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THE RUMP REPORT

ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

OPENAI EXEC EXODUS DEEPENS... SORA CHIEF, SCIENCE VP, CMO ALL GONE AS BROCKMAN QUIETLY AMASSES POWER

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JUST ENCRYPT THE ATTACK... AND GROK HANDS OVER USER DATA

ars-technica · AUG 20

SOURCES: GROK LITE USERS REPORT MALFUNCTION SINCE WEDNESDAY

techcrunch-ai · AUG 20


EX-GOOGLE ENGINEER WHO STOLE AI TRADE SECRETS FOR TWO CHINESE COMPANIES WINS PARTIAL REVERSAL

techmeme · AUG 21


CRYPTO, AI, BETTING MONEY NOW DRIVES THE MIDTERMS... RECORD $517M AND COUNTING

techmeme · AUG 21


WAYMO, WAYVE RACE TO MAKE LONDON EUROPE'S ROBOTAXI LAUNCH PAD... CABBIES PUSH BACK

techmeme · AUG 21

NEVADA CLEARS TESLA FOR 5,000 VEGAS ROBOTAXIS... WAYMO, UBER EACH CAPPED AT 1,000

techmeme · AUG 21


ENTERPRISES STILL FLYING BLIND ON WHAT THEIR AI AGENTS ARE SPENDING

venturebeat-ai · AUG 20

OPENAI CLOSING GAP ON ANTHROPIC WITH BUSINESS USERS... NEW DATA SHOWS THE SHIFT

techcrunch-ai · AUG 20


STUDY: A THIRD OF WEB PAGES PUBLISHED SINCE CHATGPT'S LAUNCH SHOW SIGNS OF AI AUTHORSHIP

techcrunch-ai · AUG 20

THE CIRCUIT

OPENAI PUBLISHES SOLUTIONS TO LONGSTANDING MATH PROBLEMS... COLUMNIST: FIELD LEFT "SHELL-SHOCKED"

verge-ai · AUG 20


AI "DISCOVERED" THE DRUG... PATENT NAMES FIVE HUMANS INSTEAD

mit-tech-review · AUG 21


BRAZIL HANDS HUAWEI, IFLYTEK $250M FOR SUPERCOMPUTER... PART OF $444M AI SPLURGE SPLIT WITH US FIRMS

techmeme · AUG 21

SOURCES: NVIDIA IN EARLY TALKS TO PARTNER WITH, INVEST IN, OR BUY KOREAN CHIP DESIGNER REBELLIONS...

techmeme · AUG 21


AI DATA STARTUP MICRO1 ROCKETS FROM $100M TO $500M RUN RATE IN JUST 8 MONTHS

techcrunch-ai · AUG 21


REPORT: DEEPSEEK'S NEW VISION MODEL 'NEARS' RIVAL ANTHROPIC'S PERFORMANCE... COMPANY'S OWN CLAIM

techmeme · AUG 21


GOOGLE ROLLS OUT 'PREFERRED SOURCE' BUTTON FOR PUBLISHERS AS AI SEARCH BLEEDS THEIR TRAFFIC

techcrunch-ai · AUG 20


SLACK LAUNCHES AI CODING CHANNELS TODAY... TAG IN CLAUDE OR DEVIN, WATCH THEM BUILD

verge-ai · AUG 20

BINANCE UNLEASHES AI AGENTS ON CRYPTO TRADING... NEW 'AGENT OS' PLUGS INTO CHATGPT, CLAUDE CODE, CURSOR

techcrunch-ai · AUG 20

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AI SECURITY FILES

[PAPER] REPORT: NEW JAILBREAK METHOD USES SUBTITLE SCHEDULING TO CRACK AI VIDEO SAFETY RULES

arxiv · AUG 20

[PAPER] STUDY: TRADER RATIONALES CAN FOOL COMPLIANCE MONITOR... UNLESS ENFORCEMENT EVIDENCE IS SHOWN

arxiv · AUG 20

[PAPER] STUDY: BEST AI MALWARE DETECTOR MISFIRES ON 62% OF SAFE SKILLS... EVEN AS THREATS SLIP THROUGH

arxiv · AUG 20

[PAPER] STUDY: RESEARCHERS EXTRACT 33,000-TOKEN 'HIDDEN' REASONING CHAIN FROM GEMINI VIA API...

arxiv · AUG 20

[PAPER] REPORT: RL-TRAINED ADVERSARY EXTRACTS FULL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS FROM AI AGENT'S ANSWERS

arxiv · AUG 20


[PAPER] STUDY: QUANTUM AI MODELS CAN PERFECTLY MATCH REALITY... CLASSICAL ONES NEVER CAN

arxiv · AUG 20


[PAPER] STUDY: NEW AI HARNESS FOR BRAIN-SCAN RESEARCH QUADRUPLES TOOL-SELECTION ACCURACY... FROM 23% TO NEARLY 94%

arxiv · AUG 20


CODING AGENTS GRADED

[PAPER] STUDY: NEW AI CODE LANGUAGE RUNS MODELS UP TO 58% FASTER ON VLLM... 467 BENCHMARK TESTS BACK CLAIM

arxiv · AUG 20

[PAPER] STUDY: AI AGENTS TESTED ON REWRITING TRAINING ALGORITHMS... BEST SYSTEM CLOSES UNDER A FIFTH OF GAP TO OPTIMAL

arxiv · AUG 20

[PAPER] STUDY: TOP AI CODING AGENT FAILS MAJORITY OF SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE REPAIR TASKS

arxiv · AUG 20

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