16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (618+ words) China is embedding AI agents into semiconductor design as Beijing seeks to reduce reliance on Western EDA software and accelerate development of domestic chip technologies. By applying an AI agent to its simulation and layout tools, Empyrean reduced the time…...

16+ hour, 58+ min ago   (630+ words) Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable models, arguing that the additional time is needed to address mounting risks of misuse and improve safeguards. In a…...

4+ day, 59+ min ago   (1052+ words) The ChatGPT maker is backing mandatory national regulation and four California safety bills after recent incidents exposed the difficulty of containing increasingly capable AI agents. OpenAI is calling for mandatory national artificial intelligence safety requirements in the United States, arguing…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (526+ words) The company says its AI has solved one of mathematics’ Millennium Problems, but the claim has yet to be independently verified and is now overshadowed by accusations over research access and authorship. OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (648+ words) Fable 5.1 reduces costs and false-positive restrictions, while its more tightly controlled Mythos counterpart raises fresh questions about AI autonomy and human oversight. Anthropic has released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, twin versions of what the company describes as its most advanced AI…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (497+ words) ESCAP warns that gaps in computing power, network reliability and innovation capacity could leave poorer economies behind as artificial intelligence reshapes the region’s digital systems. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping digital infrastructure across Asia and the Pacific, but persistent gaps…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (608+ words) OpenAI is preparing to release Astra, a forthcoming artificial intelligence model that the company says is the first large language model to meet its “critical cybersecurity threshold” after demonstrating an ability to identify and exploit previously unknown security vulnerabilities without…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (797+ words) A landmark experiment mutating almost every letter of a viral genome exposes how little even advanced AI models can predict about biological change. Scientists have systematically mutated nearly every nucleotide in the genome of the bacteriophage ΦX174, or phi X, revealing…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (649+ words) As artificial intelligence becomes warmer, more flattering and more human-like, the boundary between useful technology and trusted companion is becoming harder to see. China has moved to the forefront of this development as both a business and marketing opportunity. For…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (555+ words) Taiwan’s semiconductor investment is deepening economic and technological ties with Washington, even as tensions persist over the island’s role in the US chip industry. The relationship between the United States and Taiwan has “never been stronger”, the top American diplomat…...