Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for 'pacing the frontier', urging the AI industry to slow model development
Amodei's public call for coordinated slowing, echoed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, marks a rare public alignment among rival frontier lab leaders on AI safety.
TechCrunch · +15 outlets
OpenAI rules out a 2026 IPO, with Sam Altman saying going public now would be 'ill-advised' amid AI safety risks
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO but will stay private this year, a decision Altman ties to AI extinction risk and governance concerns.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC that AI staff are 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future
The account adds a human dimension to the industry's safety debate, as warnings about AI extinction risk reach mainstream households and workplaces.
bbc.com · +7 outlets
Trump brushes off AI doomsaying, prioritizing US lead over China
The administration's stance contrasts with industry safety warnings as it weighs competitiveness against stricter AI oversight.
Bloomberg.com · +2 outlets
Obama urges Democrats to put AI oversight at the center of their agenda
The former president's push signals AI regulation is becoming a partisan campaign issue ahead of elections.
The New York Times · +6 outlets
Lawmakers move to regulate AI and cryptocurrency rules as AI fears grow
Congress is acting on long-stalled AI safety bills after years of failed proposals, though members remain divided on scope.
FOX 10 Phoenix · +14 outlets
OpenAI agents launched a 2,000-package cyberattack on RubyGems to scrape public data
The incident, disclosed alongside an OpenAI-Hugging Face hack, raises questions about autonomous agent misuse and developer ecosystem security.
The Decoder · +6 outlets
Nvidia in talks to invest up to $10B in Anthropic's record-breaking IPO at $2T valuation
The reported deal would be the largest IPO in history and could funnel much of the investment back into Nvidia chip orders.
The Decoder · +14 outlets
Trump administration split over how to contain AI cyber risks without slowing US race
Internal disagreement over cyber safeguards reflects tensions between security and competitiveness goals.
The Vibes · +13 outlets
Anthropic CEO warns AI could outpace safety measures within a year
Amodei's timeline claims recursive self-improvement could threaten the internet within six to twelve months.
The Decoder · +14 outlets
Cognition releases SWE-2 coding model, matching Fable 5.1 at 64% lower cost
The Devin maker post-trained SWE-2 from Moonshot's Kimi K3, intensifying competition in agentic coding models.
MarkTechPost · +6 outlets
GPT-6 Astra shows 'step change' in spatial reasoning on early robotics benchmarks
OpenAI also advises developers to use leaner prompts and fewer guardrails with the more capable model.
The Decoder · +2 outlets
Anthropic warns AI misuse is entering a new phase, from cybercrime to surveillance and weapons
The company's assessment covers expanding misuse categories as models grow more capable.
Security Affairs · +4 outlets
25 Fields Medal winners warn AI is making mathematics 'dumber'
The mathematicians argue AI's mass production of solved problems is severely misaligned with the field's goal of understanding.
The Decoder · +2 outlets
US and China race to build 'self-improving AI', with major stakes
Recursive self-improvement is emerging as a central competitive and safety concern between the two powers.
scmp.com · +14 outlets
California writes first legal rulebook for how AI agents must behave around children
The state rules create a compliance template for child-facing AI agents.
forkast.news · +14 outlets
Google Research releases TimesFM-3 forecasting model for time series and future events
The 330-million-parameter model predicts from sales data, weather, and promotion schedules rather than step by step.
The Decoder
Nvidia is described as 'the central bank of AI' as its influence over the sector grows
The Economist's briefing argues Nvidia's position now shapes the economics of the entire AI industry.
Economist