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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 Other Companies Call For Action To Defend Against Rogue AI
Over a hundred tech companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — have signed an open letter urging both the private and public sectors to work together to defend themselves from AI-related cyber threats. The letter — which was also signed by prominent cyber firms like CrowdStrike, Okta, and Read more…
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China Secretly Fueling America’s Data Center Rage?
Roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have quietly tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, X said Thursday night. The X Safety team probed suspected Chinese accounts involved in influence operations and identified 200,000 accounts, including 200 accounts “posting in a manner Read more…
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New York City 911 System Missed 1,700 Calls Due To Software Update
Part of New York City’s 911 emergency system was offline from about 3:13 a.m. to 10 a.m. on August 18th due to a software update, according to Medical Daily. Of 5,659 calls to the Bronx call center during that period, about 1,700 calls connected but could not be heard by Read more…
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With the Snip of a Gene, Scientists Hope To Erase High Cholesterol For Life
A one-time snip of a key gene lowered heart-clogging cholesterol by about 50% over an entire year with no adverse effects, scientists have reported. The overwhelmingly positive results were found in four people who had taken the highest dose of the experimental treatment during a pilot study published in The Read more…
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Ring Says New Encryption Limits What It Can Give Police
Ring is rolling out a new default encryption system called TAKE, or “Throw Away the Key Encryption,” that rotates video keys every five minutes and permanently deletes Ring’s copy after 24 hours. The system is designed to preserve cloud features such as smart alerts and AI video search while limiting Read more…
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OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
Wired reports that OpenAI is testing a new “Persistent mode” for Codex that would let the agent keep working until explicitly “put to sleep,” proactively creating follow-up tasks for itself across sessions and using prior interactions and knowledge of the user to decide what to do next. Code alluding to Read more…