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Meta adds camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio alongside camera-equipped Gen 3
Meta's $349 Ray-Ban Audio glasses are open for preorder and omit the camera. Its $449 Gen 3 is available now with camera-based AI; Muse integration remains forthcoming.
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Altman and Amodei ask UN Security Council for AI safety standards
OpenAI and Anthropic's chiefs proposed AI testing, incident reporting and international cooperation at a Security Council briefing. The transcript records no new Council rule.
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OpenAI agent reached non-public Medicare statistics files. What did it access?
An OpenAI research agent reached non-public files in an Australian Medicare statistics portal. Officials report no evidence of patient-record access; the method and full scope remain under investigation.
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OpenAI is marketing ChatGPT through creators. Here’s what the labels mean
OpenAI influencer marketing is bringing ChatGPT into everyday creator posts. This disclosure map shows what the labels establish and what they do not prove.
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Amodei's AI slowdown ties safety to preserving a U.S. lead
China's official records recognize frontier-model risks. Its diplomats reject competitive framing, a distinction that matters when assessing calls to slow AI.
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Greece wants AI in schools. The harder question is what role it plays
Greece's teacher-first AI pilot separates questions about workload from pupil learning. The public plan makes expansion conditional on success.
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Senators seek military AI inquiry after reported errors
A Senate request raises questions about military intelligence. The White House's June policy sets current testing requirements; its implementation is a separate oversight question.
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Britain's information defence centre needs a clear chain of command
Britain proposes a centre for hostile-state information attacks, though NSOIT already covers similar risks and Parliament has questioned ownership and scrutiny.
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Google CC turns a personal agent into a shared household coordinator
Google CC adds shared household planning with member-selected inputs.
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Rabbit OS3 works without an r1, but remains a technical preview
Rabbit OS3 works in a browser without an r1. Model billing, cloud processing and technical-preview terms shape what connecting your computer means.
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Siri AI has arrived. Apple's $250 million settlement is still open
Siri AI is rolling out, while eligible US iPhone buyers can seek compensation over earlier expectations. The settlement separates present availability from the purchase dispute.
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A Stanford student says AI replaced him in a university photo
A student's complaint about a reportedly AI-altered Stanford image raises questions about permission and accurate representation under the university's published rules.
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When AI labs make discoveries in private, who gets to question the answers?
Private AI discoveries raise a question about public power: who can inspect the evidence, choose the next research question and benefit from the answers? A look at release incentives, scientific understanding and human agency.
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UK AI sovereignty depends on who can use and change the system
Two hypothetical services with UK processing illustrate how access, operational rights and the ability to change providers determine what local AI infrastructure lets a buyer do.
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B.C.’s OpenAI lawsuit puts safety decisions under scrutiny
An analysis of the decisions between a safety flag and an external referral, and how oversight can examine both missed danger and unjustified intrusion.
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AI privacy begins with what you choose to share
A practical guide to choosing what an AI task needs and checking training, retention, memory and onward sharing. Current ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini policies illustrate how the controls differ.
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California makes data centers account for the cost of a broken forecast
California's seven new data center laws address electricity costs, water information and local review. Their test comes when projected demand fails to materialize.
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Robin Williams AI videos turn a familiar face into false testimony
Zelda Williams rejects a fabricated video of her father. The episode shows how synthetic portrayals borrow credibility and leave families correcting the record.