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I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines."

—Claude Shannon

OpenAI Invites Researchers to Apply for New Economic Research Exchange

Researchers analyze economic data, reflecting the focus of OpenAI's new Economic Research Exchange.

The program aims to support research on how artificial intelligence is reshaping workers, firms, institutions, and the wider economy, with a focus on generating rigorous, real-world evidence.

UK Sets Up AI Economics Institute, Partners with OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Microsoft

U.K. government has established the AI Economics Institute (AIEI) that will build the data infrastructure, analytical capability and external relationships needed to assess AI’s economic impacts

The UK government has established the AI Economics Institute (AIEI) to study and track AI’s economic impacts on labor markets, productivity and growth.

FBI Launches Operation Riptide as AI-Enabled Fraud Concerns Grow

FBI officials unveil Operation Riptide, a nationwide cybercrime crackdown amid growing concerns over AI-driven and online fraud threats.

The FBI has launched Operation Riptide, a nationwide cybercrime crackdown. The effort comes as law-enforcement agencies face growing concerns over AI-related fraud and online scams.

NVIDIA, Doosan Link Robotics, Power Systems to AI Factory Infrastructure

Industrial robots illustrate the physical AI focus of NVIDIA and Doosan's collaboration.

The companies will combine NVIDIA’s AI platforms with Doosan’s expertise in robotics, energy and industrial systems.

Stanford Study Uncovers Flaws in AI Chatbots Answering News Questions

AI chatbots are increasingly becoming a gateway to news, raising questions about accuracy and reliability.

A Stanford study found that while leading AI chatbots scored above 90% on many real-time news questions, those results masked significant weaknesses in regional performance, source attribution and responses to flawed prompts.

Anthropic Expands Claude Partner Ecosystem as 40,000 Firms Apply

Illustration of collaboration between Anthropic and consulting partners supporting enterprise Claude deployments.

Anthropic has launched the Services Track and Claude Partner Hub as it seeks to scale enterprise adoption of Claude through consulting and implementation partners.

Five AI Risks to Mathematics Identified by 16 Researchers From 15 Universities

Researchers at a Leiden workshop that helped shape the Leiden Declaration on AI and mathematics.Or slightly sharper:

The Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics warns that AI-generated proofs could erode trust in mathematical research by producing convincing but difficult-to-detect errors.

Anthropic Creates AI and Rule of Law Team, Opens First Role

Staff work inside an Anthropic office. The company has launched an AI and Rule of Law team and opened its first role.

Anthropic has formed a dedicated AI and Rule of Law team to study how advanced AI systems could affect executive power, courts, elections, and other democratic institutions.

OpenAI Launches Biodefense Program for Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness

DNA strands symbolize the biological research and biosecurity applications supported by OpenAI's Rosalind Biodefense program.

OpenAI has launched Rosalind Biodefense, a program that aims to help developers build biodefense and pandemic-preparedness tools using its GPT-Rosalind AI model. The company is also expanding access for select public-health and biodefense partners.

NVIDIA Launches Open-Source Physical AI Skills and Tools

NVIDIA showcased physical AI applications spanning robotics, manufacturing, computer vision and digital twin simulation as part of its new open-source agent tools and skills announcement.

Nvidia has released a collection of open-source physical AI skills and tools that enable coding agents to automate workflows across robotics, autonomous vehicles, vision AI and industrial digital twins.