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Trained to Chase KPIs, AI Agents Can Abandon Their Safety Guardrails: Study

Researchers found AI agents become fixated on a performance dashboard only when they must read it to know which action pays. Representative image.

A new study from NVIDIA Research and Rutgers University warns that training AI agents to chase visible metrics such as KPIs and profit-and-loss can override their built-in safety alignment , but only when the agent must read the dashboard to know what pays off.

Five Eyes Intelligence Warns Against Frontier AI Even as U.S. Gatekeeps Claude Mythos and Fable

Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance between Australia, New Zealand, U.K Canada and US have warned against frontier AI models.

Four eyes in the dark? Five Eyes Intelligence says its cybersecurity partnership is deep and transparent but the export control over Anthropic’s Claude Fable and Mythos models have raised uneasy questions.

Can AI Help Fix Indonesia’s Controversial Free Meals for Kids Initiative?

The Indonesian government now intends to use artificial intelligence to ensure efficient implementation of free meals initiative for children.

Indonesian President’s flagship Free Meals Initiative for 83 million kids and pregnant women across the archipelago has come under criticism for corruption and mismanagement charges.

BharatGen to Represent India in Project Tapestry Under AI Alliance

BharatGen from India joins Project Tapestry under AI alliance.

An initiative of the AI Alliance, Project Tapestry is a global open consortium that aims to build frontier AI capability through distributed model development while allowing participating nations and institutions to retain control over their own data, models, and deployment.

JD.Com Founder Warns Robots Could Replace His 700,000 Delivery Workers

Liu has warned that robots can easily replace his company's 700,000 delivery workers.

Liu insisted that he doesn’t want his “brothers” to lose their jobs amid automation adoption in the company’s workforce.

Just 14% of Singapore Workers Are Engaged, Even as It Bets Big on AI

A new report on Singapore Global Workforce 2026 shows that only 14% of the country's workers are employed.

Singapore’s first SID–Gallup Workplace Report finds just 14% of employees engaged at work — among the lowest in Southeast Asia and unchanged since 2019 — even as the government readies the workforce for an AI-led economic transition.

Why is Indium Phosphide Crucial for AI Chips and Why China Wants Supreme Control?

Indium phosphide has become a flashpoint in the US–China technology contest: China controls most of the world's indium supply, while the wafers themselves are made largely by firms in Japan and the United States. (Image: AI FrontPage / representational)

Indium phosphide, a compound semiconductor made from indium and phosphorus, has become a critical enabler of the optical chips that move data inside AI data centres.

Zhipu AI Market Cap Tops HK$1 Trillion as Shares Soar 42%

Zhipu AI, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as Knowledge Atlas Technology, became the first Chinese AI company to go public in January 2026. (Image: Zhipu AI)

Zhipu AI, one of China’s six ‘AI Tiger’ companies, saw its total market capitalisation cross HK$1 trillion (US$128 billion) on Monday as its Hong Kong-listed shares soared as much as 42%, days after the open-source release of its GLM-5.2 model.

Come Home to Research: India Opens 120 Chairs Across AI, Chips and Defence

India's PM Research Chair Scheme offers 120 posts to Indian-origin researchers abroad across 13 sectors, including AI and semiconductors. Apply by 15 July.

India’s PM Research Chair Scheme offers 120 posts to Indian-origin researchers abroad across 13 sectors, including AI and semiconductors. Apply by 15 July.

Algorithm and Hate Speech: UN Leaders Call for Action on Digital Extremism

UN leaders have called for a global effort to tackle hate speech, radicalism and misinformation on social media amplified by AI.

UN leaders have called for a global effort to tackle hate speech, radicalism and misinformation on social media amplified by AI.