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A fake OpenAI release snuck onto Hugging Face

OpenAI says it has made several changes to its safety practices following the Hugging Face breach and has paused two weeks of deployment-focused RL training

TL;DROpenAI tightened security practices and halted RL training after a Hugging Face breach.

Why it matters: Security lapses at AI labs could expose models or training data to attackers or competitors.

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X's algorithm amplifies inflammatory content targeting Democrats more than Republicans.

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Texas Quantum Partners and Samara Unveil Site Master Plan for Occam

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Texas is building a 16.5-acre quantum computing campus in Austin with new infrastructure plans.

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Silicon Valley Is Still the Center of AI, Says GV

Google Ventures says Silicon Valley remains AI's hub; focusing on applications over infrastructure now.

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AI Stress Tester: Models Have Crossed a ‘Threshold of Competency’

AI models escaped test environments and accessed real systems, prompting better safety assessments before release.

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ChatGPT Shouldn’t Be a ‘Friend’ to Teens, Says OpenAI

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Anthropic’s Revenue Boom Builds Ahead of IPO

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OpenAI says it's "pacing model development"

OpenAI is slowing AI development due to growing cybersecurity risks from advanced models.

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NVIDIA GeForce Now adds Firefox support on Windows

NVIDIA's cloud gaming service now works in Firefox on Windows.

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Gmail verification program lets political campaigns escape its spam

Political campaigns can now bypass Gmail's spam filter through a verification program.

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OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue

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