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Debate over AI’s future divides Silicon Valley as China gains ground
Tech industry leaders debate open-source AI development while China releases competitive models, dividing Silicon Valley on safety and innovation strategies.
New Yorkers will soon need to verify their age to access algorithmic feeds
New York will require users to verify their age to access algorithmic feeds and late-night notifications on social media platforms starting next year, with violations potentially costing platforms up to $5,000 each.
Apple won’t turn on any ‘restricted mode’ for missed lease payments
Apple confirmed it will not restrict device functionality for missed lease payments on its new Upgrade program, despite code suggesting such capabilities were being developed.
Logitech will pull a Nintendo — only European mice will come with replaceable batteries
Logitech plans to offer user-replaceable batteries in European wireless mice to comply with regulations taking effect in February 2027, but will ship different versions without this feature elsewhere.
AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous
Google raised its spending estimate to $205 billion, now exceeding its revenue expectations. Investors are growing nervous about unsustainable AI infrastructure costs across the tech sector.
Agents just took your phone at the border. Is it legal to wipe it?
A Georgia activist faces felony charges after allegedly wiping his phone during a Customs and Border Protection search at the border, raising questions about device privacy rights and law enforcement authority at ports of entry.
AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees from leading AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic have signed a statement urging the US government to establish international governance frameworks for overseeing rapid AI development.
US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge
US rare earth producers backed by the Trump administration are exporting their output to Japan and South Korea as domestic American demand remains underdeveloped despite government efforts to build a national supply chain.
Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race
China’s AI startups are challenging US dominance with free, open-weight models, while Google faces delays and Silicon Valley workers organize against AI-driven job cuts.
Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI
Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley. Their fear is that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary models are somehow acting like Trojan horses. The...
Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI
On Friday, Apple dropped the bombshell news it was suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of trade secrets, claiming that OpenAI stole Apple’s confidential data and engaged in efforts to learn proprietary information while recruiting former Apple employees. In accusing...
The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI is packed with a number of extraordinary allegations that paint a picture of a coordinated effort to extract confidential information from current and former Apple employees. But what’s perhaps most striking is how casually...
Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe
Sam Altman and Elon Musk traded barbed social media posts over the weekend, drawing new attention to the gap between vision and reality for the space-compute business. Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, “homeboy you’re the one sellling...
Investors send General Fusion soaring in debut as first publicly traded fusion company
General Fusion began trading on the Nasdaq today under the ticker GFUZ, becoming the first publicly listed fusion power company, beating competitor and Trump-backed TAE Technologies by several months. The stock rallied as trading began Monday and is now up 40% from...
12 states sue to block Paramount’s $110B Warner Bros. deal
A coalition of 12 state attorneys general is filing a lawsuit to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), alleging that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences. The coalition, led by California...
12 states sue to block Paramount’s $110B Warner Bros deal
A coalition of 12 state attorneys general is filing a lawsuit to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), alleging that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences. The coalition, led by California...
Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?
Quick question: Do you want AI to be so well trained, it could help husbands (or wives, for that matter) plan the perfect murder of their spouses? Just as a gut reaction, that feels like a no for me. I wouldn’t even think it was a particularly hard question. But...
Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?
Quick question: Do you want AI to be so well trained, it could help husbands (or wives, for that matter) plan the perfect murder of their spouses? Just as a gut reaction, that feels like a no. I wouldn’t even think it was a particularly hard question. But America...
ACRouter picks the smartest AI model per task, beating Opus-only setups by 2.6x on cost
Model routing is becoming a key component of the enterprise AI stack, dynamically sending prompts to the right AI model to optimize speed and costs. However, current frameworks mostly treat routing as a static classification problem, which severely limits their...
As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans
TV Time, the popular TV and movie-tracking app whose pending shutdown has prompted more than 25,000 users to petition against its closure, is getting a reboot of sorts. One of the app’s original founders, Antonio Pinto, says he’s creating a new TV show tracking app,...
Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the US
Anthropic has started localizing Claude’s pricing in India, its biggest market outside the U.S., as global AI companies increasingly tailor their offerings to win users in the world’s most populous nation. Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India on...
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