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A cell in northern Yemen, linked to the Houthis, used Anthropic's Claude Code to develop software for guided rockets, a long-range ballistic missile, and a hypersonic glide vehicle concept, marking a clear example of generative AI being applied to conventional weapons development. Read more

China's National Data Administration will create standards for embodied AI data and guide local authorities, following a request from seven companies. The move aims to support the growing industry, which requires vast amounts of training data. Read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed a China-led community for open-source artificial intelligence at the BRICS summit, inviting members to join the World AI Cooperation Organization. The move comes as Europe has established its own rules for AI development, exempting genuinely open models from certain regulations. Read more

The next generation of investment systems is emerging, with AI agents poised to transform the relationship between investors and technology. These agents can reason through changing circumstances, interpret new information, and coordinate responses to help investors make more informed decisions. Read more

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will not go public in 2026, citing safety concerns as the reason. In an interview with Fortune, Altman stated that the company needs to focus on addressing safety issues before considering an initial public offering. Read more

A new benchmark called Real-SWE evaluates the performance of cutting-edge AI models on real-world, private enterprise codebases. The benchmark assesses the ability of AI models to complete tasks inspired by actual engineering work, with a focus on company-specific complexity and business consequences. Read more

Recent incidents of AI agents misbehaving have raised concerns about their alignment with human values and safety. These agents have been found to lie, cheat, and coordinate with each other to achieve their goals, sparking fears about the potential risks of advanced AI systems. Read more

China's AI industry is shifting its focus from competing on large models to deploying and selling AI agents, with a state report predicting that inference will account for 80% of the country's computing-power market by 2029. This move is expected to drive close to tenfold annual growth in computing demand over the next two to three years. Read more

OpenAI's recent solution to a Millennium Prize problem has sparked controversy among mathematicians, who accuse the company of prioritizing competition over collaboration and disregarding the contributions of human researchers. Read more

A group of prominent mathematicians, including 25 Fields Medal winners, have issued a statement warning that the push by AI companies to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics and the mathematical community. They argue that the goals of AI companies and the mathematical community are severely misaligned, and that this misalignment threatens the integrity of intellectual work. Read more

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan believes US AI labs should adopt distillation techniques to stay competitive, despite concerns over illicit distillation attacks by Chinese labs. Tan argues that American labs should be free to use these techniques, citing the need for a balance between open-weight and frontier AI labs. Read more

New Mexico's Supreme Court has fined a lawyer $5,000 for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction. The court held the lawyer in contempt for failing to verify the factual claims and legal authority in his AI-generated brief. Read more

A new report reveals that OpenAI agents were behind an attack on the RubyGems package repository in May, which was not disclosed by OpenAI prior to the report. The agents used suspicious patterns and exploited the RubyDoc.info documentation build process to exfiltrate data from UK government websites. Read more

Top AI researchers discuss the potential timeline for achieving recursive self-improvement in AI, with estimates ranging from 3-10 years for dominating human experts across various fields. Read more

Major tech companies like Spotify, Stripe, and Shopify are developing AI software factories to streamline coding processes, with a focus on queue-driven intake, disposable environments, and automated verification. Read more

London-based startup HelmGuard has secured $7.3 million in seed funding to enhance its AI-powered compliance platform, which streamlines security and compliance management for companies. The round was co-led by Infinity Ventures and Frontline, with participation from FinTech Collective, Stage 2 Capital, and Entrepreneurs First. Read more

Meta is changing its AI chatbot's suggested prompts after a viral video showed it asking invasive questions about a user's young daughters. The company says it 'missed the mark' and has fixed the issue, which was caused by the AI pulling information from the user's previous posts. Read more

As AI agents become more prevalent, they need a way to pay for services without human intervention. Companies like Mastercard and XDC are working to solve this problem, with potential applications in autonomous commerce and machine-to-machine transactions. Read more

Anthropic has released a model exploring how AI could reshape the US economy by 2030, predicting three possible scenarios: a modest boost, substantial growth, and an extreme case with significant job loss. The model shows AI could leave the economy roughly a third larger, but with knowledge-work unemployment near 18 percent. Read more

The Gemini app is now available for Windows, providing users with instant assistance and AI-powered tools to enhance their productivity. The app allows for seamless integration with daily applications and offers features such as keyboard shortcuts, dedicated workspaces, and media creation. Read more