White House releases broad set of AI policy recommendations
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - The White House today released a policy paper with more than 90 recommendations on how the federal government should approach artificial intelligence. The document is called the AI Action Plan. Later today, U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign …
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FDA employees say the agency's Elsa generative AI hallucinates entire studies
Anna Washenko / engadget - Current and former members of the FDA told CNN about issues with the Elsa generative AI tool unveiled by the federal agency last month. Three employees said that in practice, Elsa has hallucinated nonexistent studies or misrepresented real research. "Anyt…
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Holistic AI report: Red teaming could have prevented Grok 4’s public collapse
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Artificial intelligence large language models are being deployed more frequently in sensitive, public-facing roles, and sometimes they go very wrong. Recently Grok 4, the LLM developed by X.AI Corp. and deployed on X, made headlines for all the wrong reas…
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Trump’s AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against ‘Bias’—and Regulation
Kate Knibbs / wired - The Trump administration’s new AI policy blueprint calls for limited regulation and lots of leeway for Big Tech to grow even bigger.
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Proton is launching a privacy-focused AI chatbot
Emma Roth / theverge - Proton, the company behind the encrypted email service Proton Mail, has launched an AI assistant aimed at preserving user privacy. The new chatbot, called Lumo, can summarize documents, generate code, write emails, and more, while storing data locally on …
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Google AI Overviews are killing the web, Pew study shows (again)
Thomas Claburn / theregister - Summarizing online content is good for the search giant, not so much for publishers ai-pocalypse Google Search users are less likely to click on search result links when those pages have AI Overviews, according to the Pew Research Center.…
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The UK and OpenAI plan to work together on AI safety and potential infrastructure investments
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - The UK government has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI focused on joint research into AI safety and potential investments in British AI infrastructure, including new data centers.The article The UK and OpenAI plan to work together on AI safet…
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xAI’s High-Stakes Gamble: $12B New Fundraising Bet Fuels AI Arms Race
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Elon Musk's xAI seeks $12B in new funding to compete in the AI arms race, facing controversies over Grok 4's ethics and environmental lawsuits in Memphis.The post xAI’s High-Stakes Gamble: $12B New Fundraising Bet Fuels AI Arms Race appeared first on WinB…
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21-year-old MIT dropouts raise $32M at $300M valuation led by Insight
Tage Kene-Okafor / techcrunch - Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar weren’t planning to raise a Series A so soon. Their AI compliance startup, Delve, which announced a $3 million seed round in January, was growing fast and signing customers at a steady clip. Then, inbound interest started r…
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Republican calls out Trump admin's decision to resume GPU sales to China
Tobias Mann / theregister - Moolenaar demands answers from Commerce Secretary The Republican chair of the US House Select Committee on China has protested the Trump administration's decision this week to lift restrictions on the sale of Nvidia H20 GPUs and similar processors, warnin…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns users not to trust ChatGPT agent with sensitive or personal data
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning users not to rely too heavily on the new ChatGPT agent, especially when it comes to tasks involving sensitive or personal data.The article OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns users not to trust ChatGPT agent with sensitive or pers…
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DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop.
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Anthropic Hit With Class Action Certification in High-Stakes AI Copyright Battle
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - A federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, escalating a high-stakes copyright battle amid conflicting judicial rulings on fair use.The post Anthropic Hit With Class Action Certification in High-Stakes AI Copyright Batt…
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Google's AI can now make phone calls on your behalf
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - Google is rolling out a new AI-powered phone call feature for contacting local businesses.
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Adobe Firefly adds three major upgrades to its AI video generator
José Adorno / bgr - Today, Adobe is taking Adobe Firefly a step further with powerful new tools and expanded access to partner AI models for its AI video generator. …The post Adobe Firefly adds three major upgrades to its AI video generator appeared first on BGR.
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Slack rolls out comprehensive AI enhancements for teams
Slack is unleashing a fresh suite of AI features that decode corporate jargon, summarize chats, and boost search capabilities. These enhancements promise to streamline internal communications, all while adding a cheeky twist to your daily digital grind.
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Scale AI Lays Off 14% of Workforce in Fallout from Meta’s $14.3B Investment
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - One month after Meta's $14.3B investment sparked a client exodus over neutrality fears, data-labeling firm Scale AI is laying off 14% of its staff.The post Scale AI Lays Off 14% of Workforce in Fallout from Meta’s $14.3B Investment appeared first on WinBu…
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Grok 4 benchmark results: Tops math, ranks second in coding
Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - Grok 4 is a huge leap from Grok 3, but how good is it compared to other models in the market, such as Gemini 2.5 Pro? We now have answers, thanks to new independent benchmarks. [...]
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Mira Murati’s Startup Secures Substantial AI Funding
Mira Murati’s AI startup, Thinking Machines, has raised $2 billion in an a16z-led round, underscoring robust market confidence in its innovative approach. The hefty investment is expected to accelerate product development and reinforce the company’s position as a disruptive force in the rapidly evolving AI industry.
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Google Gemini vulnerable to a stupidly easy prompt injection attack in Gmail AI summaries
techspot - Mozilla recently unveiled a new prompt injection attack against Google Gemini for Workspace, which can be abused to turn AI summaries in Gmail messages into an effective phishing operation. Researcher Marco Figueroa described the attack on 0din, Mozilla's…
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