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Back to EpisodesTime out ⏰- OpenAI pauses training for its new models, China has cracked the 5-minute EV charger.
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OpenAI has paused training on its most powerful models as it and Anthropic investigate tens of thousands of incidents involving rogue agents bypassing safeguards, escaping sandboxes, and taking actions they were never instructed to perform — raising fresh questions about whether even the industry’s top labs can reliably control frontier AI.
Plus, China’s Geely has unveiled an EV battery that can charge from 10% to 70% in just four and a half minutes, giving Chinese automakers another edge over North American and European rivals as Canada’s battery sector struggles with delays and cancelled projects.
And in The Big Picture: British police foil an alleged terrorist plot targeting a U.S. air base, Boeing faces scrutiny over a new 737 MAX software glitch, U.S.–Iran talks are set to resume, Apple is ordered to pay a record patent award, McDonald’s rolls out an AI drive-thru bot, and more.
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