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Ars Technica — AI news-outlet 2mo ago
SpaceX acquires AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.
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Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year
Audited accounting shows growing revenues being dwarfed by R&D, other expenses.
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Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive
Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
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SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.
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Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do
It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
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Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers
Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.
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$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."
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When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.
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Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
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Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.
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Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.
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Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity come to Google NotebookLM
NotebookLM is getting a big upgrade, but it's only for AI Ultra and enterprise accounts right now.
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For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer
73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they're opened by an AI agent.
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"Chat is dead": OpenAI preps overhaul of ChatGPT
OpenAI to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.
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The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?
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School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon
How accurate does an AI system need to be?
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S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.
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"We pissed off a lot of people": Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests
Developer felt "beaten up," with "no choice" but to shrink data center.
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The skeptic’s guide to humanoid robots going viral on the Internet
Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities.
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These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda
Estonian government benchmark shows how dozens of models combat Russia's "strategic narratives."
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Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
Musk can't be trusted to protect X user privacy, public commenters warn FTC.
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How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems
Hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.
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Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out
Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don't want "lots of sources."
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Trump plan to test AI models has a problem—US security teams were gutted by DOGE
Critics say Trump plan to test AI models is short-sighted, performative.
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Inside Meta's attempts to play catch-up with AI
Doubts linger over whether Meta can close the gap with rivals.
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Microsoft's Project Solara is an Android OS designed for agents instead of apps
Microsoft missed the boat on apps, so get ready for agents.
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Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches
International Mathematical Union endorses warning about tech industry influence.
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Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts
Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.
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Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
Altman has an "utter disregard" for human lives, Florida AG says.
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From 15 hours to one minute: How AI/ML is speeding up GM's development
From CFD and FEA to digital twins, carmaking now involves a lot of virtualization.
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Allegedly trashing Airbnbs to test robots puts startup in legal trouble
Lawsuit seeks $12,000 from startup that allegedly damaged home in robot tests.
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Intel: Our upcoming AI chip will be cheaper, run cooler than Nvidia, AMD options
Crescent Island is an air-cooled chip that uses LPDDR5 memory.
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An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
I tried to explain OpenAI’s solution more clearly than OpenAI did.
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Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training
The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data.
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Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.
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Trump loses more control over AI regulation as Illinois passes landmark law
Here’s why Anthropic and OpenAI are on board with Illinois safety testing.
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Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires
Nvidia will invest $150 billion a year to make Taiwan an AI “epicenter.”
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