The Godot Foundation will stop accepting AI-authored code, agent-submitted pull requests, and AI-generated text in contributor communications after maintainers were overwhelmed by low-effort submissions. "It is time for us to recognize that these problems aren't going away and therefore we need to take steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while ensuring we still have a pipeline to mentor new contributors to become future maintainers," the Godot Foundation said in a blog post. Contributors may still use AI for limited "menial things" if they disclose it, but humans must understand, own, and be able to fix the code they submit. PC Gamer reports: The Foundation says the pileup of Godot pull requests pending review isn't all bad: It's a sign that interest in using and contribution to Godot is increasing. But the influx of contributions authored or submitted by AI is sapping the projects' maintainers of their willingness to confront the "already tedious" work of reviewing pull requests. "If your feedback on PRs is just being absorbed by a machine and not going towards mentoring a potential future maintainer, it becomes much harder to justify spending your free time on PR review," the Foundation said.

As the problem becomes increasingly unsustainable, the Godot Foundation says it's in the process of updating its contribution policies, focusing on "adding barriers to low-effort slop" contributions, encouraging maintainers to review code, developing new contributors into future maintainers, and crucially, requiring that all contributions come from humans who are accountable for their code -- and fixing it if it fails. "AI cannot take responsibility, and we can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it," the Foundation said.

The Foundation says we can expect Godot's contributing policy to soon include explicit rejections of AI-authored code, noting that contributors should only use AI assistance for "menial things" and must disclose its use. Additionally, the Foundation will reject any AI-generated text in human-to-human communications, saying it's "a basic principle of respect" -- though it says machine translations "are still acceptable" if the original text was human-authored. "Things change every day with respect to the current suite of AI tools available," the Foundation said. "We will continue taking a conservative approach in our policies towards them, but we will re-evaluate as things evolve."

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Meta is introducing a subscription for expanded access to advanced smart-glasses features. According to Wired, "[U]sers will need the Meta One Premium Plan to unlock expanded access to some features for their smart glasses, whether it's the Ray-Ban, Oakley, or Meta-branded version." They'll still be usable with a subscription, but "certain features will be limited," the report says. From the report: Specifically, a feature called Conversation Focus, which boosts the audio of the person you're speaking with so you can hear them better in loud environments. You'll get three hours per month without a subscription, but if you want to use it more often, then you'll need to pay up. Though even then, you're still capped at 15 hours. Subscribing also nets you "Premium Device Support," where you'll get faster access to what Meta says are "human experts" trained on the smart glasses' features, should any problems arise. Guess humans are better at some things after all.

A Meta spokesperson tells WIRED that this is "not an AI rate limit." Rate limits are common on other AI platforms -- users get free access to a feature until they hit a certain cap, then they'll need to subscribe to use it more until the limit resets at the end of the month. However, the Conversation Focus feature runs on-device, meaning it doesn't need to head to Meta's servers for AI processing. There's no real-time way to monitor how many hours you've used Conversation Focus, but you'll receive a notification when you get near the limit.

"The subscription supports that ongoing work and gives power users expanded access along with premium device support," the spokesperson says. "We're going to start testing new optional subscription plans that offer more premium features and advanced capabilities for those who want to unlock more from our apps and AI glasses."

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OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, potentially alongside similar contributions from other major AI companies. "Such a deal would help improve the industry's relations with the Trump administration and could help garner political support by sharing wealth generated by the AI boom with the public," reports The Guardian. From the report: [OpenAI CEO Sam Altman] and other OpenAI bosses have suggested that each of the biggest AI developers in the US should give 5% to their equity to an investment vehicle such as the Alaska Permanent Fund, a sovereign fund that invests US oil wealth into stocks and pays dividends to the state, the FT reported.

The talks are "conceptual" and in early stages, it said, and any deal could require an act of Congress to implement. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have previously suggested in policy papers that a public or sovereign wealth fund may be required in the future to distribute shares to the public. In April, OpenAI said that a "public wealth fund" could provide "every citizen -- including those not invested in financial markets -- with a stake in AI-driven economic growth." Further reading: Bernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Plan To Give Americans Control of AI Industry

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Mercedes' George Russell has reflected on his confidence levels ahead of the British Grand Prix as the title fight continues to heat up.

Mercedes driver George Russell could not arrive in better form to his home race at Silverstone, the Briton securing his first win since the season opener in Australia last time out in Austria. It wasn’t just the result that was important, but more the wonders his performance has done for his confidence, having endured a string of defeats to sophomore team mate Kimi Antonelli.

Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar have given their verdicts on how they think Red Bull will perform this weekend in the British Grand Prix after a recent upturn in form.

Following another tough weekend in Austria, Charles Leclerc has outlined his expectations for Ferrari’s performance at the British Grand Prix.

Kimi Antonelli faced some setbacks in Barcelona and Austria, but the Mercedes driver is confident that he can take the learnings forward ahead of the British Grand Prix weekend.

U ziet en hoort The League of Crafty Guitarists die samen met The Mendoza Philharmonic Orchestra hun uitvoering ten beste geven van ‘Dangerous Curves’, oriigneel een werk van de band King Crimson.

‘Dangerous Curves’ is een van de drie louter instrumentale nummers op het album ‘The Power to Believe’ (2003) en valt, zoals bijna alle muziek van King Crimson, te omschrijven als progressieve rock, symfonische rock en experimentele rock.

The League of Crafty Guitarists werd in 1985 opgericht door King Crimsons boegbeeld Robert Fripp. Het ensemble speelt in wisselende bezettingen en gaat ook samenwerkingen aan met verschillende andere musici.

Ik kwam op deze Closing Time om dat mijn nieuwsgierigheid werd gewekt door reageerders Hans Custers en Okto die onder de Closing Time met ‘Klavierstücke X’ van de componist Karlheinz Stockhausen. Zij spraken over wat nou eigenlijk klassieke muziek zou zijn.

Hans Custers: Het is gecomponeerde muziek. Uitgevoerd door (vaak geschoolde) musici
Okto: Hmm, dat is King Crimson ook. Toch noemt niemand dat klassiek.

Welnu,  de Closing Time van vanavond is in ieder geval het bewijs dat muziek van King Crimson uitstekend gespeeld kan worden door een orkest dat doorgaans klassiek repertoire uitvoert.

APELDOORN (ANP) - Het Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers (COA) sluit in Apeldoorn een spoednoodopvang voor asielzoekers voorlopig vanwege de vondst van asbest. Dat meldt de gemeente Apeldoorn.

In het gebouw aan de Waleweingaarde, waar op 1 juni de opvang is gestart, is materiaal aangetroffen dat asbest bevat. Uit voorzorg worden vrijdag alle zestig bewoners verplaatst naar een andere, nog onbekende COA-locatie.

Tegen de komst van de spoednoodopvang is veel protest geweest. Daarbij werden onder meer vuurwerk en rookbommen afgestoken en de mobiele eenheid ingezet. Verschillende demonstranten werden aangehouden.

Het COA laat onderzoek uitvoeren om vast te stellen waar het asbest zich precies bevindt en wat de gevolgen zijn voor de verdere bouwwerkzaamheden en de veiligheid. "In afwachting van de uitslag van het volledige onderzoek, zal de spoednoodopvang gesloten blijven. Naar verwachting is het onderzoek volgende week afgerond", aldus de gemeente.