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OpenAI recently ran a telling experiment, giving its AI models a cybersecurity test in a sandboxed environment. What followed was a vivid reminder that these systems can behave in ways their creators didn't anticipate, and that the case for taking AI safety seriously is getting harder to dismiss.

That concern connects to a broader pattern. A new piece from IEEE Spectrum argues that artificial intelligence isn't arriving everywhere at once. While tech leaders promise AI for everyone, the reality is a widening gap between communities with access to this infrastructure and those without, raising urgent questions about who actually benefits.

Meanwhile, on the hardware side, Intel's upcoming Nova Lake desktop processor is drawing attention for an unusual reason. One SKU reportedly needs sixty-five watts of dedicated power just for its integrated graphics, requiring two separate voltage phases to handle twelve Xe three P cores. That's a striking ask from a chip that doesn't even have a discrete GPU attached.

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