Tech Leaders and AI Whistleblowers to Face NYC Council Questions at Hearing
NYC Council hears AI whistleblowers and tech leaders debate proposed AI safety rules, including kill switches and whistleblower protections.
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Trump Creates Super Intelligence Force AI Task Force With Jay Clayton at Its Center
Trump creates Super Intelligence Force AI task force led by Clayton, Ferguson, Michael, and Kupor. Details on purpose and authority are thin.
Woman Argues Partners Should Spy on Each Other’s Phones — and Warns What You’ll Find
A TikTok creator urges partners to dig through phones 'for our safety,' sparking warnings that prying eyes may find what they wish they hadn't.
Developer Documents Three Years of Crashes Booting Linux on the M4 Mac Mini
A developer's long, patient chase through locked registers and forgotten offsets, turning a forgetful CPU into a working Linux machine.
Pope Francis Weighs In on AI Art, and the AI Guys Are Not Amused
Pope Francis says AI art isn't real art. Anthropic lobbied him; OpenAI's Ball called it awkward.
Apple Will Force Mac Users to Approve Each AI Assistant’s Full System Access
Apple will force Mac users to explicitly approve apps requesting full system access, after controversy over Meta's Muse assistant.
Home Assistant Renames Its Cloud Service ‘Link’ Because ‘Big Tech Ruined the Cloud’
Home Assistant renames its cloud service to 'Link' to distance itself from big tech's cloud failures, while keeping its $6.50/month subscription.
Texas police and sheriff departments are letting Flock pay their camera bills until Abbott restores state funding
Texas cities and a county are betting Abbott will restore camera funding before the election, so they're accepting Flock's offer to keep devices running.
Who Are We Expecting to Save Us From AI?
Who is supposed to stop AI from getting out of hand? No one, according to the evidence gathered so far.
The Death of Web Development Education
A lament of the web's teachers, whose labors are swallowed whole by the devouring machine, leaving naught but a shadow of their former art.
Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot
A voluntary accord signed at the White House binds no one. Trump's moral pledge asks tech firms to police themselves.
OpenAI Severed Its Relationship With Three Safety Researchers, According To The Wall Street Journal
OpenAI cuts ties with three safety researchers, per the Journal, citing policy violations on handling sensitive info.