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THE NEWSROOM - WHAT HAPPENED WHILE YOU SLEPT

INTRO
Good evening. You might think you've heard enough about AI safety, but have you heard how much is actually safe to ignore? In a word: not much. Then again, you might think that Silicon Valley and the

STORY 1
While you were sleeping, former OpenAI researcher, who will remain anonymous, made public testimony to lawmakers from the Big Apple, cautioning that AI safety solutions could be 'duct tape that will f

STORY 2
Tonight's SHOWDOWN: China or USA who is getting more bang for their buck out of Washington D.C.? Beijing wanted more from its Xi Jinping state visit, but it got a lot less than Team USAs' visit.

STORY 3
Tonight's newcomer isn't quite as flashy as it would at home: ReviewBench, an open benchmark suite for testing and evaluating AI code. It's simple but essential: by creating a standard way to measure

STORY 4
And now for what we in the tech world call a eulogy. The Clock-Out, our weekly farewell to silicon we once loved or loved to hate. Tonight, it's a hardware dinosaur that was big enough to roam Silicon

STORY 5
In tonight's whispers unconfirmed reports say the DOD has suddenly stopped using Anthropic's tools, allegedly pulling the plug on Claude, with sources indicating it was in use as recently as last week

AI 101
Imagine you're testing a new sports car. Benchmarks are like drag strips and test tracks designed to push the car's limits. In AI, benchmarks do the same for algorithms.

OUTRO
So, that's your AI news bulletin tonight.