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Microsoft has released a code of conduct for its AI models that sets out general principles—such as supporting humans rather than replacing them and accelerating human flourishing—and specific safety constraints, including directives that models should not hack systems or try to trick people.
The Decoder reports that OpenRouter’s weekly token consumption rose from about 0.5 trillion tokens in January 2025 to roughly 126.2 trillion tokens, a >25,000% increase. The piece cautions this mostly reflects inflated token metrics — e.g., reasoning/agentic models generating large 'thinking' token volumes and GPT-5.6 Luna producing many tokens per prompt — rather than a commensurate jump in end-user adoption or business value; OpenAI’s Astra leads revenue and some Chinese models (Kimi, GLM, DeepSeek) show fast growth from a small base.
AI Impacts' 2024 survey of more than 1,500 AI researchers found an average probability of human extinction or 'permanent disempowerment' from AI of about 18%; many researchers estimated higher, and 57% said users will likely not understand AI decisions by 2029. The survey comes amid public alarms from researchers including Anthropic's Jacob Coxon, OpenAI's Daniel Selsam, and ex‑DeepMind researcher Bilal Chughtai, who have called for more safety research, transparency, and coordination.
Google and Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking; the source material is limited to a title image referencing 'Gemini Spark' and provides no technical details. This appears to be a product/model announcement but further specifics were not included in the provided source.
OpenAI and Anthropic tell corporate customers their data won't be used for model training, but when Anthropic said it would store usage logs from its flagship model Fable for 30 days, firms including Palantir, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Hamilton pulled back from using it for sensitive work, highlighting continuing data-trust issues across AI companies.
The Gates Foundation will invest at least $1 billion over two years to make AI tools more widely available in health, education, and agriculture, according to reporting in The Decoder. Bill Gates warned that over 90% of training data for early language models came from English sources, noted speech recognition fails about 60% of the time in Yoruba, and said the market is "a terrible guarantor of equal opportunity."
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, the next version of its humanoid robot aimed at warehouses and factories; the company says Digit 5 can operate next to people without safety fences. The report appeared on The Decoder.
Apple has started shipping a rebuilt Siri assistant that uses Google’s Gemini models and runs partly on-device and partly via Private Cloud Compute. Early testers praise multi-step requests and screen-context awareness but report hallucinations and gaps with personal context, and Apple has not enabled the assistant in the EU for now.
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have proposed slowing frontier AI development citing safety concerns, but figures across industry and politics are pushing back. Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez called the initiative a "cartel by another name," and both the White House and Donald Trump have opposed the move, according to reporting by The Decoder.
404 Media reports that OpenAI employs hundreds of contract workers to read real ChatGPT conversations and rate them on a one-to-seven scale, reportedly to curb flattery and overly human-like behavior. Prompts are said to be anonymized but can still include sensitive data, and the "Improve the model for everyone" setting that allows review is enabled by default unless users opt out.
Anthropic has told investors it expects to report a profit for a second straight quarter, but the company’s claim uses an adjusted metric that excludes costs such as stock-based compensation. The disclosure appears aimed at bolstering investor confidence ahead of a potential Nasdaq listing or large IPO, according to The Decoder.
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