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THE RUMP REPORT

ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

REPORT: ISRAEL BEHIND FAKE THINK TANK... LIKELY BID TO FOOL AI CHATBOTS

THE WIRE

VERCEL CEO TROLLS GITHUB MID-OUTAGE: 'UNLIKE GITHUB, IT'S ONLINE'... THEN ADMITS 'WE OURSELVES ARE STUCK'

venturebeat-ai · AUG 17


STUDY: AI 'READER' MODULE LEARNS SHORTCUT... ANSWERS FROM MEMORY WHILE SCORE KEEPS CLIMBING

venturebeat-ai · AUG 17


GROQ RAISES $350M AT $3.5B VALUATION... FORMER AI CHIPMAKER PIVOTS TO NVIDIA-POWERED NEOCLOUD

techcrunch-ai · AUG 17

ANTHROPIC REVENUE ROCKETS TO $65 BILLION... $18B ADDED IN JUST TWO MONTHS

techcrunch-ai · AUG 17


REPORT: RARE BOOKS SEEN AS PRIME AI TRAINING FODDER... MODELS HAVE ALREADY DEVOURED EVERYTHING ELSE ONLINE

techcrunch-ai · AUG 17


ALIBABA'S OPEN-SOURCE AI MODEL TOPS 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS IN DAYS... ONE OF ITS FASTEST-GROWING EVER

venturebeat-ai · AUG 18

Z.AI'S NEW MODEL COULD SECURE SYSTEMS... OR ARM HACKERS

wired-ai · AUG 18

THE CIRCUIT

NVIDIA POURS $1.5B INTO SOFTBANK DATA CENTER FIRM... LOCKS IN CHIPS FOR OPENAI PROJECT

techcrunch-ai · AUG 17

AI CHIP STARTUP ETCHED RAISES $700M... VALUATION ROCKETS TO $21B, DOUBLE JULY'S MARK

techmeme · AUG 18


ALIPAY LAUNCHES ALL-IN-ONE AI AGENT PLATFORM FOR BUSINESSES... ALIBABA STOCK JUMPS 5%+, UP 40%+ SINCE JUNE

techmeme · AUG 18

EX-AWS ENGINEERS LAUNCH AI AGENT 'CONTROL PLANE' TODAY... PITCH IT AS CURE FOR VENDOR LOCK-IN

venturebeat-ai · AUG 17


GOOGLE UNVEILS £5M PLAN TO REROUTE ATLANTIC FLIGHTS USING AI... WORLD'S FIRST AIRSPACE-WIDE CONTRAIL TRIAL

techmeme · AUG 18


REPORT: BAIDU REVENUE SINKS FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT QUARTER... MISSES ESTIMATES AS AI RIVALS PULL AHEAD

techmeme · AUG 18


OPENAI LAUNCHES 'CHATGPT FOR TEENS'... AUTO-LIMITS SELF-HARM, EATING DISORDER CHATS

techmeme · AUG 18

ARXIV WIRE

[PAPER] STUDY: 5 AI MODELS DELIVERED MAX SHOCK EVERY SESSION... 11 NEVER DID

arxiv · AUG 17


JAILBREAK FILES

[PAPER] STUDY: AI MODELS CAN BE 'HYPNOTIZED' INTO OBEDIENCE... HIDDEN TYPOS, PARAPHRASES ENOUGH TO SEIZE CONTROL

arxiv · AUG 17

[PAPER] STUDY: AI AGENT SKILLS THAT PASS SAFETY SCANS ONE-BY-ONE CHAIN INTO ATTACKS 83% OF THE TIME WHEN COMBINED

arxiv · AUG 17

[PAPER] STUDY: NEARLY 1 IN 6 WEBPAGES MODIFIED THIS YEAR ARE SECRETLY RIGGED TO FOOL GOOGLE, GEMINI AI ANSWERS

arxiv · AUG 17

[PAPER] STUDY: SELF-EVOLVING 'JAILBREAK SKILL' LIBRARY CRACKS GPT-5.4... SUCCESS RATE JUMPS 48.6 POINTS

arxiv · AUG 17


[PAPER] STUDY: MANDATORY AI-LABELING LAWS ARE A "REGULATORY PLACEBO"... RISK STALLING AI ITSELF

arxiv · AUG 17


[PAPER] REPORT: LANGUAGE MODELS BEGIN TAKING ON ROBOT PLANNING, DECISION-MAKING AS INTEGRATION DEEPENS

arxiv · AUG 17


[PAPER] STUDY: AI ATTACK RECONSTRUCTS FACES FROM RECOGNITION MODELS... HITS 92% ACCURACY

arxiv · AUG 17


AGENTS GONE WRONG

[PAPER] STUDY: BREAKING AI AGENTS INTO SUBAGENTS BURIES DISCOVERED FACTS... UP TO 85% VANISH BEFORE FINAL CALL

arxiv · AUG 17

[PAPER] STUDY: AI'S OWN BUG FIXES PLANT NEW FLAWS... SECURITY PIPELINE BACKFIRES IN UP TO 22% OF RUNS

arxiv · AUG 17


[PAPER] REPORT: LLMS FALL SHORT AS LANGUAGE TEACHERS DESPITE CLASSROOM PUSH

arxiv · AUG 17


[PAPER] STUDY: NEW AI "POLICY ALGEBRA" BLOCKS 94.8% OF ROGUE AGENT ACTIONS... TASKS STILL GET DONE 86.9% OF TIME

arxiv · AUG 17

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