The Singapore government built its own dating app and is testing it with public officers
It's the latest government matchmaking effort as Singapore's birth rate keeps declining
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A hack of Pentagon personnel data went undetected for nine months, exposing 3 million people
Social Security numbers and job information were exposed before the flaw was patched
A developer offered every household in a Pennsylvania town $10,000 for a data center, and many still said no
The proposed 1,300-acre site could eventually house 15 data center buildings
OpenAI's AI agent breached an Australian government system, and took three months to disclose it
The agent bypassed access restrictions during a research task, with officials now checking for further breaches
Trump calls AI safety concerns a "hoax," says a "high IQ" president is the only guardrail needed
Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have all called for more AI regulation
New Bernie Sanders bill would ban superintelligent AI and threaten developers with 20 years in prison
The proposed prison term is similar to penalties for unlawfully developing nuclear weapons
Switzerland is paying $11 million to stop using Outlook and Teams
The openDesk suite will replace Microsoft 365 on 3,000 PCs, with 54,000 more possibly next
Editor's take: Switzerland is joining a growing list of European countries that no longer want to do business with Microsoft and other US IT giants. The federal government has already begun ditching Microsoft's productivity tools in favor of open-source alternatives, and the country's military authorities are moving even faster with the transition.
ICE seeks to purchase up to $2 million in Boston Dynamics Spot robots
The deal would bring Spot into one of its most controversial government roles yet
South Korea is giving its entire population free access to AI, no token limits
About a quarter of South Koreans already pay for AI services, compared to just 2% of Americans
Judge strikes down Anthropic blacklist, says government retaliated over Pentagon criticism
The court found no evidence that Anthropic posed a genuine national-security threat
The US will let private companies hack back at cybercriminals for the first time
Vetted companies will be able to surveil, disrupt, and destroy criminal infrastructure
NYC could force Amazon and FedEx to directly employ its delivery drivers
Amazon is threatening to move out of New York if the bill passes
New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation
At least 13 other states have filed similar lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket
Nvidia's Jensen Huang joins X, defends Chinese AI: "Open-source models that are excellent should be used"
Big quote: Jensen Huang just spent a week watching his company's valuation get hit by the threat of a Chinese open-weight model. His response was to go on the record defending it. Speaking to Axios in Fort Worth, Texas, at the opening of a new phase of the Wistron plant that builds Nvidia's AI infrastructure, the Nvidia CEO said American companies should "absolutely" be free to run Chinese models. "These Chinese models are excellent," he said. "Open-source models that are excellent should be used." Asked whether China could displace American labs, he was blunt: "Zero possibility."
OpenAI's rogue hacking incident sparks bipartisan bill giving the government an AI kill switch
The legislation would let officials slow or shut down powerful AI systems deemed a public threat
Refuse a data center transmission line on your property, and power companies may force it through anyway
AI's growing hunger for land and electricity is pushing eminent domain law into new, contested territory
Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead jobs task force days after Microsoft laid off 3,200 people
The task force will examine AI's impact on productivity, employment, and economic growth
Cash App reaches $45 million settlement over alleged failure to protect users from fraud
Every state is involved except for Hawaii, Missouri, South Carolina, and Wyoming
OpenAI may give the US government a 5% stake, following Trump's Intel playbook
Altman frames it as a national investment in AI, not just a regulatory truce
Anthropic's Fable 5 shutdown ends with tougher safeguards and federal approval
The company says new safeguards block nearly all known exploits
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 gets staggered release after Trump administration cites national security concerns
GPT-5.6 Terra promises GPT-5.5 performance at half the cost, but access requires government approval
A legal tech startup is suing the US government for cutting off access to Claude Fable 5
Three days of Fable 5 was apparently not enough
Meta wants a child safety bill rewritten to shield it from lawsuits over harm to kids
Meta and Google already lost their first child safety trial this year, with $6 million in damages
Signal attacks UK plan to scan devices for nude images as "mass surveillance"
The UK says tech firms could face fines if they fail to adopt stronger protections for children
US government could take a stake in OpenAI as Trump explores AI equity plan
OpenAI's Public Wealth Fund proposal could give Americans a stake in AI-driven growth