AI and Machine Learning

The government has directed WhatsApp to pause its username rollout, citing risks of fraud, phishing and digital impersonation.

Meta is reportedly considering renting out AI computing capacity to developers as it seeks returns on billions invested in AI infrastructure.

OpenAI has reportedly discussed giving Washington a 5% stake as scrutiny of AI companies grows.

Apple is releasing some security fixes ahead of schedule as AI narrows the time companies have to protect users from cyberattacks.

Anthropic launched a research workbench for scientists, while OpenAI introduced a benchmark to test AI reasoning in computational biology.