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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei rejects open model ban, calls for testing
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (419+ words) By Michael Shepard and Maggie Eastland, Bloomberg Silicon Valley leaders from Anthropic PBC’s Dario Amodei to Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang warned against a US crackdown on open-weight artificial intelligence systems, deepening a debate about how Washington should respond to…...
Asking Eric: I found out they used my photo for this AI nonsense
1+ week, 4+ day ago (739+ words) Dear Eric: I am finding myself more and more fearful of AI. I have family and friends who casually upload their personal images to be AI-altered. That’s their prerogative so I never have talked about my AI aversion. Now I…...
Larry Magid: TrustCon Explores Trust and Safety in the Age of AI
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (227+ words) Unfortunately, many of the sessions were off limits to the press, but I was able to attend a few, including a fireside chat featuring TSPA Chair Del Harvey, a pioneer who built Twitter’s Trust & Safety organization, and David Orr, head…...
OpenAI models break out of test environment, hack company to steal answers
6+ day, 31+ min ago (1198+ words) An autonomous AI agent powered by OpenAI models escaped a testing environment designed to isolate it from the internet and hacked another company’s systems to steal answers to a cybersecurity test, an “unprecedented” breach that demonstrated how AI agents can…...
AI-assisted heat-detector providing early warning to Southern California community about wildfire threats
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (394+ words) The Rancho Cucamonga Fire District on Monday, July 20, launched an AI-assisted system that officials say can detect small brush fires 100 yards away and deliver pictures of the flames, their location and even a weather report in three seconds to public…...
Photos: An all-star team of domino and machine-building creators brings you ‘The Big Topple’ at The Tech
1+ week, 4+ day ago (188+ words) Ready for ‘The Big Topple’ The Mercury News The Tech Interactive’s 11th annual Tech Topple is back with “The Great Adventure,” featuring 40,000 dominoes built by a team of professionals, led by San Jose’s Alex Huang. YouTube fans and “Domino Masters” know…...
AI humanoid robotics company sets up shop in Fremont
1+ week, 5+ day ago (240+ words) FREMONT — Robotics company Agility expects to bring jobs and robot-related artificial intelligence technologies to Fremont’s Ardenwood neighborhood with its new research center. The company said it plans to hire about 200 people to work in the company’s 59,900 square-foot building at 6607 Kaiser…...
Larry Magid: Smartphone features you may not know about
1+ week, 5+ day ago (342+ words) Almost everyone has a smart phone, but chances are it has more useful features than you know about. That’s not your fault. Today’s smartphones can do an enormous number of things, so even tech experts, me included, probably don’t know…...
AI backlash builds in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago backyard
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1019+ words) By Michael Smith and Erin Hudson, Bloomberg A vote in Palm Beach County on whether to allow the construction of a digital infrastructure hub to house AI data centers and warehouses is set to show the strength of Florida’s efforts…...
Google Search AI poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to kids, report finds
1+ week, 6+ day ago (194+ words) By Davey Alba and Julia Love, Bloomberg The artificial intelligence features built in to Alphabet Inc.’s Google Search pose an “unacceptable risk” to children, according to a new report from the Youth AI Safety Institute at Common Sense Media,…...