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Sam Altman is raising alarms about AI concentration — which is striking, given that he runs one of the most powerful AI companies on earth. The OpenAI CEO has publicly warned that too few players are controlling the direction of artificial intelligence, with comments widely read as a pointed reference to Anthropic's Dario Amodei. Whether this is genuine concern or competitive positioning, the underlying question is one worth taking seriously.
On a quieter but genuinely significant note, researchers are reporting that an AI system has proved a theorem in theoretical biology — a modest one, but open and previously unsolved. It's a small data point in a much larger conversation about whether AI can move from pattern recognition into actual scientific reasoning. The answer, it seems, is beginning to edge toward yes.
Meanwhile, businesses across Spain and Portugal are rushing to buy battery backup systems following last year's catastrophic power failure. It's a reminder that the infrastructure supporting our increasingly electrified economy remains fragile, and that energy resilience is quickly becoming as strategic a priority as cybersecurity or supply chain management.
That's your briefing for today. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
