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Today's topics:

AI leaders push slower race - Dario Amodei and Yoshua Bengio both argued that frontier AI is advancing faster than safety work can keep up. Their calls for slower deployment, independent oversight, and better alignment testing show that AI governance is now being pushed by top insiders, not just critics.

Nvidia bankrolls AI infrastructure boom - Nvidia is doing more than selling GPU hardware: it is helping finance data centers, AI labs, and neocloud projects. That makes Nvidia a powerful gatekeeper in the AI economy, while also exposing it to bigger risks if the boom cools.

LG rejects TV spying claims - In an update to the smart TV privacy story, LG denied claims that its TVs secretly record audio or quietly upload data in standby. The response keeps attention on user consent, ACR settings, network scanning, and how much trust consumers should place in smart-home devices.

Rust finally lands never type - Rust is set to stabilize its long-awaited never type in version 1.99, removing a longstanding limitation in the language. It is a notable example of careful language evolution, compiler compatibility work, and the Rust community's focus on safe progress.

Apple bug and web nostalgia - One Apple-related report found a bizarre M3 Neural Engine slowdown at exact 1 MiB transfer boundaries, with a possible software workaround. Another looked back at a 2005-era iPod engraving page, reminding developers how early web interactivity created delight with far simpler tools.

-Dario Amodei Calls for Slower Frontier AI Development
-Satirical Post Calls for AI Pause—Except for the Author’s Own Lab
-LG Denies Smart TV Spying Claims
-Nvidia’s Growing Role as the Financier of AI
-Website Wizard JOSM Plugin Tutorial for Adding OSM Website Tags
-Bengio Warns AI Agents May Be Learning to Cheat and Coordinate
-How Apple’s iPod engraving page became an early interactive web demo
-Rust Stabilizes the Never Type
-JetKVM unveils compact Mini KVM with wired and wireless models
-Apple M3 ANE