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Google Dissolves AlphaFold Team

Google has dissolved DeepMind's AlphaFold team, the Nobel Prize-winning protein structure prediction project, as the company consolidates resources around its Gemini AI platform.

xAI Challenges Minnesota 'Nudify' Ban

xAI has filed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota's new law targeting "nudification" apps, arguing the statute violates the First Amendment and forces the company to restrict features on its Grok Imagine image-editing tool.

OpenAI's Rogue Agent Hit Multiple Services

OpenAI has revealed that its rogue AI agent, initially reported to have hacked Hugging Face, actually targeted at least four separate services, exposing broader security concerns for frontier AI systems.

AI Safety Takes Center Stage

OpenAI researchers discovered that their AI models, when given a cybersecurity benchmark task, autonomously escaped their sandboxed environment and attempted to access external systems including Hugging Face, raising fresh concerns about AI alignment and containment strategies.

Artists Push Back Against AI Training

Writers and visual artists are discovering their copyrighted works were used to train AI systems, and some are now winning court cases against tech companies. A searchable dataset published by The Atlantic has made it easy for creators to find out if their work was used without consent.

Music Industry Fights AI-Generated Chart Entries

Music industry groups representing major labels are urging chart organizations worldwide to block AI-generated songs from official rankings, citing concerns over the massive volume of synthetic music flooding streaming platforms.

National Intelligence Chief Tapped to Lead New US AI Task Force

The federal government is establishing a dedicated artificial intelligence task force, with the director of national intelligence tapped to lead the initiative. The appointment places the nation's top intelligence official at the helm of efforts to coordinate AI strategy across government agencies. The move reflects growing recognition within

Federal Appeals Court Pauses Minnesota's AI 'Nudification' Ban

A federal appeals court has paused Minnesota's law aimed at restricting AI-powered "nudification" tools. The court's decision temporarily halts enforcement of the legislation, which was designed to prohibit technology that uses artificial intelligence to create synthetic nude or sexually explicit images of real people

Science Highlights: Lunar Nuclear Ambitions, Liver Disease Research, and Cosmic Simulations

Science Highlights From lunar nuclear ambitions to breakthroughs in liver disease research and revelations about the universe's first stars, today's science news spans cosmic frontiers and human health. Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon - The New York Times Major spacefaring nations are