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‘We shouldn’t have rushed to get this out on Friday’: OpenAI hastily amends the terms of its controversial deal with the US Department of War as CEO Sam Altman claims it’s been a ‘good learning experience’

After a very public falling out between Anthropic and the US Department of War late last week—in which the former refused to remove safeguards preventing its AI tools from being used for autonomous weaponry and mass surveillance purposes—OpenAI stepped into the vacuum with a deal to use its own AI tools in the US military’s…

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Anker recalls a number of power banks amid safety fears, though it says that ‘the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal’

Rechargeable lithium-ion cells power almost every aspect of our portable lives, as they can be found in practically every smartwatch, phone, laptop, and handheld gaming PC. We use them constantly and rarely experience problems, but given how much energy they store, when they do go wrong, you need to get them replaced pronto. That’s exactly…

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Take Endless Legend 2 for a spin ahead of its early access launch—you’ve got a week to conquer an alien world in the new demo, starting today

Endless Legend 2‘s early access launch delay—it’s arriving on September 22 now—is a less bitter pill to swallow thanks to the appearance of another demo today. It’s a limited-time deal, giving you a week to “experience a taste of the full game”. That “taste” will include access to the tanky Kin of Sheredyn faction, along…

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