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Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models

OpenAI shares lessons from deploying long-running AI models, highlighting new safety risks, observed failures, and improved safeguards through iter...

YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos

A recent change sees YouTube further cracking down on AI slop by clarifying its policies around how content on its platform can be monetized.

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Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models

OpenAI shares lessons from deploying long-running AI models, highlighting new safety risks, observed failures, and improved safeguards through iter...

YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos

A recent change sees YouTube further cracking down on AI slop by clarifying its policies around how content on its platform can be monetized.

The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it.

What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

Nvidia’s chief Jensen Huang spent two days — July 15 and 16 — in Tokyo, courting Japan’s industrial and chip-supply elite, weeks after a keynote in...

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI , accusing the AI company of a pattern of mi...

Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all

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Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, generating another wave of discourse about China and open source AI.

Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out

In late May, Neil Rimer said something during a sit-down I had with him in Athens that I haven’t been able to shake.

Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act

Databricks on Thursday announced a new round of funding that values the company at $188 billion .

AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market

Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would ripple through consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evi...

Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI

Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI Anthony Ha , Theresa Loconsolo , Kirsten Korosec , Sean O'Kane Jul 17, 2026 Listen on Appl...