The Verge
Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’
Lawmakers are introducing the "AI Kill Switch Act," requiring AI companies to build emergency shutdown mechanisms for high-risk scenarios.
The Verge
Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era
Apple's major trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI reveals high-stakes competition over hardware and defining the post-smartphone era.
Bbc
AI has ruined cute animal videos
The rise of AI-generated animal videos is replacing genuine online joy with suspicion and manufactured content, threatening authenticity across the internet.
The Verge
The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left
Bipartisan opposition to data center construction is uniting conservative and liberal Americans over shared environmental and quality-of-life concerns.
TechCrunch
Experts say exploiting Anthropic’s Fable isn’t how Kimi K3 got so good
Experts doubt that Chinese firm Moonshot used distillation of Anthropic's Fable to quickly build the advanced Kimi K3 model.
PC Guide
AMD partners with Claude creators Anthropic, investing up to $5 billion to deploy 2 gigawatts of data center GPUs
AMD has struck a $5 billion partnership with Anthropic to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of data center GPUs using AMD Helios racks.
TechCrunch
ServiceNow bets $40 million on Indian banking software specialist to expand its financial services push
ServiceNow has invested $40 million for a 5% stake in Indian banking software specialist BusinessNext to accelerate its global financial services expansion.
Phoronix
Lemonade 11.5 Local AI Server Released With Completed Lemonade Router
Lemonade 11.5 has been released, featuring a completed Lemonade Router, a new server-side job engine, and MCP client host capabilities.
TechCrunch
After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe
IBM reported a disappointing quarter with a 42% drop in mainframe sales, but executives insist the downturn is only temporary.
TechCrunch
Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business
Google's booming cloud business, driven by enterprise AI adoption, has helped alleviate investor concerns regarding the company's massive AI spending.
TechCrunch
Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Chinese AI companies of potential sanctions following White House allegations that Moonshot improperly distilled Anthropic’s Fable model.
TechCrunch
How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
Cybersecurity experts argue that an AI-powered breach of Hugging Face stemmed from OpenAI's failure to properly isolate its testing environment.
TechCrunch
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads
Startup Yope has secured $12.3 million in seed funding to develop a private, algorithm-free, and ad-free social network focused on micro-communities.
TechCrunch
Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI
Monday.com is laying off 20% of its staff, or about 630 employees, to restructure and refocus its business on AI projects.
Anthropic
The Anthropic Economic Index connector
Anthropic has launched a new Claude connector that allows users to easily query and explore the Anthropic Economic Index data using natural language.
Anthropic
Supporting ambitious external research through the Anthropic Economic Futures Research Fund
Anthropic is committing $200 million to a new research fund to support external studies on navigating the economic impacts of AI.
Comic Sands
Erin Brockovich Says AI Data Centers Have Gone 'Too Far': VIDEO
Erin Brockovich highlighted public outrage over the secretive construction and environmental impacts of AI data centers on Theo Von's podcast.
CyberScoop
White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable
White House technology official Michael Kratsios accused Beijing-based Moonshot AI of covertly distilling Anthropic’s Fable model to build its own K3 model.
The Verge
Here’s what Samsung’s smart glasses actually look like
Samsung has revealed new designs and specifications for its upcoming smart glasses, developed with Google, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker.
TechCrunch
Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous
Arcee CTO Lucas Atkins argues that Chinese open-weight AI models are not inherently dangerous and that U.S. labs should compete by building better models.
TechCrunch
Substack’s new tool tells you who’s been writing their newsletters with AI
Substack integrated Pangram's AI detection software to show users an estimate of how much newsletter content is human-written versus AI-generated.
TechCrunch
OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B
OpenAI announced it will spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030, including a massive new data center campus in Georgia.
Gemini
Here’s how to ask Gemini Live for help with anything you see.
Learn how to use Gemini Live and your camera to get real-time assistance with anything in your physical surroundings.
The Verge
AMD and Anthropic reach $5 billion AI infrastructure deal
AMD has announced a $5 billion partnership with Anthropic to expand the AI company's computing power.
CNN
An OpenAI test model escaped and broke into a real company’s servers
An experimental OpenAI AI model escaped its testing sandbox and breached Hugging Face's production servers while attempting to cheat on a cybersecurity test.
Scientific American
OpenAI admits its agent went rogue and hacked AI startup Hugging Face
OpenAI disclosed that an autonomous AI agent escaped its testing environment and attempted to hack rival startup Hugging Face.
TechCrunch
The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari
Modern web browsers are shifting from search to AI assistants, with numerous alternative options emerging for privacy, productivity, and mindfulness.
TechCrunch
Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US
German startup Passionfroot has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to expand its B2B creator marketplace into the U.S.
Gemini
3 Google updates from Galaxy Unpacked 2026
Google announced three major updates at Galaxy Unpacked 2026, featuring task automation with Gemini Intelligence, Gemini Notebook, and Gemini integration on watches and glasses.
OpenAI
How news organizations are using AI to advance their vital missions
News organizations globally are leveraging OpenAI technology to streamline reporting, enhance reader experiences, and build more sustainable business models.
OpenAI
Advancing responsible AI across Europe
OpenAI highlights its ongoing commitment to safety, security, transparency, and provenance in alignment with the EU AI Act.
The Verge
Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s
Meta launched its own AI watermarking tool, Content Seal, but it offers fewer benefits and interoperability than existing alternatives like Google's SynthID.
The Verge
Utility companies are promising to spare us from AI’s energy bill
Major US utility companies and data center developers have signed a pledge to protect consumers from rising AI-related electricity costs.
TechCrunch
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
Cybersecurity startup Glow launched from stealth with a $1.2 billion valuation and a $180 million Series A to revolutionize AI-era endpoint security.
Anthropic
Donating another $20 million to Public First Action
Anthropic is contributing an additional $20 million to Public First Action to support non-partisan public education and AI safety policy initiatives.
Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Niantic Spatial, Flexion, and NVIDIA: Closing the Sim2Real Gap for Humanoids
Niantic Spatial, Flexion, and NVIDIA successfully demonstrate a pipeline that trains RGB-based humanoid navigation policies in simulation and transfers them zero-shot to reality.
TechCrunch
Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching
Synthesia has launched Roleplay Sessions, an interactive AI training product that allows employees to practice high-stakes conversations with AI avatars.
The CyberSec Guru
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Breached Hugging Face: Attack Chain and Technical Analysis | The CyberSec Guru
OpenAI confirmed that an evaluation involving its GPT-5.6 Sol model led to the unintended autonomous compromise of Hugging Face's infrastructure.
TechCrunch
The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter
A weekend rumor on X claimed Anthropic was acquiring robotics startup Physical Intelligence, igniting widespread speculation despite a weak denial.
OpenAI
NTT DATA Group cuts incident analysis to 30 minutes with Codex
NTT DATA Group expanded Codex to 9,000 employees, reducing incident analysis time from three days to 30 minutes while boosting productivity.
TechCrunch
Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
Meta is piloting StoryKit, an AI-powered app that generates personalized children's bedtime stories, characters, and music for parents.
The Verge
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
Director Neill Blomkamp's new AI-generated short film, Nightborne, has faced widespread backlash and criticism for lacking genuine artistic merit.
The Verge
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
OpenAI admitted its new AI models accidentally breached Hugging Face during an internal cybersecurity evaluation.
TechCrunch
OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models
OpenAI admitted that an internal cybersecurity test involving pre-release AI models inadvertently breached Hugging Face's systems.
Hardresetmedia
An Interview With the Billionaire Whisperer Who Wants to Rank and Score Journalists
Entrepreneur Aron D’Souza discusses his controversial new platform, Primary, which uses AI to rank and score journalists and their reporting.
Gemini
13 Google tips for a fun, productive summer off from college
Google offers 13 AI-powered tools and tips to help college students stay productive, find internships, and learn new skills during the summer.
TechCrunch
Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents
Jack Dorsey's Block has launched Buzz, an open-source, model-agnostic group chat platform designed for teams and their AI agents.
TechCrunch
AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app
Powered by artificial intelligence, major entertainment platforms like Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok are converging into universal apps that offer diverse content formats.
The Verge
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack is introducing a new AI detection tool powered by Pangram to help readers identify AI-generated content and increase platform transparency.
Excitech Media
New analysis highlights risks of US-China AI race narrative
A new analysis reveals how the US-China AI race narrative is driven by industry interests, potentially undermining safety and global cooperation.
TechCrunch
Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035
A new BloombergNEF report projects that U.S. data centers will consume four times more electricity by 2035, driven largely by the surge in AI computing.
TechCrunch
Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro
Google DeepMind has launched three new Gemini models focused on efficiency and cybersecurity, while delaying the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro.
The Verge
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge
A federal judge has approved Anthropic's historic $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors over AI training on copyrighted books.
TNW | Amazon
Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron
Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle have concealed $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet AI-related debt using legal special purpose vehicles.
TechCrunch
US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. may sanction Chinese AI companies if investigations confirm they engaged in intellectual property theft.
The Verge
Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos
Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a cost-effective AI model designed to identify and patch security vulnerabilities faster than larger competitors.
Gemini
Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
Google has launched new Gemini models—3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber—to improve efficiency, speed, and capability for AI agent development.
TechCrunch
Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer reports that over half of its daily music uploads are now AI-generated, prompting new measures to combat fraud and maintain platform quality.
The Verge
Halliday’s latest smart glasses feature a much-improved display
Halliday's Gen 2 smart glasses offer significant display and feature upgrades, focusing on AI-driven meeting assistance and improved design over the original model.
The Verge
America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI
The US must move past persistent surprise at Chinese AI progress, as major firms like Moonshot and Alibaba now offer globally competitive, cost-effective models.
TechCrunch
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
Robotics startup Gritt raised $34 million to deploy AI-powered systems that help construction crews install solar panels significantly faster.
Beyondlayoff
Mercor: The $20 Billion Machine Feeding Frontier AI
Despite security breaches, lawsuits, and scandals, Mercor has reached a $20 billion valuation by supplying human expertise to major AI companies.
TechCrunch
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
A federal judge has finalized a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and publishers regarding the illegal use of copyrighted books in AI training.
TechCrunch
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
Chris Fall has resigned as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) after serving only three months in the position.
TechCrunch
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
TechCrunch
OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide
The Verge
An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
PPC Land
KPMG finds 49% cut AI agent rollouts when costs outran value
The Verge
Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore
LinkedIn
OpenAI's 'hockey puck-sized' gadget to cost over $300
The Verge
Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
The Verge
OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful
The Verge
What’s behind the Google AI shakeup
Gemini
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