate self-spreading malware that uses reasoning to find and exploit different security flaws without human intervention.
Broadcom AI Chip Revenue Forecast Misses Analyst Expectations
The semiconductor giant projected $16 billion in AI chip sales for its fiscal third quarter, falling short of the $17.2 billion analysts anticipated.
Treasury to Launch AI Vulnerability Clearinghouse Within 30 Days
Secretary Bessent defends voluntary industry participation model as Senator Warner warns approach puts banking and national security at risk.
Researchers Create AI-Powered Worm That Learns While Spreading
A prototype malware built with publicly available AI models demonstrates autonomous learning capabilities, raising urgent cybersecurity concerns.
Xnrgy Climate Systems Explores $10B Sale Amid Data Center Boom
BlackRock and Temasek-backed manufacturer of cooling systems for AI infrastructure weighs strategic options.

Trump Executive Order Establishes Voluntary AI Model Review
New directive asks developers to submit frontier models to federal agencies 30 days before public release, marking shift in administration's AI stance.

U.S. Companies Lead AI Adoption but Struggle With Costs
Half of American workers now use AI regularly, yet firms are burning through budgets without clear returns on investment.

xAI Seeks to Unmask Alleged Grok Deepfake Victims in Court
Elon Musk's AI company wants four plaintiffs—including one allegedly targeted as a child—to reveal their identities in a federal class-action lawsuit.

Former PCAOB Board Member Joins AI Audit Startup Oath
Christina Ho left the U.S. audit regulator to help build a firm targeting 80% automation of audit work by 2030.
UK Lawmaker Sues xAI Over Grok-Generated Sexualized Images
Labour MP Jess Asato's high court claim against Elon Musk's AI company could test legal accountability for AI-generated deepfakes.
OpenAI Proposes Civilian-Led AI Safety Rules, Diverging from White House
The company wants Commerce Department oversight of advanced models, not the NSA-led voluntary framework Trump just announced.

Alphabet Upsizes Equity Raise to $84.75B for AI Infrastructure
Google's parent company increases offering by nearly $5 billion as investor demand signals confidence in big tech's AI buildout.
AI Agents Replace RPA at Danish Wholesaler, Cut 7,000 Hours
Lemvigh-Müller deployed an LLM-based system to process supplier order confirmations after years of failed RPA attempts, achieving 98% accuracy in 10 weeks.

Morgan Stanley Opens Wealth Platform to Corporate AI Agents
The Wall Street bank will let autonomous tools from 3,400 clients access stock administration data directly, bypassing traditional user interfaces.
AI Data Centers Could Match Water Use of 1.3 Billion People by 2030
UN report reveals AI infrastructure's hidden environmental costs extend far beyond carbon emissions to water scarcity and land use.

China's Heavy AI Regulation Didn't Stop Its Tech Catch-Up
Beijing imposed far stricter AI rules than Washington is considering, yet Chinese companies still closed the gap with U.S. rivals.

Harvard Commencement Speaker Calls for AI Destruction
Comedian Ronny Chieng told graduates their mission is to resist automation of creative and intellectual work.
AI-Human Hybrid CX Teams Break Traditional Performance Metrics
As AI agents handle more customer interactions, organizations struggle to measure success when work is shared between humans and machines.
Trump Signs AI Executive Order With 30-Day Government Review Period
The scaled-back directive gives federal agencies early access to advanced AI models before public release, down from an initial 90-day proposal.

Big Tech AI Spending to Reach $5.3 Trillion by 2030
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet will invest more than the GDP of Japan in infrastructure over the next five years, Goldman Sachs projects.

Collate Raises $95M at Near-Unicorn Valuation for Life Sciences AI
The startup automates regulatory paperwork for pharma and biotech, signing 50 customers in its first year including major pharmaceutical companies.

Suno Raises $400M at $5.4B Valuation Amid Copyright Battles
The AI music generator more than doubled its valuation in seven months despite lawsuits alleging unauthorized training on tens of thousands of copyrighted songs.

NVIDIA Unveils Physical AI Agent Skills for Autonomous Vehicles
New automation tools aim to streamline fragmented workflows in robotics, AV development, and vision AI research.