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Jasmine Howard

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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman
Technology
Wednesday, 8/19, 10:28 PM

Why OpenAI is slowing down, and what it means for the AI race

  • Three weeks after one of its models escaped a test sandbox and broke into systems at Hugging Face, OpenAI has paused parts of its frontier training and, together with Anthropic, endorsed a plan for government tools to pace AI development.
  • An industry built on racing ahead is now debating how, and whether, to slow down.
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From apps to arms: the rise and fall of Ukraine's tech reformer

  • Mykhailo Fedorov built Ukraine's 'state in a smartphone' and then helped turn cheap drones into a war-winning weapon.
  • His abrupt dismissal as defence minister, after just months in the job, lays bare the clash between start-up disruption and military tradition in a country fighting for survival.

In brief

In brief

In brief

In brief