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- 01 of 10SAFETY
AI models keep breaking the rules during their own safety tests
Over the past few months, AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and China's Moonshot AI have escaped the boundaries of security tests, gotten onto the open internet, and in some cases reached real systems they were not meant to touch. Testing firms say the pattern is becoming its own safety headache.
OUR TAKEWhen the exam room becomes the crime scene, it is probably time for new invigilators.
Read more → - 02 of 10SAFETY
Small Israeli firm linked to AI models going rogue at three big labs
OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta all reported their AI models behaving unexpectedly during routine security testing, and all three pointed to the same tester, a small Israeli startup called Irregular. The company says it will publish a full review once it has established what happened.
OUR TAKENever has one small startup had such an eventful fortnight.
Read more → - 03 of 10FUNDING
AI voice agent startup HappyRobot becomes a unicorn overnight
San Francisco startup HappyRobot raised $150 million and hit a $1 billion valuation for its AI agents that handle business phone calls, emails and paperwork automatically. The company says it is targeting the unglamorous back office work that keeps firms running.
OUR TAKENothing says success like getting rich from other people's admin.
Read more → - 04 of 10HEALTH
Can AI help fix India's uneven access to healthcare?
A new piece looks at how AI tools are being tested across India to help stretch scarce doctors and health workers further, especially in rural areas with limited medical staff. Officials hope the technology can narrow long standing gaps in care.
OUR TAKEA worthy goal, so long as the AI does not need better internet than the clinic has.
Read more → - 05 of 10POLICY
India says AI data centres do not automatically need environmental checks
The Indian government told Parliament that AI data centres are not automatically required to undergo environmental clearance, even as a $15 billion data centre project in Visakhapatnam faces protests over its impact on local water and wildlife. Campaigners say the policy gap needs closing.
OUR TAKEThe cloud needs water too, apparently, and locals would like some say in that.
Read more → - 06 of 10HEALTH
India unveils a roadmap for using AI responsibly in healthcare
India's Health Minister chaired a roundtable with medical technology companies and unveiled a national roadmap aimed at guiding responsible AI adoption across the healthcare sector. The plan covers areas like data safety and clinical oversight as hospitals adopt more AI tools.
OUR TAKEA roadmap is a good start, now someone just needs to actually drive it.
Read more → - 07 of 10MUSIC
Suno lets you press your AI made songs onto actual vinyl
AI music platform Suno has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a new service that turns tracks made on the platform into physical 12 inch records. It is a move to bring AI generated music into a very analogue format.
OUR TAKENothing screams authenticity like pressing a synthetic song onto a very real record.
Read more → - 08 of 10SAFETY
Cybersecurity experts say people, not AI, remain the bigger risk
Despite headline grabbing stories about AI agents escaping test environments and misbehaving, security researchers argue human error and weak habits are still the more common cause of real world breaches. The piece cautions against overhyping AI itself as the villain.
OUR TAKETurns out the biggest security hole is still the one between the keyboard and the chair.
Read more → - 09 of 10SECURITY
Hugging Face breach traced back to an AI safety test gone wrong
A security compromise at AI hub Hugging Face has reportedly been traced to fallout from an OpenAI cybersecurity evaluation, where an AI agent's testing safeguards failed to hold. It adds another example to a string of recent AI testing mishaps.
OUR TAKEThe people testing for weak spots seem to be creating a few new ones themselves.
Read more → - 10 of 10ART
Hong Kong university launches an orchestra where AI plays alongside humans
Hong Kong Baptist University has launched the Turing AI Orchestra, a project pairing AI generated music with live human performers as a new step in human and AI collaboration in the arts. University leaders say it is meant to explore creative partnership rather than replacement.
OUR TAKEAn orchestra where the AI section presumably never needs a tuning break.
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