AI Reading for Saturday July 26

Early feedback suggests GPT-5 excels at coding, outperforming previous models and rivals on benchmarks. - The Information

OpenAI to deploy gas turbines at its first Stargate site for additional power - Tom's Hardware

A Copilot 'Smart Mode' is seen in the wild, suggesting prep for deployment of GPT-5 - Windows Central

Early testers say OpenAI’s paid Agent often fails at shopping tasks due to anti-bot blocks, and blocks will probably increase - Reddit

Sam Altman warns there's no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist - TechCrunch

DOGE is deploying an AI tool called the "DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool" to cut 50 percent of federal regulations by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. - The Washington Post

MechaHitler rewriting the law books [High five! Borat thumbs up]. Grok fact-checks Trump constantly, how long before he melts down at Musk about that.

Can 'MechaHitler' Pass Trump's Anti-Woke AI Test? - Gizmodo

Virginia’s agentic-AI pilot cut 26 % of state regulations, claiming $1.2 billion in savings - Fox News

Trump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias - WIRED

DoE taps federal sites for fast-track AI datacenter builds, including key Manhattan Project site - The Register

Tesla outperformed Chinese rivals BYD, Xiaomi, and Huawei in a state TV and Bytedance Dcar test of level 2 advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) on Chinese highways, with Model 3 and Model X passing five out of six high-risk scenarios. (still behind Waymo I bet LOL) - Yahoo Finance

Tesla hasn't applied for robotaxi approvals in California, but might roll them out anyway with human deivers. - Futurism

Elon Musk's xAI partners with Kalshi to bring Grok's AI insights to prediction markets. (I think this was prematurely announced a while. back and put on hold) - Crypto Briefing

China will spearhead the creation of an international organization to foster development and sharing of AI, the country’s premier told the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Saturday. - Bloomberg

China proposes new global AI cooperation organization. - Reuters

seems like the sort of multilateral org the US should spearhead but, well, you know

Lawmakers proposed the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act to ban algorithmic pricing and wage-setting based on personal data - The Register

American Airlines CEO condemns AI use in setting flight prices - The Points Guy

AI start-up Anthropic open to Mideast funds in talks to double valuation to over $150bn - Financial Times

Mark Zuckerberg named Shengjia Zhao, an artificial intelligence researcher who joined Meta Platforms Inc. from OpenAI in June, as the chief scientist for the social media company’s new superintelligence group; Yann LeCun remains chief scientist of FAIR group. - Bloomberg

AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B - TechCrunch

Amazon's new Alexa+ is pretty good — but is that enough in the ChatGPT age? - Fortune

Perplexity for Mac now supports MCP, and you should check it out - 9to5Mac

New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples - VentureBeat

Amazon uses neuro-symbolic reasoning to correct hallucinations - ZDNet

Colorado, California and Montana now require explicit consent and deletion rights for brain-data collected by consumer neurotech devicest - The Denver Post

Concerns grow over AI's effect on mental health - The Register

Some Teens Use AI Chatbots Because It's "Easier Than Talking to Real People" - Teen Vogue

AI-Generated Technostress: Emotions and Adjustment to AI - Psychology Today

Thingiverse, the largest 3D model hosting platform, uses AI detection and human moderation to ban designs for working firearms, gun parts, or lethal accessories while allowing non-functional replicas and toys. - Tom's Hardware

Lyft partners with Benteler to launch autonomous city bus services - SiliconANGLE

I kind of want to see autonomous buses on 2nd Ave in a protected lane.

A Guess advertisement features a suspiciously airbrushed blonde and very fine print, people are big mad at both Guess and Vogue. - The Cut

Windsurf #2 employee accepted Google offer, then changed his mind, says Google gave him a job offer that would 'explode same day.' He ultimately went a 'different direction.' - Business Insider

Island doctor likes AI. - Gizmodo

“If the temperature of AI is 1, they hallucinate,” he explained. “For the medical field, it has to be 0.3. That makes them so strict, they cannot fantasize things. They stick to the facts.”

This is a problematic statement, there's a reason doctors tend to be overconfident and crash Malibu aircraft.

The Mythical Machine-Month Paradox - Tucson Josh

John Brooks wrote The Mythical Man-Month but what if the man has thousands or millions of agents helping him code?

I ran with the Apple Watch and Samsung Watch 8 - here's the better AI coach - ZDNET

AI chatbots to advise English Premier League fantasy managers - Financial Times

Unitree unveils its new R1 humanoid. Starting at $5,900 and weighing only 25kg. - Reddit

LeBron James' Lawyers Send Cease-and-Desist to AI Company Making Pregnant Videos of Him - 404 Media

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