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Is this the ‘mathocalypse’? Why OpenAI’s latest results dump has left mathematicians in shock

OpenAI Expects $70 Billion in Annualized Revenue by End of 2026

Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude

A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel contentAnthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its models, as the company’s leaders continue to ponder machine consciousness.The Verge first reported the change in policy. Continue reading...

OpenAI caught Russians and Iranians using ChatGPT for influence campaigns

Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances

OpenAI silences familiar voices

Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company

The offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997Firmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI data centre business failed to materialise.A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best interes

Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – againHe stands accused of being out of touch, enriching himself and his family, building a lavish White House ballroom and, with elections looming, neglecting the hardships of the voters who brought him to power.Time for Donald Trump to show he still has the common touch? No

OpenAI withdraws three preprints a day after releasing 722 manuscripts on unsolved math problems

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

FirstFT: OpenAI’s $20bn annualised revenue gap

3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?

MIT Statistics and Data Science Center Director Alexander (Sasha) Rakhlin shares important considerations for departments and institutions.

OpenAI's annualized revenue $20 billion less than previously signaled, FT reports

Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website

With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder's desk.

Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture.

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What next for the world of maths after OpenAI dropped hundreds of mathematical papers?

OpenAI annualized revenue $20 billion less than previously reported

OpenAI Just Carpet-Bombed Mathematics

A teen tried to navigate Canadian mountains with Claude. His trek ended in an emergency rescue

The incident is the latest to raise questions about the growing reliance on digital maps for wilderness navigationThe route up the Widowmaker Arete, a 1,700-foot wall in British Columbia, is deceptively described as “mostly easy slab climbing”, interspersed with “short steep sections that can include finger cracks, blocky face climbing”. It requires careful planning, and the right equipment.When 1

The most exciting claims from OpenAI’s heap of new proofs