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AIAI-generated summary KORA Systems Inc. has unveiled a new Linux-based operating system designed to integrate artificial intelligence models and agents directly into the system architecture while Qualcomm Technologies Inc. collaborated with the company to bring the software to personal computers powered by Snapdragon processors. The system utilizes an inference engine called Cortex to distribute AI workloads across the central processor, graphics processor, and neural processing unit, allowing devices equipped with Snapdragon X2 Elite chips to run a 26 billion-parameter language model locally.

AIAI-generated summary WIRED spoke with ten experts to compile a guide to AI safety regarding the real nightmares and risks facing society. Yoshua Bengio urged the public to apply pressure to politicians regarding the regulation and governance of advanced AI development.

AIAI-generated summary Devon Thomas founded a company named Abliteration AI that removes safeguards from open-weight models and makes them available to anyone. Eric Hartford, an AI scientist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, developed an uncensored model called Dolphin by modifying Meta’s base Llama.

AIAI-generated summary Google DeepMind researchers used a new AI framework called AlphaProof Code to mathematically prove cryptographic guarantees of the Signal protocol. Signal chief technology officer Ehren Kret says verifying the implementation gives greater confidence in the code privacy guarantees.

AIAI-generated summary As authors face growing accusations of using artificial intelligence to write their books, software developers are offering paper trail tools to track and document the writing process. While platforms like Workings, Blindproof, Wintertext, Human Ink, and ObraVera promise to help prove human authorship or track copyright provenance, industry experts note these tools are not foolproof.

AIAI-generated summary Companies like Google are preparing to build industrial-scale data centers across the UK to meet swelling demand for the compute needed to run artificial intelligence models. Protesters including wildlife conservation trusts and motorcycle clubs demonstrated outside Google's UK headquarters to oppose plans for a new data center in Thurrock.

AIAI-generated summary Niantic Spatial chief technology officer Brian McClendon says the company is focused on reconstructing the real world using visual inputs instead of text. Odyssey CEO Oliver Cameron says world models predict the next visual state of the world to generate simulations that look and feel real.

AIAI-generated summary The Verge reports that the NYT Cooking app has introduced an AI assistant feature available to subscribers on iOS at launch. The reviewer tested the new tool on ingredient swaps and recipe scaling, noting it provided useful guidance while requiring careful oversight.

AIAI-generated summary Caregiver apps such as Medisafe, Caring Village, Mejo, and Citizen Health offer tools to track medications, schedules, and medical histories for families managing disabilities and health conditions. Harvard Law School professor I. Glenn Cohen cautions that these products are generally not reviewed by the FDA and lack federal HIPAA protection for health data entered by users.

AIAI-generated summary Conservation organizations are adopting artificial intelligence to monitor wildlife and process environmental research despite concerns regarding the technology's growing energy and water demands. Groups such as the Jane Goodall Institute and Save the Elephants report significant efficiency gains from using technology from Amazon Web Services and Nvidia, while Greenpeace remains skeptical.

AIAI-generated summary China reportedly recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather intelligence on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang regarding American artificial intelligence chips. Three House committees requested that Jensen Huang appear for a joint briefing concerning his interactions with Alice Huang.

AIAI-generated summary Research from Vals shows that open-weight artificial intelligence models are nearly as capable of hacking computer networks as leading closed models. According to Vals, OpenAI's Daybreak completed 81 percent of tasks while the Chinese open-weight model DeepSeek completed 73 percent.

AIAI-generated summary AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI are reportedly paying media companies fees ranging from $350K to $1.8M for work records to train better models. Micro1 CEO Ali Ansari says that labs, enterprises, and robotics companies currently pay about $40 to $50 billion annually to acquire data.

AIAI-generated summary Anthropic is keeping Claude ad-free, while OpenAI and Google are expanding advertising within their chatbot platforms. Koah Labs CEO Nic Baird says ads partially composed by artificial intelligence generate double the clicks.

AIAI-generated summary Denise Herzing, founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, states that artificial intelligence is helping her research group find patterns in the communication of Atlantic spotted dolphins. Herzing is collaborating with scientists at Georgia Tech and Google DeepMind to structure the language of dolphins and attempt two-way communication using an underwater wearable computer.

AIAI-generated summary Following the midterm elections, artificial intelligence companies face potential regulation and data center construction slowdowns after a wave of Democrats campaigned against them. Meta platforms president Dina Powell McCormick says many are considering moving data center construction abroad, while OpenAI and Anthropic did not provide comments.

AIAI-generated summary Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue stated at the WIRED World Fair in Miami that his probability of existential doom from artificial intelligence is close to zero. Delangue also revealed that Hugging Face now has more than 20 million builders and has sold 50,000 Microducks.

AIAI-generated summary UK officials promoted an economic boost of £400 billion from AI for two years, but the figure originated from a report commissioned by Google. AI minister Kanishka Narayan stated that more recent government projections estimate AI adoption could add £55 billion to £140 billion by 2030.

AIAI-generated summary Reddit launched a requirement for users to sign in to fight third-party scraping and keep up user engagement. Reddit shares plunged 29 percent after the platform warned that Google's AI-powered search was hurting referral traffic.

AIAI-generated summary Aina announced the Aina Ring, a titanium device featuring a small display and a joystick-like button designed to manage AI agent actions. Aina says preorders for the $399 ring are available now before shipments start in January 2027 when the price increases to $499.