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On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
Jun 21, 2026
The Verge
Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 mill…
Jun 20, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
Jun 20, 2026
The Register
VP Eric Brandwine explains people aren't all that great, actually
Jun 20, 2026
TechCrunch AI
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
Jun 19, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
Large language models have moved out of the research lab and into engineers’ daily workflow. LLMs serve as reasoning engines that can orchestrate complex tasks including identifying vulnerabilities in…
Jun 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way t…
Jun 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way t…
Jun 19, 2026
The Register
Who needs compute-hungry multiplications when you can just add logarithms
Jun 19, 2026
The Register
Cost premium of using AWS indirectly via Vercel is mitigated by more efficient use of compute resources, CTO claims
Jun 19, 2026
MIT Technology Review
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding …
Jun 19, 2026
The Register
Campaigners say tech is unable to reliably distinguish between kids and adults at the boundary where use is planned
Jun 19, 2026
MIT Technology Review
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models fo…
Jun 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.
Jun 19, 2026
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.
Jun 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.
Jun 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
Jun 18, 2026
Ars Technica
Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.
Jun 18, 2026
Politico Technology
The artificial intelligence giant has hired the former top White House AI adviser and lead author of the White House’s AI Action Plan.
Jun 18, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medal’s dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.
Jun 18, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
By mimicking how the brain operates, neuromorphic computing can use dramatically less energy than conventional electronic AI chips. However, even the most sophisticated neuromorphic devices today are …
Jun 18, 2026
Politico Technology
The New Jersey Democrat says advanced AI models should face mandatory government reviews for national security, critical infrastructure and bioterror risks.
Jun 18, 2026
The Register
I am not a number! I am a free agent (that just happens to have a number)
Jun 17, 2026
The Register
Researchers urge developers to see that less is more when it comes to instructions
Jun 17, 2026
Ars Technica
Nvidia's self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents.
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.
Jun 17, 2026
The Verge
Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump administration abruptly ordered the company to cut access for all foreign nationals, including us…
Jun 17, 2026
The Register
Jensen can't risk semiconductor supply chains derailing the AI hype train
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its…
Jun 17, 2026
Ars Technica
AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
Jun 17, 2026
The Register
AI drug discovery is so last year, even though it hasn't accomplished much yet
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
Jun 17, 2026
The Register
Another fun example of AI hype and reality colliding
Jun 17, 2026
IEEE Spectrum AI
Musicians are accustomed to getting paid each time their creative work is used. Across vinyl/CD sales, streams, radio, cover versions, and those numerous niches like karaoke, there are agreements in p…
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.
Jun 17, 2026
The Register
Trust is the biggest barrier to AI adoption, says AI chief, claiming that new features in Bedrock AgentCore will prevent bad outcomes
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be costly and reliability is at a premium.
Jun 17, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India.
Jun 17, 2026
Politico Technology
The company’s objections helped kill the kids' safety bill nearly two years ago.
Jun 16, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.
Jun 16, 2026
Ars Technica
NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.
Jun 16, 2026
The Register
Running low on memory, can't afford more? The House of Zen's latest acquisition puts an AI spin on flash-based memory expansion
Jun 16, 2026
Ars Technica
Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.
Jun 16, 2026
MIT Technology Review
A collection of stories about how militaries are using AI models to make decisions. This subscriber-only eBook is a package of six stories that were originally published in MIT Technology Review betwe…
Jun 16, 2026
The Register
Omni-Path lights up Lawrence Livermore system at 400 Gbps
Jun 16, 2026
Ars Technica
Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.
Jun 16, 2026
Ars Technica
Audited accounting shows growing revenues being dwarfed by R&D, other expenses.
Jun 16, 2026
TechCrunch AI
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
Jun 16, 2026
TechCrunch AI
Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
Jun 16, 2026