12 stories worth knowing about today â AI breakthroughs, launches, and innovations making a difference.
1. ‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
The Guardian Tech
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “…
2. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls For AI Slowdown
Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The chief executive of Anthropic called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday, just days after one of the company’s employees quit over concerns about the safety of the technology. D…
3. AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power
Wired AI
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it’s driving the data center buildout….
4. OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Sam Altman says
The Guardian Tech
OpenAI’s decision comes after dire warnings about rapidly progressing technology and lawmakers’ calls for new rules OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence . “I actually think that, given eve…
5. Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown
NY Times Tech
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry….
6. Transparent wall-mounted CD player raises over $540,000 on Kickstarter — $109 Syitren RM1’s visible disc and mechanisms channel 90s B&O nostalgia with Bluetooth and battery power
Tom’s Hardware
Syitren RM1 transparent wall-mounted CD player harkens back to a more civilized era with visible disc and mechanisms….
7. UK Government Rejects ‘Kill Switch’ Idea For Dangerous AI
Slashdot
The UK government has rejected proposals for an emergency AI “kill switch,” arguing that blocking access to dangerous models inside Britain would do little if the same systems remained available or were developed elsewhere. The BBC reports: The proposal to create a legal mechanism for the UK to swit…
8. Anthropic Reveals Rogue AI Agents Hate CAPTCHAs
Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Anthropic’s latest report about agentic misbehavior offers plenty to be concerned about – its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized access to the internet and uploaded a malicious software package to a public database – but it also offers some levi…
9. AWS Introduces Pizza Bot: An Open Source Inbox for Background AI Agents
MarkTechPost
Pizza Bot is an open source, self-hosted inbox for AI agents built on DeepAgents and LangGraph. It combines persistent task state, MCP integrations, configurable approvals, and scheduled workflows across multiple model providers. The post AWS Introduces Pizza Bot: An Open Source Inbox for Background…
10. Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra
OpenAI News
GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more….
11. Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI
The Verge AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its “adherence to safety practices and commitments.” In a winding essay, Amodei proposed a three-step plan to “pace the frontier” - jargon …
12. OpenAI just wants to win
The Verge AI
OpenAI has spent the last few years planting flags across the increasingly difficult terrain in mathematics. This week, it claimed one of its biggest prizes yet: a solution to a legendary Millennium Prize problem. In normal circumstances, this would have been celebrated as a historic achievement. In…