Introducing SynthID Bio
Google DeepMind has presented SynthID Bio, a proof of concept for watermarking proteins designed by AI. The watermark is meant to leave the proteins’ biological function intact.
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How we will do better for Australia
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Towards safety cases for frontier AI training
OpenAI has published early guidelines for safety cases covering the training of frontier models. They address technical safeguards, operational practices and how to investigate misalignment incidents.
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
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The Agent Said It Was Done. The Database Disagreed.
A Hugging Face post looks at cases where an AI agent reports a task as complete although the database shows otherwise.