Google commits $40M in AI tokens and credits for the Genesis Mission
Google commits $40M in AI tokens and credits for the Genesis Mission
Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber introduced by Google/Gemini team.
We’re introducing new Gemini models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber.
Moonshot AI unveils Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter model described as their most capable to date, with open weights promised by July 27, 2026.
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their "most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters". It's currently available via their website and API, but an open weight...
Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents, and Git hosting
Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text...
Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved by US judge
The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.
The Army warns that its AI tokens are rapidly depleting and use should be limited.
Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.
China's Moonshot and Alibaba unveil models claimed to rival OpenAI and Anthropic at lower cost, signaling a narrowing AI lead for the U.S.
China's leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The...
San Francisco demands Apple and Google delete AI Nudify apps from app stores
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.
Reducing high-bandwidth memory bottlenecks in JAX-based LLM training with host offloading; corroborating coverage cites nonuniform tensor parallelism to enhance goodput in large-scale LLM training
Large language model (LLM) training workloads increasingly run into GPU memory limits before compute is fully used. Model weights, gradients, optimizer states,...
Chinese AI firms unveil competitive models; markets react as policymakers frame AI race concerns
Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The response was swift and predictable. Markets wobbled, commentators declared...
OpenAI announces Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to energy efficiency, community investment, jobs, and access to Codex.
OpenAI announces Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to responsible energy, community investment, jobs, and access to Codex.
AI mania is eviscerating global decision-making.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making Here's an entertaining perspective from Nik Suresh on the AI mania that is overwhelming the large companies that he consults with. It's crammed with spicy anecdotes...
EU orders Google to share search data and open Android to rivals in Europe
Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.
OpenAI’s GPT-Red uses self-play red teaming to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt injection robustness.
Explore GPT-Red, OpenAI’s automated red teaming system that uses self-play to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt injection robustness.
Anthropic and OpenAI’s 2026 acquisition sprees set the stage for a weekend rumor about Anthropic-Physical Intelligence roiling AI Twitter.
Anthropic and OpenAI's aggressive 2026 acquisition sprees set the stage for a weekend rumor.
Mermaid to Unicode box art via Grok CLI; corroborating coverage notes Mermaid to ASCII art
Tool: Mermaid to Unicode box art (grok-mermaid) While exploring the codebase for the newly open-sourced Grok CLI coding agent I came across xai-grok-markdown/src/mermaid.rs, a "self-contained terminal...
Nvidia aims to own every chip inside AI data centers with its Vera Rubin platform that combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system; corroborating coverage notes Nvidia is building the first national AI.
Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition to power every layer of AI infrastructure.
OpenAI announces Presence, an enterprise AI agent platform for deploying trusted voice and chat agents in customer and internal workflows
Introducing OpenAI Presence, a proven enterprise AI agent platform that helps organizations deploy trusted voice and chat agents for customer and internal workflows.
Arcee says Chinese AI models are not inherently dangerous.
As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among U.S. companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch.
Claude extends Fable 5 access through July 19 on all paid plans; Claude Code rate limits remain 50% higher through the same date
One of the consequences of GPT-5.6 Sol being clearly a Fable/Mythos class model is that Anthropic have, once again, bumped the date that Fable stops being available in their Claude Max plans: We're extending Claude...
NVIDIA Spectrum-6 arrives in gigascale AI factories for Vera Rubin training
AI has entered the gigascale era. The world’s most advanced AI factories are bringing together hundreds of thousands of GPUs and CPUs to train frontier models, power agentic AI and generate intelligence at...
NVIDIA advances graphics and simulation with agentic and physical AI at SIGGRAPH.
From open models to real-time simulation, AI and graphics breakthroughs are transforming media, content creation and robotics.
Google Vids adds Gemini Omni and personal avatars for easier video creation; Google Vids lets you star in your own AI videos
Gemini Omni and personal avatars in Google Vids make video creation easier than ever.
Monday.com reduces headcount by about 630 to focus on its AI Work Platform
The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI Work Platform.
Anthropic hits a $47 billion revenue run rate; Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the growth is unprecedented in 25 years of investing
Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet...
Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app; Build lets users generate basic games from a single text prompt
Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.
Meta tests AI bedtime story app StoryKit for users with limited imagination; rollout limited to select regions as it studies parental response
At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime: using our imaginations.
Substack offers tool to estimate AI contribution in newsletters; signals transparency around AI-assisted content.
Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assisted content.
Alt browsers gain ground as Chrome and Safari faces competition; overview highlights top alternatives
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
X.ai makes Grok Build open source; introduces Grok 4.5
Grok Build is Now Open Source x.ai
OpenAI launches the ChatGPT for small business program
OpenAI launches the ChatGPT for Small Businesses program, helping entrepreneurs build AI skills, automate work, and grow with ChatGPT Work.
US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.
GPT-5.6 family introduces Luna, Terra, and Sol with increased efficiency and on-demand capability; Microsoft 365 Copilot adopts GPT-5.6 as preferred model
More intelligence from every token, stronger performance per dollar, and more capability on demand for your hardest work.
Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets; OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets
OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.
OpenAI’s AI spending to reach $750B through 2030 for infrastructure, per source
OpenAI will spend the equivalent of Sweden's GDP on infrastructure through 2030.
OpenAI is concerned about open-weight models; the discussion raises US policy implications for banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs.
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files, calls it an 'honest mistake'
On file deletions. We’ve investigated a handful of reports where GPT-5.6 unexpectedly deleted files. What we have found is that this most commonly occurs when: Full access mode is enabled and codex is run without...
OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to use frontier AI to accelerate discovery
OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science working with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to use frontier AI to accelerate discovery.
Wistron opens 324,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Fort Worth to produce NVIDIA AI systems
The AI era runs on AI infrastructure. Many of these advanced systems are built and tested in Texas. Wistron opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility today in Fort Worth — a 324,000-square-foot greenfield plant...
Hyundai says humanoid robot plan not part of talks with striking workers; union warned robot deployment must be negotiated
Union previously warned automaker that any robot deployment must be negotiated.
Anthropic invites applications for AI for Science rare disease research grants
Apply for Anthropic’s AI for Science rare disease research grants Anthropic
Anthropic donates another $20 million to Public First Action
Donating another $20 million to Public First Action Anthropic
Halliday’s G2 glasses listen to and summarize meetings without video.
Halliday’s G2 glasses can listen to and summarize your workplace meetings—with no video involved.
Linus Torvalds says Linux is not anti-AI and that critics can fork or walk away; AI is a useful tool.
I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer. Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues...
Anthropic’s Claude Code team hosts fireside chat with Cat Wu and Thariq Shihipar; video transcript and highlights released on YouTube
Earlier this month I hosted a fireside chat session at the AI Engineer World's Fair with Cat Wu and Thariq Shihipar from Anthropic's Claude Code team. We talked about Claude Code, Claude Tag, Fable, coding agent...
Adobe camera app adds AI-based photo critique; Project Indigo can also remove backgrounds from photos you snap using the app
Adobe's Project Indigo can now remove all kinds of backgrounds from photos you snap using the app.