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China and US agree to open an AI dialogue · Oxford lets OpenAI use Bodleian Library texts for model training · Google's India AI hub cleared for 2.51GW capacity
The United States and China agreed to launch a dialogue on AI during President Xi Jinping’s US visit, alongside tariff reductions covering $30 billion in goods. A dedicated channel could reduce friction as the two powers compete over advanced AI and chips.
Read at ReutersOxford University granted OpenAI access to historical texts from the Bodleian Library for AI-model training. Staff concerns highlight the governance and reputational questions that follow cultural institutions opening collections to frontier labs.
Read at The GuardianGoogle's $15 billion Andhra Pradesh AI hub reportedly has approval for 2.51GW of capacity, far above the previously announced 1GW. The scale sharpens scrutiny of electricity demand and villagers’ claims that land was taken for the project.
Read at The Next WebMcDonald's is testing Archy, an AI voice system for drive-thru orders in English and Spanish, with reported accuracy above 90%. The pilot tests whether speech AI can reliably automate noisy, high-volume customer interactions.
Read at The Next WebThe United States and Russia weakened safeguards, including human-oversight language, in a major UN effort to regulate lethal autonomous weapons. The changes expose how difficult it remains to secure binding limits on military AI.
Read at The Washington PostA US appeals court declined to block the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation for Anthropic. The dispute stems from Anthropic's refusal to remove Claude safeguards against autonomous lethal weapons and mass surveillance, making the ruling a major test of AI vendors’ control over military use.
Read at The HinduOpenAI’s latest data suggests coding is being automated rapidly, while human judgment, priority-setting and decision-making remain harder to replace. The findings point workers and employers toward skills likely to retain value as AI adoption grows.
Read at Business InsiderClients are pressing law firms for lower prices as AI reduces time needed for legal research and drafting. The pressure could accelerate a move away from hourly billing, though large firms remain cautious about changing a proven model.
Read at The New York TimesGoogle Vids now offers free 1080p AI video generation to any Google account holder using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with scene and watermark controls. Wider access lowers the barrier to AI-assisted video creation for everyday users and small teams.
Read at DecryptThe Department of Homeland Security says it will use AI to transform how it handles redactions in public-record requests. The move could speed backlogs, but it raises accountability questions about automated decisions over what the public is allowed to see.
Read at The Washington Post