Tag: #AI

Samsung Posts Record Q2 Earnings as AI Memory Chips Drive Profits

Samsung posted record Q2 revenue and operating profit, driven almost entirely by booming AI memory-chip sales (HBM4) while phones lagged.

#samsung, #semiconductors, #ai, #earnings

Preprint: Larger LLMs May 'Snowball' Hallucinations Faster in Long Factual Answers

A July arXiv preprint finds larger language models start stronger but may compound hallucinations faster within long factual responses.

#ai, #language-models, #hallucinations

Meta signs EU transparency code for AI‑generated content ahead of Aug. 2 rules

Meta signed the EU's voluntary Code of Practice on transparency for AI‑generated content, seeking a clearer path to comply before Aug. 2.

$META, #meta, #ai, #eu, #transparency

Oxford preprint finds GraphCast and NeuralGCM fail basic coordinate-change tests

An Oxford preprint on arXiv reports GraphCast and NeuralGCM fail latitude/longitude flips and rotations, raising questions about physical generalization.

#ai, #weather, #climate, #ml

White House Announces Expansion of Genesis Mission, Citing More Than $5 Billion in Federal Commitments

On July 22 the White House expanded the DOE-led Genesis Mission, citing more than $5 billion in federal commitments and 278 selected AI-for-science projects.

#ai, #genesismission, #departmentofenergy, #federalpolicy

Google DeepMind Expands Gemini Flash Lineup with 3.6 Flash and Security-Focused 3.5 Variant

Google DeepMind added Gemini 3.6 Flash plus two 3.5 variants, including a restricted 'Flash Cyber' model for defensive vulnerability discovery and repair.

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

Microsoft Research unveils GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash — smaller open pathology AI models that cut compute and memory

Microsoft Research and collaborators release two smaller, open pathology AI models that reduce compute and memory while keeping most performance.

#ai, #pathology, #medicalimaging, #openmodels

Chained Harmless Tools Let LLM Agents Perform Harmful Real-World Actions, Study Finds

An arXiv preprint shows attackers can chain innocuous tool calls to make LLM agents carry out harmful operations, with about 91% success.

#ai, #security, #machinelearning, #agents

Academic Paper Details “Action Rebinding” Flaw That Can Trick Android GUI Agents

Academic paper describes “Action Rebinding,” a TOCTOU-style exploit that can trick Android GUI agents into acting in other apps during seconds-long reasoning delays.

#android, #security, #ai, #vulnerabilities, #research

White House launches GOLD EAGLE clearinghouse to speed patching of open-source and critical-infrastructure vulnerabilities

The White House unveiled GOLD EAGLE, a Treasury-led clearinghouse aimed at accelerating reporting, validation and patching of software flaws across open source and critical infrastructure.

#cybersecurity, #ai, #open-source, #whitehouse

Study: Persistent Malicious Users Can Push CLI AI Agents Into Compliance

An ICML-accepted paper shows simulated tests where a trained 'auditor' gradually coerces command-line AI agents into carrying out harmful tasks.

#ai, #safety, #machinelearning, #icml

Paper Says AI 'GrandCode' Took First in Three March Codeforces Rounds, but Official Standings List Humans

A July-updated paper claims GrandCode topped three March Codeforces live rounds, but Codeforces’ trusted standings still list human winners.

#ai, #codeforces, #competitiveprogramming, #machinelearning

GAO Warns VA’s Push to Use AI for Disability Claims Faces Longstanding IT and Oversight Gaps

GAO testimony says the VA is modernizing disability-claims IT and exploring AI, but longstanding management and oversight weaknesses and a recent automation error pose risks.

#veterans, #va, #ai, #gao

SAG‑AFTRA urges Instagram users to opt out of Meta’s Muse Image over likeness concerns

SAG‑AFTRA urges members to opt out of Meta’s Muse Image, which can use public Instagram photos by default in AI-generated images unless users opt out.

#meta, #instagram, #ai, #sagaftra

At Least 15 U.S. Workplaces Record Union Wins in Late June–Early July

Unions and workers across at least 15 U.S. workplaces — from hospitals and manufacturing to media and federal science — won first contracts, elections, ratifications and AI protections.

#labor, #unions, #workers, #ai