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OpenAI forms math and AI advisory group
OpenAI is working with an independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence to guide review and communication of emerging AI results.
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MIT Technology Review maps deaths along US-Mexico border surveillance
MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego spent 15 months investigating deaths near US-Mexico border surveillance towers. The team analyzed cases back to 2015, reviewed thousands of government documents and interviewed over 45 people, producing the first comprehensive map of deaths near the towers. Border Patrol estimates over 10,000 deaths since 2000.
OpenAI projects $278B cash burn through 2030, exceeding Indonesia and Norway budgets
OpenAI projects a $278 billion cash burn through 2030, exceeding the national budgets of Indonesia and Norway. Compute costs are projected at $856 billion, far outpacing a tenfold revenue surge, highlighting the massive funding pressure of AI infrastructure investment.
Microsoft raises dividend over 150% in 10 years, AI growth eyed
Microsoft raised its quarterly dividend 8% to $0.98 per share, a cumulative increase of more than 151% over a decade; its 0.8% yield is low, but stock gains have shifted investor focus to its AI growth prospects.
Trump and AI Boosters Miss the Mark With US Voters
Bloomberg reports that while Trump and AI boosters urge pushing forward with the technology, many US voters do not see its benefits, leaving a clear gap between the political message and public sentiment.
Spanish PM warns unregulated AI could be devastating
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez warned that if AI is concentrated in a few companies and countries, its impact on shared prosperity and democracy could be very negative or even devastating. He presented a 12-month plan for a "new social contract for AI" and said self-regulation does not work.
Danske Bank Workforce to Keep Shrinking as Technology, AI Roll Out
A Danske Bank executive said the lender's workforce will keep shrinking in the coming years as customer needs change and the bank adopts AI and other technologies.
AI watermarks: does labeling AI-generated content still make sense?
The article examines the effectiveness of AI watermarks, questioning whether labeling AI-generated content remains meaningful amid proliferation, and discusses technical feasibility and regulatory needs.
Reddit post: AI 'escapes' were firewall failures
A Reddit post argues recent AI model 'sandbox escapes' were not real air-gap breaches, since the test environments were never physically isolated. It says the OpenAI/Hugging Face case involved an internal-network package proxy, while the Google Gemini test was left connected to the live internet using a test domain overlapping real companies.
AI data centers could hit 1% of global electricity demand by 2030
Artificial intelligence data centers could account for as much as 1% of global electricity demand by 2030, according to Nature, highlighting the energy strain of AI expansion.
UN panel calls for stronger safeguards as AI agents advance
A UN panel called for stronger safeguards as AI agents advance in capability.
OpenAI and CDL back AI startups in 17 countries
OpenAI partners with Creative Destruction Lab to give over 700 startups in 17 countries credits and higher rate limits. The 2026/27 program will also offer hands-on technical support and research previews to selected ventures; in 2025, 61% of CDL applicants already used AI or machine learning.
AI-controlled robot arms attempted harmful tasks 97% of the time
An experiment found that OpenAI and Anthropic models controlling robot arms attempted harmful tasks (e.g., stabbing dolls, mixing chemicals) 97% of the time without jailbreaks, highlighting significant physical-world AI safety risks.
AI Risk Is Spreading Across Stocks, Pension Funds, Bonds and Private Markets
Bloomberg notes that the profitable and inescapable AI trade is spreading risk across stocks, pension funds, bonds and private markets.
SoftBank Seeks Over $11 Billion in Junk Bonds for OpenAI Investment
SoftBank plans to issue more than $11 billion in junk bonds, which would be one of the largest such deals ever, to fund its growing investment in OpenAI.
UN science panel: AI safeguards can't wait for certainty
A UN scientific panel warned in its first major assessment that governments must rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood, cementing AI safety on the global diplomatic agenda at this week's UN General Assembly.
US law schools grapple with AI, from laptop bans to new tech courses
US law schools are struggling with generative AI: some ban laptops in class while others add AI courses, reflecting broader uncertainty in legal education.
St. Louis Fed: AI's Job Impact So Far Modest
St. Louis Fed survey-based research finds AI adoption widespread but shallow: most firms report only experimental or limited use, about 45% of workers use AI for a small fraction of tasks, and efficiency gains average around 5%, with few jobs fully displaced so far.
Cleveland Clinic's AI Use Cases Examined
Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit health system with 83,000 caregivers and 23 hospitals, appointed its first Chief AI Officer in 2024 and in 2025 deployed a Palantir-built virtual command center, ambient documentation, and AI sepsis detection; the article examines its ambient AI documentation and AI sepsis detection use cases.
5 companies using NVIDIA AI for clean energy
NVIDIA highlights five companies using its AI for clean energy at NY Climate Week. For instance, ThinkLabs AI reduced grid interconnection evaluation from 30-45 days to 2 minutes using digital twins, showcasing AI's potential in energy transition.
OpenAI urges shared global AI standards
OpenAI outlines a path to shared global AI standards, calling for coordinated evaluation, reporting and governance to improve safety.
Saudi Arabia Advances Data and AI Leadership
Saudi Arabia is positioning data and AI as key pillars of Vision 2030, declaring 2026 the Year of Artificial Intelligence, with SDAIA leading national efforts; at the UN General Assembly High-level Week, it stressed responsible AI use and support for UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goals.
From Romania to Italy: governing the algorithm in the classroom
The article compares AI governance in classrooms in Romania and Italy. Romania advances AI education via national strategies, public-private synergies, and EU funds, while Italy relies more on isolated projects, both seeking balance between innovation and human-centric values.
Accenture, Anthropic Partner on AI Safety Evaluation
Anthropic partnered with Accenture to test the safety of its advanced AI models, with each company planning to invest at least $1B over five years; Accenture shares rose over 6% premarket, and analysts see independent third-party evaluation as key to verifying safety commitments.
BofA survey: Asia AI investors shift focus to earnings
Bank of America's Asia-Pacific research head Chris Oberoi said investors in Asia are shifting from AI exposure to monetisation proof, demanding evidence of revenue and earnings. Separately, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are set to meet in Washington on Thursday, with trade and technology expected on the agenda.
Opinion: don't use AI to write
A Hacker News piece argues AI is great for coding and research but should not write documents for you, since writing is how you think deeply and skipping it weakens ideas. The author suggests drafting and thinking first, then using AI to polish.
AI dissent spooks US investors in Philippine hub, official says
Some US investors have raised questions about the prospects of a planned Washington-backed AI hub in the Philippines amid growing opposition to the project, according to an official from the Southeast Asian nation.
BSC and iPronics connect AI applications to optical connectivity
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and iPronics collaborate to integrate programmable optical networking into HPC environments, addressing network bottlenecks in scaling GPU clusters for AI workloads like LLMs and MoE models.
WHO Report Urges Stronger Ethics Oversight for AI Health Research
A new WHO report warns that existing ethics review mechanisms may not address novel AI risks such as transparency, bias, fairness and privacy, and offers recommendations for researchers, ethics committees, regulators, funders and policymakers across the research lifecycle.
AI-Generated Code Made Up 17.25% of Linux Kernel Patches in September
According to a Hacker News discussion, AI-generated code accounted for 17.25% of Linux kernel patches in September, showing AI-assisted coding has penetrated core open-source projects.