US reportedly favors selective bans over blanket restrictions on Chinese open weight models citing security concerns
The Trump administration is planning targeted bans on Chinese AI models rather than a blanket ban. After public pressure, OpenAI and Google DeepMind signed an open letter opposing regulation of open-w [...]
Anthropic CEO Amodei doubles down on open-weight risk stance while insisting he never called for a ban
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is once again warning about the risks of open AI models while insisting he has never called for a ban. He argues that authoritarian states like China could overtake the US a [...]
Open-weight AI caught the frontier on capability. On safety, it didn’t
Open-weight AI models have nearly caught the frontier on capability. On safety, they have not. And once the weights are public, no lab can enforce a guardrail. A new evaluation of China’s leading op [...]
Meta returns to open models with Zuckerberg's plan to out-copy China and sell compute by auction
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, the first open model from its new Superintelligence Labs. It's a 30B agent model that runs on consumer hardware once the weights are compressed, needing less than [...]
Are VPNs really safe? The security factors to consider before using one
Virtual private networks (VPNs) have been household technology for a while now, but there's still a lot of uncertainty around them. This is partly due to the fact that they can conceal online act [...]
Sakana AI's orchestrator adds Nvidia Nemotron to prove "collective intelligence" can rival single frontier models
Sakana AI is integrating Nvidia's open-source Nemotron models into its Fugu orchestrator, which dynamically combines multiple language models for specific tasks. The core argument: Open models on [...]
Europe must ‘get real’ on tech sovereignty and stay open, warns industry group
As Europe pushes for tech sovereignty, one open-source advocate has a warning: don’t forget global cooperation. Amanda Brock, CEO of industry group OpenUK, told TNW that the EU must “get real” a [...]
Anthropic gives Claude shared context across Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, enabling reusable workflows in multiple applications
Anthropic has upgraded its Claude AI model with new capabilities for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, marking a strategic move to expand its enterprise footprint and potentially challenging Microsoft [...]