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OpenAI counters Anthropic with a no-retention approach to AI safety monitoring

  • OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing, a system that scans for patterns of misuse across customer sessions using automated agents instead of human reviewers, without retaining the underlying data.
  • The design is a direct answer to Anthropic's 30-day retention policy for its most capable models, and a sign that privacy has become a competitive weapon in enterprise AI.

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Micron Lifts Its US Chip Investment Above $250 Billion, and the Stock Jumps 7%

  • Memory-chip maker Micron said it will raise its planned US manufacturing investment to more than $250 billion through 2035, up from about $200 billion, and add $3 billion to shore up its US supply chain.
  • Shares rose about 7% as investors bet the company can meet surging demand for the memory that powers AI data centers.

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