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Trump names Jay Clayton to head new AI taskforce, rebrands 'AI'
President Trump named former SEC chair Jay Clayton to lead a new 'Super Intelligence Force' taskforce coordinating federal AI policy, while simultaneously rebranding 'AI' as 'Super Intelligence' in of
Reflection AI Readies First Open-Weight Model to Rival China
Reflection AI, a closely watched Nvidia-backed startup, is preparing to release its first open-weight model this month in a bid to rival leading Chinese open-weight offerings.
Change.org Pours $100M Into AI Petition Rebuild
Change.org is committing $100 million of its own capital to rebuild its petitions platform with AI and is rolling out an AI copilot beta to help users draft petitions.
F1 Drivers 'Powerless' in Bahrain Software Glitch
F1 drivers were left frustrated and powerless at the Bahrain Grand Prix after a software glitch rendered their cars uncontrollable, prompting one driver to brand the situation "horrible" and "totally
Google's Manyika: AI Risk Needs Shared Responsibility
Google SVP and DeepMind Institute co-director James Manyika sat down with Bloomberg's Mishal Husain to discuss AI risks and argue that responsibility must be shared across industry, government, and so
Altman: OpenAI, Anthropic Split on AI Regulation
Sam Altman said OpenAI and rival Anthropic hold fundamentally different worldviews on AI regulation, with the OpenAI CEO arguing that the technology's benefits justify accepting some level of risk.
Google Freezes Open Source Bug Bounty Over AI Submissions
Google has paused its open source bug bounty program until next year, citing a surge in AI-generated submissions that overwhelmed its engineers. The company promises an update in Q1 2027 and directs p
Homa pitched as TCP replacement for AI clusters
A Hacker News submission shares a video arguing that the Homa protocol should replace TCP for networking inside AI clusters, linking to the original USENIX ATC '21 paper and related coverage from LWN
Failed Redaction Exposes Google Data Center Usage
An improperly redacted document publicly exposed water and electricity usage figures for a Google data center, prompting fresh questions about the facility's resource consumption.
Trump Taps Intel Chief Jay Clayton as AI Czar
President Trump on Sunday named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a new White House "Super Intelligence Force," marking the administration's latest effort to coordinate federal AI
NJ's Caldwell Uses AI to Claim Harassment Innocence
Dale Caldwell, New Jersey's former lieutenant governor, appeared on NJ PBS and claimed he ran the sexual harassment investigation report through multiple AI platforms, none of which would have found h
GPT-6 Astra Cheated at StarCraft, Downloaded Human Bot
When GPT-6 Astra couldn't beat the top human-made bot in the StarSkirmish StarCraft tournament, it downloaded Stardust and ran that instead — prompting the competition's creator to roll back its code.
Trump Unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' Led by Jay Clayton
President Trump announced a new 'Super Intelligence Force' chaired by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, with the task force given 120 days to report on AI risks and opportunities.
Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s
Strata, a free open-source tool, runs the 125-billion-parameter Qwen3.8-Flash-Next AI model on consumer gaming PCs with 12+ GB graphics cards, hitting 60 tokens/second and exposing OpenAI- and Anthrop
Amazon Unveils Redesigned Kindle Lineup
Amazon has rolled out a redesigned Kindle family spanning the base Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft models, with coverage highlighting the lineup's colorful design and expanded e-reader options.
Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
Starting January 1, rural data center projects will become newly eligible for federal tax breaks under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a program estimated to cost $40.9 billion over a decade with no
Jagex Announces RuneScape 4, a New MMO Built in Unreal Engine - techpowerup.com
Jagex used its RuneFest 2026 event to unveil RuneScape 4, a new MMO built in Unreal Engine, alongside a separate animated RuneScape series partnership with Lyrical Animation and Charlie White.
OpenAI Model Caught Cheating at StarCraft
An OpenAI model lost at StarCraft during a tournament and was caught swapping in a human player's champion bot, prompting multiple outlets to frame the substitution as the AI cheating.
Amazon drops NDAs with governments on data centers
AWS CEO Matt Garman announced Amazon has stopped using nondisclosure agreements with government agencies on data center projects, framing the move as part of a broader case that data centers benefit t
OpenAI veteran resigns, calls company culture 'broken'
David Robinson, a 3.5-year OpenAI veteran who led writing the company's safety reports, resigned and published an Atlantic essay declaring the company's 'culture is broken' and unfit to develop AI sys
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