First survey of 283 AI benchmarks exposes systematic flaws undermining evaluation: data contamination inflating scores, cultural biases creating unfair assessments, missing process evaluation. The measurement crisis threatens deployment decisions.
Brave discovered Perplexity's AI browser executes hidden malicious commands from web pages, bypassing decades of security protections. As every major browser adds AI agents, enterprises rush to buy secure alternatives.
Good Morning from San Francisco, OpenAI, Meta, and Google launched a coordinated assault on state AI regulations. They secured federal
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Brave discovered Perplexity's AI browser executes hidden malicious commands from web pages, bypassing decades of security protections. As every major browser adds AI agents, enterprises rush to buy secure alternatives.
Meta chose licensing over acquisition with Midjourney, tapping the profitable AI lab's aesthetic technology while preserving its independence. The deal signals a new model for successful AI startups to monetize expertise without surrendering control.
Apple approaches Google to power Siri's AI brain, marking a potential shift from internal control to external partnerships. The talks reveal constraints facing even tech's most valuable company when core technologies evolve faster than resources can follow.
OpenAI quietly scrapes Google Search results to power ChatGPT while positioning itself as Google's rival. The practice reveals messy dependencies behind AI's search ambitions as user behavior shifts toward longer, conversational queries.
Google breaks AI energy silence with first granular data: 0.24 watt-hours per Gemini prompt. But critics challenge what's excluded from the math, setting up a new fight over measuring AI's true environmental cost.
Court filings reveal Elon Musk approached Mark Zuckerberg about financing a $97.4B bid to acquire OpenAI earlier this year. Meta declined, but the approach signals how AI competition drives unlikely alliances in Silicon Valley.
Meta abruptly froze AI hiring after offering researchers packages up to $1.5 billion, ending a months-long talent war. The move follows investor warnings about soaring compensation costs and questions about AI returns across the industry.
Google's Pixel 10 Pro Fold makes history as the first IP68 dust-resistant foldable, but it's heavier than Samsung's ultra-thin Galaxy Z Fold 7. The real battle: Google bets AI capabilities will matter more than millimeters. Different timelines, different winners.
DeepSeek's V3.1 delivers Claude-level coding performance at 1/70th the cost through open source. The Chinese startup's MIT-licensed model challenges American AI economics while optimizing for domestic chips—signaling parallel ecosystems.
DeepSeek's quiet V3.1 release matches frontier AI performance while staying open-source, forcing closed-model leaders to justify premium pricing. US agencies study it under guardrails despite official bans—a pragmatic split emerging.
Meta's fourth AI restructuring in six months reveals deeper problems than leadership changes suggest. Nine-figure compensation packages and internal cultural breakdown signal competitive weakness in the AI race, not strength.
Nvidia's new B30A chip for China reveals how Washington is monetizing export controls. The Blackwell-based processor delivers half the power of flagship models while requiring 15% revenue sharing with U.S. government—turning restrictions into tolls.
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