An evaluation of six frontier AI models for in-context scheming when strongly nudged to pursue a goal: only OpenAI's o1 was capable of scheming in all the tests (Marius Hobbhahn/Apollo Research)

Marius Hobbhahn / Apollo Research:
An evaluation of six frontier AI models for in-context scheming when strongly nudged to pursue a goal: only OpenAI's o1 was capable of scheming in all the tests  —  Paper: You can find the detailed paper here.  —  Transcripts: We provide a list of cherry-picked transcripts here.

Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide launch a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, marking Uber's first international AV offering (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide launch a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, marking Uber's first international AV offering  —  Ride-hail giant Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide have launched a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi.

FEC filing: Elon Musk poured at least $274M into US political groups in 2024, including $238.5M for his America PAC, making him the biggest US political donor (Bill Allison/Bloomberg)

Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
FEC filing: Elon Musk poured at least $274M into US political groups in 2024, including $238.5M for his America PAC, making him the biggest US political donor  —  - Musk gave at least $274 million to elect Trump, GOP allies  — Trump has tapped Musk to help reshape federal bureaucracy

Industry insiders believe Pat Gelsinger's hasty exit could be a prelude to Intel moving away from manufacturing its chips altogether, in a blow to US ambitions (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Industry insiders believe Pat Gelsinger's hasty exit could be a prelude to Intel moving away from manufacturing its chips altogether, in a blow to US ambitions  —  The Silicon Valley-based company could scale back its semiconductor manufacturing business in a blow to American ambitions

The UK CMA clears the £15B Vodafone-Three deal after a 10-month inquiry, subject to investing £11B in UK digital infrastructure, creating the UK's biggest telco (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg)

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA clears the £15B Vodafone-Three deal after a 10-month inquiry, subject to investing £11B in UK digital infrastructure, creating the UK's biggest telco  —  - CMA approved the merger with Three in UK on Thursday  — Europe's telcos have spent years lobbying for consolidation

AT&T's stock is up 35% in 2024 after CEO John Stankey reversed course in 2022 and spun off Warner Bros. and DirecTV, and plans to return $40B+ to shareholders (Drew FitzGerald/Wall Street Journal)

Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T's stock is up 35% in 2024 after CEO John Stankey reversed course in 2022 and spun off Warner Bros. and DirecTV, and plans to return $40B+ to shareholders  —  Investors have welcomed CEO John Stankey's return to boring wireless and broadband services after costly entertainment gambles