MIT, WPI, and Google researchers unveil WRING, a groundbreaking debiasing technique that eliminates bias in AI vision-language models by rotating bias-responsible coordinates in high-dimensional space, avoiding the 'Whac-A-Mole dilemma' of creating new biases while fixing old ones.
OpenAI's GPT-4.5 has been officially banned from spontaneously discussing goblins, gremlins, raccoons, and trolls after the model repeatedly brought up such creatures unprompted, with the quirky prohibition going viral and even CEO Sam Altman leaning into the joke as fans build 'goblin mode' workarounds.
Google grants the Pentagon unrestricted AI access for classified networks, including non-binding restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, sparking backlash from 950 employees demanding stronger protections after Anthropic's refusal to offer similar terms triggered a DoD lawsuit.
Elon Musk takes the stand in federal court, accusing OpenAI co-founders of 'looting' a charity through its for-profit conversion, while OpenAI's attorneys strike back with Musk's own emails showing he once supported the very restructuring he now seeks to unwind in court.
Hundreds of Google employees are demanding CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using the company's AI for classified military work, igniting a fierce public debate over the ethics of military AI contracts just months after rival Anthropic was dropped by the Defense Department for making a similar request.
Elon Musk takes the stand in a landmark $130 billion trial against OpenAI, demanding the company revert to nonprofit status and remove CEO Sam Altman, while OpenAI fires back claiming Musk's lawsuit is fueled by jealousy and competitive motives tied to his rival xAI venture — with the outcome potentially …
OpenAI strikes a landmark Pentagon deal deploying advanced AI in classified environments, banning autonomous weapons, mass domestic surveillance, and high-stakes automated decisions, while retaining full safety control and the right to terminate the contract if violations occur.
Canva's Magic Layers AI feature is caught automatically replacing the word 'Palestine' with 'Ukraine' in user designs, sparking widespread outrage before the company issues an apology and deploys a fix.
China orders Meta to unwind its $2.5 billion acquisition of Manus AI, escalating AI tensions between Beijing and Washington while signaling a crackdown on 'Singapore washing,' a tactic Chinese tech firms use to attract foreign investment by relocating staff abroad.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls for democratic AI ownership and warns against centralized control over superintelligence, but critics argue financial pressures from potential IPOs could ultimately push frontier AI labs in the opposite direction.