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A/I shuts down – Stay human
Leading today: A/I shuts down – Stay human. Also in this issue: An Alien Mind; AI, Tools and Transformation. 16 stories in total, selected automatically from 32 candidates across the day's feeds.
| 1 | keepitfree.ai A/I shuts down – Stay humanTrending on Hacker News (512 points, 364 comments). |
| 2 | openai.com An Alien MindJakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination. |
| 3 | ben-evans.com AI, Tools and TransformationIt’s very tempting to imagine that AI turns everyone into a tool-builder - now everyone can just ask the model to make the software they need, and apps as we know them are dead. |
Google has released its Lyria 3.5 music model in the Gemini app and via API. The model promises more expressive vocals and richer arrangements and is also available through Flow Music, AI Studio, and Google Vids.
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Read →The Uber founder has said that Atoms will allow him to complete "unfinished business." (The Uber founder has said that Atoms will allow him to complete "unfinished business.")
Read →The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement.
Read →Researchers at King's College London and other institutions are examining whether "AI-associated psychosis" should become a clinical diagnosis.
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Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration.
Read →Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.
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Read →Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI Apparently today is RSI day at OpenAI, for Recursive Self-Improvement - I think it's their new AGI.
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Git-native persistent memory for AI coding agents. Implements Google OKF v0.2 with sub-300µs in-memory BM25 search, embedded MCP server, and progressive disclosure. Slashes token bloat by 80% with ...
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