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OpenAI loses its AI ethics lead
OpenAI has lost its AI ethics lead Chloé Bakalar just a year after she joined the company, the Financial Times reported . Bakalar has maintained a silence and has yet to update her LinkedIn profile , but if her departure is confirmed then it will add to the list of OpenAI executives who have quit in recent months. Other departures include robotics chief Caitlin Kalinowski , who left the company over its deal with the US Department of Defense; researcher Zoe Hitzig, who quit in a very public way by writing an article in the New York Times; and Johannes Heidecke, head of safety systems. OpenAI’s ethical stance has been called into question following an attack by OpenAI models on Hugging Face . The departure of its sole ethicist will add to the pressure on the company. In her year at OpenAI Bakalar focused on ethical approaches to model development, looking at how humans interact with AI and examining machine consciousness, according to the FT report. Bakalar had considerable expertise in the area. She was previously at Meta, where she developed the company’s ethics programs, but has also held several positions at prestigious universities on both sides of the Atlantic. Her departure will cause some anxiety at OpenAI as it continues to prepare the ground for its IPO . This article first appeared on Computerworld .
Maersk brings back another shipping service through Suez, but wider return remains distant
The latest move is part of a cautious return to the Suez Canal, with four Maersk services switching back since early July, the most recent in mid-August, while nine others continue to sail around Africa.
Beyond the headlines: Daniel Malikyar on capturing the unseen beauty of Afghanistan
Photographer Daniel Malikyar is using his project titled Afghanistan to counter the way the country is typically seen through headlines of war, conflict and the Taliban's takeover.
Arab Parliament condemns Iran’s targeting of UAE tankers
Arab Parliament strongly condemns Iranian attack on two UAE tankers in Strait of Hormuz
5 critical questions that define AI factory economics
As data centers evolve into AI factories, compute has shifted from a cost center to a revenue driver. “Compute is revenue,” said Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Without compute, there is no way to generate tokens. Without tokens, there’s no way to generate revenue. So, in this new world of AI, compute equals revenue.” This reframe changes an organizations’ calculus. If compute is revenue, what do you optimize for? Here are 5 questions to consider: Are you measuring what actually drives AI factory revenue? Most AI factories are power-constrained, so tokens per watt dictate how much revenue you can generate and the cost per token impacts the AI factory profit margin. But neither of these metrics should be evaluated at a single operating point. Batch jobs, real-time chat, and agentic workloads demand different points on the throughput-latency curve. AI chips that perform well at only a few points will underserve the full range of workloads. Additional key operational metrics like time to first token (TTFT), mean time between interruptions (MTBI), and platform useful life are the bedrock of AI factory efficiency. They dictate how quickly an AI factory comes online to generate tokens, the reliability of its revenue streams, and its long-term ability to remain productive as AI workloads evolve. How does agentic AI change what your CPU needs to deliver? Data center CPUs have historically been optimized for parallel throughput, where more cores improve aggregate capacit…
Ordered beta regression with no observations at the upper bound: how to handle the non-identified cutpoint?
I fit a mixed ordered beta regression (Kubinec 2023, glmmTMB::ordbeta) to a proportion on [0,1] with ~23% exact zeros but no observations at 1 (max 0.925, n ≈ 2000). One of the two cutpoints therefore has no information. The likelihood places cutpoints ψ₁ P(y = 0) = 1 − ilogit(η − ψ₁) P(0 P(y = 1) = ilogit(η − ψ₂) With no y = 1, ψ₂ survives only in the second line, where the likelihood is monotonically increasing in it. There is no interior maximum; the supremum is approached as ψ₂ → ∞. Example: library(glmmTMB); set.seed(101) n no y = 1 realised u 1 - p1, 1, rbeta(n, mu*phi, (1-mu)*phi))) d $y == 0, one = d$ y == 1) # 303 zeros, 1697 interior, no ones m1 $fit$ convergence # 0 -- reports clean convergence vv $values[1:3], 3) # 2456719.755 0.039 0.026 round(setNames(abs(ee$ vectors[,1]), rownames(vv)), 3) # (Intercept) x disp theta_1|g.1 lower_cutoff upper_cutoff # 0 0 0 0 0 1 # confidence interval unbounded above confint(m1, method = "uniroot", parm = 6, parm.range = c(-20, 60)) # 2.5 % 97.5 % Estimate # upper cutoff 4.28 NA 19.64 The leading eigenvalue exceeds the next by 6 × 10⁷, and its eigenvector loads 1.000 on ψ₂ and 0.000 on everything else — the flat direction is orthogonal to the rest of the model. The point estimate is 19.64 where the generating value was 8; the optimiser simply stopped there. Note convergence = 0 throughout. The gradient along the flat direction decays exponentially, so the relative-convergence criterion is met at an arbitrary point. My workaround…
How Cloudflare detects MCP traffic and helps secure it
Cloudflare Gateway identifies MCP requests using protocol-level heuristics. Security teams can use that signal to find shadow MCP traffic, enforce Portal-only access for approved servers, and block direct connections on managed network paths.
Le Conseil constitutionnel censure la loi interdisant les réseaux sociaux aux mineurs
PARIS — Le Conseil constitutionnel a rendu ce vendredi sa décision sur la loi interdisant les réseaux sociaux aux mineurs et a annoncé censurer son article 1er, qui acte ladite interdiction pour les moins de 15 ans. De fait, la décision rend caduque le principal objet de cette loi portée depuis plusieurs années par le […]
Oracle’s new database security tool is free — for six months
Oracle has released a security tool intended to provide organizations with a centralized view of security risk across their database environments. Oracle Database Security Central will be available free of charge until the end of February 2027. It arrives at a critical time for Oracle customers, with attackers targeting security flaws to exploit the company’s database products . Oracle is also concerned about the threat posted by the launch of bug-hunting AI model Mythos . In May it responded by accelerating its patching schedule, switching to monthly releases rather than quarterly. The first monthly batch fixed 35 flaws . Oracle said Security Central will enable security teams to assess security posture, detect configuration drift, as well as identifying privileged-user and access risks. It will also keep an eye on sensitive data and analyze how it is being accessed, and collect audit evidence accordingly. Finally, it will manage security policies centrally to ensure that policy variance is not putting the company at risk.
Arab League condemns Iran’s attack on two UAE tankers
Arab League condemns Iranian attack on two UAE tankers in Strait of Hormuz
Cascador partners Nigeria’s youth ministry to back young founders
The programme adds to the Nigerian government's efforts in supporting young entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses.
Fuel prices: study says there is no "profiteering by operators"
An ERSE study found that in the first seven months of 2026 domestic prices broadly followed international costs, with no "evidence of profiteering by operators". Fuel prices are set to soar again next week.
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See inside Eagle's Nest, the 42-acre New York Vanderbilt estate where a Gilded Age heir built his sprawling mansion
Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking trails, and more.
Autonomous AI attacks pose 'clear and present danger' to critical infrastructure
Weaponized agents could turn digital intrusions into kinetic disasters, experts warn
SpaceX Closes $60B Cursor Deal to Challenge Anthropic and OpenAI
SpaceX closes its $60B all-stock acquisition of Cursor, folding the AI coding giant into SpaceXAI to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI in the developer tools market.
French court blocks social media ban for under 15s
Ruling could have far-reaching implications about kids’ rights to access the internet.
As online dating goes into ‘salvage mode’, can AI solve all its problems?
Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as ‘swipe fatigue’ grows Bumble was supposed to be different. When it launched in 2014, it offered women a simple proposition: if you matched with a man, you had to make the first move. The rule was meant to make online dating safer and less intimidating, while giving women control over who got to speak first. This week, Bumble abandoned it. Continue reading...
US-China AI decoupling ‘manageable’ for trade – but tech curbs a ‘wild card’: Citi
As US-China tech tensions rise ahead of an expected leadership summit next month, analysts argue Washington’s latest restrictions are unlikely to cause a major disruption in China’s AI exports. But they caution that some of the measures – such as limiting access to “open-weight” models – represent a “genuine wild card” that could reshape the global landscape. Hong Kong-based analysts at Citi Research, led by Yu Xiangrong, argued in a Friday note that US tariffs and export controls were “unlikely...
KI-Update kompakt: Hate Aid vs. KI-Brillen, Mistral, Prompts, Twitch
Das „KI-Update“ liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
Secure all your internal vibe-coded applications — in one click
Introducing Cloudflare Access for Workers. Attach an Access policy directly to a Worker and it applies everywhere that Worker runs — routes, custom domains, workers.dev, and previews — automatically.
Russia jails man over spying for Poland one day after Warsaw foils assassination plot
Georgy Pirogov was sentenced to 23 years in a high-security colony for allegedly passing classified information to Polish intelligence. The verdict was announced the day after Poland said it had detained a Russian national suspected of planning a killing in Warsaw on the Kremlin's orders.
The 2027 CMO planning challenge is bigger than the budget
More budget won't fix a marketing model that no longer fits how buyers discover, evaluate, and decide. CMOs need to rethink where they invest. The post The 2027 CMO planning challenge is bigger than the budget appeared first on MarTech .
How to decide what’s important when everything is urgent
Every task consumes time and resources. Here’s a system for deciding what earns a place on the agenda and what doesn’t. The post How to decide what’s important when everything is urgent appeared first on MarTech .
The data trust crisis: Why your customer data is getting worse
Unreliable customer data threatens your personalization and ROI. On Sept. 2, we'll discuss how to navigate data decay and build a high-trust measurement framework. The post The data trust crisis: Why your customer data is getting worse appeared first on MarTech .
The Selar row shows how Nigeria plans to tax its creator economy
Nigerian creators may lose 5% of their income to tax if the government decides an ebook sale is a royalty. Here's why it matters.
PhysicsWallah revenue rises 24% to Rs 1,054 Cr in Q1 FY27; loss drops 31%
Edtech company PhysicsWallah reported a 24.4% year-on-year increase in revenue from operations in Q1 FY27, while its losses narrowed 30.7% during the quarter. PhysicsWallah’s revenue from operations increased to Rs 1,054 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 847 crore in Q1 FY26, according to its consolidated financial statement sourced from NSE. The company’s online business contributed Rs 549 crore, up 33.3% year-on-year from Rs 412 crore in Q1 FY26. Offline revenue grew 14.5% to Rs 490 crore, while revenue from other sources more than doubled to Rs 15 crore. PhysicsWallah also earned Rs 108 crore from other income, taking its total income to Rs 1,162 crore in Q1 FY27, compared with Rs 902 crore in Q1 FY26. On the expense side, employee benefits remained the largest cost component at Rs 528 crore, up 15.8% year-on-year from Rs 456 crore. Depreciation increased 12.7% to Rs 110 crore, while finance costs declined 23.1% to Rs 25.5 crore. Overall expenditure rose 18.3% to Rs 1,247 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 1,054 crore in Q1 FY26. PhysicsWallah’s net loss decreased 30.7% to Rs 88 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 127 crore in Q1 FY26. On a sequential basis, revenue from operations increased 14.7% to Rs 1,054 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 918.80 crore in Q4 FY26, while its net loss increased 27.7% from Rs 69.14 crore. At the end of today’s trading session, the Noida-based company’s share price closed at Rs 117.12, giving it a total market capitalization of Rs 34,274 crore ($3.6 billion). Recently, PhysicsW…
Not even the AI candyfloss economy can defy reality forever
Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said that life is understood backwards and lived forward. We look at history to guide us, but the only way to truly know the future is to live our lives. If our perception of reality is subjective, then what we experience is based on beliefs or judgments that can be detached from reality. As financial markets become increasingly bubbly, Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett has described financial bubbles as a “candyfloss economy”. This term describes a...
I spent $2,700 flying around the world just to keep my airline status. I got stuck in Qatar and ran out of clothes, but it was worth it.
I spent three days flying around the world to keep my airline status for another year. A missed connection stranded me in Doha, but I'd do it again.
The Download: Flock’s new rules, cloning’s future, and children’s cells
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash The police-tech giant Flock is changing officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers. The move comes…
Gulf stuck in war-and-peace limbo
The “region cannot remain in a state of neither war nor peace indefinitely,” Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, warned this week.
Less than a year on, Microsoft tells Mico to pipe down
Copilot's gurning blob is leaving Voice for a new career in education
Exploring Compose HTML for Server Side Rendering
Something is happening in server-rendered web development. React shipped Server Components. HTMX made “hypermedia” cool again. Phoenix LiveView proved a server can push interactive UI updates without a client framework in sight. Every ecosystem seems to be rediscovering the server as a place to render UI, except one: the JVM. What if Compose, the UI […]
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Is your martech stack costing more time than it saves?
Disconnected systems create missed work and hours of admin. The real measure of martech productivity is how much work the stack eliminates. The post Is your martech stack costing more time than it saves? appeared first on MarTech .
French publishers want Google to pay for AI news summaries
A French press association has asked France’s competition regulator to act against Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode, alleging unpaid use of news content and significant declines in publisher traffic. The post French publishers want Google to pay for AI news summaries appeared first on MEDIANAMA .
My relationship with my tween son has changed over the years. Changing my approach to our dynamic has helped.
My son is almost a teenager. As he's gotten older, our relationship has changed, so I've changed my approach and learned about his interests.
Tesla ends 3-year strike in Sweden by throwing money at it
IF Metall said it's suspending its three-year-long industrial action against Tesla after the firm bought out the Swedish union's striking workers.