America.gov’s newly launched government chatbot, built with Google and SpaceXAI, produced a long Minecraft-themed response instead of malfunctioning when asked about the game. The article notes the chatbot’s monologue runs about 1,800 words. The result is an explanation that the output is an easter-egg style rewriting of the Minecraft “End Poem,” not an AI safety failure, and the story frames it as oddly creative rather than threatening.
The provided article text does not actually describe OpenAI stopping training its latest models, instead showing unrelated snippets about Helen Toner and coverage of AI safety regulation and risk discussions. It references a compiled set of views from more than 100 AI researchers, executives, and technologists. As a result, the material here only supports that broader discussion, not the specific OpenAI training change stated in the title.
OpenAI’s “dots” agent, Meta’s “Muse” agent, and Apple’s new Siri AI have launched without full availability in Europe, including the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK for dots and no iPhone/iPad availability in the EU for Siri AI. OpenAI’s dots are limited to Pro and Business Premium, with Pro priced at $200 a month in the U.S. and 229 euros (VAT included) in Europe, and usage allowance is set to be halved at the end of October. Europe users therefore have delayed access and different product options, with dots only usable via higher-tier subscriptions and Siri AI limited in the EU to Mac and Vision Pro while Muse is rolling out only in the U.S.
Trump signed an executive order directing the US executive branch to stop using the term “artificial intelligence” and instead use “Super Intelligence” on policy sites, documents, and press releases.
The order was signed on Tuesday.
Official language will be updated accordingly, replacing references to AI with the new label across government communications.
Surveillance vendor VIDIZMO is pitching police a way to run facial recognition and other analytics on footage from Flock cameras, despite Flock’s stated refusal to add facial recognition itself. The offer is being framed in a May email, where VIDIZMO claims its platform can analyze both Flock and Axon data in “one searchable platform.” As a result, facial recognition capability shifts from the camera maker to third-party software partners, changing how Flock camera data could be used in investigations.
A writing debate erupted after investor Stanley Druckenmiller admitted using AI to help draft a Wall Street Journal op-ed, which an AI detector scored as 100% AI. The article proposes an “Who Wrote This?” scale with levels from H5 (no AI) to H0 (AI slop), with self-reported categories like assisted, polished, co-written, and ghostwritten. Readers and publishers would move from yes-or-no AI questions to disclosed disclosure levels that clarify how much AI was involved.
Secret shoppers in a Sept. 2025 experiment used Instacart to buy the same grocery basket across multiple US cities and found that prices changed between shoppers for the same items. Nearly 75 percent of items varied in price, and a dozen Lucerne eggs at the same Safeway in Washington, DC, ranged from $3.99 to $4.79. The results suggest personalized, data-driven pricing is replacing a standard checkout price, and the article ties this shift to AI pricing systems that automate large-scale experiments.
Protesters gathered outside OpenAI’s DevDay event in San Francisco with flyers, chants, and signs supporting labor and opposing the ICE contract. More than a dozen organizations sponsored the rally at the Fort Mason venue. The event began amid public demonstrations rather than solely a tech-focused program.
China blocked access to Hugging Face in 2023, which helped drive the push for domestic open-model platforms like ModelScope and MoArk while some labs still share models through the blocked route. ModelScope hosts more than 170,000 models as of March. As a result, China’s open-model ecosystem is expanding with faster download and local chip compatibility efforts, and developers are evaluating domestic sites versus Hugging Face and GitHub.
The group discussed who should be blamed when AI agents cause harm and how liability may be assigned between AI companies and users. The conversation centered on the agent economy’s “#1 open question.” As incentives change based on liability, responsibility allocation for harmful agent outcomes may shift.
AI company founders in the UK urged the government to restrict non-compete clauses and lengthy notice periods that they say reduce researchers’ ability to switch jobs. The article cites “74” in the context of the letter’s claims. If adopted, the rules would allow researchers to move between employers sooner by limiting how long they can be legally blocked from taking new work.
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