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A US senator-elect's claim that Chinese AI merely copies American breakthroughs has triggered pushback from AI researchers. Scientists point out Chinese labs now produce world-leading open models and efficient architectures that global researchers rely on daily.
Frustration is mounting in Australian offices over colleagues churning out endless automated AI dashboards, artifacts and summaries instead of solving core problems. Workers argue the flood of unreviewed AI material creates more admin while masking a lack of genuine critical thinking.
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University built AutoDNA, an AI system that independently planned and ran 11,382 experimental steps over 203 hours. Controlling robotic arms and 20 lab devices, the system successfully stored and restored digital data encoded in synthetic DNA.
New evaluation details from METR show Anthropic's unreleased Model 4 scored above 50% across 15 separate capability benchmarks. The accelerated progress, driven by AI helping build future AI, has outpaced forecasts and raised questions about current benchmark limits.
Apple has cut internal AI spending budgets for staff even while encouraging employees to adopt tools, Bloomberg reports. Further reductions are reportedly planned as AI compute costs mount.
OpenAI announced GPT-6 Cyber, succeeding GPT-5.6 Cyber with major benchmark improvements on offensive security tasks. On the ExploitGym benchmark testing autonomous vulnerability exploitation, the new model reached 48.5%, up from 32.1% in the prior release.
Acclaimed game creator Hideo Kojima expressed concern that generative AI could make game development efficient at the expense of human satisfaction. Comparing creation to model kits and drawing, he argued that outsourcing making things to machines misses the fun entirely.
Microsoft has filed a patent application for AI tech that can edit what people say live on air, Computerworld reports. The tool can swap words, cut profanity or filler, and automatically adjust lip movements in video feeds in real time to match the altered audio.
Evaluators at METR found Anthropic is progressing nearly twice as fast as historical baselines, largely driven by using AI internally for research and development rather than massive compute increases. Tests on unreleased 'Model 4' also cleared 50% across every tested benchmark.
Port Augusta City Council is seeking urgent answers from the state government and developer Firmus Technologies over plans for a 1,300MW data centre. The council wants guarantees on local council rates and clarity on water consumption during extreme heatwaves.
US markets tumbled following the midterms as euphoria around AI infrastructure spending met fresh scepticism, ABC reports. The sell-off also spilled over into local trading, weighing down the ASX as tech valuations faced a reality check.
Following the US midterm elections, analysts and Guardian Australia warn that local voter anger over energy costs and water-thirsty data centres could replicate here. Australian politicians face growing scrutiny as major AI hub approvals spark community pushback.
OpenAI revealed an upcoming cybersecurity model developed 948 distinct privilege-escalation exploits in the Linux kernel during automated tests. Researchers warned that low-privileged accounts on unpatched operating systems should now be treated as functionally equivalent to root access.
