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Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge

Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge: It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems. Read More

No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla's Cybercab: The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis. Read More

Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows 'Tweet' for now: A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app. Read More

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