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It's the U.S. government's main link to the AI industry, reports The Washington Post, working to assess national security risks of new models like Anthropic's "Mythos".
To run it they'd hired Collin Burns, who'd worked at OpenAI and then Anthropic. But Burns started work Monday at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation — and then "was pushed out Thursday by the White House, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations."
Officials were concerned a
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Apple TV's adaptation of Cape Fear is seriously impressive and features an unforgettable performance from Javier Bardem. Read more ›
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A new npm supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages with Rust-based infostealer malware called IronWorm. According to BleepingComputer, the malware "targets 86 environment variables (key-value pairs) and 20 credential files that may contain OpenAI, AWS, Anthropic, and npm credentials, vault configuration files, SSH keys, and Exodus cryptocurrency wallet files." From the report: According to researchers at supply-chain and devops company JFrog, IronWorm is written in Rust, hides behind an eBPF... Read more ›
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The OpenAI CEO recently became a parent and has been relying on a chatbot for parenting tips, as many others are increasingly doing Read more ›
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We've already heard that Samsung would be using the Exynos 2600 SoC in the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip8, but today a new report from a Korean tipster brings some additional context. Apparently, the company will use both the Exynos 2600 and a Qualcomm chip (presumably the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5), and which one you get will depend on your region. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 leaked CAD-based render Samsung has... Read more ›
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We have four days to go until Apple's WWDC keynote event begins on Monday, June 8. iOS 27 has been the focus of most of the rumors, but we're also going to get a new version of macOS, macOS 27. Some of the same features that are coming in iOS 27 will come to macOS 27, like the new version of Siri and the dedicated Siri app, but we want... Read more ›
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Да, есть определенная хронология у развития нейросетей. Знаковые, скажем так, места. Стэнфорд, Торонто, DeepMind. Хинтон, ЛеКун, Бенжио. И много еще дат с разнообразными событиями. А вот в Красноярске в 1996-м вышла книга "Нейронные сети на персональном компьютере". Её автора звали Александр Горбань.Привет, дорогой Хабр. Давайте сегодня все вместе вспомним этого выдающегося человека. Читать далее Read more ›
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On Wednesday, the Zcash Foundation said there is “no evidence of unauthorized value creation.” Read more ›
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See how Google Gemini in Google Forms can automatically create surveys, summarize responses, identify trends, and save hours of manual data analysis work. Read more ›
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Meta has reportedly placed face-recognition code for smart glasses inside an app downloaded millions of times. Read more ›
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The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s. Read more ›
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Before 'Neon Genesis Evangelion,' the legendary anime director helmed a warm coming-of-age adventure that proves he's far more than his nihilistic reputation. Read more ›
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New research is causing quite some controversy on Reddit — but it makes some very interesting points. Read more ›
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A few days after teasing upcoming Beats over-ear headphones in pink, football superstar Lamine Yamal today shared a Story on his Instagram account revealing a second color for the unreleased headphones: an ivory or stone color. The Instagram Story is a still photo showing Yamal greeting a fan, and he is carrying a bag with both the pink and ivory color versions of the headphones hanging around the bag's strap,... Read more ›
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iPhone accessory maker Ugreen recently came out with a new Nexode Air charger and MagFlow Air power bank, two products that are designed for Apple users. MagFlow Air The $60 MagFlow Air is a 10,000mAh Qi2 power bank that also has a built-in USB-C cable. The power bank is 4.4 inches long, 2.75 inches wide, and 0.55 inches thick. It has some weight to it, and feels like a good... Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for June 5, No. 1,090. Read more ›
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Microsoft has introduced its latest artificial intelligence model, MAI-Image-2.5, aiming to challenge the current industry benchmark for realistic image generation, Google’s Nano Banana 2. Announced on Tuesday, June 2, during the Build 2026 developer conference, the new technology enters a highly competitive digital media landscape. The technology is deployed in two distinct versions designed to fulfill different operational requirements. The standard MAI-Image-2.5 framework is engineered to edit and genera Read more ›
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The company reportedly keeps delaying the release of developer tools for its latest AI model. Read more ›
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Viewpoints differ, but almost everyone agrees the strategy needs clearer timelines and more details. Read more ›
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A new Grundfos report warns that Europe's datacenter boom could strain water supplies and power grids unless regulators bake water and energy efficiency into planning, reporting, and incentives for new facilities. The Register reports: According to the report, the EU-wide server farm IT load is about 10 GW today, and is expected to rise to 35 GW by 2030 -- just four years away. These facilities account for about 3... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT News: Currently, lithium hard rock extraction involves baking the rock at over 1,000 Celsius and chemically leaching it to extract lithium. The rest of the rock is discarded. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere has developed a low-temperature process for extracting battery-grade lithium from the most common type of lithium-bearing mineral. The process uses a liquid reagent to dissolve... Read more ›
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NASA has outlined a three-phase plan to build a lunar base at the moon's south pole. The first phase, from 2026 to 2029, will focus on robotic missions, landers, rovers, reactors, satellites, and Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance test. Later phases will add habitats, power systems, communications, cargo logistics, and rotating crews. Wired reports: According to a recent press conference, phase one will be particularly active: at least... Read more ›
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A senior CIA official, David Rush, was arrested after investigators found more than $40 million in gold bars and about $2 million in cash at his Virginia home. According to the New York Times, "The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars." From the report: The court papers describe Mr. Rush as a... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny. Parent company Meta appealed after Vermont's highest court allowed a suit filed by its attorney general in 2023 to move forward. The company is facing similar lawsuits from states across... Read more ›
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Spaceflight Now shared their video of the explosion, which the Orlando Sentinel describes as showing Blue Origin's rocket "become engulfed in flames. The fireball expands out and covers the entire launch pad as the fuselage of the rocket can be seen crumbling into the flames." Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on X.com "It's too early to know the root cause but we're already working to find it. Very rough... Read more ›
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Wix is laying off roughly 20% of its workforce, about 1,000 employees, as CEO Avishai Abrahami cites both the rapid evolution of AI and currency pressure from a stronger Israeli shekel against the dollar. The web developer joins a growing list of tech companies making similar cuts, including Amazon, Block, Cisco, Cloudflare, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle and Intuit. Fast Company reports: "We have witnessed the most significant shift in how companies... Read more ›
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Dell's stock skyrocketed 32.76% on Friday, "its best day ever," reports CNBC, after Dell "reported its fastest pace for revenue growth for any period since returning to the public market in 2018..." "Shares are now up 234% in 2026." Dell, which reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, saw a flood of artificial intelligence-related demand for its servers, which contain graphics processing units from companies like Nvidia. Quarterly revenue... Read more ›
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```Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 brings word that Marcia Lucas, part of the editing team for both Star Wars and Return of the Jedi, has died at age 80 after a battle with metastatic cancer. Married to George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, Marcia is remembered by The Wrap as "a powerful asset in the early days of the Star Wars series, helping shape its voice and identity long before it... Read more ›
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Apple is reportedly working to shrink Google's Gemini models enough to power parts of a long-delayed AI-enhanced Siri on iPhones. But despite Apple's best efforts to run the AI locally, "the iPhone's Gemini makeover will lean heavily on Google and Nvidia in the cloud," reports Ars Technica. That could complicate Apple's privacy-first AI messaging, especially if more complex Siri requests are routed through Google infrastructure and Nvidia's encrypted cloud-computing platform.... Read more ›
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