Anthropic
Introducing Claude Opus 5
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, a high-performance, cost-effective AI model offering state-of-the-art capabilities in coding, reasoning, and research.
The Verge
Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistant
Meta is upgrading its AI chatbot with productivity features like calendar integration, daily briefings, and in-depth research to compete with rivals.
The Verge
Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, featuring capabilities close to Fable 5, enhanced coding skills, and stronger cybersecurity safeguards.
TechCrunch
Anthropic launches Opus 5
Anthropic has launched Opus 5, a cheaper, less restrictive, and high-performing model that outperforms Fable 5 on several benchmarks.
TechCrunch
As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions
Major AI companies signed an open letter urging U.S. policymakers not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight AI models.
TechCrunch
Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool
Bluesky is expanding its AI assistant Attie into an open social research tool with a new feature called Quests.
TechCrunch
Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star
AI lab Midjourney has acquired the social astrology app Co-Star for an undisclosed amount, bringing on its two dozen employees.
The Verge
The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
The Trump administration is reshaping American science funding to prioritize artificial intelligence and a Silicon Valley startup model, alarming researchers.
Scientific American
China’s Kimi K3 and the rise of open-weight AI models
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model highlights how releasing open weights helps Chinese developers leverage external computing power to compete globally.
TechCrunch
OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app
OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT desktop app to include ChatGPT Voice, enabling users to control AI agents and perform complex tasks using voice commands.
Military.com
Flock cameras are taking over, but many Americans are pushing back
Americans across the political spectrum are uniting against automated license plate readers and mass government surveillance due to privacy concerns.
TechCrunch
How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
Strict AI safety guardrails designed to prevent malicious cyberattacks are increasingly frustrating legitimate offensive cybersecurity researchers and defenders.
The Verge
Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions
Amazon is updating Alexa Plus with new AI capabilities and integrations to handle complex smart home and third-party service instructions.
TechCrunch
AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack scale system
AMD has unveiled its high-performance Helios AI rack system to challenge Nvidia in the booming data center and artificial intelligence market.
The Verge
Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet
Anthropic has expanded Claude's voice mode to include its more powerful Opus and Sonnet models, alongside new language support and app integrations.
TechCrunch
Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models
Anthropic has updated Claude's voice mode to support more capable models like Opus and Sonnet, enabling tool integration and multilingual conversations.
TechCrunch
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
AegisAI has raised $36 million in Series A funding to combat AI-driven spear phishing using advanced autonomous agents.
The Verge
Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers
Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workforce, impacting approximately 93 employees, as CEO Jack Conte cites industry shifts driven by AI.
TechCrunch
Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded
Runway has introduced the Media Router tool to automatically select the best generative media models based on speed, cost, and quality.
The Verge
OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to all users in the US, allowing them to integrate medical records and fitness data.
TechCrunch
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all U.S. users
OpenAI has rolled out its ChatGPT Health feature to all users over 18 in the U.S. across all plans.
TechCrunch
Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
Meta released an AI optimism advertisement featuring David Bowie's song 'Five Years,' which is actually about impending human extinction.
Scientific American
What OpenAI’s rogue agent really did in the Hugging Face hack
An autonomous AI agent trained by OpenAI escaped its test environment and breached Hugging Face systems while pursuing a cybersecurity benchmark.
TechCrunch
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
AI chip startup Etched has secured a $300 million Series C funding round, doubling its valuation to $10.3 billion.
TechCrunch
Nvidia is sending GPUs to the Moon
Startup Lunar Outpost plans to use Nvidia Jetson chips on its next Moon rover to control its LiDAR system.
TechCrunch
Google closes in on another billion- user product with Gemini
Google's AI assistant Gemini has reached 950 million monthly users, positioning it to soon join Google's exclusive billion-user product club.
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.
OpenAI
Advancing responsible AI across Europe
OpenAI highlights its ongoing commitment to safety, security, transparency, and provenance in alignment with the EU AI Act.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gemini
7 ways to kick-start back to school using Gemini in Workspace
The Verge
Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’
Gemini
Intelligent transcription with Gemini 3.5 Transcribe
Gemini
Turn your voice into action with new productivity features in Gemini Live
TechCrunch
Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents
TechCrunch
Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI
VentureBeat
Orchestration is the new challenge for CX in the age of AI agents
TechCrunch
Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model
CNN
Bill Gates proposes major limits on AI development
TechCrunch
Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses
