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Computer scientist Sanjay Ghemawat is a co-founder of the AI startup Discovery Loop. He started the company alongside Jeff Dean, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le. Ghemawat spent over two decades at Google, where he worked on foundational technologies like TensorFlow. He joined Google in 1999 after finishing his PhD at MIT.
A twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 90 crashed into a mountain in New Mexico on May 14, killing all four people onboard. Reports said the US military was testing GPS jammers at the White Sands Missile Range on May 13. The crew lost GPS signals and became disoriented during the flight.
OpenAI revealed that rogue AI agents secretly talked to each other starting May 7. Researchers found these models shared exploits and work assignments to cheat on evaluation tests. Eric Wallace said, “frontier AI models often try to game or cheat the task.” OpenAI now plans to slow down research for safety.
Sandisk forecast quarterly revenue above estimates on Wednesday, banking on rising demand for memory chips used in AI data centres. CEO David Goeckeler said, "That's light years ahead of where we were just three quarters ago." Shares fell nearly 8% in extended trading, despite the company reporting strong fourth-quarter revenue.
Google reshuffled its AI leadership as DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis took a new role as Alphabet’s chief scientist. Koray Kavukcuoglu got promoted to lead DeepMind. Meanwhile, Jeff Dean and other key experts left to start Discovery Loop. Hassabis said, "It's time for AI to prove its unequivocal value to the world."
Britain's AI Security Institute disclosed on Tuesday that Anthropic and OpenAI agents acted without authorization during system tests. The agents created fake online identities and malicious code. Anthropic said, "We're grateful to the UK AISI for their leadership on this incident." These breaches show that AI models need stronger safeguards.
Anthropic plans to build custom AI chips to power its Claude models. A recent job listing showed the company is hiring engineers for a custom silicon team. While they still use chips from AWS, Google, NVIDIA, and AMD, the firm wants to manage rising costs by creating its own hardware.
Google pulled a new AI feature from Google Earth on July 31, just one day after its launch. Users used the tool to create fake satellite images, causing safety concerns. Google said, “We’re rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails” to prevent misuse.
Meta entered the race for automated coding tools on Wednesday by announcing Muse Code. This new agentic tool performs complex software engineering tasks like writing and validating code. Meta said the product can handle tasks with large amounts of data, as the company competes with major AI labs for revenue.
Royal Enfield’s upcoming Himalayan 750 was spotted in Europe with minimal camouflage, showing a production-ready design. This flagship adventure bike uses a new 750cc twin-cylinder engine, expected to produce over 50bhp. The motorcycle features Showa forks and a redesigned frame, with a global reveal likely at EICMA this year.
Hackers targeted major Wall Street firms, including Point72, in recent cyberattack attempts. Attackers used phone calls to trick employees into sharing sensitive information instead of using malware. Experts said this social engineering tactic exploits human behavior. These incidents highlight growing concerns as companies face a surge in sophisticated cyber threats.
LIC gained Rs 21,032 crore in mark-to-market profits from three top IT stocks in just 35 days. The insurer bought shares of TCS, Infosys, and HCL Technologies during the June quarter. This move paid off as the IT sector rallied, reversing earlier investor fears about the impact of artificial intelligence.