Anthropic will overhaul its AI training protocols and commit $1.5 billion to compensate authors after copyright infringement claims.
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The settlement resolves legacy copyright claims and requires court approval.
Anthropic is backed by Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet.
The case sets a major precedent for AI companies compensating content creators.
Lawsuit cited over seven million pirated books used in training.
OpenAI and Vertigo Films will produce "Critterz," the first feature-length animated movie created using OpenAI's generative AI models.
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The project adapts a 2023 Dall-E-powered short film, aiming for Cannes Film Festival debut in nine months.
Human artists’ sketches will be enhanced by AI tools to animate characters and environments.
“Critterz” will feature a script by writers of “Paddington in Peru,” expanding original concepts for family adventure.
The film pushes boundaries amid industry concerns over AI’s role and copyright in creative production.
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Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany
Driverless vehicles are coming to Munich.
Uber and Shanghai-based Momenta will begin testing Level 4 driverless robotaxis in Munich, Germany, ahead of a planned 2026 service launch.
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Project aims to expand robotaxi operations across additional European cities after Munich trial.
Momenta’s robotaxis currently operate in Shanghai; European rollout excludes US and China initially.
Vehicles will start with safety monitors, transitioning to fully autonomous operation over time.
Momenta is funded by major automakers, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, GM, Toyota, and Bosch.
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Musk predicts Optimus could account for up to 80% of Tesla’s future value.
New training methods use video of humans for faster, AI-powered task learning.
Production aims for thousands of units in Tesla factories by late 2025, scaling to millions annually.
Recent challenges include supply chain issues with magnets and skepticism on factory efficiency.
AI-enhanced malware exploited Nx’s GitHub workflow, leaking tokens and secrets from 2,180 accounts and 7,200 repositories in a major supply-chain attack.
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Attackers used LLM-powered prompt engineering to boost malware’s credential-stealing efficiency with Claude, Q, and Gemini integrations.
Secrets, SSH keys, and crypto wallets from Linux/macOS systems were uploaded to public GitHub repositories.
Three attack phases exposed private repositories, leveraged prompt evolution, and targeted both individuals and organizations.
Nx project now mandates NPM’s Trusted Publisher and manual PR approval to prevent future breaches.
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Alibaba released its Qwen-3-Max-Preview, the company’s first trillion-parameter AI model, targeting leadership in advanced language models.
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Qwen-3-Max-Preview launched on Alibaba Cloud and OpenRouter for public access and benchmarking.
The model significantly surpasses the previous Qwen series’ top size of 235 billion parameters.
Enhanced performance shown in internal tests versus earlier Alibaba models.
Higher parameter count increases intelligence but also raises computational demands for training and usage.
MIT researchers introduced FlowER, a generative AI model that predicts chemical reactions by ensuring mass and electron conservation throughout processes.
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FlowER uses bond-electron matrices, tracking both atoms and electrons to avoid impossible reaction outputs.
The model outperformed previous methods in predicting standard reaction pathways and is open source on GitHub.
Trained on over one million U.S. Patent Office reactions but currently limited on metals and certain catalysts.
Future plans include expanding model coverage and aiding drug discovery, materials science, and new reaction development.
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