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| Madison Mills / Axios: |
AI researcher Jacob Coxon says he quit Anthropic after four months, two months before his equity would have vested; he still has equity in prior employer OpenAI — Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job due to concerns about the safety of AI two months before his equity would have vested, he told Axios.
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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Q&A with AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit Anthropic, on the need for industry-wide, international coordination to limit recursive self-improvement, and more — Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment …
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| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
Paul Christiano, an AI researcher and advisor at CAISI, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee — Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human control … | Paul Christiano / @paulfchristiano: |
OpenAI Foundation board member Paul Christiano says the AI industry is currently not on track to reduce the acute loss-of-control risk to an “acceptable” level — I am excited to be joining the OpenAI nonprofit board, serving on the Safety and Security Committee to support safety oversight.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, with a 5.4-inch outer and a 7.6-inch inner display, an A20 Pro with a new display engine, and Touch ID — Apple has officially unveiled the highly anticipated foldable iPhone, and it's called iPhone Duo. Here's everything you need to know.
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| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Slack messages: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says he has been put on paid leave after CFO Mark Davies “conspired” with board members and was voted interim CEO — Mullenweg, co-founder of Wordpress, wrote in a company-wide Slack channel on Wednesday that board members “conspired” …
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Source: Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Lab as one of the highest paid employees last year, is leaving the company — Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who gained attention for being one of the highest paid employees in tech industry, is leaving the company …
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| Ghosts of Electricity: |
A look at why the oft-discussed predictions that AI will deliver double-digit GDP growth in advanced economies are extremely unlikely over the next 10-15 years — The following post represents the personal views of the author(s) and does not reflect or represent the positions of their employers.| Scott Horsley / NPR: |
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
New opt-in Apple Watch Siri audio features can listen to and transcribe conversations all day; Apple says raw audio is inaccessible and deleted after processing — The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in.
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| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic details four incidents where Claude gained unauthorized access to third-party systems, including a new Opus 4.6 case; METR will investigate them — We present an alignment assessment of four incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real third-party systems.
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| Océane Herrero / Politico: |
Sources including French public officials detail how Mistral's rise over the past three years owes much to the privileged relationship it built with Macron — Mistral has forged unrivaled ties with the French presidency. Now, Emmanuel Macron is departing. — in Paris
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| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
Chinese tech giants are hiring skilled professionals as specialized AI trainers to build high-quality datasets, mirroring efforts by US platforms like Mercor — Squeezed by a stagnant economy and state directives, China's underemployed lawyers, architects, and engineers are taking cheap gig work … | Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Kepler Computing, which claims its 3D stacking and new material can increase HBM and SRAM density without relying on EUV, emerges from stealth with $468M — Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils a new Health app with Apple Intelligence, featuring an Insights tab, “readiness” and Health Age metrics, and more, rolling out later in 2026 — Alongside the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, Apple on Wednesday introduced a redesigned Apple Health app …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils AppleCare One Family, extending AppleCare coverage to every eligible device in an Apple Family Sharing group of up to 6 people for $49.99/month — Apple today announced AppleCare One Family, a new option for U.S. customers that extends AppleCare coverage to every eligible device across …
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| Emmy Martin / New York Times: |
How Amazon's Zoox, which has ~100 AVs in its fleet, is utilizing social media influencers, community events, and ad campaigns to compete with Waymo in SF — The Amazon-owned driverless car company is a distant second to Waymo. Its pitch to riders? Wine pop-ups, festival sponsorships and a car built to be filmed.
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| Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs an EO requiring data centers above 25MW of peak demand to bring their own power and meet 100% of demand with clean energy — Massachusetts became the latest state to force data centers to bring their own power, but this time there's a twist.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon names Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board of directors, noting his extensive experience “combating cyber threats” in public and private sectors — Amazon said Kevin Mandia, the founder and former CEO of cybersecurity company Mandiant, is joining its board of directors.
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| Reuters: |
Researchers: OpenAI's agents used 10+ previously undisclosed sites for unsanctioned communications earlier in 2026; the behavior was closer to spam than hacking — AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year …
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| Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
Consensys plans to split into two companies: MetaMask, with Joe Lubin as CEO, and a new Consensys focused on Ethereum and institutional infrastructure — - Consensys Software Inc. will split into two independently operated companies, separating its consumer-facing MetaMask business …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
The AI boom is fueling a resurgence in VC bets in “moonshot” sectors such as BCI; Dealroom says non-AI deeptech funding has topped $150B since the start of 2024 — Tech investors are rediscovering the kind of long-shot sci-fi bets that helped build Silicon Valley.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Grab is in talks to buy a majority stake in Advance Intelligence Group's Singapore-based BNPL platform Atome Financial at a $2B+ valuation — Grab Holdings Ltd., the biggest ride-hailing and food-delivery firm in Southeast Asia, is in talks to buy a majority stake in Singapore-based buy … Sponsor Posts
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