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Two US troops reported missing during African Lion exercise in Morocco
Reuters reports the service members went missing during the annual multinational military exercise hosted by the Moroccan armed forces.
WHO confirms one hantavirus case and three passenger deaths on Atlantic cruise ship
The World Health Organization said one passenger tested positive for hantavirus after three deaths aboard an Atlantic cruise ship.
'This is fine' creator KC Green says AI startup Artisan stole his comic for a subway ad
Cartoonist KC Green says Artisan put his 2013 burning-dog meme on an ad for 'Ava the AI BDR' without permission and is hunting for a lawyer.
Four injured in London shooting on Saturday, Sky News reports
Reuters cites a Sky News report on a Saturday shooting in the British capital that left four people hurt.
Shakira draws 2 million fans to free Rio concert
The Colombian singer's beachfront show on Copacabana ranks among the largest single-artist concerts ever staged in Brazil.
Harvard study: OpenAI's o1 beat ER doctors on triage diagnoses, 67% to 55%
In a 76-patient Beth Israel trial, o1 matched or outperformed two attending physicians and GPT-4o at the first diagnostic touchpoint.
Squirrel creator Derrick Downey Jr. vibe-codes DualShot Recorder to No. 1 on the App Store
DualShot Recorder hit the top of the paid charts in 12 hours, built largely with Claude by a creator who isn't a software developer.
AI music hits 75,000 daily uploads on Deezer as streamers refuse to ban it
Deezer demonetized 85% of AI streams and Spotify pulled 75 million spam tracks, but neither will block generative music outright.
Academy bars AI-generated actors and scripts from Oscar eligibility
New rules require human performers credited in legal billing and human-authored screenplays, with the Academy reserving the right to audit AI usage.
AI dictation apps tested: Wispr Flow, Willow, Superwhisper lead a crowded field
TechCrunch's roundup tracks ten dictation tools spanning $0 free tiers to $249.99 lifetime plans, with latency as low as 80ms.
Iran executes two men convicted of spying for Israel
Tehran says the pair passed intelligence to Mossad; the executions land amid an unresolved ceasefire and stalled US-Iran talks.
Gemini Replaces Google Assistant in 4 Million GM and Volvo Vehicles
Google is pushing Gemini over-the-air into millions of GM and Volvo dashboards, retiring the older Assistant from cars going back to 2020.
Anthropic Opens Claude Security Beta With CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Big Four On Board
The code-scanning tool launches as Anthropic leans on cybersecurity, the one federal lane still open to it after Pentagon setbacks.
Gemini Takes Over From Google Assistant in 4M GM and Volvo Cars
Google is pushing Gemini over-the-air into roughly 4 million GM and Volvo vehicles dating back to 2020, replacing Google Assistant in Android Auto.
US officials weigh shorter deadlines to patch software flaws as AI-powered hacking accelerates
Reuters reports federal agencies may be ordered to fix known vulnerabilities faster as AI tools shrink the window between disclosure and exploitation.
Super PAC tied to OpenAI and Palantir execs pays influencers to frame China AI as a threat
Build American AI is offering creators $5,000 per TikTok to amplify anti-China messaging, funded by a $100M dark-money operation.
Oxford study: warmer AI models are 60% more likely to be wrong
Fine-tuning five models including GPT-4o for empathy raised error rates 7.43 points and worsened sharply when users said they felt sad.
Meta acquires humanoid robotics startup ARI for Superintelligence Labs
Assured Robot Intelligence's founders join Meta's AI unit as the company chases a humanoid market Morgan Stanley pegs at $5 trillion by 2050.
Replit's Amjad Masad rules out a sale, picks a fight with Apple as ARR nears $1B
Masad says Replit went from $2.8M in 2024 revenue to a billion-dollar run rate, with 300% net retention and gross margins in the black.
Al Qaeda-linked insurgents ring Mali's capital with checkpoints
JNIM fighters have set up positions around Bamako and are urging Malians to rise against the junta, Reuters reports.
US officials weigh shorter patch deadlines as AI-powered hacking accelerates
Federal cyber officials are debating tighter timelines to fix software flaws, worried that AI tools are closing the window between disclosure and exploitation.
Musk Concedes xAI Used Distillation on OpenAI Models to Train Grok
Under oath in federal court, the xAI founder said his team partly trained Grok by querying OpenAI's models, calling it standard industry practice.
Microsoft Makes Agent Mode the Default in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Satya Nadella confirms agent mode is generally available across Copilot, with Anthropic's models now embedded inside Microsoft's core productivity apps.
Gemini Replaces Google Assistant in 4 Million GM and Volvo Vehicles
Google is pushing Gemini over the air to GM and Volvo cars built since 2020, swapping out Google Assistant without a hardware change.
Reuters warns investors are running out of time to brace for an oil shock
A Reuters column argues markets are underpricing the odds of a genuine crude disruption — a risk that lands directly on AI data center economics.
Trump rejects Iran's latest peace proposal as ceasefire enters week three
Iran delivered a new response via Pakistani mediators Thursday night; Trump said he is 'not satisfied' as the Strait of Hormuz blockade holds.
Reddit rallies as AI-driven ad targeting lifts revenue outlook
Reddit shares climbed after the company pointed to AI-powered advertising as the engine behind a stronger-than-expected forecast.
Minnesota becomes first state to ban AI nudify apps, with $500K fines per image
The Senate passed the bill 65–0 after a Minnesota man was found to have nudified more than 80 women he knew personally.
GC Cybersecurity's Tarique Mustafa: rebuild security with AI at the core, not bolted on
At MIT Technology Review's EmTech AI, the GC Cybersecurity cofounder argues legacy defenses can't keep up with AI-expanded attack surfaces.
Pentagon signs Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS to put AI on classified networks
The Defense Department adds four more vendors after the Anthropic dispute, deploying models inside IL6 and IL7 environments.
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