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OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks build an autonomous lab where GPT-5 calls the shots

OpenAI, together with biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks, has connected GPT-5 to an automated laboratory to optimize cell-free protein synthesis. The results are measurable, but the limitations are ...
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OpenAI accuses Musk's xAI of systematic evidence destruction in antitrust case

OpenAI accuses Elon Musk's AI company xAI of "systematic and intentional destruction" of evidence in an ongoing court case. In a court filing Monday, OpenAI claims xAI directed its employees to use ...
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OpenClaw's OpenDoor problem is so bad that installing malware yourself might save time

Security researchers from Zenity Labs have found that the open source AI agent OpenClaw can be completely hijacked through manipulated documents. All it takes is a hidden command in an ...
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SpaceX eyes merger with xAI that would unite Grok, Starlink, and X under one roof

SpaceX is negotiating a merger with Elon Musk's AI company xAI ahead of a planned IPO, Reuters reports. The deal would bring SpaceX, Starlink satellites, the social media platform X, and the Grok ...
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Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft could invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI

OpenAI's latest funding round might hit peak circularity. According to The Information, the AI company is in talks with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon about investments totaling up to $60 billion.
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AI in practice

Read full article about: OpenAI's UAE deal with G42 shows AI models are cultural products as much as technical tools OpenAI is working with Abu Dhabi-based G42 on a custom ChatGPT for the UAE, Semafor ...
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Matthias Bastian

Read full article about: Sam Altman predicts AI agents will integrate any service they want, with or without official APIs "Every company is an API company now, whether they want to be or not," says ...
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Meta Neuroscientist King: "Some of the concepts like reasoning may need to be re-evaluated"

The neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King leads the Brain & AI team in Meta’s AI division. In an interview with The Decoder, he discusses the connection between AI and neuroscience, the challenges of ...
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Popular AI benchmark LMArena allegedly favors large providers, study claims

Researchers criticize LMArena, a leading language model evaluation platform, for allowing major companies like Meta and Google to potentially manipulate rankings by secretly testing multiple model ...
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Deepfakes: How it all began - and where it could lead us

AI-faked images and videos - so-called deepfakes - have developed rapidly in recent years. Here, we trace the history and describe the most important milestones. What do all the people in the cover ...
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Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot turns viral X jokes into fake news

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok generates news from joke posts on X, resulting in sometimes bizarre fake news and the spread of disinformation and conspiracy theories. In one case, Grok combined jokes ...
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Alibaba's Qwen releases AI model that splits images into editable layers like Photoshop

Alibaba's AI unit Qwen has released a new image editing model that breaks down photos into separate, editable components. Qwen-Image-Layered splits images into multiple individual layers with ...