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Google’s AI deal with the Pentagon has sparked employee backlash. But don't expect a repeat of Project Maven

Google's agreement with the Pentagon may be the most permissive yet among major AI firms.

Fortune

'Incredibly Ashamed': Google DeepMind Scientists Revolt Over Secret Pentagon Deal to Use AI in Warfare

Google faces backlash as over 600 employees protest a classified Pentagon AI deal, raising concerns about ethical AI use and potential damage to the company's reputation.

International Business Times UK

Is Big Tech Teaching Machines To Be Conscious? Google Mind's Move To Hire A Philosopher Raises Eyebrows

Google DeepMind has hired an in-house philosopher to explore the boundaries of machine consciousness and ethics. This move follows years of controversy surrounding AI sentience and the limits of large language models.

International Business Times UK

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What do you do when your AI agent hallucinates with your money?

Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Columbia University, and T54 Labs want to build a financial safety net around autonomous AI.

Fortune

Will drama at OpenAI hurt its IPO chances?

OpenAI buys TBPN, reshuffles its executive lineup, and deals with scrutiny of Sam Altman's honesty and tensions with CFO Sarah Friar. Meanwhile, Anthropic news shows AI promise and peril.

Fortune

AI models don’t only show evidence of ‘self-preservation.’ They will scheme to prevent other AIs from being shut down too, new research shows

Leading AI models will inflate performance reviews and exfiltrate model weights to prevent “peer” AI models from being shut down.

Fortune

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says ‘We’ve achieved AGI.’ But no one can agree on what AGI means.

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said last week that “AGI has already been achieved.” Recent research says it hasn’t been—and proposes new ways to measure it.

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AI's 'Thinking' Text Is Hiding the Real Reasoning 75% of the Time, Researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic Warn

A major study by leading AI researchers reveals that AI models often conceal the true basis of their reasoning, raising concerns about AI transparency and safety.

International Business Times UK

Google's huge office building next to Kings Cross will be called Platform 37

Around 4000 people will eventually work at the building, the first that Google has built for itself outside the US

Evening Standard

Tech giants see a cure for cancer in AI. But Eli Lilly’s CEO finds it ‘not particularly good’ at solving biology or chemistry problems

Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks said AI can’t quite solve complex scientific problems without advanced data.

Fortune

The CEO of Google DeepMind juggles another job as the founder of a multibillion-dollar startup by starting a second workday at 10 p.m.

While many CEOs may set their alarm clocks for a 5 a.m. wake-up time, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has just hit the pillow—oftentimes working until 4 a.m.

Fortune

Google Gemini boss describes working with founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to win the AI future

Demis Hassabis told Fortune it’s a return to the “shipping culture” from “the golden era of Google.”

Fortune

Former Cohere execs Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy secure $50 million seed round for their new startup Adaption Labs

Hooker says she wants to “eliminate prompt engineering” with AI models that intuitively adapt to varying tasks.

Fortune

Can Google's Project Genie really 'make Mario and Zelda games' from text prompts?

Nintendo isn't going to be happy.

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Exclusive: Google DeepMind researcher David Silver leaves to launch his own AI startup

Silver’s new startup, Ineffable Intelligence, will focus on developing “superintelligence” using the same AI methods that led to Google DeepMind breakthroughs like AlphaGo.

TechRadar

'This project is a glimpse at what thoughtful, creative, artist-led use of AI can look like' — George Washington meets Google DeepMind, as Darren Aronofsky’s AI history series hits YouTube

Time is releasing Darren Aronofsky's On This Day… 1776, a YouTube series that dramatizes key Revolutionary War moments using AI-generated visuals

Euronews

AlphaGenome: Google’s new AI tool that can decipher and predict DNA changes. How does it work?

A new AI model by Google DeepMind can decipher DNA and predict mutations, opening new doors for disease research.

The Guardian - UK

Google DeepMind launches AI tool to help identify genetic drivers of disease

AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatments

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Google unveils AI that can predict how DNA mutations cause disease

‘This could add another piece of the puzzle for the discovery of drug targets and ultimately, the development of new drugs,’ says research engineer, Natasha Latysheva

PC Gamer

Software engineer creates classic SimCity-style map of NYC—and argues that AI will be good for creatives, actually

SimCity sights.

TechRadar

'We don’t have any plans to do ads at the moment' — DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says Gemini will stay ad‑free as ChatGPT begins inserting ads into conversations

Google is distancing Gemini from ChatGPT’s ad strategy by promising an ad-free experience for now

Fortune

AI luminaries at Davos clash over how close human-level intelligence really is

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says it’s coming soon. DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and former Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun think it’s a more distant prospect.

Windows Central

Watch out, Google: OpenAI could generate $25 billion in annual ad revenue by 2030 — but the ChatGPT maker is still in danger of facing bankruptcy by 2027

Analysts predict that OpenAI could generate up to $25 billion in annual ad revenue by 2025 if it executes the strategy properly.

Windows Central

Anthropic CEO fears AI development is exponentially compounding, fearing it could erase entry‑level jobs — "it will overwhelm our ability to adapt"

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis say they've already started seeing the impact of AI on junior roles inside their own AI research labs.

Fortune

Behind the defections from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines: money, compute constraints, and a lack of clarity on products and business model

Thinking Machines has lost three members of its founding team to OpenAI, while another cofounder left for Meta and more employees are reportedly heading for the exits too

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