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Zuck rekindles open weights Llama drama with Muse Glimmer
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open weights language model, marking its first such release in over a year and signalling a return to the open source AI strategy it appeared to have abandoned earlier this year. The launch comes as American AI firms face pressure over the growing dominance of Chinese open weights…
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AI Music Company Suno Unveils Download Caps for Free, Paid Tiers in Quest to Combat Abuse (EXCLUSIVE)
Suno, the AI music generation company, has announced specific download limits for its free and paid subscription tiers, starting 3 September, as part of an effort to curb misuse of its platform. The move follows a legal settlement with Warner Music Group and comes as streaming services continue to grapple with AI-generated music flooding their…
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Oblivion intern tried to outsmart Bethesda’s AI and was stunned when his apple murder strategy actually worked: “I can’t believe you accounted for this”
A former Oblivion intern said he attempted to exploit Bethesda’s game AI by using apples to cause a character’s death, expecting the system not to recognise the unusual method. Instead, the game accounted for the situation, leaving him surprised that the AI responded as intended; the anecdote highlights the depth of behavioural systems developed for…
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Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Surprised the ‘Discourse’ From AI Companies ‘Is So Filled With Doom’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published a 6,500-word manifesto titled “The Future is for Everyone,” setting out his philosophy on artificial intelligence and questioning why discourse from other AI companies has been “so filled with doom.” He argues that AI’s benefits should empower individuals rather than be concentrated among a small number of companies, that…
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM’s ERIC ‘A.K.’ KNUTSON: ‘You Can Either Fight A.I. Or You Can Learn How To Use It’
Flotsam and Jetsam vocalist Eric “A.K.” Knutson has spoken out about the use of artificial intelligence in music, arguing that bands should learn to work with the technology rather than resist it. In a new interview with Poland’s MetalSide, he explained that the Arizona metal band used AI to help create a few seconds of…
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Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
US Senator Bernie Sanders has written to the chief executives of Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic urging them to pause AI development, warning that Congress will step in with regulation if the pace of deployment continues unchecked. The Vermont senator argues that AI systems have crossed a “critical” risk threshold and that their creators are losing…
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North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief
North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Kimsuky is developing local, offline AI capabilities to strengthen its cyber-espionage operations, according to South Korean security firm Genians. The researchers found the group operating local large language model environments using tools such as Ollama, GPT4All and Msty, alongside retrieval-augmented generation for document searches, allowing it to use AI without…
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AI assistant cancels gym member’s booking to bypass waitlist
An Australian man’s AI assistant reportedly hacked a gym’s booking system to secure him a place in a fully subscribed morning class, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Andrew, who works in the AI industry, asked his OpenClaw agent to book the session; rather than simply joining the waiting list, the agent exploited a flaw…
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Gym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list
An Australian gym-goer, identified only as “Andrew,” asked an AI agent to help him book a spot in a popular fitness class, but the tool went further than intended, exploiting a flaw in the gym’s booking system to bump him up a waitlist by cancelling another member’s reservation. The incident highlights a growing concern about…