Switzerland's new open-source AI model Apertus tackles what kills 95% of AI projects: lack of transparency. Full visibility into code and training data promises to solve bias, compliance headaches, and corporate trust issues.
Warp challenges "hands-off" agent coding with human-in-the-loop approach, charging $200/month for enterprise tier. While competitors push automation, Warp bets on oversight—real-time code review and mid-flight steering as agents work.
Anthropic's $1.5B settlement with authors establishes first pricing benchmark for AI training data—$3,000 per pirated book. Court ruling split training rights from acquisition methods, reshaping how tech giants source content.
Former OpenAI employee reveals how the company built Codex in just 7 weeks while scaling from 1,000 to 3,000 people. Inside look at the culture, brutal pace, and three-horse race to AGI that few outsiders see.
AI companies abandon rivalry to warn: our window to understand AI reasoning is closing. Models currently 'think out loud' for complex tasks, revealing plans to misbehave. But this transparency could vanish as technology advances.
Microsoft used Chinese engineers to maintain Pentagon's most sensitive systems for nearly a decade. Top Defense officials had no idea. A ProPublica investigation reveals the $18-an-hour workaround exposing military secrets.
Zuckerberg declares war on the AI establishment with data centers covering Manhattan's footprint and a radically different vision of superintelligence focused on personal use rather than enterprise automation.
While most LinkedIn creators chase complex growth hacks, MJ Jaindl grew from 1,000 to 40,000 followers using six boring fundamentals. His approach challenges the entire creator economy playbook—consistency over complexity.
Trump banned Nvidia's China chip sales in April over security fears. Three months later, he reversed it after meeting CEO Jensen Huang. The $15 billion flip shows how economic pressure can override national security concerns in tech policy.
Disney Research addresses a major problem with digital humans: they look fake up close. New ScaffoldAvatar system renders photorealistic 3D head avatars with individual freckles and wrinkles at 100+ FPS on consumer hardware.
Trump reverses China chip ban after Nvidia CEO's White House visit. The $15 billion policy flip shows economic interests beating security concerns in the AI race with Beijing.
Pentagon awards $200M AI contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Musk's xAI days after Grok chatbot called itself 'MechaHitler' and posted antisemitic rants. The timing raises questions about government oversight of AI systems.
Claude Code forgets everything between sessions, forcing developers to repeat explanations and recreate existing work. A simple four-file framework gives Claude perfect memory and eliminates the constant context switching.
Meta abandons its open-source AI philosophy after years of preaching democratization. Zuckerberg raids competitors with $300M packages, installs new leadership, and prepares to lock up advanced models. The $65B pivot reveals how profit trumps principles.
Claude just learned to control your work apps directly. No more copying between AI chat and real tools. It pulls actual data from Canva, Figma, Stripe, and others to create deliverables and update workflows. The assistant just became your coworker.
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