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Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?

In a lengthy essay published over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made a proposal that the AI industry would have rejected instantly even a year ago: embed third-party evaluators inside all frontier AI companies, giving them the power to report safety incidents, assess whether AI models are truly aligned, and share their unvarnished findings with the world. Amodei said Anthropic would…
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Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M

Hang Ten Systems, an AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka just four months ago, has expanded its seed funding by another $53 million. This new investment round was closed just five weeks after the initial $32 million seed round was closed, the company tells…
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Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo

Companies have been increasingly using AI’s image generation chops to teach people photography skills. Google last year released a feature called Camera Coach on Pixel phones to guide users about framing and composition, and in July, Adobe released a new feature in its experimental camera app to use AI to critique photos and suggest changes for capture. On the same slant, two former TikTok…
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Fashion app Daydream uses Apple Intelligence to help you shop the outfits in your camera roll

Daydream, an AI-powered fashion discovery app, launched two new features on Monday to let iPhone users turn saved outfit photos into shoppable results and search for clothing and accessories through Siri, without opening the app. The new features were built using Apple’s iOS 27 developer tools, which officially rolled out today. To use either feature, you’ll need an iPhone running iOS…
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What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The current discussion began after AI researcher Jacob Coxon said that he’s resigned from Anthropic because he’s worried that the leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Then…
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