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Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted scam platform EvilTokensMicrosoft said it led an industry-wide disruption of EvilTokens, a subscription scam platform that used an AI chatbot to analyze victim inboxes, pick targets and draft fraud emails, compromising 12,000 Microsoft accounts over a few months. It charged $1,500 upfront plus $500 monthly.
Pennsylvania initiative prompts students to build and use AI modelsPennsylvania launched Pennsylvania Creates, engaging about 150 high school students in using AI models to design a state mascot, aiming to promote ethical AI education. The project is a joint effort by Remake Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, and others.
UN chief warns on AI, urges global cooperationIn a farewell speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that climate crisis, runaway AI and worsening inequality are existential threats, with power shifting from governments to a few private firms and to machines, and urged leaders to avoid the world splitting into two rival blocs.
Ant open-sources 6B image model Ming-Image-0.1-DesignAnt open-sourced the 6B Ming-Image-0.1-Design and Design-Layer image models, plus the Ling UI Design Skill and Image-to-Editable-PPT Skill. The model ranks first among open-weight models on Artificial Analysis's UI/UX Design leaderboard.
Pentagon: AI overreliance contributed to Iran school strikeThe Pentagon said overreliance on artificial intelligence contributed to a missile strike on a school in Iran.
Researchers hacked OpenAI forum using Anthropic modelsThree Hacktron researchers in India used Claude models to find a flaw in Discourse, the third-party service behind OpenAI's community forum, and the day after Claude Opus 5 launched they gained access to some OpenAI users' ChatGPT and Codex accounts, exposing risks to frontier labs themselves.
Qwen Image 2.1 Fast FP8 Generates Premium Images Under 10GBA community user reports that Qwen Image 2.1's Fast FP8 version generates astonishing image quality with a model under 10GB, now available on Unsloth Studio after updating.
Fei-Fei Li: AI's Future Is 'About Humans'AI pioneer and World Labs CEO Fei-Fei Li discussed Atlas, the company's new world model that understands and generates 3D environments for robotics, design and science. She sees spatial intelligence as a frontier beyond language models and argues humans must stay in control, with benchmarks, academia, government and industry all involved in evaluating powerful systems.
Apple's $250M Siri Settlement: How to ClaimApple will pay up to $95 per eligible iPhone to users misled about Siri's release under a $250 million settlement; claims must be filed by December 21.
Unreal Labs open-sources async agent harnessUnreal Labs released Unreal Agent, an open-source harness that manages tool calls asynchronously so users can steer the agent without waiting for tools to finish and more work can be scheduled between model calls. It claims up to 40% cost savings versus Codex and up to 20% versus Pi on real workloads and agentic benchmarks.
Trump Orders US Agencies to Call AI 'Super Intelligence'Trump told the UN General Assembly that all US government documents will now call artificial intelligence 'super intelligence' or SI, urging the world to follow. The change creates no legal issues but risks confusion, since superintelligence has long meant AI smarter than humans.
Tech Firms Discount AI Products to Rival OpenAI, AnthropicThe Information reports Amazon, Microsoft and Figma are discounting or bundling AI products as customers shift to OpenAI and Anthropic. FICO's CIO says it won't sign contracts where vendors don't discount or bundle AI capabilities.
Teresa Ribera Says AI Needs Safety StandardsEuropean Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera said AI needs safety standards that are respected by everybody. She also said it is time for a woman to lead the UN.
Hacker News Discusses GPT-6 Sol and LunaHacker News discussion on 'GPT-6 Sol and Luna' appears, but the article offers no details beyond a forum link.
Enterprises With Data and Security Foundations Lead AI PushBizTech Magazine reports that firms with strong data infrastructure and security lead in AI. Sabre automated 75% of monthly security events this year, while ManpowerGroup benefits from low-risk AI experimentation.
US Documents to Rename AI as 'Super Intelligence'A Reddit post says Trump announced at the UN General Assembly that all US documents will rename artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence,' prompting search-and-replace changes.
Trump Dismisses AI Risks at UN, Won't Rein It InTrump dismissed concerns about AI risks at the UN and said he won't rein it in, contrasting with global calls for stronger AI oversight.
Toyota to Deploy 400K Robots, Says Humans Not ReplacedToyota plans to invest $6.42 billion annually from 2028 to deploy 400,000 robots, with 150,000 in its own plants and 250,000 in group facilities. Workers are already training ELEY humanoid robots, but an executive said the push is not meant to directly replace humans.
Digital Twins More Accessible, but Agencies Should Start SmallAI advances have made digital twins more accessible to state and local governments. Colorado uses them to simulate wildfire spread, the Trinity River Authority uses an Autodesk twin for water systems, and Washington state piloted a Microsoft Azure twin for a floating bridge. Clear goals and good data remain key.
Laya model plays Flappy Bird on CPU with OpenVINO INT8A user converted the 421M-parameter Laya model to OpenVINO and quantized it to INT8, running Flappy Bird locally on a 12th-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, showing small-model inference on consumer CPUs.
User questions suspected bot comments on LocalLLaMAAn r/LocalLLaMA user posted a screenshot questioning whether comments under a thread appear AI-generated, suspecting bot activity in the community.
Illinois Governor Establishes AI CabinetIllinois Governor Pritzker established an Artificial Intelligence Cabinet to coordinate state AI policy and deployment. Details on membership and responsibilities were not disclosed in the report.
Play social multiplayer games against frontier AI modelsA Reddit user shared a platform where players can compete against frontier AI models in social multiplayer games like poker, Risk, and Diplomacy. Players can talk to the AI and change strategies and outcomes, adding interactivity and fun.
ABB Launches New Racks for AI Data CentersABB Motion President Brandon Spencer discussed the company's new data center rack portfolio for AI infrastructure. He said rack-level power demand is rising sharply, with deployments moving toward roughly one megawatt per rack and power needs increasing five to six times from current levels.
Anthropic Releases Opus 5.5 With Lower PricesAnthropic released Opus 5.5, claiming new state-of-the-art coding and knowledge work performance, beating the larger Fable model on many benchmarks. Output pricing drops to $20 per million tokens from $25, with faster, less compute-intensive serving and clearer communication. Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 are due in coming weeks.
Gulati: AI Security Investment Severely LackingTotal Capital founder and former Microsoft Azure executive Sheila Gulati says AI security is woefully under-invested, addressing warnings from Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and others about AI risks and oversight concerns.
State Regulators Share AI Examination FrameworkUS state regulators jointly released an artificial intelligence examination framework, offering a common standard for assessing AI use at regulated entities. The move shows AI oversight moving from federal to state-level implementation, though scope and effective dates remain undisclosed.
Ex-Anthropic Staffers' AI Startup in Talks to Raise at $5B ValuationMirendil, an AI startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise a new round at a $5 billion valuation, with Kleiner Perkins in talks to lead and up to $1 billion in new capital.
AI·rete·RAG: Rule Engine Decides, RAG Explains WhyAI·rete·RAG separates auditable decisions from LLM explanations: a pure-Python Rete engine evaluates YAML rules against facts to produce a single verdict, while RAG retrieves policy passages so an LLM writes a cited explanation without changing the verdict. It offers a free tier and an MCP server for agents like Claude.
Rabbit Returns With Cross-Platform AI Agent App OS3Two years after its dedicated AI hardware struggled, Rabbit is shifting to software with OS3, a cross-platform AI agent that runs on the screens users already own rather than separate hardware. The move marks a pivot from its hardware-first strategy toward agentic apps embedded in existing phone and computer ecosystems.
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