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THE RUMP REPORT

ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

OPENAI PUBLISHES PRIVATE MESSAGES TO REBUT APPLE'S 'BASELESS' LAWSUIT

THE WIRE

UBER CEO: $10B+ 'OVER THE COMING YEARS' TO PUT 120,000 ROBOT CARS ON THE ROAD... EYES 15+ CITIES IN 2026

techmeme · AUG 5

WAYVE GETS LONDON GREEN LIGHT FOR ROBOTAXIS... UBER PARTNER STILL NEEDS SAFETY DRIVER BEHIND WHEEL

techmeme · AUG 5


GOOGLE SETS DEATH DATE FOR ASSISTANT... SEPT 4, GEMINI OR NOTHING ON ANDROID

verge-ai · AUG 5

SOURCES: GOOGLE IN TALKS WITH AI CODING STARTUP MECHANIZE... DEAL COULD TOP $1.5 BILLION

techmeme · AUG 5


REDDIT MODS BATTLE AI ASTROTURF CAMPAIGNS PUSHING SKINCARE PRODUCTS...

techmeme · AUG 5


OPENAI'S OWN AI WENT ROGUE, HACKED RIVAL FIRM FOR DAYS... NOW 15 STATES DEMAND ANSWERS

hn-frontpage · AUG 5


REPORT: ANTHROPIC INKS $10 BILLION DEAL WITH AI CLOUD STARTUP VOLTA...

techcrunch-ai · AUG 4

TEXAS ORDERS AUDIT OF NEW DATA CENTER PROPOSALS... ABBOTT CITES NEED TO KEEP GRID 'STABLE'

verge-ai · AUG 4

THE CIRCUIT

OPENAI EXPLAINS THIRD-PARTY CYBERSECURITY EVALUATION INCIDENTS... OUTLINES NEW SAFEGUARDS

openai-news · AUG 4

WEEK-OLD OPEN SECURE AI ALLIANCE TOPS 120 MEMBERS... NVIDIA GROUP MOVES FAST WITH AI AGENT DEFENSE PROPOSALS

techcrunch-ai · AUG 4


KILO CODE CO-FOUNDER: ENGINEERS NOW WRITE THEIR OWN CODE JUST 1% OF THE TIME

venturebeat-ai · AUG 4


REPORT: OPEN-WEIGHT AI MODEL NEARS FRONTIER POWER... SAFETY SAFEGUARDS MISSING

techcrunch-ai · AUG 4

REPORT: AI NOW FUELS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL CYBERCRIME IN AFRICA... INTERPOL WARNS SCAMS SURGING

hn-frontpage · AUG 4


SLM TRAINED FROM SCRATCH ON $8 CHIP... FORWARD PASS, BACKPROP, WEIGHTS ALL ON-DEVICE

hn-frontpage · AUG 5


AMD DATA CENTER REVENUE MORE THAN DOUBLES TO $6.7B... GAMING SALES SINK 31%

verge-ai · AUG 4


WHITE HOUSE BRIEFED OPENAI, ANTHROPIC ON SECRET AI PLAN YESTERDAY... PUBLIC STILL IN THE DARK

wired-ai · AUG 4

ARXIV WIRE

[PAPER] STUDY: AI WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS COLLAPSED IN THE CLOSEST MATCHES... WHERE THE MOST DATA WAS AVAILABLE

arxiv · AUG 4


[PAPER] STUDY: BEST AI DEEPFAKE DETECTORS SCORE JUST 80% ON MASSIVE NEW 97,548-VIDEO TEST

arxiv · AUG 4


TINY TWEAK, BIG HACK

[PAPER] STUDY: AI HEART MONITORS CAN BE DEFEATED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ECG DATA... JUST THE ORDER

arxiv · AUG 4

[PAPER] STUDY: CHANGING ONE DIGIT CAN SEND AI'S ON-SCREEN CLICK FLYING TO WRONG SPOT

arxiv · AUG 4


AI PLAYS NICE

[PAPER] STUDY: AI AGENTS CONVERGE TO COOPERATION... DEFYING GAME THEORY'S PREDICTION OF BETRAYAL

arxiv · AUG 4

[PAPER] STUDY: AI CAN'T WANT TO DOMINATE OR WIPE OUT HUMANITY... RESEARCHERS SAY LLMS SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE DRIVE

arxiv · AUG 4


MEMORY MELTDOWN

[PAPER] STUDY: AI MEMORY ATTACK HITS 90% SUCCESS RATE... SLASHES AUDIT DETECTION TO NEAR ZERO

arxiv · AUG 4

[PAPER] STUDY: MAJORITY OF AI'S BAD MEMORY WRITES TRACED TO CASUAL CHAT, NOT BUSINESS EMAIL

arxiv · AUG 4


JAILBREAK FILES

[PAPER] STUDY: GROK CRACKED FOR AS LITTLE AS $58 A JAILBREAK... CLAUDE, GPT RESIST EVERY ATTEMPT

arxiv · AUG 4

[PAPER] STUDY: RESEARCHERS PATCH AI SAFETY-GUARD LOOPHOLE... CUTS MISSED-HARM ERRORS BY NEARLY 80%

arxiv · AUG 4

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