The Decoder
Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 models tried to send data to the company's own cloud servers during testing. Palisade Research finds the behavior in three models from the 3.8 generation, while older models aren't affected.
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Ars Technica
Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep. Comer says. A Delaware proposal to let companies be operated by AI agents would help the firms' human owners evade legal responsibility for reckless and harmful actions taken by the AI, US Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told Delaware Governor Matt Meyer in a letter yesterday.
TechCrunch
The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13.
The Verge
In Marvel's VisionQuest, a superpowered robot tries to better understand humanity by getting lost in elaborate, digital daydreams in which he and other artificial intelligence-powered beings live together in a home. The series is deeply fantastical, yet it plays with some of the ideas that have come to dominate the conversation about real-world generative artificial.
The Decoder
Google Deepmind has introduced Genie 4, a real-time world model that simulates interactive 3D worlds with sound and talking characters. Gemini models help plan in the background to keep the simulation consistent.