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OpenAI Launches GPT-OSS, Its First ‘Open’ AI Models Since 2019

OpenAI’s new open-weight models are gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b. The smaller model, gpt-oss-20b, can be run on a consumer laptop or powerful phone.

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Cloudflare Accuses AI Startup of ‘Stealth Crawling Behavior’ Across Millions of Sites

Cloudflare is accusing Perplexity of using stealth crawlers to bypass site restrictions, triggering fresh concerns over how AI firms access web content.

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Claude API Controversy: Anthropic Pulls the Plug on OpenAI

An OpenAI spokesperson said the API access allowed for industry-standard benchmarking and safety improvements.

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MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects

By visualizing Escher-like optical illusions in 2.5 dimensions, the “Meschers” tool could help scientists understand physics-defying shapes and spark new designs.

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Elon Musk Weighs In On Consulting’s ‘Existential Transformation’

McKinsey deploys 12,000 AI agents as consulting faces an “existential” shift. Elon Musk says consultants aren't obsolete yet.

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Elon Musk Weighs In On Consulting Industry’s ‘Existential Transformation’

McKinsey deploys 12,000 AI agents as consulting faces an “existential” shift. Elon Musk says consultants aren't obsolete yet.

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Cisco Talos Researcher Reveals Method That Causes LLMs to Reveal Training Data

In this TechRepublic interview, researcher Amy Chang details the decomposition method and shares how organizations can protect themselves from LLM data extraction.

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Cisco Talos Researcher Reveals Method That Causes LLMs to Expose Training Data

In this TechRepublic interview, researcher Amy Chang details the decomposition method and shares how organizations can protect themselves from LLM data extraction.

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NVIDIA Triton Vulnerabilities Could Let Attackers Hijack AI Inference Servers

Three NVIDIA vulnerabilities allow unauthorised users to obtain the IPC memory key and use it to craft malicious inference requests.

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Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping

Internet giant Cloudflare says it detected Perplexity crawling and scraping websites, even after customers had added technical blocks telling Perplexity not to scrape their pages.

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Gemini 2.5 Deep Think Is Google’s Most Advanced AI Model to Date

Google is releasing the high-performing Deep Think AI to select researchers, supporting advanced reasoning tests and future optimization in complex math tasks.

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AI cracks a meteorite’s secret: A material that defies heat

A rare mineral from a 1724 meteorite defies the rules of heat flow, acting like both a crystal and a glass. Thanks to AI and quantum physics, researchers uncovered its bizarre ability to maintain constant thermal conductivity, a breakthrough that could revolutionize heat management in technology and industry.

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Apple Is Finally Building Chatbot to Take On Google in Search

Apple’s new Answers, Knowledge and Information team is developing several ChatGPT-like products that can search the web.

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Apple Is Finally Building a Chatbot to Take On Google in Search

Apple’s new Answers, Knowledge and Information team is developing several ChatGPT-like products that can search the web.

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Chemistry’s ChatGPT Moment: Will Reaxys AI Change the Game for Researchers?

By eliminating traditional keyword limitations, Elsevier’s new Reaxys AI Search accelerates research timelines and opens the door to faster, more cost-effective drug and materials development.

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Apple Eyes the AI Future: Cook Signals Openness to Acquisition Deals

The Apple CEO said overall revenue grew 10% year-over-year in this week’s earnings report.

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Meta’s Reported Billion-Dollar AI Poaching Attempt Failed – Here’s Why

Members of Thinking Machines Lab, run by OpenAI’s former CTO, reportedly turned down Meta’s compensation packages ranging from $200 million to over $1 billion. Their reason likely comes down to mission.

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China Investigates NVIDIA’s H20 Chips for Surveillance Risks

NVIDIA has been called in by Chinese regulators over claims that its H20 AI chip poses security risks, putting billions in potential sales at stake.

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The $128 Billion Huawei AI Bet That’s Shaking Silicon Valley

Huawei’s new CloudMatrix supercomputer has outperformed NVIDIA’s platform, signaling a global AI power shift as US chip bans backfire and China gains ground with sovereign AI technology.

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Wyoming AI Facility Will Consume More Power Than All the State’s Homes Combined

AI data centers are straining US power and water systems, driving up utility demand and costs nationwide.

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