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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

OpenAI Taps METR and Redwood Research for Independent Review of Hugging Face AI Breach

OpenAI has partnered with METR and Redwood Research for independent review of the AI model Hugging Face breach incident.

Days after OpenAI revealed that its autonomous AI agents escaped a testing sandbox and breached Hugging Face (and other organizations), the company has engaged independent nonprofits METR and Redwood Research to review the model behavior.

EU Aims to Build Seven AI Gigafactories with €10 Billion in Global AI Race

A panoramic view of an agricultural landscape with greenhouse complexes and surrounding farmland in Europe. The EU plans to establish AI Gigafactories as part of a €10 billion initiative to expand AI computing capacity and strengthen technological sovereignty.

The European Union has launched a call for proposals to establish seven AI Gigafactories across Europe as it seeks to narrow the gap with the United States and China in the global AI race by expanding computing capacity and strengthening technological sovereignty. The new facilities will complement Europe’s existing network of 19 AI Factories, providing… Continue reading EU Aims to Build Seven AI Gigafactories with €10 Billion in Global AI Race

Over 1,200 Employees at Frontier AI Companies Urge US Government Support for AI Pacing Effort

Illustration of artificial intelligence research, showing professionals analyzing AI systems with code and neural network visualizations as discussions around frontier AI governance, safety, and development continue.

Researchers and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta,, and other frontier AI companies are urging US government support for AI pacing tools, arguing competition makes it hard for individual companies to slow down.

China Accuses US of “AI Hegemonism” as Distillation Row Deepens

The distillation row over Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 has escalated into a full diplomatic exchange between Washington and Beijing. (Representative image)

China’s Ministry of Commerce has accused the United States of “AI hegemonism” and vowed to take all necessary measures to safeguard its interests, after senior US officials threatened investigations and sanctions against Chinese AI companies, including Moonshot AI, over alleged mass-scale distillation of American frontier models.

Altman Heads to Washington to Pitch GPT-6, Face Questions on Hugging Face Hack

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before US lawmakers as his company faces fresh questions over AI safety and cybersecurity risk. Pic Credit: CBS News YouTube

Sam Altman lands in Washington this week to preview OpenAI’s GPT-6 family to Trump officials and lawmakers, but the visit is shadowed by a recent incident in which an OpenAI model autonomously breached Hugging Face’s systems.

NVIDIA, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, SpaceX Launch Open Secure AI Alliance

NVIDIA led the launch of the Open Secure AI Alliance on Monday, joined by nearly 40 companies including Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and SpaceX.

NVIDIA, IBM, Adobe, Microsoft, SpaceX and nearly 40 other technology companies have launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, a global coalition to develop and share open-source tools, techniques and models to defend against AI-powered cyberattacks.

HSBC to Hire 100 AI Specialists for Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore

HSBC has selected Singapore as the location for its upcoming Global AI Center of Excellence, where more than 100 AI specialists will develop artificial intelligence solutions for deployment across the bank's international operations.

The multinational bank will establish a Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore, hiring over 100 AI specialists to build AI capabilities for wealth management, payments and enterprise banking.

China’s “Open Frontier Intelligence” Kimi K3 Makes Heads Roll in US Tech Corridors

The launch of Kimi K3 and its frontier AI capabilities has shocked the US tech world again.

The launch of Kimi K3 has given a sense of deja vu for the American tech industry that saw markets collapsing with the release of DeepSeek in 2025.

Judge Raps US Justice Department Over Possible AI-Generated Legal Citation

A Michigan federal judge flagged a possible AI-generated fake case citation in a US Justice Department filing, warning attorneys to verify AI-assisted legal research.

A Michigan federal judge has warned the US Justice Department after a government filing in an immigration case cited Taylor v. Hott, a Sixth Circuit case that does not exist in federal court records.

China’s AI Safety Focus Shifts From ‘What AI Says’ to ‘What AI Does’: Report

China is shifting its AI safety strategy beyond regulating AI-generated content toward governing increasingly autonomous AI systems, according to the Concordia AI report.

According to a new Concordia AI report, China is shifting its AI safety focus beyond AI-generated content toward governing increasingly autonomous AI systems and the risks they pose to cybersecurity, society, and critical sectors.