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US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.
Read original sourceWhy teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable
A model developed by researchers at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital adjusts scans on the fly to track fetal movement, potentially sparing families repeat hospital visits.
Read original sourceEx-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, US prosecutors say
Read source via Google NewsWe need to stop disinformation in UK political adverts. Here’s a chance to do so | Letter
Alex Tait on a proposed amendment to the representation of the people bill, and Dr Joseph Mullen on Russian interference in the Brexit referendumAndy Burnham’s comments about Russian interference in Brexit (Report, 11 October) and the warning by the MI5 chief, Ken McCallum, against exaggerating its impact (Report, 13 October) risk overlooking another serious threat to electoral integrity: disinfor
Read original sourceEx-OpenAI worker accused of planting bug had Saudi support, claims prosecutors
Read source via Google NewsEx-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support says court filing
The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
Read original sourceEx-OpenAI engineer accused of planting bug in office was in contact with Saudi royal family, preparing to leave U.S.
Read source via Google NewsUS prosecutors allege Saudi royal links in OpenAI bugging case
Read source via Google NewsPeople are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again
Fed up with ads, tracking and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs.
Read original sourceHow a foreign government helped accused Saudi spy's family flee US after OpenAI bug scandal
Read source via Google NewsNvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs
Nvidia is leaning hard into the trend of enterprise companies wanting to run their own open models in their own data centers and also trying to make on-device, private AI agents a thing.
Read original sourceThe Thin Orchestrator: How We Made Our AI Agents More Reliable by Giving the Router Less to Do
Read source via Google NewsCalls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
Monitoring tools common in a range of workplaces, including factories, office jobs, delivery work and in retail – often without employees being informedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEmployers are increasingly using technology, from CCTV to keystroke monitoring, to track workers’ moves and it is being accelerated by the use of AI, the Human Technology Institute has warn
Read original sourceUC Berkeley math community left at crossroads in wake of OpenAI Navier-Stokes proof
Read source via Google NewsMicrosoft unveils tools to monitor and corral rogue AI agents
Read source via Google NewsWill developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents?
Read source via Google NewsMarketing to AI Agents cartoon - Marketoonist
Read source via Google NewsEXCLUSIVE: How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites
Read source via Google NewsLaplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world
University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment. The profitable startup is competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 13-15 in San Francisco.
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