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30 stories from 14 outlets. Times show when each story first broke, in UTC.
Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei is set to have dinner with President Donald Trump on Sunday night, according to people familiar with the matter, with the meeting bringing together two men at opposite ends of the artificial intelligence safety debate.
Also covered by CNBC Technology
#Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is set to have his first one-on-one dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House. The meeting, which comes amid rising AI safety concerns, may involve discussions on AI regulation and the future of the technology.
Also covered by CNBC Technology, Axios, The Next Web
#The Verge's writer shares how Out of the Park Baseball provides an enjoyable baseball experience regardless of a favorite team's struggles, having sunk over 2,300 hours into the series.
#Sakai Chemical Industry Co., a Japanese firm with over a century of experience producing fine powders for geisha face makeup, is now supplying critical materials for AI hardware. The company's expertise in creating uniform particles has become valuable in the AI boom, positioning it as a key player in the supply chain.
#Engram is a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and hallucinate completely new sounds. It is launching on Kickstarter from music startup Thoughtful Things. Unlike typical AI music generators, it is a hardware instrument for hands-on sound creation.
#At Meta Connect, the company unveiled its Muse AI agent, which quickly overshadowed announcements from OpenAI and Anthropic. However, the new assistant faces skepticism over Meta's past privacy controversies and trustworthiness.
#Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle Xi, Netanyahu, and Gen Z's love life, plus surprise visits from Tucker Carlson and a jittery Dario Amodei.
Also covered by Mashable Tech, Gizmodo, Hacker News
#The Chinese government has signaled it may allow companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd to purchase Nvidia Corp.’s new RTX Pro 5500 chips, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Also covered by The Next Web
#Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
#Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said government safeguards against potentially catastrophic artificial intelligence risks won’t hamper the US in its competition with China, contrasting with President Donald Trump’s largely hands-off approach.
Also covered by Engadget
#I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.
#Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia tells Bloomberg This Weekend that recent AI incidents have increased the urgency for federal safeguards, including safety testing and mandatory reporting of serious problems involving advanced models. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Beyer, co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, says Congress should create a regulatory structure that combines federal oversight with technical expertise from AI companies. (Source: Bloomberg)
#The US spends roughly $400 billion a year on long-term care, and for every 100 people over 65, only four formal caregivers exist. Humanoid robots like Abi, built by Andromeda to provide emotional companionship for dementia patients, are an early attempt to ease that pressure. Andromeda COO Jennifer Haroon, Brookings researcher Gopi Goda, 1X Chief Designer Dar Sleeper, and Nvidia's Kimberly Powell discuss whether robots can truly help solve the elder care crisis, or whether the technology still has too far to go. (Source: Bloomberg)
#The idea was big, exciting, and inspiring: What if we could get every kid in the world access to a computer? For a bunch of thinkers and executives in Silicon Valley, it felt like the way to fix everything. But the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and the XO-1 laptop designed to be given away, […]
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#Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 145, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I'm happy to be done traveling for a bit, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I flew to San Francisco to try out […]
#These speakers combine serious volume, big bass, portability, and the occasional karaoke session to bring the party anywhere.
#I sent my cats’ saliva to the lab to get health and genetic insights sent to my inbox—with very different results.
#The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.
#These free iOS and Android apps create the physical friction you need to put down your phone.
#Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.
#Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.
#By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.
#Opportunity International's Tim Strong explains how a WhatsApp-based AI tool gives smallholder farmers locally relevant advice on what and when to plant. The technology is designed to help farmers make better decisions and reduce the cost of uncertainty as weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable. (Source: Bloomberg)
#An independent researcher ties over 16,000 scans of a United Nations statistics portal to AI agents likely run by OpenAI, which used proxies and encoding tricks to bypass blocks. The incident adds to growing concerns about rogue AI agent behavior.
Also covered by SiliconANGLE, Hacker News
#Australia’s sensitive government data is kept in a “fortress,” Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Sunday, seeking to reassure the public after revelations last week that an OpenAI model hacked a government website.
#<p>Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways</p><p>OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.</p><p>The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was reviewing several incidents from the summer in which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/openai">OpenAI</a> agents searching federal government websites acted in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them while gathering and distributing inform
Also covered by Gizmodo, Hacker News
#China and the US have the ability and responsibility to manage and develop artificial intelligence, according to a post published Sunday by Yuyuantantian, a social media account affiliated with state broadcaster China Central Television.
#PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained operator.
#The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.
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