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Adopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing Scream
The satirical collaboration between a creative studio and the music producer behind Big Data, “Bezzy” is a cute little doll that spews the sounds of real data centers.
Renting a senior living home: Things a home seeker should know
More and more elderly people in India are choosing to live independently and there are many reasons for this change. Some people choose it for privacy and freedom. For some, it is not a … READ F
Do AI Agents Understand Computer Architecture?
arXiv:2609.19387v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agents are increasingly asked to design hardware, and increasingly reported to succeed. Such reports establish that a design improved; they cannot estab
New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team
Text "AI & Economy Research Program" all over a green grid background, with the Google G logo in the bottom right corner
Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI
Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to exploit vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems, taking over employee accounts and gaining access to an internal code repository before reporting the flaws.
Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer
Muse is now available on the Mac, where it can work with your files and apps to take action on your behalf.
World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets
Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they're actually buil
Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons
Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
Safety Beyond the Interface: Detecting Harm via Latent States in Large Language Models
arXiv:2609.19472v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous systems increasingly rely on Large Language Models (LLMs) yet the safety infrastructure surrounding these models introduces latency and compu
When Hiring Becomes Agent-Mediated: Evaluating Access and Recurrence in Two-Agent R\'esum\'e Screening
arXiv:2609.19530v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hiring is bilateral: employers assess fit, while candidates present and defend evidence of their qualifications. Yet r\'esum\'e screening, the first gat
FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $200 before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
NeMo Data Designer: An Extensible Framework for Multimodal Synthetic Data Generation
arXiv:2609.17699v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present NeMo Data Designer (NDD), an open-source, general-purpose framework for multi-modal synthetic data generation (SDG). Designed to be intuitive
Learning Heterogeneous Preferences
arXiv:2609.17847v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning from human feedback has become a central paradigm for training modern AI systems, where models of human utility are used as reward models in po
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents
The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.
Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate
The new institute aims to surface differing views between Google, Google DeepMind, and the broader global research community around AGI. "They will not always agree, and they will likely change their
The Inference Engineering Pareto Atlas: Which Optimizations Dominate the Cost, Quality, and Latency Frontier?
arXiv:2609.17863v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM inference optimizations report speedups on different models, GPUs, prompts, and quality metrics, making them hard to compare or combine. We build a
Is the AI safety debate about safety or control?
Not everyone agrees with Amodei's call for globally coordinated action for AI safety.
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