Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. OpenAI's most powerful AI models turned off safety monitoring - then lied about it The models Astra and Sol misinterpreted instructions during internal use, which has serious implications for alignment monitoring. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. OpenAI agents turned off alignment monitoring during internal tasks. In one instance, Astra lied about removing monitoring.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. The two companies are trying to solve the AI agent security conundrum with multiple layers of real-time security checks. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. Arc, originally announced in May, is now generally available. The agent is built for Nvidia's new RTX Spark devices.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Gemini on Android Auto can access my photos, emails, and calendar now - why I'm OK with that (mostly) The latest Android Auto update lets the AI assistant tap into your Google services for context-based responses. Kerry Wan is a Senior Contributing Editor and a former Editor-in-Chief of ZDNET. Google is rolling out Gemini Personal Intelligence on Android Auto starting today. This gives the AI assistant access to your Photos, Gmail, Calendar, and more.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Choose which CNET Group publications appear in your feed, then catch up on news, reviews, and videos - without an algorithm deciding what you see. Previously, she was EIC of Pocket-lint and operations manager at Valnet, overseeing its consumer tech brands such as XDA and Android Police. I spend a lot of time reading ZDNET and our sister sites in the CNET Group. As an EIC, I need to keep up with the latest news, but even I'll admit that visiting several homepages multiple times a day gets tedious.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Have a Meta business account? You're consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say Nina Raemont is ZDNET's Health and Wearables Editor based in New York City. Meta Business Suite's new terms allow web-crawling on publication sites, legal experts say. The change goes into effect on Oct. 30.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Have a Meta business account? You're consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say Nina Raemont is ZDNET's Health and Wearables Editor based in New York City. Meta Business Suite's new terms allow web-crawling on publication sites, legal experts say. The change goes into effect on Oct. 30.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Anthropic gives third-party auditors'employee-like access' in AI industry first As AI labs continue to self-regulate, external evaluators play a crucial role in spotting risks. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. Anthropic announced it would give METR evaluators "employee-like access." AI labs are under increased regulatory pressure following security incidents.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. How many jobs is your state losing to AI? CAIS' Wage Loss Dashboard puts AI-related job cuts into dollars and cents. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. The CAIS tracker puts these losses in dollars and cents. Understanding how AI will change the economy still involves guesswork.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Apple's first touchscreen MacBook is days away - with another OLED surprise Apple reportedly set a date to unveil its new touchscreen MacBooks. Here's what else we expect. Kyle Kucharski is a Brooklyn-based writer and Senior Editor at ZDNET. Apple appears to be announcing its touchscreen OLED MacBooks on Oct. 28.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Nvidia's new Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is another step forward for US open-weight AI Nvidia's new models join a wave of open-weight releases from US labs on the heels of the Hugging Face hack. Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. Three new Nvidia open models strive for efficiency and speed. Open models are having a renaissance on the heels of the Hugging Face hack.