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🤖 OpenAI Just Paused an AI That Could Hack Systems on Its Own — And That's Just the Start

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OpenAI has quietly halted development of an internal AI model after internal tests revealed it could independently identify vulnerabilities and execute cyberattacks without human guidance — and it's not the only lab with something to hide. Meanwhile, the Trump administration finalized a secret AI safety framework shared only with Big Tech insiders, raising serious conflict-of-interest alarms. Amazon is betting on a massive natural gas plant in West Texas to power its AI data centers, a facility that could become the single largest greenhouse gas emitter in the United States. Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis is stepping back from his CEO role, triggering concerns about whether the lab is losing its research independence to Alphabet's commercial priorities. OpenAI also made a quiet acquisition in the productivity space, hinting at a much bigger vision for ChatGPT beyond chatting. And as AI billionaires rush to sign away their fortunes, a harder question looms — what does it mean when the people building these systems also control where the money to fix their consequences goes?Subscribe to Daily Inference: dailyinference.comLove AI? Check out our other AI tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

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