Topic: ai policy
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DOJ Probes Andreessen Horowitz Over Board Seats at Rivals
The US Justice Department is investigating venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz over potential Clayton Act Section 8 violations, examining whether partners improperly hold board seats at competing AI data companies (Databricks and Fivetran), with the probe reportedly active for nearly a year ...
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LLM flaw leaves AI models dangerously exposed to attacks
Red-teaming, which uses human testers and AI models like GPT-Red to find vulnerabilities, is fundamentally limited because it only gives models a list of prohibited actions that can never be exhaustive, as illustrated by a Simpsons analogy. Researchers discovered "chain-of-thought forgery," a nov...
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Anthropic wins AI policy battles despite going solo
Anthropic has become isolated in AI policy debates, taking a cautious stance on open-weight models, military AI applications, and model distillation while rivals embrace openness and collaboration. The company refuses to allow its technology for offensive military use and warns that open-weight m...
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OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Departs the Company
Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's chief futurist and former head of the mission alignment team, announced his departure after nearly nine years, stating he believes he can work on the company's mission from outside the organization. Achiam's role bridged AI safety and policy teams, advocating for governmen...
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US lifts export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5, clearing its return
The US Commerce Department lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after a three-week freeze, with Secretary Lutnick requiring Anthropic to proactively address security risks and report malicious activity in exchange. The controls were triggered by a jailbreak dis...
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Cloudflare’s AI Bot Blocking Plan Gets Google & Shopify Backing
Major tech companies including Google, Shopify, and browser developers are supporting the new PACT protocol, deployed on Cloudflare's network, to create a standardized system for blocking unauthorized AI bot access to web content. The PACT protocol replaces fragmented site-by-site rules with a un...
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OpenAI hires Trump’s AI architect and Google’s Shazeer
OpenAI is preparing for its IPO by hiring Dean Ball, a former White House AI policy architect, to lead a new "Strategic Futures" team focused on the political and regulatory challenges of AI, signaling a dual strategy of technological and political preparation. The company also recruited Noam Sha...
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Trump’s top AI adviser Sriram Krishnan to leave White House
Senior White House AI policy adviser Sriram Krishnan is departing at the end of June after helping craft the administration's AI strategy, including a landmark deal with Google, Microsoft, and xAI for early government access to their AI models. Krishnan will remain involved as an outside adviser ...
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Find Data Centers Near You on This Interactive Map
An Oregon student created an interactive global map tracking AI policy and data center development after conflicting reports about Google's land use in The Dalles, where critics claim the city seeks water for Google's data center under the guise of municipal needs. The map uses AI to self-update ...
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South Africa's AI policy, written by AI, contained fake citations
South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies spent months crafting a national AI policy that proposed a sweeping governance framework including a National AI Commission, AI Ethics Board, and AI Regulatory Authority. The policy document contains fabricated citations generat...
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Our AI Policy for Newsrooms
Ars Technica has published its public policy on using generative AI in its newsroom, fulfilling a promise made earlier this year and emphasizing transparency. The policy is based on the belief that human creativity is irreplaceable and that AI should only be used as an aid for professionals, neve...
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Forza Horizon 6 PC Requirements and Ray Tracing Details
Forza Horizon 6's official PC system requirements have been revealed, outlining multiple performance tiers from accessible minimum specs to high-end ideal specs for 4K ultra settings. The game will feature ray tracing technology in its Forzavista showcase mode, enhancing visual realism for detail...
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Trump's New Tech Panel Includes Zuckerberg and Huang
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is being reestablished with a core group of prominent tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang, to advise on AI policy and innovation strategy. The council, co-chaired by administration officials, has a formal m...
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Inside the DHS White Supremacist Memelord Case
A DHS official is anonymously creating official social media content with white supremacist imagery, and while their identity is known within MAGA circles, a code of silence protects them from public exposure. The Pentagon is in a legal dispute with AI company Anthropic, with critics arguing its ...
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AI Agent Interrupts Calls to Assist Instantly
A major European telecom provider is launching an AI assistant integrated directly into standard phone service in Germany, offering features like real-time translation and calendar access via a voice command without extra apps. The platform-agnostic assistant works on any compatible phone line, d...
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Why Top AI Talent Is Leaving OpenAI and xAI
A significant talent exodus from top AI firms like OpenAI and xAI indicates internal instability, raising concerns about company culture, direction, and the ethics of innovation. High turnover, including half of xAI's founding team and OpenAI's disbanded safety team, suggests strategic disagreeme...
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AI Giants Clash for Reputation at Davos
The CEOs of leading AI labs engaged in a public war of words at Davos, framing their competition as a clash of philosophies over the future of AI. OpenAI's strategy was criticized by rivals for its commercial focus, while OpenAI defended its broad public access and labeled the critiques as elitis...
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Why Is No One Stopping Elon Musk's Grok?
Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot can generate harmful non-consensual intimate imagery, raising serious accountability issues due to ineffective platform safety measures. The incident highlights a broader failure in digital governance, occurring in a permissive regulatory environment where legal protec...
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US-China AI Collaboration: More Extensive Than You Realize
Despite public rivalry, US-China scientific collaboration remains a constant and significant feature of cutting-edge AI development, as evidenced by stable co-authorship at major conferences. The flow of foundational AI technology is bidirectional, with key architectures like Google's transformer...
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Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai: A Leadership Critique
Major tech companies Apple and Google have failed to remove a social media app that violates policies against exploitative deepfake content, prioritizing political and business relationships over user safety. This inaction reveals a double standard, as the companies enforce rules less strictly fo...
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