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Trump’s AI plan pushes AI upskilling instead of worker protections – and 4 other key takeaways
The Trump administration’s AI policy covers everything from the future of work to state regulation and censorship. Here’s what you need to know.
Anthropic unveils ‘auditing agents’ to test for AI misalignment
Anthropic developed its auditing agents while testing Claude Opus 4 for alignment issues.
Reactions Are Mixed as Trump Unveils AI Action Plan
The new federal AI Action Plan aims to secure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. Its policies address a range of issues, including worker displacement. Experts have concerns about its impact...
Trump’s AI Action Plan is a distraction
Despite a flurry of actions this week to extend AI leadership, the White House is dismantling the very advantages that established America’s global lead in AI in the first place.
You can now train a 70b language model at home
We’re releasing an open source system, based on FSDP and QLoRA, that can train a 70b model on two 24GB GPUs.
Google rethinks search results with its new AI-curated ‘Web Guide’
Is this the future of Google Search?
America’s AI watchdog is losing its bite
“There will be fewer, if any, enforcement actions about how companies are deploying AI,” says former FTC attorney Leah Frazier.
Why Trump’s order targeting ‘woke’ AI may be impossible to follow
President Trump signed an executive order requiring companies with US government contracts to make their AI models “free from ideological bias”. That could get messy for Big Tech
GitHub’s AI-powered Spark lets you build apps using natural language to access it
The public preview arrives amid a surge of investment from leading tech companies in AI-powered coding assistants.
Inside Trump’s Ambitious AI Action Plan
The White House favors market-driven growth and light governance, signaling a departure from the previous administration.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Introduces New GREmLN Model For Genetics
Scientists are quickly developing new genomic models with AI
ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship
OpenAI’s chatbot also said “Hail Satan.”
OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August, The Verge reports
Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI plans to launch its GPT-5 model as early as August, The Verge reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the plans.
Walmart Just Announced a New AI Push That Could Help Supercharge Its Sales
Walmart is rolling out a new suite of AI-powered agents for its e-commerce experience. The move could help drive sales.
Hacker slips malicious ‘wiping’ command into Amazon’s Q AI coding assistant – and devs are worried
Had Q executed this, it would have erased local files and, under certain conditions, dismantled AWS cloud infrastructure.
Cursor’s New Bugbot Is Designed to Save Vibe Coders From Themselves
One of the most popular platforms for AI-assisted programming says the next era of vibe coding is all about supercharging error detection.
Trump’s AI Action Plan Would Nuke Copyright Law
After the White House released an action plan on artificial intelligence that all but ignored the issue of intellectual property, and the Senate introduced a new bipartisan bill aimed to...
DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands
The forthcoming solicitations will drive innovation in reliable energy technologies, contribute to lower energy costs, and strengthen American leadership in artificial intelligence.
Figma’s AI app building tool is now available for everyone
But you need Full Seat access to really make use of it.
The three generations of AI coding tools, and what to expect through the rest of 2025
AI coding tools rapidly evolved through three transformative generations recently
Trunk Tools Nets $40M in Funding Round Led by Insight Partners
Artificial intelligence-powered construction platform’s series B funding adds more investors as firm expands its product capabilities, go-to-market teams and field enablement program
DeepMind and OpenAI models solve maths problems at level of top students
Nature – For the first time, large language models performed on a par with gold medallists in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
America AI Action Plan Aims to Cut Red Tape
The new plan favors removing regulatory barriers to AI development, and largely counters previous initiatives
Nvidia AI chips worth $1 billion entered China despite US curbs, FT reports
Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips worth at least $1 billion were smuggled to China in the three months after Washington tightened chip export controls, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
The Download: gas and oil’s role in climate tech, and using AI to decipher ancient Latin
Plus: Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan is here
Left-leaning Third Way maps counter plan to Trump’s AI agenda
The think tank provided a roadmap for Democrats, urging collaboration with industry, attracting foreign talent, and prioritizing regulation on key ethical issues like deepfakes.
Alphabet boosts AI efforts as revenue soars
The tech giant will use the money to further its dash for more data centers and AI-related infrastructure.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns AI will wipe entire job categories off the map
The AI job war is quickly approaching
Building AI’s backbone in the Middle East
Data center company Khazna is building the backbone for the giant Stargate venture in the Middle East with leading AI companies.
Walmart bets on AI super agents to boost e-commerce growth
Walmart unveiled plans on Thursday to roll out a suite of AI-powered “super agents” designed to improve the shopping experience for customers and streamline operations.
Lovart AI Launches Globally, Promising Agency-Grade Design For $90 A Month
Lovart AI launches globally, offering agency-level design tools powered by AI agents for under $90 per month, with image, video, and 3D output from a single prompt.
Donald Trump’s Gift to AI Companies
The administration’s long-awaited AI Action Plan gives Silicon Valley the green light.
Trump Rejects Idea of Paying Copyright Holders for AI Training: ‘It Just Doesn’t Work That Way’
President Trump on Wednesday said it would be impractical to pay rightsholders for AI training, and that the U.S. risks loses its advantage to China.
White House plan signals “open-weight first” era—and enterprises need new guardrails
Enterprises will not see immediate impact from the AI Action Plan, but it signals wider support for open-source models and evaluations.
Trump wanted to break up Nvidia — but then its CEO won him over
“What the hell is Nvidia?” Trump recalls asking.
Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential
Lumo gives you the power to solve problems big and small, while keeping your personal data confidential. Try it now.
OpenAI and partners are building a massive AI data center in Texas
“Easy to throw around numbers, but this is a gigantic infrastructure project.”…
The dark horse of AI labs
How Anthropic’s missionary zeal is fuelling its commercial success
Trump just announced a new AI plan that scraps Biden’s rules — and gives Big Tech a green light
The new AI roadmap outlines sweeping changes
From tech podcasts to policy: Trump’s new AI plan leans heavily on Silicon Valley industry ideas
President Donald Trump is unveiling an “AI Action Plan,” shaped by Silicon Valley tech leaders who supported his campaign.