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Nikon disqualifies its Small World in Motion winning video under its generative AI rules
The video showed airway cilia beating in a child with a rare lung disorder, and the motion was the whole point.

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ARTEX's author takes the AI pentesting agent closed-source after CrowdStrike tied it to Korean bank breaches
The tool's author says the attack had nothing to do with them, and that ARTEX was built for research and authorized testing.
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Musk says Digital Optimus can play halfway through Diablo just by watching the screen
The agent works from screen video alone, and the head of a lab trained on gamers' clips wants a five-game match.

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Warren, Blumenthal and Van Hollen say AI data center firms aren't paying their full costs
Seven companies told the senators they pay their full energy costs. The senators say that phrase covers less than it sounds.

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OpenAI says its fired safety researchers broke sensitive-information rules and denies firing them over safety concerns
The company says the firings weren't about safety concerns, and that outside auditor contracts are weeks away.
