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Today's Tech News: AI Safety, Global Tech Independence, and Breakthroughs

China's Windows Ban

China has reportedly ordered its state agencies to uninstall Windows operating systems, marking a significant escalation in its push to replace US-made technology with domestic alternatives.

Read more: China orders state agencies to uninstall Windows as it cuts dependence on US tech - India Today

mRNA Cancer Vaccine Success

Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine demonstrated success in a Phase 3 clinical trial for melanoma, reportedly preventing the cancer's return and spread.

Read more: mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in Phase 3 melanoma trial, Moderna and Merck say

Facial Recognition Data Breach

ClarityCheck, a reverse image lookup service that claims to offer private and secure facial recognition searches, inadvertently exposed a database containing over 9 million image files due to a misconfiguration.

Read more: Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces

OpenAI Slows Development

OpenAI has announced a deliberate slowdown in AI development, including a two-week pause on reinforcement learning training for upcoming models and a delay to its largest planned frontier training run, as it tightens security and safeguards.

Read more: OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what?

China's AI Chip Imports

ByteDance and Tencent have each obtained 10,000 NVIDIA H200 AI chips, according to Financial Times reporting, potentially setting a precedent for other Chinese companies seeking advanced AI hardware.

Read more: China reportedly allows ByteDance and Tencent to import 10,000 H200 chips

Flock AI Surveillance Tools

An investigation into Flock Safety's AI-powered surveillance tools reveals capabilities that extend beyond simple license plate recognition, raising questions about the scope of automated policing technology deployed across U.S. communities.

Read more: Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code