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aiAI News · 89d ago

EU AI Act Article 50 transparency rules enter force

Article 50 of the EU AI Act has entered into force, setting transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers operating across the bloc. Enterprises running generative AI tools now have to comply with Article 50, which requires providers and deployers of certain AI systems to tell people when they’re interacting with a machine, and to […] The post EU AI Act Article 50 transparenc

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aiAI News · 89d ago

Why biological data matters more in AI drug discovery

GSK has entered into a research collaboration with British biotechnology company Relation Therapeutics worth up to $110 million, expanding the companies’ existing work in AI-assisted drug discovery. Under the agreement, Relation will generate large-scale datasets measuring how human cells respond to genetic changes and drug interventions. The data will be used to train AI models […] The post

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’

After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big

AWS now allows vibe-coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It's another step toward decoupling apps from models.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

Design Arena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models

Design Arena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip

OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. Yet it arrives at a moment when simply being a capable AI assistant no longer feels revolutionary.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

Congress’ favorite AI tool? ChatGPT

House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 89d ago

A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 90d ago

Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development."

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aiTechCrunch AI · 90d ago

Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 90d ago

YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

Green offered a remarkable apology, saying that "the level of dopamine that I've been getting from interacting with LLMs ... is not healthy for me or good for the world."

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aiTechCrunch AI · 90d ago

Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

OpenAI's CEO seemed excited to share a "cool use case" for parents.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 90d ago

This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.

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aiAI News · 92d ago

OpenAI aligns safety practices with EU AI Act’s GPAI Code

OpenAI has outlined how it aligns safety, security, and transparency work with the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code as enforcement approaches. The company has contributed to and endorsed the EU’s General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice and the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content. Both emerged from multi-stakeholder processes. The GPAI Code sets […] The post OpenAI al

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok

OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them

India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation

A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though as Equity’s hosts point out, sloppy security seems to have […]

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content

Snapchat has adjusted its recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users

Apple CEO Tim Cook envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via Apple's existing iCloud+ subscriptions.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human

The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 92d ago

AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though as Equity’s hosts point out, sloppy security seems to have […]

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aiAI News · 93d ago

How AI is Changing Linux VPS Security for Businesses

Cybersecurity wasn’t really something small and mid-sized businesses worried about too much a few years back. That’s changed fast. Once your customer data, your apps, your internal tools all end up online, protecting the server behind them stops being optional. And attacks aren’t getting any simpler either, which is part of the problem with sticking […] The post How AI is C

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aiTechCrunch AI · 93d ago

Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests

After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents

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aiTechCrunch AI · 93d ago

Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact

Reddit's financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 93d ago

Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host

Amazon isn't slowing down on data center spending — but investors don't seem to mind.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 93d ago

Friend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag

Friend, the AI wearable, can now talk to its users — for an enhanced price.

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aiTechCrunch AI · 93d ago

Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI

As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and AI tools.

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