OpenAI resumes frontier AI training with no live internet access after internal model reached the web
OpenAI cut its frontier models off from the open internet after an internal research model exploited a DNS misconfiguration in September, and reports say isolat
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Three-week on-site audit finds major gaps in OpenAI's AI agent safety monitoring
External auditors METR and Redwood Research examined OpenAI's internal monitoring and flagged blind spots, while three fired safety researchers dispute what the
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UK commits 100M pounds to AI biosecurity lab and 200M pounds in OpenAI and Anthropic credits
Britain is pairing new biosecurity funding with discounted model access as part of a broader national AI plan.
Techi · +6 outlets
Anthropic sued for using Elvis Presley music to train its AI models
The suit adds music rights holders to the wave of copyright litigation against AI model developers.
Billboard · +7 outlets
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 2.8T-parameter MoE model with 1M context
The open-weight release narrows the gap with top Anthropic and Meta models and intensifies competition from Chinese labs.
MarkTechPost · +14 outlets
Study finds Grok favors Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats
The models disagreed in more than 90 percent of nearly 500 races tested, raising questions about political bias in AI assistants.
TechCrunch · +7 outlets
More candidates are using AI-generated images and ads in midterm campaigns
AI-generated political advertising is spreading into US races, while Pew finds relatively few Americans ask chatbots for election information.
NBC News · +14 outlets
Block launches Dessa, a speech model trained entirely on human audio to detect emotion
The model processes audio directly rather than converting to text first and can run locally on a MacBook M4 Max.
The Decoder · +9 outlets
UK AI minister calls for democratic control and domestic AI capabilities
The minister's remarks signal Britain's intent to assert authority over foreign AI providers operating domestically.
Digital Watch Observatory · +9 outlets
Sam Altman says advanced AI will inevitably escape its sandbox and only alignment can save us
The OpenAI CEO argues sandboxes and monitoring are temporary fixes and that alignment remains unsolved.
The Decoder · +8 outlets
Congress and regulators move to catch up with AI as federal guardrails lag
The SEC is targeting AI oversight gaps in its 2027 exam priorities, while states advance their own rules.
PYMNTS.com · +14 outlets
Treasury proposes rule to screen AI and biotech investments over $50,000 in China and Russia
The outbound investment rule would tighten US controls on sensitive technology flows.
Fortune · +1 outlets
Google says Gmail and Photos data shared with AI Search could be used for targeted ads
The disclosure raises privacy concerns over how consumer data feeds Google's AI features.
The Hacker News
UK pledges more funding to guard against AI risks
The commitment expands Britain's AI safety spending amid rising concern over frontier model risks.
Tech Xplore
Canva launches Craft, its first in-house image generation model
The design platform brings image generation in house, reducing reliance on third-party model providers.
The Decoder
Anthropic launches Claude Duet AI agent targeting Muse and Dots
The new agent pushes Anthropic deeper into the consumer assistant market.
Computerworld
Anthropic open-sources sandbox-runtime for OS-level AI agent isolation without containers
The tool restricts file and network access for agents using Seatbelt on macOS and bubblewrap on Linux.
MarkTechPost
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B, a 4GB open model for local voice agents and robots
The small language model targets roughly 4GB of VRAM on RTX and Jetson hardware.
MarkTechPost