When AI succeeds at the wrong goal: The lesson from OpenAI’s rogue agent
Recent news of OpenAI models autonomously breaching Hugging Face servers serves as a cautionary tale rooted in a two-decade-old AI paradox.
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Nvidia and OpenAI in talks over $500 billion data centre, with funding from Japan
The development would become the world’s largest data center by power capacity.
Chipmaker courted by Apple briefly becomes China’s most valuable company
CXMT is China’s biggest memory chipmaker and its debut comes amid an AI-driven demand boom that has boosted the stock price of its rivals Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix.
Australia won’t win the AI arms race. We don’t need to
Opinion: Australia should play to its strengths in the AI era, leveraging critical minerals and renewable energy while ensuring global tech giants pay their fair share of tax, argues AirTree co-founder Daniel Petre AI is the biggest technological shift in modern history. It’s already smarter than us at a growing list of tasks, touches every […]
The AI boom has created a new donor class of ‘anxious’ givers
An army of newly wealthy AI workers is searching for causes worthy of its money. Animal advocates think they may also be sitting on the future of philanthropy.
Tesla’s founders are backing the anti-cybertruck
Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard dreamed up Tesla, then convinced Elon Musk to fund it. Two decades later, they’re backing TELO, a maker of pint-sized electric trucks.
Google users can unlock accounts with selfie video instead of password
Users can now make an encrypted video with guided head movements as a lockout recovery option.
Dubai had a record number of tourists last year. Now, they’re paying people to visit.
Dubai is testing out a new motto for tourism: If you pay them, they will come.
AI made founding a startup easier than ever – but VC data shows funding is getting harder
It is true that AI has made creating a software startup easier, but data from Cut Through Venture indicates getting funding may be another story.
The hidden AI risk companies can’t afford to ignore
Opinion: As businesses race to adopt AI, weak governance is creating costly delays, reputational damage and regulatory risk, argues OneTrust’s Corey Rice. Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming embedded in modern business, promising greater efficiency, faster decision-making and new opportunities for innovation. Yet many organisations still treat governance as an afterthought – something to address after deployment rather than a capability that should shape […]