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AI Summary

  • The tech landscape is abuzz with major AI developments, as OpenAI's Sam Altman deems a 2026 public offering 'ill-advised' and Anthropic's CEO advocates for slowing AI advancement, while discussions around AI's potential risks and ethical implications, including misuse and existential threats, continue to escalate.
  • Automattic's CEO situation has been resolved with Matt Mullenweg back at the helm, signaling internal stability amidst broader industry shifts, while Y Combinator's Garry Tan pushes for distillation of frontier AI models, and Nscale adds a former OpenAI executive to its board, hinting at future strategic moves.
  • Data security remains a concern, with Revolut and Trezor confirming customer data breaches through fraudulent government requests and phishing tactics, respectively, underscoring the persistent need for robust cybersecurity measures in the face of evolving threats.

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  • OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May 11 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, News, OpenAI

    In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a " major malicious attack " and shut down signups for four days as it tried to mitigate the damage and collect data. Researchers said that the contents of the packages that brought RubyGems to its knees were clearly authored by an LLM, and that the

  • Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’ 12 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, News, OpenAI

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune . Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human control. On the latter, he said it was "absolutely" possible, but vowed to take actions to prevent that from happening, even if it meant pausing training, adding that "there are risks we should not be able to incur on behalf of humanity." "We're not rushing into an IPO. I

  • StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter 13 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Gaming, Microsoft, News, Tech

    Blizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost . It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the simply titled StarCraft . Dan Hay, a VP at Blizzard, took the stage at BlizzCon today to reveal that after more than a decade of lying dormant, StarCraft would be returning in 2030. But, rather than another top-down real-time strategy installment, the new title would be an open-world shooter.

  • Sylvan Esso think you should splurge on good-quality yogurt 17 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Entertainment, Interview, Music, Report

    Sylvan Esso preparing to attend a frutiger aero renfaire. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, better known as Sylvan Esso, have been bringing their low-key electro-pop to the masses since 2014, bursting onto the scene with their self-titled debut album and the single " Hey Mami ." Over the years, they've put out a number of excellent records, dabbling in dustier, more fragile textures on Free Love , going dancier and glitchier on No Rules Sandy . The two are constantly pushing at the edges of their sound while retaining the core of what makes a Sylvan Esso record sound like

  • Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI 17 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, Anthropic, News, Policy

    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its "adherence to safety practices and commitments." In a winding essay , Amodei proposed a three-step plan to "pace the frontier" - jargon that simply means to slow the pace of training and development to give companies time to build safeguards and regulators to evaluate models. Amodei says that giving external evaluators wide-ranging access is just the first step, and one it is taking now unilaterally . Step two would involve the


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