Image created with Ideogram V2. Image prompt: A vibrant spring meadow with exaggerated blooming flowers in bright colors. Hidden comically in the middle is a classical Greek temple with scales of justice and moral philosophy books scattered around. The temple columns are wrapped in vines and flowers as disguise. A moral compass floats above, spinning wildly. Woodland animals are engaged in a clear democratic vote. Ancient scrolls of ethical codes unroll across the grass. Philosophers in togas peek out from behind trees. The whole scene is bathed in golden sunshine with lens flares. Vibrant colors and high detail. The word “ETHICS” integrated into the scene.

“Think scrubbing metadata keeps you safe? Not from GeoSpy. A single photo can still reveal your exact geolocation — thanks to AI. I worked on Google’s Visual Positioning System (VPS). That’s how I know how real and how dual use this capability has become. https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1911442948723524049

“Transforming government service delivery in Abu Dhabi with LangGraph The Abu Dhabi government’s AI Assistant, TAMM 3.0, now delivers 940+ services across all platforms with personalized, seamless interactions. Built on LangGraph, their key workflows include: 🔍 Fast, accurate” / X https://x.com/LangChainAI/status/1912207364448743797

Assort Health Secures $26 Million in Funding to Expand Specialty-Specific Generative AI Platform for Managing Patient Phone Calls https://www.assorthealth.com/blog/assort-health-secures-26-million-in-funding-to-expand-specialty-specific-generative-ai-platform-for-managing-patient-phone-calls

Our updated Preparedness Framework | OpenAI https://openai.com/index/updating-our-preparedness-framework/

“BREAKING 🚨 Your coworker is an AI agent. Nobody noticed. Introducing Xoul – the marketplace for agents that feel human. On Xoul, anyone can create and share powerful agents that work together in “swarms” without writing a single line of code. Can you spot the AI intruder? https://x.com/EmilVLiu/status/1910017812523016200

“Hot take: The only world where browser use / computer use agents are successful at scale is if they are within a VM companies want their employees to work, not watch their agents do work while they relax” / X https://x.com/AtomSilverman/status/1909415156708524051

“I didn’t just build an outbound agent. I went a step further and — I cloned 11x. It finds leads, qualifies them, replies, and updates our Notion CRM — fully autonomous, 24/7. Costs less than your Slack plan. $0.01 per lead. Zero humans. Built using @OpenAI’s Agents SDK and https://x.com/n_sri_laasya/status/1905402229823324231

AI-generated music accounts for 18% of all tracks uploaded to Deezer | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-generated-music-accounts-18-all-tracks-uploaded-deezer-2025-04-16/

“Thrilled to announce my company @ScoutAI_ has officially emerged from stealth At Scout, we’re building the robotic foundation model for defense, bringing Silicon Valley physical intelligence to the U.S. military Several updates to share: → We raised an oversubscribed $15M seed https://x.com/adcock_colby/status/1912537556358689010

AI code suggestions sabotage software supply chain • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

“I totally get why AI long term memory is useful and, based on my testing, think many people will love it… but I actually don’t want my LLMs I use for work to chime in with personal details or subtly change its answers as a result of my past interactions. Boundaries are good.” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1910409390206615709

“The past 18 months has been the big labs coming around to exactly this point. Engaging models feel smarter and win LM Arena more. As their ability levels increase past what most people need, making AIs feel good to interact with starts to matter more than smarter models for many” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1912211150508581057

“@karpathy context: you can inject arbitrary data into an emoji via “variation selectors”. Andrej’s thread: https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1912585299995361738

Our 2024 Ads Safety Report https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/google-ads-safety-report-2024/

“@OpenAI Maybe one reason GPT-4.1 is not available on ChatGPT is to incentivize college students to subscribe. Since the free GPT-4.1 mini matches the paid GPT-4.1 too closely for key users (e.g., students doing homework), it could remove the incentive to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus.” / X https://x.com/DanHendrycks/status/1911837235521163670

NATO inks deal with Palantir for Maven AI system | DefenseScoop https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/14/nato-palantir-maven-smart-system-contract/

“This may be the biggest speed bump in the progress of AI. 😨 China just halted exports of heavy rare earth metals and magnets, targeting industries like autos, semiconductors, aerospace, and defense. → And in this sector, China’s dominance is absolute: 99% of global heavy https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/1911555680730820862

“Vietnam caved before everyone. They, unlike China, were existentially threatened by tariffs. People still don’t get how Xi has flipped the board with his retaliation. This is no longer about China vs. USA, this is USA vs the world where China can say “this crazy mfer isn’t tough” https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/1911709475284582673

Jack Ma Advocates for AI to Serve Humanity, Not Dominate | AI News https://opentools.ai/news/jack-ma-advocates-for-ai-to-serve-humanity-not-dominate

YouTube supports the NO FAKES Act – YouTube Blog https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-supports-the-no-fakes-act/

“Yesterday was crazy so I missed my post but damn the 4.1s awesome. @michpokrass @jhyuxm @johnohallman @SuvanshSanjeev @StrongDuality and so many others did a phenomenal job. We’re truly horrible at naming but the secret trick is that the models with mini in their name are 🔥” / X https://x.com/_aidan_clark_/status/1912191545203413419

Riley Goodside on X: “The surgeon is no longer the boy’s mother. https://t.co/fSNVt7dvzS” / X
https://x.com/goodside/status/1912565960235433999

“Superintelligence is within reach. After parting ways with OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever recently announced he’s working on ‘Safe Superintelligence’ He explains why we chose this term. https://x.com/slow_developer/status/1851635684081127691

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence reportedly valued at $32B | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/12/openai-co-founder-ilya-sutskevers-safe-superintelligence-reportedly-valued-at-32b/

“When Ilya Sutskever once explained why next-word prediction leads to intelligence, he made a metaphor: if you can piece together the clues and deduce the criminal’s name on the last page, you have a real understanding of the story. 🕵️‍♂️ Inspired by that idea, we turned to Ace https://x.com/haoailab/status/1912231343372812508

AI-guided POCUS bests experts in detecting TB in underserved areas | AuntMinnie https://www.auntminnie.com/clinical-news/ultrasound/article/15742661/aiguided-pocus-bests-experts-in-detecting-tb-in-underserved-areas

“Harvard study shows we can measure leadership skills by seeing how folks manage GPT-4o simulated people AI assessments strongly correlate (r=0.81) with human team assessments. Effective leaders ask questions & do conversational turn-taking and have fluid & social intelligence https://x.com/emollick/status/1910321275848831336

“Large scale job displacements due to AI are likely to occur more slowly than a lot of people talking about AI and work might suspect. Translators were paid more and in more demand a year after GPT-4 than they were the year it launched.” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1912272981692240104

12 former OpenAI employees asked to be heard in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the company; one calls Sam Altman a ‘person of low integrity’ | Fortune https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/12-ex-openai-employees-elon-musk-lawsuit-amicus-filing-lessig/

Group of ex-OpenAI employees back Musk’s lawsuit to halt OpenAI restructure | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/group-ex-openai-employees-back-musks-lawsuit-halt-openai-restructure-2025-04-12/

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