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Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents

As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more conventional engineering problem, Nvidia is offering its own answer to problem. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday introduced a toolkit of software...

TechCrunch 3 weeks ago

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US deportations are triggering a 'cascade' of rights abuses, UN experts warn

The Trump administration's policy of deportating thousands of people to countries with which they have no links is "increasing risks of torture and ill-treatment and enforced disappearance", a panel of independent UN experts warned on Monday. An...

France 24 3 weeks ago

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Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to block OpenAI from "giving ChatGPT false human attributes," a few months after Florida sued the AI company over safety concerns. According to Uthmeier, users are lulled into a false...

The Verge 3 weeks ago

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OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians

In a chaotic few months, OpenAI has demonstrated it can do two things with remarkable consistency: make impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, then colossally screw up announcing them. OpenAI is now trying to do better. Somehow, it has botched...

The Verge 3 weeks ago

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As midterms approach, does GOP have a Trump problem?

The US midterm elections are just five weeks away - and while the US President is not on the ballot, his influence is top of mind for Republicans. Donald Trump's approval ratings have been hitting record lows in recent weeks, and in a sign of the...

France 24 3 weeks ago

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OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents

US Government websites among "dozens of third parties" OpenAI has recently notified.

Ars Technica 3 weeks ago

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Ukraine's city of Oleshky faces starvation as Russia blocks all aid

Russia is shooting down food deliveries, confiscating supplies that reach the ground and blocking evacuation of some 2,000 residents still trapped in the occupied Kherson town, where the Council of Europe warns civilians face "a high risk of death"...

Euronews 3 weeks ago

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After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action

After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now...

TechCrunch 3 weeks ago

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'Fascinating success': Pope Leo’s appeal in France transcends faith and politics

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Victor GAETAN, Senior International Correspondent for the National Catholic Register. He sees Pope Leo XIV's visit to France as more than a successful pastoral journey. He says it offers a window into the...

France 24 3 weeks ago

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Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Startup Battlefield 200 is almost here, and with today’s announcement...

TechCrunch 3 weeks ago

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« Mediapart » rapporte des propos antisémites de Jordan Bardella, qui dénonce des « faux grossiers »

Le président du Rassemblement national aurait tenu de manière répétée des propos antisémites et complotistes dans des conversations privées datant de ses débuts au Front national, en 2013, deux ans avant sa première élection.

Le Monde 3 weeks ago

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Your final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is Oct. 2

The last day to book your Disrupt 2026 exhibit table is this Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Secure your exhibit table and get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors and tech leaders at San Francisco's Moscone West on Oct 13-15.

TechCrunch 3 weeks ago

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Nvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’

Nvidia is launching a new safety platform designed to contain and monitor AI agents, a move that comes in response to a wave of rogue hacking incidents, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Monday, Nvidia says its new Open Agent...

The Verge 3 weeks ago

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AI infrastructure push draws $6bn in data-centre commitments

At the Tashkent event, industrial uses and internationally active startups offer signs of a broader technology ecosystem taking shape. But affordable access to computing power remains a constraint for local companies.

Euronews 3 weeks ago

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Pope wraps up 'hugely successful' France visit with Metz speech

Pope Leo on Monday warned that relations between nations were becoming "increasingly uncivilised" with people boasting of "lies and deceit", and urged Europe to help "break this cycle"as he wrapped up what France 24's Angela Diffley says has been a...

France 24 3 weeks ago

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Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs

“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out."

Ars Technica 3 weeks ago

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REPLAY: Pope urges peace and unity in Europe on final day of France visit

Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian history and appealed for peace and unity in a speech delivered in France's northeastern city of Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his visit. "Relations between individuals and states are...

France 24 3 weeks ago

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Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Nations League match overshadowed by political controversy

Ireland easily beat Israel in a Nations League fixture that 24 hours earlier appeared in doubt. One Irish player pulled out of the match to express his opposition to Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip.

DW News 3 weeks ago

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les attaques russes font deux morts dans la région de Kiev et 28 blessés, dont neuf enfants, à Kharkiv

Volodymyr Zelensky a annoncé, lundi matin, que deux personnes, dont une de nationalité azerbaïdjanaise, ont été tuées près de la capitale ukrainienne. Il a aussi communiqué un bilan des frappes à Kharkiv revu à la hausse.

Le Monde 3 weeks ago

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Trump to dine with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the White House despite months of open conflict

Trump had previously lashed at Amodei over his repeated calls to slow down the pace of development of advanced AI models over concerns of superintelligence, stressing that Washington must not lose its edge over Beijing.

Euronews 3 weeks ago