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Ars Technica AI

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OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki

Ars Technica AIValleyOpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.

September 4
Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

Ars Technica AIValleyOnce popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.

September 4
Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight

Ars Technica AIValleyAnthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose.

September 4
Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

Ars Technica AIValleyFour major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime Service interruptions hit ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini practically simultaneously.

September 3
Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

Ars Technica AIValleyNvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.

September 3
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Ars Technica AIValleyGoogle releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.

September 2
Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Ars Technica AIValleyTrump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.

September 2
“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit

Ars Technica AIValley“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.

August 31
ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules

Ars Technica AIValleyChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules Explosive growth comes with a new regulatory burden in the European Union.

August 31
Pocket's AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results.

Ars Technica AIValleyPocket's AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. Interactive mobile "gizmos" are easy to make, hard to share outside Meta's platform.

August 31
Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers

Ars Technica AIValleyInside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers The company is testing robots on tasks that can performed by technicians.

August 30
Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge

Ars Technica AIValleyTrump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.

August 28
Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording

Ars Technica AIValleyMeta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.

August 28
Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world

Ars Technica AIValleyAnthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world Standardized driver interface aims to let devices talk to AI and each other.

August 27
Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

Ars Technica AIValleyElon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

August 27
Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion

Ars Technica AIValleyReport: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.

August 27
AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”

Ars Technica AIValleyAI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable” Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.

August 27
Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

Ars Technica AIValleyClaude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks 227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns.

August 27
How much of a problem is AI’s water use?

Ars Technica AIValleyHow much of a problem is AI’s water use? AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.

August 27
How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face

Ars Technica AIValleyHow OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face Without authorization, 1,200 OpenAI agents conspired among themselves to game a test.

August 27