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Tags on chips and a global registry of their locations can reduce the risks of AI espionage by hostile nations, experts say. The proposals were made in a new report on AI safety, which calls for a stronger regulation of hardware. Three Cambridge University institutes co-led the study paper, alongside OpenAI and the GovAI research community. They fear that governments are overlooking the dangers of compute, which could trigger disasters. Without tighter protections, they warn that AI could turbocharge mass s
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Long-time Slashdot reader Anne Thwacks frequently uses YouTube's subtitles "not to disturb others in the room, or because my hearing is not very good." But they say there's a new problem. "The subtitling is terrible!" Almost every sentence has a huge error. Proper names are more often wrong than right. Non-English place names are almost always mangled to barely recognizable. And no effort whatsoever is made to use context to... Read more ›
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"Nuclear AI startup" Fermi had hoped to build power plants generating 17 gigawatts of electricity, remembers Bloomberg, "three times the amount typically consumed by New York City." Hyperscalers could install their data centers on the site itself and tap directly into that power, which would come first from natural gas turbines and later from nuclear reactors. The pitch ticked so many boxes — artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, political connections —... Read more ›
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Mother’s Day is Sunday next week and we’re already seeing some shipping times slip to after the holiday. Most phones will still arrive on time, however. Admittedly, the Nothing Phone (3) probably won’t be mom’s first pick – but with a $200 discount, this Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 powered phone offers a good balance between performance and camera quality. It has a large 50MP 1/1.3” sensor in the main camera,... Read more ›
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China’s most powerful governing bodies, the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council, issued comprehensive labour rules for gig workers on Sunday, the first time the party’s highest authority has formalised protections for the more than 200 million people who deliver food, drive cars, and livestream products through online platforms. The mandate requires […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a formal condemnation on Saturday after the European Union included approximately 27 Chinese and Hong Kong entities in its 20th sanctions package against Russia, the largest round of listings in two years. Beijing said the move “runs counter to the spirit of the consensus reached between Chinese and EU leaders, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Jury selection begins Monday in Oakland federal court for the trial that will determine whether OpenAI’s conversion from a nonprofit to one of the most valuable companies in the world was a breach of charitable trust. Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and donated at least $38 million to it, is suing Sam Altman, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Foundation Future Industries, a San Francisco startup founded in April 2024, has secured $24 million in research contracts with the US Army, Navy, and Air Force to test humanoid robots designed to breach enemy positions. The company’s Phantom MK-1 is a 5-foot-9, 176-pound humanoid with 19 upper-body degrees of freedom, five-fingered hands, a camera-first vision […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Sequoia Capital co-steward Alfred Lin personally purchased 200 Mac Minis, had each one custom-engraved with a design mixing old cartography and machine learning contour plots, and distributed them to attendees at Sequoia’s “AI at the Frontier” event. Each machine contained two easter eggs: Sequoia’s ethos statement about creative spirits and underdogs, and a quote generated […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The promotional discount runs until 5 May 2026. Even at full price, V4-Pro already undercuts GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on per-token costs. The move is a direct challenge to the pricing strategy of US AI providers at a moment when the Trump administration has accused Chinese firms of distilling American AI […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Iran’s strike on SABIC’s Jubail petrochemical complex in early April halted production of the resin used to make PCB laminates. Goldman Sachs analysts say prices surged 40% in April alone. A South Korean supplier to Samsung and AMD says epoxy resin wait times have stretched from three weeks to fifteen. The Iran war that began […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The round amount is undisclosed. Backers include Nordic Makers, Emblem, the Lovable company itself, the Sequoia Scout Fund, and the Andreessen Horowitz Scout Fund. Lovable CEO Anton Osika personally endorsed the team. Atech lets users describe a hardware concept in natural language and receive a working prototype. Atech, a Copenhagen-based AI hardware startup, has raised […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The digital insurer, backed by General Atlantic, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Accel, plans to file its DRHP confidentially with SEBI in H2 2026. In FY25 it grew revenue 35% to Rs 2,837 crore and cut net losses by 37%. It has raised over $583 million in total funding. Acko, the Bengaluru-based digital-first general […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The NDRC’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Foreign Investment Security Review issued a formal cancellation order on Monday, four months after the deal was announced. Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao have been barred from leaving China since March. China’s National Development and Reform Commission has formally ordered Meta to unwind its $2 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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