Alleged China ties at SK Telecom alarmed US officials and triggered Anthropic crisis
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Alleged China ties at SK Telecom alarmed US officials and triggered Anthropic crisis

SK Telecom lost access to Anthropic's Claude AI model through Project Glasswing after US officials raised concerns...

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Almost half of US singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says
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Almost half of US singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says

A Match survey reveals that 47% of US singles view AI negatively in dating contexts, though many are open to AI...

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: World-Model Startup Odyssey Leads With $310M In Slower Week For Large Deals

This week saw a slower pace of major funding rounds, with Odyssey, a world-model startup, leading the way with a $310M...

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Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
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Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips

Amazon Web Services is pursuing direct competition with Nvidia by selling its custom AI chips to other data centers, a...

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Google Deepmind treats its own AI agents like rogue employees with office keys
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Google Deepmind treats its own AI agents like rogue employees with office keys

Google DeepMind has released an 'AI Control Roadmap' that treats AI agents as potential insider threats, implementing...

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Prompt: The AI Race Enters Its Sovereignty Phase
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Prompt: The AI Race Enters Its Sovereignty Phase

Anthropic's model restrictions reflect a broader industry shift toward AI sovereignty, with governments and enterprises...

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AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
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AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) mandated that grid operators prioritize data center interconnections to...

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New usage analytics and updated spend controls for enterprises

OpenAI has launched new spend controls and usage analytics features for ChatGPT Enterprise, enabling organizations to...

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‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
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‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone

Karamo Brown from Netflix's 'Queer Eye' has launched Kē, a wellness app powered by an AI digital clone of himself. The...

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Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains
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Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains

Computer vision technology is being deployed in retail stores to automate shelf tracking and improve inventory...

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Google Cloud Bets Big on the Agentic Enterprise
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Google Cloud Bets Big on the Agentic Enterprise

Google Cloud is positioning agentic AI as a central pillar of its enterprise strategy. The article discusses how...

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General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
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General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation

General Intuition is in talks to raise $300M at a $2B valuation to develop embodied AI and world models. The company...

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A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight 
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A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight 

A tech worker-backed PAC called Guardrails is launching a political movement funded by small donations from AI industry...

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Stellantis, Wayve and Uber to Develop Global Robotaxi
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Stellantis, Wayve and Uber to Develop Global Robotaxi

Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber are collaborating to develop autonomous robotaxi technology for global deployment. The...

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AI systems rival doctors in new Nature studies, but one result suggests the tech won't age well
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AI systems rival doctors in new Nature studies, but one result suggests the tech won't age well

Two new studies published in Nature demonstrate that specialized AI systems can diagnose diseases and make treatment...

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Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
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Who decides when AI is too dangerous?

The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos models, restricting access to...

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Yann LeCun warns AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic face a "big bubble explosion"
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Yann LeCun warns AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic face a "big bubble explosion"

Yann LeCun criticizes AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic for operating unsustainably, claiming investor subsidies and...

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Midjourney, known for AI image generation, unveils a full-body ultrasound scanner and its own spa
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Midjourney, known for AI image generation, unveils a full-body ultrasound scanner and its own spa

Midjourney, the AI image generation startup, has unveiled plans to build a full-body ultrasound scanner and open its...

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Photoshop and Premiere now have AI assistants
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Photoshop and Premiere now have AI assistants

Adobe is rolling out AI assistants to its Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and...

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