Annie Cushing

The company built a five-stage pipeline to cover vulnerability discovery, dynamic validation, exploitability assessment, patch generation, and human review. In its published report OpenAI said it patched 948 privilege escalation flaws in the Linux kernel. OpenAI noted that the kernel underpins Android devices, cloud infrastructure, supercomputers, and other systems used by billions of people. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #OpenAI #InfoSec #OpenSource #Linux #TechNews #AINews #CloudSecurity #DevSecOps #CybersecurityNews #VulnerabilityResearch

.@conductor_build announced the deal on its blog, with founder and CEO @charlieholtz saying the startup has "big, crazy plans for the next interface" and will have something new for customers by early next year. Holtz said on X that he looks forward to working with @alexandr_wang, Meta's chief AI officer, and @natfriedman, head of product at Meta's Superintelligence Labs. Meta confirmed the acquisition but declined to comment further or provide additional details about the deal. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #TechNews #AgenticAI #FutureOfWork #SoftwareDevelopment #MetaAI #SoftwareEngineering #AINews #Developers #CodingAgents #TechAcquisition #MergersAndAcquisitions #MANDAindustry #BusinessGrowth #StrategicPartnerships

The inaugural event featured a 2.4 mi (3.9 km) climbing course that tested the robots' mobility, balance, and thermal management. The contestant was a Unitree G1 humanoid robot, and the company said it may have entered the race without tuning but offered no explanation as to its overheating. The course was a grueling 2.4-mile (3.9-km) mountain trail featuring more than 3,100 stone steps and an elevation gain of roughly 2,000 feet (600 m). #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Automation #Engineering #Robotics #TechNews #FutureOfWork #PhysicalAI #HumanoidRobot #HumanoidRobotics #EmbodiedAI #UnitreeG1

Speaking at the Wall Street Journal Tech conference, Meta president and vice chairman Dina Powell McCormick tied the backlash to broader public feelings about AI but said she believes Meta can improve that negative sentiment by demonstrating the value of both the data centers in local communities and the technology itself. The company currently has data centers in 23 states. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Meta #TechNews #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure #Government #BigTech #AINews #AIPolicy #AIRegulation #TechPolicy

Many @Google DeepMind staffers signed the non-disparagement clause as a condition of employment. Two staffers told the @washingtonpost about a discussion group organized by fellow workers on the clause, where dozens of employees took part and some compared it to the surveillance state in George Orwell's book 1984. Editor's note: I track model safety vis-a-vis cost in my Model Safety app. Google's models are lagging in safety compared to other American models, many open Chinese models, and even SpaceXAI's models—and that's a very low bar. (Link to app and screenshot in first comment.) #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #AISafety #AIGovernance #AINews #ResponsibleAI #AIethics #Whistleblower #TechPolicy #Google #GoogleDeepMind #FrontierAI #AIAccountability #AIWhistleblower

The system uses zero-knowledge cryptography and could help users, independent auditors, and regulators confirm that providers are running the models they claim to serve. The company hopes to curtail API providers and routing services from secretly swapping out an expensive, high-performance frontier model for a cheaper, lower-cost alternatives. Anthropic demonstrated the system on a 400-billion-parameter model, generating proofs at approximately 110 tokens per second on one H100 GPU. However, generating the cryptographic proof requires 70 to 95 times more GPU time than standard model inference. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #LLM #TechNews #AISafety #AINews #zkSNARK #Cryptography #AIRegulation #ZeroKnowledge #AICompliance

Subscribers can upload videos to get an assessment of whether AI was used to create or edit the clip, and the tool distinguishes between 'partially AI' and entirely AI-generated footage. A heatmap flags which parts of a video are likely to be AI, and the company reported more than 98% accuracy in one internal test. Its image model, Pangram Image 1.0, previously a research preview, is now available through the company's Chrome extension, which can automatically scan images as users browse. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Journalism #TechNews #GenAI #AINews #Deepfake #Misinformation #MediaLiteracy #AIDetection #SyntheticMedia #ContentAuthenticity

Early animal experiments suggest the molecule suppresses appetite and promotes fat loss much like semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic. Researchers used AI to search through thousands of possible biological compounds, and they are now preparing to test whether the molecule is safe and effective in humans. Unlike semaglutide, the molecule appears to act specifically in the hypothalamus, which could help avoid some of the more unpleasant side effects common to Ozempic, such as nausea, constipation, and substantial muscle loss. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Healthcare #TechNews #WeightLoss #AINews #GLP1 #DrugDiscovery #Obesity #AIinHealthcare #Ozempic #ScienceNews #Semaglutide

An NBC exit poll found that 56% of voters said AI and data centers were a crucial or major factor in their vote for Congress. The measures that passed included outright bans, temporary moratoriums, limits on energy use, and mandates that elected officials obtain public approval before allowing a project to proceed. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Midterms2026 #Innovation #Sustainability #TechNews #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure #AINews #AIPolicy #AIRegulation #TechPolicy #EnergyPolicy

Google has historically dominated education, with 50 million Chromebooks in schools, and its Google Classroom platform serves more than 150 million users globally. CEO Gabriel Weinberg pointed to DuckDuckGo's documentation on X showing how schools can switch their default search engine. The company's chief public affairs officer, Kamyl Bazbaz, added that Google is "Forcing AI on school children: how a monopolist behaves when they think people are powerless. Prove Google wrong." #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #Education #EdTech #Privacy #TechNews #AINews #AIinEducation #K12 #AIPolicy #Antitrust #TechPolicy #DuckDuckGo