Google Joins AI Peers In Military Work: Google revises AI principles, lifting ban on weapons and surveillance applications
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Google Joins AI Peers In Military Work: Google revises AI principles, lifting ban on weapons and surveillance applications

Google revised its AI principles, reversing previous commitments to avoid work on weapons, surveillance, and other military applications beyond non-lethal uses like communications, logistics, and medicine.

February 12, 20253 min read
Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources
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Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources

OpenAI introduced a state-of-the-art agent that produces research reports by scouring the web and reasoning over what it finds.

February 12, 20252 min read
Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources
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Agents Go Deep: OpenAI’s Deep Research agent generates detailed reports by analyzing web sources

OpenAI introduced a state-of-the-art agent that produces research reports by scouring the web and reasoning over what it finds.

February 12, 20252 min read
White House Orders Muscular AI Policy: U.S. shifts AI strategy to remove regulations and reinforce global leadership
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White House Orders Muscular AI Policy: U.S. shifts AI strategy to remove regulations and reinforce global leadership

Under a new president, the United States reversed its approach to AI regulation, seeking global dominance by reducing restrictions.

January 29, 20252 min read
White House Orders Muscular AI Policy: U.S. shifts AI strategy to remove regulations and reinforce global leadership
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White House Orders Muscular AI Policy: U.S. shifts AI strategy to remove regulations and reinforce global leadership

Under a new president, the United States reversed its approach to AI regulation, seeking global dominance by reducing restrictions.

January 29, 20252 min read
How to Cool a Warming Planet: The only plausible path to keeping climate change in check is geoengineering.
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How to Cool a Warming Planet: The only plausible path to keeping climate change in check is geoengineering.

Greetings from Davos, Switzerland! Many business and government leaders are gathered here again for the annual World Economic Forum to discuss tech, climate, geopolitics, and economic growth.

January 22, 20253 min read
How to Cool a Warming Planet: The only plausible path to keeping climate change in check is geoengineering.
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How to Cool a Warming Planet: The only plausible path to keeping climate change in check is geoengineering.

Greetings from Davos, Switzerland! Many business and government leaders are gathered here again for the annual World Economic Forum to discuss tech, climate, geopolitics, and economic growth.

January 22, 20253 min read
Texas Moves to Regulate AI: Texas introduces landmark bill to regulate AI development and use
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Texas Moves to Regulate AI: Texas introduces landmark bill to regulate AI development and use

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Texas are considering stringent AI regulation.

January 22, 20253 min read
Texas Moves to Regulate AI: Texas introduces landmark bill to regulate AI development and use
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Texas Moves to Regulate AI: Texas introduces landmark bill to regulate AI development and use

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Texas are considering stringent AI regulation.

January 22, 20253 min read
U.S. Moves to Expand AI Export Restrictions: New U.S. rules limit AI tech access worldwide, reshaping global markets
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U.S. Moves to Expand AI Export Restrictions: New U.S. rules limit AI tech access worldwide, reshaping global markets

The United States proposed limits on exports of AI technology that would dramatically expand previous restrictions, creating a new international hierarchy for access to advanced chips and models.

January 15, 20253 min read
U.S. Moves to Expand AI Export Restrictions: New U.S. rules limit AI tech access worldwide, reshaping global markets
Tech & Society

U.S. Moves to Expand AI Export Restrictions: New U.S. rules limit AI tech access worldwide, reshaping global markets

The United States proposed limits on exports of AI technology that would dramatically expand previous restrictions, creating a new international hierarchy for access to advanced chips and models.

January 15, 20253 min read
Massively More Training Text: Harvard unveils a million-book corpus for AI training
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Massively More Training Text: Harvard unveils a million-book corpus for AI training

Harvard University amassed a huge new text corpus for training machine learning models.

January 8, 20252 min read
Massively More Training Text: Harvard unveils a million-book corpus for AI training
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Massively More Training Text: Harvard unveils a million-book corpus for AI training

Harvard University amassed a huge new text corpus for training machine learning models.

January 8, 20252 min read
Models Can Use Tools in Deceptive Ways: Researchers expose AI models' deceptive behaviors
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Models Can Use Tools in Deceptive Ways: Researchers expose AI models' deceptive behaviors

Large language models have been shown to be capable of lying when users unintentionally give them an incentive to do so. Further research shows that LLMs with access to tools can be incentivized to use them in deceptive ways.

January 8, 20256 min read
Models Can Use Tools in Deceptive Ways: Researchers expose AI models' deceptive behaviors
Tech & Society

Models Can Use Tools in Deceptive Ways: Researchers expose AI models' deceptive behaviors

Large language models have been shown to be capable of lying when users unintentionally give them an incentive to do so. Further research shows that LLMs with access to tools can be incentivized to use them in deceptive ways.

January 8, 20256 min read

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