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Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks
The deals come as the DOD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.
View the articleUbuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack
A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the Linux-bas...
View the articleMusk v. Altman is just getting started
Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in ...
View the articlePeople are finally using Reddit’s search
The company saw a 30% year-on-year jump in the number of people using search every week, CEO Steve Huffman said on Thursday.
View the articleImproving understanding with language
MIT senior Olivia Honeycutt investigates how the ways we communicate can shape our views of the world.
View the articleBeacon Biosignals is mapping the brain during sleep
Founded by Jake Donoghue PhD ’19 and former MIT researcher Jarrett Revels, the company is creating an AI-driven platform to help diagnose and treat disease.
View the articleChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India, but not a big winner elsewhere, yet
Users in India are embracing ChatGPT Images 2.0 for creative, personal visuals — from avatars to cinematic portraits.
View the articleHow Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider
Messages presented at trial reveal how Zilis, the mother of four of Musk’s children, acted as an intermediary between him and OpenAI.
View the articleAs Tim Cook steps down, Apple hit record sales — but a chip shortage looms
Cook warned that Apple is facing supply chain headwinds from RAMaggedon that could impact its business.
View the articleY Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says
Subscription billing fintech Skio sold to its competitor Recharge in what was a healthy exit, according to its founder and former CEO.
View the articleSources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within 2 weeks
Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocations for the AI company’s latest fundraise within the next 48 hours, according to sources familiar with the matter.
View the articleGood Luck Getting a Mac Mini for the Next ‘Several Months’
Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts that AI adoption has happened faster than expected.
View the articleApple was surprised by AI-driven demand for Macs
Apple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.
View the articleLegal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.
View the articleRivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B of Georgia factory
Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its new factory in Georgia, down from the original amount of $6.6 billion.
View the articleHackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites
Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.
View the articleAfter dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too
OpenAI will begin rolling out its cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.
View the articleEV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5M to company tied to founder Jia Yueting
The perpetually struggling EV company made the payments while being investigated by the SEC. That four-year probe was ultimately closed in March.
View the articleMusk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we get into how the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial goes way beyond their rivalry and could have major implications both for OpenAI and also the AI industry at large.
View the articleOpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico
OpenAI is launching additional opt-in protections for ChatGPT accounts. The new security initiative includes a new partnership with security key provider Yubico.
View the articleElon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models
"Distillation" is a hot topic as frontier labs try to prevent smaller competitors from copying their models.
View the articleFDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder
BioticsAI CEO Robhy Bustami joined Isabelle Johannessen on Build Mode to discuss how the company has navigated a highly regulated space and kept the team motivated while cutting through all the red ta...
View the articleGoogle’s Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles
Google announced on Thursday that it will begin rolling out Gemini to cars with Google built-in, marking a significant upgrade from the current Google Assistant. The move signals Google’s push to br...
View the articleElon Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAI's Models to Train Its Own
While answering questions under oath, Musk argued it’s standard practice for AI labs to use their competitors' models.
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