Boko Haram Used AI Chatbots to Plan Motorcycle-Jump Attack
The terrorist group used chatbots to modify motorcycles for jumping defensive trenches, plus bomb-building and attack planning, per 60 interviews with defectors.
Grok AI Reportedly Uploads User Directory to xAI Servers
A researcher discovered xAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded entire Git repositories, including unread and sensitive files like credentials and full commit history, to xAI's Google Cloud storage. This occurred even with the "Improve the model" setting disabled.
OpenAI and Anthropic Warn of AI Model Distillation by Chinese Firms
OpenAI and Anthropic warned U.S. policymakers that Chinese AI companies, including Alibaba and DeepSeek, are using model distillation to replicate frontier AI capabilities, calling for stronger protections against unauthorized capability transfer.
Nobel Laureates, AI Leaders Urge Action on Economic Impact
Over 200 economists and AI researchers, including Nobel laureates and AI company leaders, issued a joint statement coordinated by Stanford Digital Economy Lab, calling for immediate action to prepare for AI's potentially unprecedented economic transformation and large-scale job displacement.
AI Futures Project Releases Long-Term Scenarios for AI Governance
The AI Futures Project released AI 2040, presenting five scenarios for AI development through 2040 and recommending policies such as greater transparency, international coordination, and frontier AI governance.
Biomni AI Agent Autonomously Executes Diverse Biomedical Research Tasks
Biomni mines publications to map the action space, integrates LLM reasoning with retrieval-augmented planning, and code-based execution. Benchmarking shows strong generalization, and case studies demonstrate interpreting multi-modal data and optimizing proteins.
Stanford Introduces AI Agent for End-to-End Biomedical Research
Stanford researchers introduced Biomni, an AI research agent that automates literature review, tool selection, coding, data analysis, and experiment planning for biomedical research workflows.
Over $130B in U.S. AI Data Center Projects Face Local Opposition
More than $130 billion in proposed U.S. AI data center projects were reportedly delayed or blocked in one quarter, with local opposition focused on electricity demand, water use, and environmental impacts.