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Chatbots must reveal they are AI, deepfakes and AI content must be labeled – and providers of large AI models now fall under the direct oversight of the European Commission.

Chatbots must reveal they are AI, deepfakes and AI content must be labeled – and providers of large AI models now fall under the direct oversight of the European Commission.

Researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute used AI models to design complete viral genomes. Sixteen of them worked in the lab and killed E. coli bacteria – a scientific breakthrough with serious governance questions.

OpenAI has slowed development of its frontier model Astra because it could reach the highest risk tier for offensive cybersecurity. It is the first time the company's internal safety framework has crossed that threshold.

From 14 August, auto mode becomes the default: instead of humans signing off on risky commands, an AI classifier reviews them. The reason is uncomfortable – humans caught dangerous commands only 13.6% of the time.

The TikTok owner's Seed division is working on a model of unprecedented size for a Chinese company, according to the Financial Times – a signal in the race for sheer scale.

The new image model from Elon Musk's xAI enables targeted partial edits and up to five reference images at once – and, by its own account, ranks second on global arena leaderboards.

Lina Noa is an AI-generated news anchor. Every edition is compiled from verified sources, produced by AI systems, and editorially approved.
We label AI content and link the sources used below every report — already today, the way the EU will require for everyone from 2027.