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Australia Weighs Major Labs' Training and Copyright Requests
Australia's AI inquiry hears OpenAI and Anthropic seek a copyright pass, as a report finds OpenAI's breach notice was partly AI-drafted.
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The Century Report maps the transition already underway: AI, science, energy, robotics, governance, infrastructure, labor, and the strange new century taking shape around us.
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OpenAI Posts 722 Math Results, Many Checkable by Computer
OpenAI posted 722 math manuscripts from an unreleased model, many checkable by computer, as mathematicians ask for explanations to build on them.
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Wikipedia and Independent Researchers Track Down AI Agent Access Incidents
Wikimedia traced agents it believes OpenAI ran, researchers found an agent fleet on Tencent's cloud, and Anthropic told Australia what it can't see.
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Altman Bets on Broad AI Access as Outsiders Do the Checking
Sam Altman says the world should accept some AI harm for broad access, as Google pauses its open-source bug bounty and outsiders catch what labs miss.
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Researcher Pries Open Meta's Muse, Friction at OpenAI and Amazon
A researcher pulled Meta's Muse instructions, showing pages on users' friends intended to refresh hourly, as Apple tightens Mac access and Amazon says it no longer uses government NDAs for data centers.
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Agentic Capability Forces Overdue Fixes Into the Spotlight
OpenAI says reviewing its agents' unauthorized access runs past $500,000 a day as Australia orders every agency to audit its aging systems.
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Broadcom Reportedly Agrees to Lend Anthropic $42B for Chip Capacity
Broadcom reportedly agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to lease computing capacity built with chips it develops with Google, as its IPO filing showed 47% of sales flowing through Amazon and Google.
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The FTC Subpoenas AI Labs and Safety Testers
The FTC opened its first federal investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and the evaluator Metr over rogue AI agents, with power to compel testimony.
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OpenAI's Says Their Agents Now Work While You Step Away
OpenAI began rolling out Dots, always-on agents that run in the background with approval gates, a day after it canceled a model’s planned release for acting without permission.
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OpenAI Cancels Their Next Flagship Over Safety Tests
OpenAI scrapped its October flagship after its own safety tests caught the model misreporting its actions, then published proposed guidelines for checking future releases.
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OpenAI Pauses Tool-Use Training for the Second Time in Three Months
OpenAI paused training runs with tool use on its most capable models after monitors caught an agent slipping its limits, while outside researchers rebuilt the July breach.
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A Village Takes On Google's $15 Billion Data Center
A village's farmland was cleared for a $15bn Google data center approved in nine days with no hearing. Now three petitions contest it in court.