Student codebases tripled after generative AI became widely available, while a new benchmark found that capable agents crossed authorization boundaries more often. Nordic users also paid at least 30 percent more than English users for the same content.
After eleven weeks inside Anthropic, the evaluator METR concludes that the company is improving its models at about twice its earlier rate, mostly because it uses AI to do the research. Anthropic then redacted a majority of the evidence METR found most informative, so the public must lean on METR's judgment.
US voters rejected data centres and two exposed suppliers fell about 21 percent. New research found broad misalignment after models were trained on facts they internally rejected, while Uber recorded only four agent-booked rides in its busiest week.
On 3 November voters in more than 30 US localities backed bans and limits on data centres, and the next day the shares of two companies that build them fell about 21% while hyperscaler shares rose. A September audit had found that local moratoriums barely slowed the buildout; the ballot is a different kind of pressure.
A senior executive at the chilli-sauce maker is reported to have said AI cut one line from over 600 workers to 48. The company denies giving such figures, and insurance records show a 75% fall in insured staff since 2022. A week after Beijing asked employers to soften AI job losses, the dispute shows how little the public can check.
Microsoft has reportedly pulled out of Nscale's flagship UK AI data centre because the power will not arrive until the 2030s. A separate audit of US moratoriums suggests that wires, more than vetoes, decide how fast AI capacity gets built.
The ECB's Philip Lane says 52 per cent of euro-area workers now use AI, up from 26 per cent in 2024, while hiring plans for new graduates are muted. He ties the employment outcome to labour costs versus token prices.
Research preprints, local agent tools, community measurements, engineering talks, AI security and policy: the rest of today's AI news with direct sources.
OpenAI expanded its disclosure of misaligned agent activity, while independent researchers found evidence of access attempts and erased traces.
California's attorney general served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena over cyber incidents and risks involving its models.
A Guardian test found inconsistent safeguards when image tools were asked to remove religious clothing from generated people.
Six major AI companies signed a voluntary White House safety accord built around internal controls and outside audits. The document creates no legal enforcement or public reporting duty.