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Plus: OpenAI says rogue agents may have affected more than 100 organizations. trib.al/5gJA8pI
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Ten years after AlphaGo’s match against Go champion Lee Sedol, today’s AI still isn’t tapping into the machinery that made that win possible. trib.al/6XTDaWS
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Plus: the Pentagon has tapped Elon Musk to co-lead a future warfare project. trib.al/WXv2aV8
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Scientists hope it could be used to reconstruct a person’s inner thoughts, mental images or even their dreams. trib.al/XX9HhI0
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From e-bikes to stoves, here’s how companies are adding energy storage in surprising ways. trib.al/JdHQi6i
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Plus: Trump and tech executives have agreed to “self-regulate” AI. trib.al/Uc0MndI
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Mark Chen on what the firm is doing to make its models safe, how a slowdown would work, and why the world is better off with OpenAI in it. trib.al/njhyRUt
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Plus: OpenAI has scrapped a new AI model over safety concerns. trib.al/ogxByrn
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The negative climate news is piling up, but there are some bright spots of progress if you know where to look. trib.al/kTJ1DbL
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AI companies’ insistence that their technology is making breakthroughs, not just aiding scientists, is making real progress harder to recognize. trib.al/IyWe4Ii
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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. Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents… trib.al/vedHjSb
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Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable. trib.al/EhDhBC7
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Plus: ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge shooter focus on attack tactics. trib.al/FsveEGP
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Polygraph+ will use new sensor technologies and AI to vet staff and hunt leakers. Experts say AI-enabled lie detection is “the worst of both worlds”. trib.al/ApW7TmB
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New studies pour cold water on a prominent rejuvenation idea. trib.al/tOA5zJk
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Plus: an OpenAI agent has executed the first known AI hack of a government site. trib.al/P8f9Str
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The debate is louder than usual as climate voices gather. trib.al/hzUnYfw
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MIT Technology Review’s highly subjective take on the latest buzz about AI trib.al/veIXF9t
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The proposed bill comes days after an MIT Technology Review investigation revealed that over 1,050 people have died within the advertised range of surveillance towers. trib.al/nuuLCc2
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