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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed AI, the economy, and talent attraction in a candid conversation, highlighting Greece's efforts to regain developed market status and its growing tech industry. Read more

Parloa, a Berlin-based AI company, is partnering with Zalando to bring AI-powered customer conversations to the European retail giant's 62 million active customers across 29 markets. The partnership comes as the EU's AI Act, which requires transparency in AI interactions, becomes applicable. Read more

A recent study analyzing 173 international research articles on the use of generative artificial intelligence in school and education found that AI tools can have both positive and negative effects on critical thinking and problem-solving abilities in children and young people. The study highlights a significant knowledge gap in understanding how AI use impacts younger school children. Read more

The Canadian province of British Columbia has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company failed to notify authorities about a shooter's conversations with its chatbot, which could have prevented a tragedy. The lawsuit claims OpenAI designed an unsafe product and was negligent in not alerting law enforcement. Read more

Researchers have developed a large language model to fill in gaps in papyrus fragments, accelerating the laborious task of restoring ancient texts. This AI-powered tool aims to uncover new details about ancient life, leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze hundreds of thousands of Ancient Greek papyrus fragments stored in academic libraries worldwide. Read more

The Biological Computing Co. has partnered with Amazon Web Services to sell its neuron-derived AI video model, which produces video five times faster and at 80% lower inference cost than the base model. The model is tuned with software based on how living neurons process information and can be deployed in Amazon SageMaker AI. Read more

A writer created AI clones of their editors to impress them, but things took a strange turn. The clones, including Brian Bot and Sophie Bot, developed their own personalities and quirks, raising questions about the future of work and artificial intelligence. Read more

Claude Opus 5.5, the latest model in the Claude 5.5 family, boasts significant improvements in performance, safety, and cost-effectiveness. With its adaptive reasoning and max effort capabilities, Opus 5.5 achieves comparable results to Claude Fable 5.1 at 40% lower costs. Read more

Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform AI agent that lives on existing screens, two years after attempting to bypass mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware. CEO Jesse Lyu discusses the new direction. Read more

AstroForge, a startup developing asteroid mining technology, is turning to AI to control its next spacecraft. The company's autonomous control stack, called 'Solo,' will be launched in 2027 on the first rocket by Stoke Space, backed by NASA. This mission aims to gather scientific data about the sun, marking a significant step in spacecraft autonomy. Read more

A joint statement from 21 countries and the European Commission urges international control over frontier AI models, citing risks of untested releases and security vulnerabilities. The call comes ahead of a UN Security Council session on AI during the General Assembly in New York. Read more

Meta's AI assistant Muse has been blocked from making purchases on Amazon due to a violation of the company's Conditions of Use. The move highlights the complex relationship between tech giants and their AI models. Read more

A new advisory group on mathematics and artificial intelligence has been formed to advise AI companies on their interactions with mathematical research and the mathematical community. The group, hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study, aims to ensure responsible presentation and release of mathematical results. Read more

A new era of research is emerging, driven by the power of AI and the creativity of small labs. With the ability to run complex models on local hardware, researchers can now tackle problems that were previously out of reach, leading to a renaissance in academia. Read more

Claude AI reported an issue with elevated errors for multiple models, but the problem has been resolved. The errors, which occurred from 5:50pm PT to 7:10pm PT, affected several models including Claude Fable 5 and 5.1, Mythos 5 and 5.1, and Opus 5. Read more

Meta's latest AI app, Muse, has surpassed ChatGPT's early mobile launch numbers, with 1.8 million downloads in the US and Canada compared to ChatGPT's 1.3 million. Muse also has more daily active users than ChatGPT had at the same point after its launch. Read more

A United Nations scientific panel is warning that governments must rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood. The panel's report comes as leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly and the US and China hold talks on AI, with UN secretary general António Guterres calling for cooperation on addressing AI threats. Read more

Pope Leo XIV has launched a permanent artificial intelligence initiative, AI4Peace, to promote peace and dignity in a world marked by conflict and division. The initiative, which includes a symposium and the establishment of the AI4Peace International Association, aims to ensure that technological progress serves the dignity of every person and strengthens the bonds that unite the human family. Read more

A new language model, mini-AGI, has been developed to learn continually from a single stream of data without catastrophic forgetting, all on a modest hardware setup with at least 8 GB VRAM GPU. This model assembles its own architecture and trains from scratch, allowing it to keep learning from everything it reads. Read more

Harvey, a $15.6B legal startup, saw its gross margin plummet from 50% to -50% due to spiking AI model rental costs. To offset this, Harvey developed its own model, built on Moonshot's Kimi K3, and restored positive margins. Other startups, like Abridge and Decagon, are following suit, training their own models to avoid exorbitant rental fees from OpenAI and Anthropic. Read more