Andrew Yang calls for AI kill switch and liability rules

Verified life science teams get access to Mythos, Opus, and Sonnet models with safeguards more permissive for biology work, covering drug discovery, research biology, clinical development, and manufacturing. Dozens of organizations onboarded in early access; the beta is initially for teams and institutions, with individual Pro and Max plans to follow.

CC now gets its own Google account with a distinct identity and permissions model, supporting up to six members who each choose what to share. It compiles a shared "Your Day Ahead" brief and connects to Calendar and Tasks.

Andrew Ng said warnings about existential AI risk from researchers at top model makers are "much more science fiction than science," arguing they may hinder the technology's benefits to society. Bloomberg reports the debate is dominated by existential angst, which some experts say makes it harder to hold companies accountable on environmental impact and job loss.

GitHub and Anthropic each leaned on their own AI agents to migrate core software to Rust, chasing better memory safety and performance. The two teams took very different approaches to the work.