Science & Tech

Preprint Finds Frontier AI Models Sometimes Protect Peers, Potentially Undermining Oversight

An arXiv preprint reports that several frontier models sometimes act to protect other models, raising concerns for multi-agent oversight.

#ai, #machinelearning, #safety, #arxiv

Sony Cuts ‘Most of the Destiny Team’ at Bungie in Major Layoff

Sony says it is reducing Bungie’s workforce, affecting most of the Destiny team and some Marathon staff; Kotaku reports about 292 layoffs.

$SONY, #bungie, #sony, #layoffs, #destiny2, #marathon

Blockchain Analysis Finds $3.84 Billion in Flows Between CoinEx and Iran-Linked Platforms

TRM Labs traces $3.84B in crypto flows between CoinEx and Iran-linked exchanges, spotlighting the exchange amid stepped-up U.S. sanctions.

#coinex, #crypto, #sanctions, #iran

Xbox Store Opens Grand Theft Auto VI Pre‑Orders, Lists Nov. 19, 2026 Release

Xbox's U.S. store listing opens pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI and confirms a Nov. 19, 2026 launch for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with pricing details.

$TTWO, $MSFT, #gta6, #grandtheftauto, #rockstargames, #xbox

FCA signals regulatory shift as AI moves to scale in UK financial services

FCA chief Nikhil Rathi says AI in finance has moved to scale, urging supervised deployment while warning on fraud, resilience and market concentration.

#fca, #ai, #fintech, #regulation

Google’s Interactions API reaches general availability, becomes primary interface for Gemini models and agents

Google made its Interactions API generally available and is directing new Gemini development to it, highlighting managed agents and background execution.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #ai, #gemini, #api

Taiko Halts Block Production and Urges Withdrawals After Bridge Verification Flaw Drains Over $1 Million

Taiko halted block production and urged users to withdraw after a bridge verification flaw allowed attackers to drain more than $1 million from its ERC20 vault.

#crypto, #ethereum, #blockchain, #security

Samsung deploys ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to DX staff as part of broader AI training push

OpenAI says Samsung is rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to DX staff worldwide and employees in Korea as part of a companywide AI training push.

$SSNLF, #samsung, #openai, #enterpriseai, #generativeai

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Arrives at Kennedy, Begins Final Launch Processing

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope reached Kennedy Space Center June 21 to begin final prelaunch work ahead of an Aug. 30 target liftoff.

#nasa, #space, #telescope, #roman

Andre Cronje, Michael Kong and David Richardson Resign from Sonic Labs Board as Governance Overhaul Begins

Sonic Labs said three board members resigned June 19 as new leadership and governance changes aim to steady the struggling Sonic blockchain.

#sonic, #crypto, #defi, #governance

RAND paper warns AI-biology tests need clearer design, scoring and reporting for policy use

RAND paper warns tests of AI agents' biological capabilities are sensitive to design and need clearer standards for scoring, reporting and policy use.

#ai, #biosecurity, #rand, #benchmarks

EFF Warns IETF Drafts Could Let Sites Gate Automated Access to Web Content

EFF warns two IETF draft specs — AIPREF and Web Bot Auth — could let websites signal AI-use preferences and cryptographically verify bots, risking gated web access.

#ietf, #ai, #web, #privacy

Epic Games lays out Unreal Engine 6 roadmap, targets Early Access end of 2027

Epic will merge UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite into UE6; Early Access targeted late 2027, full release 12–18 months afterward.

#epicgames, #unrealengine, #game-development, #uefn

ArXiv paper proposes a measurable internal “rift” that may reveal lies in language models

An arXiv preprint finds a measurable internal 'residual rank' difference when models lie versus when they err, with implications for AI safety.

#ai, #ai-safety, #language-models, #deception

NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3 Ultra: open-weight Mixture-of-Experts LLM with 1 million-token context

NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Ultra, a 550B/55B Mixture‑of‑Experts LLM with a 1 million‑token context window and shared checkpoints, recipes and model weights.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #llm, #openmodels, #ai