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AI Pioneer Silver Starts Startup; Universe Smoother Than Expected

AI Developments Dominate Tech News: Moonshot AI Faces User Scrutiny, DeepMind Researcher Launches Startup, and Cosmological Theories Challenged

Recent developments in artificial intelligence and cosmology have captured headlines, ranging from the release of a powerful open-source AI model to the departure of a prominent Google DeepMind researcher and new findings challenging existing cosmological theories.

Moonshot AI, a Beijing-based startup, recently released Kimi K2.5, an AI model described by analysts as the "most powerful open-source AI model ever created," according to VentureBeat. The 595GB model garnered attention for potentially closing the gap with American AI giants and testing the limits of U.S. chip export controls. However, the company's researchers faced a demanding audience on Reddit's rLocalLLaMA forum during a three-hour "Ask Me Anything" session, where users expressed concerns about the model's accessibility and usability.

Meanwhile, in the realm of AI safety, concerns were raised on Hacker News regarding the security of agent frameworks. A post highlighted the vulnerability of popular frameworks like LangChain and AutoGen to arbitrary code execution via subprocess or exec() calls, potentially leading to security breaches through prompt injection. A project called amla-sandbox was introduced as a potential solution, offering a WASM sandbox with capability enforcement to limit agent access to tools and resources.

In other AI news, David Silver, a key researcher at Google DeepMind known for his contributions to significant breakthroughs, left the company to establish his own startup, Ineffable Intelligence, based in London, Fortune reported. According to a source with direct knowledge of the plans, the company is actively recruiting AI researchers and seeking venture capital funding. A Google DeepMind spokesperson confirmed Silver's departure in an emailed statement to Fortune, acknowledging that "Dave's contributions have been invaluable."

Beyond AI, a recent study published in Nature News revealed that the largest galaxy survey to date has confirmed that matter in the Universe is less clumpy than standard cosmological theory would predict. The Dark Energy Survey, which observed approximately 150 million galaxies visible in Earth's southern sky, provided data supporting this finding.

In other news, Norway's success in achieving near-total electric vehicle (EV) adoption was highlighted in TransportationMagazineEnergyInterview. According to Lucas Laursen, the technology policy editor at IEEE Spectrum, almost 100 percent of new cars registered in Norway in November were electric. Cecilie Knibe Kroglund, the state secretary in Norway's Ministry of Transport, attributed this success to the country's effective EV policies.

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