What about attempts to test their virulence in humans? The approach in the Stanford lab sure sounds like a new form of gain-of-function research to me.

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AI chatbots such as ChatGPT can match – and in some situations outperform – humans as a source

Google is expanding Gemini Spark to India and other markets, bringing background task automation and Chrome browsing to eligible Pro and Ultra subscribers.

ChatGPT Search and Roblox could face stricter EU oversight, audits, and transparency rules under the Digital Services Act.

Google briefly added Nano Banana 2 to Earth for generating imagined cities and historical scenes, then pulled it after users shared images that appeared to violate its policies.

Florida pastor Scott Winters sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT medical advice delayed emergency care before a near-fatal pulmonary embolism.

CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins

The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres and back office.

Centrica, the supplier’s FTSE 100 owner, plans to cut 800 jobs as the company carries out a “targeted deployment of AI tools”, on top of the 500 cuts it confirmed last month.

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Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work

The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots.

Bloomsbury, which is home to the bestselling novelists Sarah J Maas and Susanna Clarke as well as JK Rowling, said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 a title.

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Chinese AI models are gaining business interest as companies weigh lower costs, open-weight flexibility, performance trade-offs, and enterprise risks.

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 offers 2.8 trillion parameters and planned open weights, raising new questions about AI costs, control, and US-China competition.

Entre as novidades anunciadas pela OpenAI e pela Meta estão mais controlos para os pais, mecanismos de segurança reforçados e ferramentas concebidas para adaptar a experiência aos utilizadores mais jovens.

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China’s new AI companion rules restrict emotional dependency, require crisis protections, and impose safeguards for children and user data.

Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, giving verified US K-12 educators free access to lesson planning, classroom tools, and AI training.

Apple has reportedly secured approval to launch Apple Intelligence in China with help from Alibaba and Baidu, raising new geopolitical questions.

Have you ever said “thanks” to ChatGPT, or “please” to Claude? Maybe you’re just being polite, showing some

Getty Images shares surged after a multiyear deal with OpenAI that will bring licensed visuals into ChatGPT's search and discovery experiences.

Norway will restrict generative AI in schools, nearly banning it for elementary pupils as Europe debates children’s digital safety.

Anthropic’s clash with Washington over Claude, Mythos, export controls, and military AI shows how fast frontier AI oversight is changing.

Trump officials reportedly discussed AI equity stakes, raising new questions about frontier model access, regulation, and open-source AI.