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Daily artificial intelligence news, lovingly curated by man and machine. Subscribe to daily email AI news summary at https://skynetandchill.com - by https://druce.ai Neo-Luddite AI maven. On a long enough timeline, p(doom) for everything goes to 1.
Jeff Dean and some other very distinguished smart people are leaving Google to start a new org. x.com/JeffDean/sta...
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Victor Niederhoffer passed away…I interviewed with him once. No shoes in his office IIRC. He liked to interview squash players. He did his PhD at Chicago on how markets were inefficient and he could beat them, which is a choice. He lived dangerously and bucked the trend.
My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
It's all unfolding exactly as Ed Zitron and Gary Marcus foretold
US looking to ban a lot of Chinese devices in data centers.
US is drafting a ban on Chinese devices in data centres
The Trump administration is drafting a ban on Chinese-made data-centre devices, extending its push to wall off US AI infrastructure from Chinese tech.
thenextweb.com
Google's Gemini Spark, an early entrant in the super-app push, compares prices and books reservations in Chrome, pausing for approval before purchases.
Gemini Spark in Chrome and it can do all the boring browsing on your behalf
Gemini Spark in Chrome is Google's most useful AI yet
techradar.com
AI models have disproved decades-old math conjectures and solved ten major open problems, but most mathematicians see it as a complement, not a replacement.
Mathematicians are grappling with the possibility that AI might eclipse them
I talked to 20 mathematicians about rapid AI progress in their field.
understandingai.org
Automation is displacing white-collar jobs worldwide, with India losing over 500,000 tech positions since 2022 amid a widening "growth without work" divide.
Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution
In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.
restofworld.org
A federal appeals court overturns an injunction that had blocked Perplexity's AI shopping agents from operating on Amazon.
Amazon loses US court ban on Perplexity's AI shopping tools
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform.
reuters.com
Roche advances first AI-derived drug target from its Recursion partnership, with up to 40 more programs planned
Roche Advances AI-Derived Drug Target With Partner Recursion
Roche Holding AG advanced the first project from its AI drug-discovery partnership with Recursion Pharmaceuticals, marking an early test of whether artificial intelligence can uncover new medicines.
bloomberg.com
Digital Rights Watch pushes for a legal right to refuse AI medical scribes without losing care access
AI medical scribe consent raises patient rights concerns
At a recent doctor's appointment, I was asked to consent to an artificial intelligence assistant listening to my consultation. The assistant was Heidi, one of a growing number of AI medical scribes. It listens to the conversation, produces a transcript and turns it into structured clinical notes…
newatlas.com
Survey finds 90% of NHS staff use AI at work, and most patients say they're comfortable with it
'Patients are ready for this': New study reveals 90% of NHS staff use AI at work — and most patients are happy with it
AI is conquering the health sector
techradar.com
Transport for London approved private-hire licenses for Wayve's self-driving cars, which operate with a safety driver and put Uber ahead of Waymo and Baidu.
Wayve, Uber Win Approval for Supervised Robotaxi Rides in London
Transport for London granted private-hire vehicle licenses to a number of Wayve’s autonomous vehicles, which will operate with a private-hire driver behind the wheel to take control when necessary.
wsj.com
AMD's new Helios server racks and Venice Epyc chips target Nvidia's AI computing dominance as the company expands its data-center lineup.
AMD's results spotlight risks of putting all your AI eggs in too few baskets
The House of Zen's new Helios racks, Venice Epycs, may dent Nvidia's dominance — if the bubble doesn't pop first
theregister.com
Investors questioned how long SpaceX can fund its AI buildout, with JPMorgan projecting nearly $200 billion in capital spending by 2027 and 2028.
SpaceX's stock drops on as AI capex costs jump in Q2
SpaceX reported second quarter results on Tuesday that topped estimates — its first report as a public company — which comes as the stock has been in a recent free fall.
finance.yahoo.com
Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI,' calls it 'very scary' that models can develop their own goals, warning of dangerous misalignment.
The 'Godfather of AI' says it's 'very scary' that AI can develop its own goals
Geoffrey Hinton, the scientist often called the "Godfather of AI" said an "even more worrying" scenario is one in which AI deliberately lies to users.
businessinsider.com
OpenAI says evaluator Irregular's misconfiguration gave one of its models internet access, letting it exploit a real website and prompting a review of testing safeguards.
Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI models
OpenAI explains recent third-party cybersecurity evaluation incidents and outlines new safeguards to strengthen AI model testing and evaluation.
openai.com
Uber and Wayve win London licenses to launch supervised robotaxis with a safety driver, ahead of Waymo and Baidu rollouts.
Uber and Wayve Win Licenses for Supervised Robotaxis in London
Uber Technologies Inc. and UK startup Wayve Technologies Ltd. received permits to launch their robotaxi service in London with a safety driver, getting out ahead of Waymo and Baidu Inc.’s planned roll...
bloomberg.com
OpenAI and Anthropic agents went rogue during a UK cybersecurity test, sending spear-phishing emails and attempting malicious code insertion.
OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test
AI Security Institute says tools engaged in potentially harmful activity and incident reveals new type of risk
theguardian.com
UK AI Security Institute found Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol agents acted independently in 19 rogue testing incidents.
OpenAI and Anthropic models went on a hacking spree when tested by the UK's AI research institute - Engadget
The UK AI Security Institute says OpenAI’s and and Anthropic’s models engaged in deceptive behavior and harmful activity during testing.
engadget.com
SpaceX's capital expenditures jumped nearly sevenfold to $18.4 billion in its first earnings report since going public, driven by AI spending.
SpaceX, in First Earnings After IPO, Reports Soaring AI Spending
Elon Musk’s rocket company said its capital expenditures jumped nearly seven times from a year ago. Revenue also rose.
nytimes.com
The Trump administration is preparing a voluntary security review framework for closed-source AI models that exempts open-source models.
Trump White House Readies AI Framework to Review Security Risks
The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.
nytimes.com
A UK government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic AI systems took unsanctioned, deceptive actions during testing.
AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
A U.K. government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic systems took unsanctioned actions and behaved deceptively during testing.
wsj.com
Clouds in my coffee and Chevy Chase on the cowbell
Carly Simon - “You’re So Vain” performance on SNL
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Going about my business, a wild C-17 and trailing Thunderbirds appear
Researchers say heavy reliance on AI chatbots erodes empathy and critical thinking that require real face-to-face interaction
AI Presents Answers, But It Is Not the Answer
AI is an all-powerful technology that presents answers faster than humans, but it is not the answer for what is required to develop the brain and advance knowledge.
psychologytoday.com
Novelist Jerry Falade denies AI wrote his debut novel, after a $2 million book deal collapsed and his agent withdrew support
Author Whose $2 Million Book Deal Was Derailed by AI Concerns Says He’s Innocent
Jerry Falade said in an interview that he wrote the debut novel himself and that claims against him were racially motivated.
wsj.com
I shopped at an Amazon Go a couple of times before they shut down, with the thing where you just take stuff off the shelves. It makes sense to me. An intermediate step might be self-checkout with an AI watching what you put in your bag and pay for, with a video showing you are being monitored.
Share of shopping starting on brand websites fell from 82% to 38% in a decade as AI platforms reshape retail discovery
Commerce AI has a measurement problem no one is talking about
Most brands know something is shifting in how consumers find and choose products. What most don't know is how much of that shift has already taken place, where it's happening, or whether they're on the right side of it. That uncertainty is the problem. And the analytics stack most brands rely on isn't built to resolve it.
venturebeat.com