
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he left OpenAI because he could not trust Sam Altman and prefers settling the rivalry in the market. - Business Insider
Dario Amodei is supported by rival Sam Altman in call for international co-operation - Financial Times


China offers developing nations free AI as G7 moves to restrict access to frontier models - TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
DoD admits Grok AI targeted 2,000 Iranian sites in 96 hours, while investigators probe a strike that killed 175 people, mostly children - The Independent
SpaceX's $60B all-stock Cursor acquisition leverages its $2.6 trillion market cap to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI in AI. - The New York Times

Meta's AI-fueled rampage decimates its engineering team. - The Pragmatic Engineer
Autonomous drones now outnumber soldiers in Ukraine, with AI quietly running target selection and logistics behind the scenes - Interesting Engineering
Security researchers explain why AI guardrails are an inherently leaky stopgap, not a permanent fix - The Washington Post

Midjourney announces first hardware product, a full-body ultrasound machine it claims surpasses MRI. - Bloomberg
Writer's personal AI health tool flagged deep vein thrombosis in time to seek emergency care, finding four clots. - the Guardian
Microsoft is evaluating a self-hosted version of DeepSeek V4 to reduce the cost of powering Copilot Cowork, which currently runs on Anthropic and OpenAI models. - TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
I’m not clear why DeepSeek is cheaper than OpenAI, since Microsoft has rights to the models and isn’t paying fees.
Zhipu shares surge 170% since March while MiniMax falls 50%, creating a China AI pair trade. - Bloomberg
Real-time AI monitoring of bank balance sheets and deposit concentrations could catch crises like SVB's collapse before they escalate - Fast Company
Guardrails Alliance super PAC launches with $5M raised to support AI safety legislation and counter pro-industry lobbying. - The New York Times
Researchers argue AI governance requires independent regulation with democratic public input, not self-regulation by the corporations developing the technology. - The Conversation
California acknowledged six previously undisclosed high-risk AI systems, including one that predicts prisoner recidivism risk to inform parole decisions. - The Daily Caller
Bipartisan Great American AI Act would fund a national AI standards body at $100M/year and preempt state laws - Cato Institute

OpenAI and Anthropic spend $21M on opposing sides of a Manhattan primary over AI regulation - The Washington Post

Nvidia's ENPIRE framework lets AI coding agents autonomously train robot arms overnight, hitting 99% success on physical tasks - Ars Technica
Fifteen malicious JetBrains plugins posing as AI coding tools stole AI provider API keys and sent them to an attacker-controlled server. - The Hacker News
Waymo's robo-taxi rollout stalls in New York, Illinois, and D.C. as labor unions push back - The New York Times
Glassholes 2.0: Snap launches Specs AR glasses at $2,195, drawing skepticism over price and weight compared to rival smart eyewear. - Business Insider
Tech journalist Joanna Stern spent a year using AI for almost everything and warns against outsourcing human thinking. - Fast Company
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