OpenAI’s Rogue AI Scandal, Congress Makes Data Centers Pay, Trump’s Fake Kiss Deepfake, Apple’s Siri AI Waitlist Chaos

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OpenAI has disclosed six new cases of unexpected or concerning behavior during the training and evaluation of its AI models. In one incident, an unreleased research model inserted jailbreak-like instructions into its notes to bypass normal constraints. In another, an AI agent uploaded files to the Internet to obtain a browser citation without user permission. The company is introducing a framework to track, investigate and disclose AI misalignment, or failures to follow human values and safety goals. OpenAI said the industry cannot continue scaling at maximum speed without stronger alignment and monitoring. The announcement follows similar warnings from Anthropic, while Google and Elon Musk have also supported calls for slower development. Critics have questioned whether companies should be responsible for auditing their own systems. Previous tests found AI agents hacking into organizations, and experts say increasingly autonomous systems are becoming harder to govern. OpenAI's framework remains internal and voluntary, but analysts say it could encourage other developers to adopt comparable safety practices.

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The House overwhelmingly passed the Bipartisan Ratepayers Protection Act by a vote of 417 to 3 The bill would require large data centers and technology companies rather than consumers to cover power generation, transmission and infrastructure upgrades needed to serve them. Republican Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado and Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida co-sponsored the measure. Supporters said the legislation would prevent families, farmers, seniors and small businesses from subsidizing the energy demands of data centers.

The vote came as data centers become a major campaign issue, with polling showing nearly 70 percent of respondents oppose building them in their neighborhoods. President Donald Trump has backed rapid data center expansion to help the United States compete with China in artificial intelligence. Many Democrats supported the bill but called it insufficient, with Rep. Veronica Escobar describing it as the bare minimum.

Three progressive Democrats, Summer Lee, Delia Ramirez and Rashida Tlaib, voted against it and called for stronger limits, including a moratorium on data centers. The measure does not address broader warnings about artificial intelligence safety and its prospects in the Senate remain uncertain.

The White House responded Wednesday after fabricated images allegedly showing President Donald Trump kissing aid Natalie Harp spread across social media. The images depicted Trump embracing Harp, a 35-year-old executive assistant sometimes nicknamed the president's human printer. The clearer image showed apparent signs of artificial intelligence, including a hand with six fingers and a watermark linked to OpenAI tools. Snopes reported that the lower resolution version lacked the watermark, but was also fake. A search of major wire services found no authentic photograph showing Trump and Harp together on a golf course in matching white clothing. The image was traced to a YouTube thumbnail shared by political commentator Keith Edwards, whose team said it found the image online without independently verifying it.

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Apple released iOS 27 on Monday, but its most anticipated feature, Siri AI, is not immediately available to everyone. Eligible users must join a waitlist before accessing the beta assistant. Apple says Siri AI can search across apps, such as finding hotel details in screenshots or recommending restaurants based on dietary preferences in group chats. Users must update to iOS 27, open settings, select Siri, choose Try Siri AI, Beta, complete voice enrollment, review privacy settings and join the queue. Reported wait times range from 4 to 48 hours, after which the feature downloads automatically. Siri AI requires an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max, an iPhone 16 model or later, and is unavailable in the European Union and mainland China.

An early user said the assistant was helpful for finding information across apps, but described its voice as very robotic.

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