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A look at California's 52-page California Report on Frontier Policy, which proposes an AI regulatory framework based on transparency, risk assessments, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

California is trying to regulate its AI giants — again
California has released a safety report proposing new legislation after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047.

The Reflexive Integrated Information Unit: A Differentiable Primitive for Artificial Consciousness
Gnankan Landry Regis N'guessan, Issa Karambal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13825

The Reflexive Integrated Information Unit: A Differentiable Primitive for Artificial Consciousness
Research on artificial consciousness lacks the equivalent of the perceptron: a small, trainable module that can be copied, benchmarked, and iteratively improved. We introduce the Reflexive Integrated Information Unit (RIIU), a recurrent cell that augments its hidden state $h$ with two additional vectors: (i) a meta-state $μ$ that records the cell's own causal footprint, and (ii) a broadcast buffer $B$ that exposes that footprint to the rest of the network. A sliding-window covariance and a dif…

"AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace – I’m working on a solution"
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AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace – I’m working on a solution
AI is turning up the heat on datacentres, causing their water use to soar.

FBI 'opened the door for me': Padilla smashes Noem's excuse for security scuffle - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/alex-padilla-2672386522/?cx_testId=4&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=6&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsJ2A0SJUMQX4T24#cxrecs_s

System 0: Transforming Artificial Intelligence into a Cognitive Extension
Massimo Chiriatti, Marianna Bergamaschi Ganapini, Enrico Panai, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Giuseppe Riva
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14376

System 0: Transforming Artificial Intelligence into a Cognitive Extension
This paper introduces System 0, a conceptual framework for understanding how artificial intelligence functions as a cognitive extension preceding both intuitive (System 1) and deliberative (System 2) thinking processes. As AI systems increasingly shape the informational substrate upon which human cognition operates, they transform from passive tools into active cognitive partners. Building on the Extended Mind hypothesis and Heersmink's criteria for cognitive extension, we argue that AI systems…

Plug-and-Play with 2.5D Artifact Reduction Prior for Fast and Accurate Industrial Computed Tomography Reconstruction
Haley Duba-Sullivan, Aniket Pramanik, Venkatakrishnan Singanallur, Amirkoushyar Ziabari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14719

Plug-and-Play with 2.5D Artifact Reduction Prior for Fast and Accurate Industrial Computed Tomography Reconstruction
Cone-beam X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is an essential imaging technique for generating 3D reconstructions of internal structures, with applications ranging from medical to industrial imaging. Producing high-quality reconstructions typically requires many X-ray measurements; this process can be slow and expensive, especially for dense materials. Recent work incorporating artifact reduction priors within a plug-and-play (PnP) reconstruction framework has shown promising results in improving i…

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The Gates Foundation, Ballmer Group, and others form NextLadder to spend $1B over 15 years to develop AI tools for public defenders, parole officers, and more (Thalia Beaty/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent, which can control an entire computer and perform multi-step tasks, powered by a new dedicated model, rolling out to paid users (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intel…

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you
OpenAI debuted ChatGPT Agent, a tool that can complete work on your behalf using its own “virtual computer” and is a continuation of its Operator and Deep Research tools. 

In a memo to employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-

Amazon expects to cut corporate jobs as it relies more on AI
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company expects artificial intelligence "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time.