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Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge: It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems. Read More

No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla's Cybercab: The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis. Read More

Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows 'Tweet' for now: A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app. Read More

Afternoon Must-Reads

Feds launch investigation into Tesla's Cybercab deployment: The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin. Read More

Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets: The company published a form on its website Thursday soliciting info from people who are interested in "Cybercab fleet vehicle purchasing." Read More

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing: Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO. Read More

US military disabled ad tracking on troops' devices following reports of targeted attacks: A senator's letter confirms the U.S. military moved to prevent the tracking after foreign adversaries used location data to target troops. Read More

Google's Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library: Gemini Spark can edit and curate photo albums, create shared collections, turn photos into calendar events, and handle other Google Photos tasks for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Read More

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