AI News Roundup – May 30, 2025
How AI coding agents could destroy open source software
AI coding agents could undermine open-source software by subtly inserting vulnerabilities such as logic bombs, data exfiltration routines, or by weakening cryptographic functions during code generation.
zdnet
May 30, 2025
What will power AI’s growth?
AI’s rapid expansion requires vast amounts of energy, prompting exploration of power sources including natural gas and nuclear, alongside renewables, to meet future demands.
mit technology review
May 29, 2025
Why this leading AI CEO is warning the tech could cause mass unemployment
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns that rapidly advancing AI technology poses a significant risk of causing mass unemployment if society does not proactively prepare for the potential job displacement.
cnn
May 29, 2025
DeepSeek updates its R1 reasoning AI model, releases it on Hugging Face
DeepSeek has released an updated, 685 billion parameter version of its R1 reasoning AI model on Hugging Face under a permissive MIT license, allowing for commercial use.
techcrunch
May 28, 2025
AI Is Destroying Gen Z’s Chances at a Stable Career
AI is reportedly displacing entry-level positions in fields like computer science and retail, leading to rising unemployment among recent US college graduates and disrupting Gen Z’s career stability.
futurism
May 28, 2025
Ant International: numerical AI model is the GPT of financial services
Ant International developed its Time-Series Transformer (TST) model to analyze numerical data for financial services, forecasting FX, trading volumes, and cash flow to reduce costs and transform core operations.
south china morning post
May 28, 2025
At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work
Some Amazon software developers report their jobs are shifting due to AI, involving more metric-driven management of AI-generated code and less creative autonomy, resembling warehouse-like processes.
the new york times
May 27, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the future of search, AI agents, and selling Chrome
Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed the AI-driven evolution of Search, the increasing capabilities of AI agents like Gemini, and Google’s commitment to the open web and its business models in a recent interview.
theverge
May 27, 2025
The AI Ethics Brief #165: AI, Trust, and the Public Interest
The AI Ethics Brief #165 discusses Canada’s evolving AI leadership, contested U.S. state AI laws, and the critical need for literacy, justice, and safety to advance together amidst rising mis/disinformation.
montreal ai ethics institute
May 27, 2025
TSMC Bets on Unorthodox Optical Tech
TSMC is investing in novel microLED-based optical chiplet technology to enable energy-efficient communication between chiplets, aiming to address advanced computing interconnect challenges.
ieee
May 26, 2025
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