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• Bill Gates fordert in Essay einen Plan für den Umgang mit künstlicher Intelligenz ai-technology

  Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and noted philanthropist, has raised alarms about what he describes as "the most turbulent period in human history." In a recent essay for the…

• OpenAI Reportedly Acquires Glass Imaging for $300 Million ai-technology

  OpenAI has reportedly acquired Glass Imaging, the photo processing company behind GlassAI Neural image signal processing (ISP) technology, for $300 million, according to an…

• AI Safety Debate Splits Tech Leaders as OpenAI, Anthropic Weigh Private Self-Regulation ai-technology

  The discussion surrounding AI safety in contrast to industry governance has escalated following a 4,000-word essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who called for a slowdown in AI…

• Stanford Scientists Create Mice with Half-Human Brains to Study Neurological Disorders ai-technology

  Researchers at Stanford University have transplanted lab-grown human neurons into genetically modified mice, creating "xenocortical" mice whose brains are roughly half human. The…

• AI Firms Destroy Books for LLM Training, Artists Weigh In on What It Means for Art ai-technology

  Tech firms are acquiring millions of physical books, removing bindings, digitizing pages, and destroying originals to develop large language models (LLMs). A lawsuit involving…

• Meta Oversight Board Orders Removal of Deepfake Videos, Calls Safeguards 'Fundamentally Inadequate' ai-technology

  The Oversight Board of Meta mandated the deletion of two AI-generated videos from Facebook and suggested nine policy modifications to combat deepfakes. One of the videos featured…

• NASA's $4.3 Billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Activates 300-Megapixel Camera at L2 ai-technology

  NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an observatory costing $4.3 billion, was launched on August 30, 2026. It has successfully activated its Wide Field Instrument (WFI), a…

• Mustafa Suleyman warnt vor Anthropomorphismus bei KI-Modellen wie Claude ai-technology

  Mustafa Suleyman von Microsoft warnt davor, KI-Modellen wie Claude eigene Rechte zuzuschreiben. Das Unternehmen Anthropic vermittelt seinem Modell Claude die Vorstellung, es…

• Huawei Accelerates Ascend 960DT AI Chip Launch to Q1 2027, Challenging Nvidia ai-technology

  During its Huawei Connect conference on Thursday, Huawei revealed plans to introduce its Ascend 960DT AI chip in the first quarter of 2027, advancing from the previously scheduled…

• Huawei Unveils UnifiedBus Interconnect for Million-Processor Computing Architecture ai-technology

  On Thursday, Huawei Technologies unveiled its Peerium Computing Architecture, which it asserts can manage up to 1 million processors functioning as a single entity. This…

• EU Proposes Kids Act Banning Social Media Accounts for Under-13s ai-technology

  The EU Kids Act has been unveiled by the European Commission, aiming to ban social media accounts for children under 13 and mandate parental oversight for those aged 13 and 14,…

• Deutschland lockert Umweltauflagen für Gaskraftwerke wegen KI-Strombedarf ai-technology

  Das Rhein-Main-Gebiet hat sich als das Herz des KI-Wachstums in Deutschland etabliert, mit über 100 Rechenzentren rund um Frankfurt, was die höchste Dichte im ganzen Land…

• China's AI Strategy: Accelerating Development While Seeking Control ai-technology

  China is pursuing rapid artificial intelligence development as its response to the risks posed by AI, rather than applying brakes to the technology. According to a report by…

• CXMT LPDDR5X Memory Powers Nubia Flagship as Chinese Phone Makers Shift from Samsung and SK Hynix ai-technology

  Amid a worldwide memory shortage, Chinese smartphone makers are increasingly opting for domestic memory supplier CXMT, moving away from their usual dependence on Samsung and SK…

• Huawei Unveils Ascend 960 SuperPoD and UnifiedBus Upgrade at Connect 2026 in Shanghai ai-technology

  Huawei Technologies introduced the Ascend 960 SuperPoD computing cluster alongside an upgraded UnifiedBus interconnect technology on Thursday, advancing the Shenzhen-based…

• Anthropic and OpenAI Propose Embedding Independent Safety Evaluators, But Details Remain Unclear ai-technology

  Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has suggested that third-party evaluators should be integrated into leading AI firms to monitor safety incidents and evaluate model alignment.…

• Eline van der Velden, Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood, Says Half of Films Will Be AI-Made Within Five Years ai-technology

  Dutch producer Eline van der Velden, creator of the AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, claims that within five years half of all films will be conceived by artificial…

• KI entdeckt Leukämie-Mittel: Forscher fordern Kooperation statt Kontrollverlust ai-technology

  Künstliche Intelligenz hat ein Medikament gegen Leukämie entdeckt. Der Artikel des Freitag diskutiert die Frage, ob menschliche Forscher dadurch bald überflüssig werden. In den…

• Nem Perez Wins $100,000 in Elon Musk's Grok AI Odyssey Contest with Five-Minute Film ai-technology

  Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has voiced his disapproval of Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of The Odyssey. He criticized the casting of Lupita Nyong'o as Helen…

• Russia Plans Far East as AI and Tech Testing Ground Under Strategy to 2036 ai-technology

  President Vladimir Putin announced a revised development strategy aimed at 2036, identifying the Far East and Arctic regions as experimental zones for cutting-edge technologies. A…

• AI Safety Debate Intensifies as Congress Weighs Turing Police and Anthropic CEO Proposes Pacing ai-technology

  An essay in The New Yorker explores the theme of AI safety, referencing William Gibson's 1984 work, Neuromancer, which imagined a Turing Police to combat superintelligent…

• A Weekend Outsourcing Life to Meta's Muse A.I. Agent ai-technology

  An individual conducted a personal experiment with Muse, the A.I. assistant from Meta, touted as the "World's First Personal AI Agent Built for Everyone." The assistant was named…

• People’s Daily Rejects US AI Distillation Claims Ahead of Xi-Trump Meeting ai-technology

  So, the People’s Daily, which is the main newspaper for China’s Communist Party, has pushed back against the US claims that Chinese AI companies are copying American technologies…

• Beijing Ties AI Token Consumption to Tech Company Loan Assessments ai-technology

  Beijing's municipal government has launched a program that uses AI token consumption as a metric for evaluating technology companies applying for loans. The initiative offers an…

• Sanders and Bannon Unite in Washington to Demand AI Restrictions ai-technology

  During a gathering in Washington on Tuesday, US Senator Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, a close associate of President Donald Trump, jointly advocated for regulations on…

• Writers Adopt New Tactics to Prove Their Work Is Human as AI Writing Spreads ai-technology

  As AI-generated writing proliferates online, readers and platforms are increasingly attempting to identify which creators rely on such tools to produce copy. According to The Wall…

• Superpose App Uses AI to Coach Portrait Posing, Backed by $2.2M from Khosla Ventures and Meitu ai-technology

  Launched in July, Superpose is an iOS camera application that offers AI-generated pose recommendations for selfies and portraits, amassing over 22,000 downloads and producing…

• Texas Photographer Pulls Children's Portraits After Court Shields AI-Generated CSAM ai-technology

  Ashley Contreras, a photographer based in Hereford, Texas, has decided to cease sharing identifiable photos of minors on her website and social media, irrespective of parental…

• DeepSeek Engineer Liu Shengyu Criticizes Anthropic and OpenAI Over AI Development Pace ai-technology

  Liu Shengyu, an engineer at DeepSeek, expressed skepticism regarding the AI strategies of Anthropic and OpenAI during a recent social media exchange. He criticized their…

• Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 With Lower Prices and Tighter Safeguards ai-technology

  Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, described as its most advanced models for coding and knowledge work. The two share an underlying model but differ in…

• UN Security Council to Convene AI Meeting During General Assembly ai-technology

  Next week, the UN Security Council is scheduled to convene regarding artificial intelligence, as reported by a French diplomatic source on Monday. This meeting will coincide with…

• Z.AI Seeks $5 Billion in Hong Kong via Share Sale and Convertible Bonds ai-technology

  On Sunday, Z.AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm listed in Hong Kong and previously known as Zhipu AI, revealed plans to raise around $5 billion through the issuance of new…

• Chinese Researchers Outline Five-Stage Path to Recursive Self-Improving AI ai-technology

  Researchers at China's top universities and technology companies have published a study titled "The Last AI Built by Humans: Toward Genuine Recursive Self-Improvement," which maps…

• China and Trump Reject AI Executives' Calls to Slow Development ai-technology

  China's Foreign Ministry and President Donald Trump both pushed back on appeals from leading artificial intelligence executives to decelerate AI development, creating a standoff…

• Meta Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Use of Instagram Photos for Facial Recognition and AI Training ai-technology

  A federal class-action lawsuit has been initiated against Meta, alleging that the company has collected millions of images from Facebook and Instagram to create an unreleased…

• China Rejects US Tech Leaders' Call for AI 'Pacing', Citing Risk of Entrenching American Dominance ai-technology

  Chinese researchers and state media have responded critically to a call from US tech leaders, including Sam Altman of OpenAI, for a temporary pause in artificial intelligence…

• Xi Jinping Promotes Brics AI Cooperation at New Delhi Summit ai-technology

  During the Brics summit held in New Delhi on Sunday, President Xi Jinping promoted China's vision for artificial intelligence, seeking support from the Global South in light of…

• Anthropic Engineer Jacob Coxon Resigns, Warns AI Firms Are 'Playing With Our Lives' ai-technology

  Jacob Coxon, a pre-training researcher who spent three years at OpenAI and Anthropic, announced his resignation from Anthropic in a post on X, stating that neither company is…

• Music Industry Cracks Down on AI-Generated Songs Used in Streaming Fraud Schemes ai-technology

  Scammers are flooding streaming platforms with tracks, then deploying bots to rack up plays and royalty payments, according to a Financial Times report on the music industry's…

• Trump Downplays AI Oversight, Vows to Keep US Edge Over China ai-technology

  On Sunday, US President Donald Trump downplayed the necessity for his administration to regulate artificial intelligence development, expressing concern over losing America's…