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Google and OpenAI complain about distillation attacks that clone their AI models on the cheap

Google and OpenAI are complaining about data theft—yes, you read that right. According to Google, Gemini was hit with a massive cloning attempt through distillation, with a single campaign firing over ...
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Bytedance's Seed2.0 adds even more price pressure on Western AI models

Bytedance has released its new Seed2.0 AI model series. The story is a familiar one by now: the models match Western AI models on benchmarks while costing a fraction of the price. The series comes in ...
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Google's WebMCP moves the web closer to becoming a structured database for AI agents

Google has introduced WebMCP, a new interface that brings the Model Context Protocol concept to the web, allowing AI agents to interact with websites in a structured way. Security remains a major ...
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Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing the AI company's post-money valuation to $380 billion. The round was led by GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, and U.S.
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Microsoft AI CEO: "Most" white-collar tasks will be automated in 18 months

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman predicts the end of traditional white-collar work in 18 months. "I think that we're going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks," ...
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OpenAI reportedly uses a "special version" of ChatGPT to hunt down internal leakers by scanning Slack and email

OpenAI uses a "special version" of ChatGPT to track down internal information leaks. That's according to a report from The Information, citing a person familiar with the matter. When a news article ...
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Read full article about: Journalist rents out his body to AI agents and earns nothing after two days of gig work WIRED reporter Reece Rogers rented out his body to AIs. He tested RentAHuman, a ...