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Parents escalated pressure on New York’s governor to sign the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act as AI toys risks drew fresh scrutiny this week. The push follows reports that chatty smart toys exposed children to unsafe topics and problematic content. More than 150 parents urged Governor Kathy Hochul to approve the bill without changes. […]
OpenAI said its Codex coding agent now builds much of its own system, marking a notable turn in how AI tools evolve. The OpenAI Codex agent writes features, fixes bugs, and proposes pull requests across sandboxed projects, according to new reporting. OpenAI Codex agent capabilities and risks OpenAI staff described a feedback loop in which […]
Runway launched Runway GWM-1, a family of “world models,” as President Donald Trump signed an AI executive order that pressures states on regulation. The pair of moves highlights fast product progress and a sharper policy turn. Together, they signal a new phase for generative AI. Runway GWM-1 world model explained Runway’s GWM-1 introduces an approach […]
Spotify launched Spotify Prompted Playlists in beta in New Zealand, giving listeners direct control over curation with text prompts that shape entire mixes. The feature lets people describe mood, genres, or detailed scenarios, and the AI builds playlists that update on a schedule if users choose auto-refresh. Spotify Prompted Playlists: how it works Users type […]
The Pentagon unveiled the GenAI.mil platform with Google’s Gemini as its first model, marking a pivotal generative AI update for U.S. defense. The launch places commercial frontier models inside a secure government portal, with initial use cases tied to paperwork and planning. Secretary Pete Hegseth framed the release in sweeping terms, while Google stressed administrative […]
A federal judge ordered OpenAI to stop using the term “cameo” in its Sora app, triggering a swift rename to “characters” as the OpenAI trademark dispute intensifies. The ruling arrives alongside a separate challenge to OpenAI’s planned “io” hardware branding, raising fresh questions about naming strategy in generative AI. OpenAI trademark dispute: what changed OpenAI […]
Meta’s research suggests an AI model can grasp everyday physics from video alone. The V-JEPA physical intuition advance arrives as OpenAI clarifies there are no live ads in ChatGPT and pauses ad-like suggestions. V-JEPA physical intuition and intuitive physics Meta’s Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA) learns by watching ordinary clips and predicting what comes […]
Meta V-JEPA model demonstrates physical intuition from everyday videos, signaling a notable shift in how AI understands the real world. The research suggests the system can detect when scenes break basic physical rules, much like infants do, according to a Wired report. The model learns from ordinary footage without explicit physics labels. It builds internal […]
Amazon custom AI models took center stage this week, signaling a faster push toward enterprise-ready generative AI. The development arrives as security researchers warn that clever prompts can still defeat model guardrails. Wired’s Uncanny Valley podcast highlighted Amazon’s new frontier AI efforts and a customer path to build tailored systems, underscoring a shift from general […]
