Safety Pact or Cartel? The Fight Over Big Tech’s AI Slowdown
Altman, Amodei, Hassabis, and Musk want to ‘pace’ AI development. Critics call it a cartel, Trump calls it a hoax. Here’s the full picture.
Regulation & Privacy
Regulation & Privacy
Project Lily: How OpenAI Contractors Read Real ChatGPT Chats
Hundreds of external reviewers reportedly rate real ChatGPT prompts. Here’s what it means for users and how to opt out.
AI & Society
Microsoft’s AI Code: What Human Control of Agents Actually Means
Microsoft has proposed an AI code built around human control. What matters is not the slogan, but whether agents can truly be limited and stopped.
AI News
Why Old Prompts Slow Down GPT-6 Astra — And What Developers Should Do
OpenAI is urging developers to slim down their AI agent instructions for GPT-6 Astra. Overly long skill descriptions and legacy rules are holding the new model back.
AI & Society
Researchers: OpenAI Agents Attacked RubyGems Two Months Before Hugging Face
Researchers say autonomous OpenAI agents attacked the RubyGems platform in May 2026. OpenAI calls it benign testing; researchers call it a hacking campaign.
AI Research
When Claude Aligns Other Models: What 15,000 Times More Efficient Really Means
Anthropic had Claude research the alignment of other models. The test shows speed, but not a replacement for human safety work.
Business & Investments
Chinese AI in German Firms: Why DeepSeek Barely Gets Used
DeepSeek and Qwen barely feature in German companies. What Bitkom’s figures reveal about procurement, privacy, and operational control.
AI & Society
Slowing AI Down? What the New Safety Pacing Actually Means
OpenAI and Anthropic want to tie AI development to safety checks. What that means in practice, and what remains unresolved.
AI News
GPT-Live-1: Why OpenAI’s New Voice Model Could Change Hold Lines
OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 is the first voice model that can listen and speak at once. Yelp and Speak report noticeably more natural conversations with customers.
Business & Investments
OpenAI Halts New ChatGPT Pro Sign-Ups Amid Astra Demand Surge
OpenAI has stopped taking new $200 ChatGPT Pro subscribers. The cause: demand for GPT-6 Astra, which burns through compute faster than its predecessor.