3 Iran hits back at Amazon’s cloud business in Bahrain
It had promised to attack American companies only yesterday. (foot $)
+ Other targets include Google, Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia. (cnbc)
+ AWS data centers in Bahrain were also affected last month. (reuters $)
4 OpenAI was secretly behind a child safety campaign group
It emphasized age verification requirements for AI. (san francisco standard $)
+ OpenAI had supported the legislation as a compromise measure. (WSJ $)
+ Incidentally, Sam Altman heads a company that provides age verification. (Engadget)
5 Anthropic Cloud is struggling to limit code leaks
It is attempting to remove 8,000 copies of the exposed code from GitHub. (gizmodo)
+ An executive blamed “process errors” for the leak. (bloomberg $)
+ Here’s what it reveals about Anthropic’s plans. (Ars Technica)
+ AI is making online crimes easier—and it could get worse. (MIT Technology Review)
6 A new Russian “super-app” aims to emulate China’s WeChat
And give the Kremlin new surveillance powers. (WSJ $)
7 America’s AI boom is leaving the rest of the world behind
And it is concentrating power and wealth in a handful of companies. (rest of the world)
8 Chinese chip makers have claimed almost half of the country’s market
Nvidia’s lead is declining rapidly. (reuters $)
9 The first quantum computer to break encryption is near
New research shows how this might happen. (new scientists)
10 The world’s oldest tortoise is caught in a crypto scam
Reports that Jonathan died at the age of only 194 are fortunately false. (Guardian)
