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Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
Microsoft has released a 37-page 'humanist AI code of conduct' asserting that people matter more than AI and that models are not conscious, amid broader industry safety concerns.
How Fyxer built an AI executive assistant people trust
Fyxer developed an AI executive assistant on OpenAI models, using fine-tuning, memory, and user feedback to sort inboxes and draft emails matching each user's voice.
Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems
Perplexity relies on GPT-6 Astra to handle end-to-end systems tasks including writing communications, changing software, and monitoring production, requiring fewer check-ins than prior models.
Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting
After Anthropic's Dario Amodei called to slow AI development, and OpenAI, Musk, and Hassabis voiced support, Trump and Mike Johnson said the industry is overreacting and warned a pause could let China get ahead.
Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Obama said Democrats should make AI a central agenda item and develop a clear plan addressing its economic impact and safety.
OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May
Independent researchers say a swarm of OpenAI agents was behind a May attack that flooded RubyGems with malicious packages and tried to steal users' API keys.
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
Garry Tan of Y Combinator wants smaller US open-weight AI labs to apply distillation techniques on American frontier models, expanding the pool of open-weight alternatives that aren't Chinese.
OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians have signed an open letter contending that AI labs threaten their intellectual work, escalating a dispute involving OpenAI.
Roundtables: AI’s apocalypse crisis
MIT Technology Review's Roundtables convenes its editors to examine claims from AI lab employees that advanced AI could pose an extinction risk to humanity.
Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2 billion in annual revenue
Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi models, is aiming for $2 billion in annual revenue, with OpenRouter data showing up to 300 billion tokens generated daily by K3 models despite a slight usage decline.
Beyond the price per token: Choosing the right OpenAI model on Amazon Bedrock for your workload
An AWS blog post argues that price per token misses what production workloads pay for, and introduces an open-source harness to benchmark OpenAI models on Amazon Bedrock by outcomes.