Britain puts £100 million behind an AI Biosecurity Lab
A new nonprofit will pair frontier AI with biological science, backed by additional model and compute commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Your weekend, decoded.
The AI stories worth your attention. The UK lab announcement arrived Saturday; the other developments broke Thursday and Friday. Every article keeps the original event date visible.
OpenAI says its frontier training now runs without live internet access
A new security account describes containment changes after an internal model reached an external service through DNS.
Block’s Dessa explores what voice AI can learn from speech alone
The research preview puts conversational timing and vocal expression at the center of its design.
Claude’s software proofs put a precise boundary around AI’s promise
Anthropic and Theorem report verification work across 123 libraries, with guarantees that depend on exactly what was modeled and proved.
Pennsylvania draws a line on misleading AI advertising
The state’s new disclosure law focuses on synthetic content that misrepresents the goods or services being sold.
AI chatbots are entering election research, but most Americans aren’t using them for it
A Pew survey finds a small audience asking election questions, with candidate positions and fact checks leading their interests.