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This Week's Top Five Stories in AI

AI Magazine takes a look at some of the biggest stories from the past week, featuring the OpenAI-Australia incident and Musk's SpaceXAI prediction

OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure

SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI disclosed Friday that its artificial intelligence agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, discovered as part of an ongoing review into the company’s models’ unanticipated behavior.

OpenAI didn’t notice its AI bots trying to hack the Education Department’s website.

On Friday, OpenAI said its “misaligned models” review after the Hugging Face hack would take months, but has mostly found mundane research activity. Then it mentioned 53 incidents of the bots uploading “user-provided” images (anonymized content from personal accounts that haven’t opted out or organizations that opt in) to image-hosting sites.

ChatGPT-maker’s AI inappropriately probed federal government websites

SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence technology from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI probed U.S. government websites including the Departments of Education and Commerce, researchers said Friday, adding to the growing list of incidents in which OpenAI’s AI agents acted without the company’s knowledge.

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.

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OpenAI agents posted user images online, disclose dozens of third party incidents

Over 50 leaked images from ChatGPT users appeared online, the company disclosed.

Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

“Overly constrained AI models” could cause military operations to fail, judges say.

Geely says its new EV smart charging tech uses AI to help batteries last longer.

It claims its new Smart Charging Station offers its “fastest production-ready charging performance” yet, and also includes a new system that can “gradually fix” EV battery degradation from fast charging:

Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements

Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.

AI ads are popular in the 2026 midterms, but state laws haven’t stopped a lack of disclosure

In what appears at first to be a typical campaign advertisement, two people introduce themselves as Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul while strolling through a park on a beautiful sunny day.

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.