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The real danger is not that machines will act without supervision; It’s that the human supervisor has no idea what the machine is actually “thinking.” Thankfully, science may offer a way forward.
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I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most interesting/important/scary/fascinating tech stories.
1 Despite blacklisting Anthropic, White House wants its new model
Trump officials are negotiating rights to Myth. (Axios)
+ Anthropic says it’s too dangerous to post publicly. (Bloomberg $)
+ Finance ministers alarmed by security risks. (British Broadcasting Corporation)
+ Anthropic selection A less risky model than Mythos has just been launched. (CNBC)
+ The Pentagon has launched a culture war against the company. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Sam Altman’s side business raises conflict of interest concerns
His opaque investments could influence OpenAI’s decisions. (wall street journal $)
+ A jury will soon decide whether OpenAI abandons its founding mission. (wired $)
+ The company is making significant contributions to science. (MIT Technology Review)
3 Starlink outage during drone test exposes Pentagon’s dependence on SpaceX
This is one of several Navy testing outages related to Starlink. (Reuters $)
+ The Department of Defense also leverages Ford and General Motors for military innovation.(Now $)
4 Data center delays could hinder AI expansion
40% of projects this year are at risk of falling behind schedule. (financial times $)
+ Part of the reason is that no one wants a data center in their backyard. (MIT Technology Review)
5 Alibaba just released its own version of the world model
Happy Oyster is the latest attempt to expand artificial intelligence’s ability to understand physical reality. (South China Morning Post)
+ But they still need to understand cause and effect. (financial times $)
6 Google’s Gemini is now generating AI images customized for personal data
By analyzing users’ Google services and data. (quartz)
+ Google says it will reduce the need for detailed prompts. (TechCrunch)
7 OpenAI is beefing up its agent coding and development system
Its Codex update is directly targeted at Claude Code. (edge)
+ But not everyone is convinced about AI coding. (MIT Technology Review)
8 European online age verification apps are coming
It’s free for any company that needs it. (wired $)
9 Smart glasses bring hope of K-pop moment to Korean theaters
Their AI translations are bringing shows to the world. (Now $)
10 Global Voice Actors Are Fighting Hollywood’s AI Push
Their voices are being trained to replace their models. (Rest of the world)
Quotation of the day
“There’s a dark period between now and some time in the future where the advantage is offensive AI.”
—Rob Joyce, former director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency Bloomberg How artificial intelligence is creating new hacking threats.
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