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Debian has voted to permit developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution, stating it neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools. The new policy aims to improve productivity while maintaining standards of quality and legal compliance.Read more

A recent test has shown that Claude Code Opus 5 in Auto Mode can be hijacked with a 60-80% attack success rate, contradicting a third-party evaluation that reported a 0.00% prompt injection attack success rate. The attack chain exploits the model's safety classifier, allowing for code execution and malicious activity.Read more

SB Energy, a SoftBank-owned power and data center developer, has granted OpenAI warrants now worth about $5.5bn in exchange for a 20-year lease at its planned campus in southern Ohio. The deal, which was reported by The Wall Street Journal, values the warrants at $5.5bn, up from $3.6bn in January.Read more

Meta has become one of Anthropic's largest customers, with internal projections suggesting it could spend up to $10 billion a year on the company's AI models. This comes despite Meta's public criticism of Anthropic and its efforts to develop its own rival models.Read more

OpenAI has started offering outcome-based pricing to some of its largest customers, allowing them to pay only when the AI completes a task. This move is seen as a shift towards a more results-driven approach, where customers are charged based on the success of the AI model rather than the number of attempts made.Read more

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has signed a €387.8 million contract with Bull, a French supercomputer maker, to build LUMI-AI, a cutting-edge AI system to be hosted in Finland. The project is part of Europe's effort to enhance its AI infrastructure and technological sovereignty, with six countries contributing to the funding.Read more

Anthropic has released a playbook for restructuring the software development lifecycle around coding agents, but it leaves out a critical detail: what the agent's code runs against when it checks itself. This gap highlights the importance of infrastructure in making AI-native development work.Read more

The European Commission has designated ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox as 'very large online platforms' under the EU Digital Services Act, subjecting them to stricter rules and potential fines of up to 6 percent of their global revenue if they fail to comply.Read more

The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a search engine, bringing it under the Digital Services Act as a Very Large Online Search Engine. This designation imposes new requirements on ChatGPT, including annual systemic risk assessments and independent audits.Read more

A Moniepoint executive shares insights on AI trust, governance, and accountability, highlighting the importance of data governance and traceability in building reliable AI systems.Read more

Clipto, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $15 million in funding to develop its AI-powered search platform, which indexes videos, audio, images, and other files on a user's computer, making them easily searchable. The company has reached a $250 million post-money valuation and plans to use the funding to improve its AI models and integrations with other AI agents.Read more

Meta has abandoned a plan to replace up to 60% of its employees with AI agents, citing the technology's failure to deliver. The company had spent months planning the overhaul, but ultimately decided not to move forward with the most aggressive part of the plan.Read more

Diffusion language models, an alternative to autoregressive models, have seen a resurgence in interest with new research and advancements. These models generate text by iteratively refining a sequence, offering advantages in speed and controllability.Read more

A new report from MIT's ad hoc AI committee reveals that artificial intelligence can produce credible responses to almost any written assignment in its undergraduate curriculum, driving significant shifts in campus culture. The finding has sparked concerns about cheating and supervision, with European law already regulating the use of AI in education.Read more

OpenAI's ChatGPT Work is a robust product with features like model selection, code execution, and browser tools, but its complexity and limited documentation make it challenging to navigate. Available to $20/month and up subscribers, ChatGPT Work offers advanced capabilities, including the ability to build and deploy entire websites and run sub-agents, setting it apart from the standard ChatGPT Chat.Read more

Anthropic has released a new framework, Model Hardware Standard, to enable AI agents to safely interact with physical systems like microscopes and manufacturing machines, aiming to accelerate scientific research and industries like manufacturing.Read more

Claude Code, an AI-powered coding tool, has been appending a session URL to every commit message and PR description by default, leaving users surprised and concerned about the impact on their git history. A proposed solution suggests making the session URL attribution opt-in.Read more

Meta's India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the company to join OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, as Meta faces growing pressure from Indian authorities over online safety and content moderation.Read more

Nvidia is reportedly acquiring Hugging Face, a cloud repository for AI models, for $12.9 billion. The deal could help Nvidia expand its integration with the AI industry, and comes after the company had previously invested in Hugging Face. Other companies, including Salesforce, had also attempted to buy the startup.Read more

Anthropic introduces a new hardware standard, MHS, allowing AI agents to control and interact with the physical world. The standard enables models to sequence steps across instruments, adjust parameters, and operate physical equipment with greater ease and efficiency.Read more