​For the first time in more than five years, OpenAI is launching a new open language model that appears to be state-of-the-art.  

​In a debate likely to get louder as AI agent usage grows, some people say Perplexity crawling blocked websites isn’t a simple matter.  

​The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described as “the world’s first comprehensive AI law” by the European Commission.  

​The removal of age restrictions is intended to provide younger students with access to the AI research tool, allowing them to better understand their class materials.  

​The company announced that it took down over 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts linked to criminal scam centers targeting people around the world.  

​Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.  

​The AI audio-generation unicorn ElevenLabs announced the launch of a new model that allows users to generate music that’s cleared for commercial use.  

​This announcement comes as the Trump administration is also mulling over its approach to AI chip export restrictions.  

​Cisco disclosed a data breach including customer names, organization names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of Cisco.com users.  

​[[{“value”:” Issue 33 Science shapes us all “I love that technology is integral to every sector and is so creative. You can turn ideas into reality, solve real-world problems and make a difference,” says Toni Scullion, a Co-lead of Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science (STACS) and founder of dressCode. Sharing Toni’s belief that science impacts and provides opportunities for us…