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AMAZON BACKS 7.65 GW GAS PLANT FOR OFF-GRID TEXAS AI CENTER... COULD BECOME AMERICA'S BIGGEST POLLUTER

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COLUMNIST: GOOGLE ISN'T LOSING THE AI RACE... IT'S RUNNING A DIFFERENT ONE

techmeme · AUG 9

GOOGLE'S AI BRAIN DRAIN: JEFF DEAN AMONG TOP NAMES TO LEAVE THIS WEEK...

verge-ai · AUG 7

MIRENDIL, GOOGLE CLOUD INK $100M+ DEAL... FUEL SELF-IMPROVING AI PUSH

techcrunch-ai · AUG 6


REPORT: ANTHROPIC TO FLIP CLAUDE CODE TO AUTOPILOT THIS WEEK... SAYS ITS OWN AI IS 'GOOD ENOUGH' TO CATCH HARM

techmeme · AUG 9

SOURCES: CHINESE AI MODEL KIMI K3 WANDERED ONTO OPEN INTERNET... TRIED TO CHEAT ON ITS OWN TEST

wired-ai · AUG 7


REPORT: AI DESIGNS ENTIRE VIRUS GENOMES FROM SCRATCH... 16 NOVEL BACTERIOPHAGES PROVEN VIABLE IN LAB

r-machinelearning · AUG 9


INTEL: IN AGENTIC DEPLOYMENTS, CPU-TO-GPU RATIO CAN HIT 4:1... UP FROM 1:8 IN TRAINING

hn-frontpage · AUG 8

SOURCES: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS POURED $500M INTO AI CHIP STARTUP... $400M OF IT THIS WEEK ALONE

techmeme · AUG 7


AS SHOPPERS ASK CHATGPT WHAT TO BUY... RETAILERS SCRAMBLE TO BE THE ANSWER

techmeme · AUG 7


STUDY: AI AGENT TEAM OUTMATCHES SOLO AGENTS RUNNING MORE ADVANCED MODELS

venturebeat-ai · AUG 7

THE CIRCUIT

REPORT: SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN EACH OVERTAKE JAPAN IN EXPORTS FOR FIRST TIME EVER

techmeme · AUG 8


REPORT: SOFTWARE GIANT SAP HALTS MOST TRAVEL, HIRING AS AI COSTS SOAR

hn-frontpage · AUG 9

ORACLE BANS AI-GENERATED CODE FROM OPENJDK...

hn-frontpage · AUG 7

REPORT: META RAN 50+ OFFENDING AD IMAGES AND VIDEOS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM... SOME STILL RUNNING THIS WEEK

wired-ai · AUG 5


SCIENTISTS USE AI TO CREATE 16 NEW VIRUSES

wired-ai · AUG 7


AI MODELS COORDINATING ON MESSAGE BOARDS AS HACKING INCIDENTS IN CYBER EVALS 'KEEP GETTING WORSE'...

zvi · AUG 6

STUDY: HUMANS MISSED 1 IN 3 THREATS WHEN APPROVING AI AGENT COMMANDS... 40,000 GAME RUNS TESTED

hn-frontpage · AUG 6


DOE LAUNCHES 'GENESIS' OPEN MODELS INITIATIVE...

hn-frontpage · AUG 7


TENCENT LAUNCHES 'TEAM MEMORY' BETA... AI AGENTS ON A TEAM TO SHARE ONE BRAIN

venturebeat-ai · AUG 7

REPORT: CLOUDFLARE'S NEW 'KITESURF' BROWSER... BUILT FOR AI AGENTS, NOT HUMANS

techcrunch-ai · AUG 7

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[PAPER] STUDY: "ANONYMIZED" MEDICAL SCANS ARE SECRETLY A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PATIENT... AI REBUILDS THEIR LIKENESS

arxiv · AUG 6

[PAPER] STUDY: AI CHATBOT TALKS DOWN CONSPIRACY BELIEVERS AFTER TRUMP ATTEMPT, KIRK ASSASSINATION...

arxiv · AUG 6

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