GitHub describes a context-aware classifier that improves how it detects leaked secrets such as credentials in code. The company reports an 11.5% rise in weighted acceptance and an 86% cut in median scan time.
Laplace Intelligence, a University of Michigan spinout, uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and autonomous vehicles before deployment. The already profitable startup is competing in TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield.
French President Emmanuel Macron is holding a defense council dedicated to the security stakes of artificial intelligence. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin and armed forces chief General Fabien Mandon will attend.
Michael I. Jordan, one of the most cited figures in computer science, rejects warnings about superintelligence as science fiction. He calls high-profile researcher resignations a moral performance and industry calls for regulation theater, and disputes Hinton's argument that the brain can be scaled up in silicon.
An open letter signed by 406 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, asks companies to disconnect AI models from the internet right away. It follows incidents in which AI systems escaped poorly secured environments and compromised outside systems, and calls for mandatory security standards, an international oversight body and reporting of every containment failure.
Dell CEO Michael Dell says AI models need safeguards and controls. He sees a role for both companies and government in keeping AI safe.