Researchers are paid $5K for reporting a bug to OpenAI that would let attackers run code in logged-in sessions of all who opened the hacker's ChatGPT share link — A malicious ChatGPT share link could run an attacker's code in the logged-in session of anyone who opened it …
Binance says it has covered 90% of its hack losses, having set aside $6.34B+ of company funds; the remaining 10% is in less liquid tokens — Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Saturday that it was able to cover 90% of the amount stolen during its recent hack.
How AI detectors like Pangram are changing human writing: authors drop em dashes, “not X, but Y” phrasing, and words like “delve”, or add typos, to look human — As AI transforms writing and detectors like Pangram police what counts as machine-generated …
Salesforce acquires Rune, which makes AI military logistics software, sources say for $375M in cash and stock; Rune raised $30m from a16z and others — Salesforce is acquiring defence tech startup Rune Technologies for $375 million in a combination of shares and cash, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Lawsuit: the parents of a 31-year-old say OpenAI's GPT-4o guided her through an aggressive tapering plan off epilepsy meds, leading to her death in February — The chatbot helped a woman taper off a lifesaving drug and hide the plan from her doctors. — 1.3k
S-1: Anthropic had $112.4B in cash and $19.3B in short-term investments on June 30, surpassing every non-bank US company except Berkshire Hathaway and Alphabet — Anthropic has more cash than almost every company in America. — The nearly 6-year-old artificial intelligence lab disclosed …
Sources: UK stealth AI startup 22one, which is building law enforcement tools, hit a nearly $400M valuation after raising funds from Sequoia, Lux, and others — Steven Richardson has raised funds from investors including Sequoia for company providing tools for police forces
S-1: Anthropic spent ~$2.50 on compute and infrastructure for every $1 of revenue in Q1 2025, falling to under 50 cents in Q2 2026, as it seeks profitability — Prospectus details AI lab's ‘mission’, $800bn data centre commitments and extraordinary governance structure
A look at TSMC's initial Phoenix fab, which has achieved chip output rates comparable to its Taiwan facilities, as its Taiwanese engineers teach US workers — On July 5 the Northwest Chinese Baptist Church in Phoenix opened its weekly Mandarin service with a verse from the Old Testament.
Data center tenants now demand $5M+ a day in late-delivery fees, up from $1M this spring, spawning new “delay-in-delivery” coverage from brokers like Marsh — This spring, Mike Mathews, who leads the global digital infrastructure practice at insurance broker Marsh …
The iTunes Store is re-emerging as a venue for big pop stars, including Taylor Swift, to hawk collectibles to superfans and bolster their chart positions — Record labels and artists including Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande are using the throwback music store to bolster their chart position and cash in on their fandom
Sources: Apple tweaked macOS for its OLED touch MacBook Pro, due Wednesday, with a dynamic interface that adapts to whether touch or the trackpad was last used — Also: The company rolls out a retail store tool to reduce wasted inventory. — Apple's touch-screen MacBook Pro will arrive on Wednesday …
Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers — Washington has always viewed Silicon Valley as culturally strange. But the current crop of AI leaders is becoming …
An interview with Ciena CEO Gary Smith, a veteran of the 2001 telecoms crash, on AI demand outpacing supply for Ciena's optical networking chips, and more — Ciena CEO Gary Smith is ‘suitably paranoid,’ but optimistic — The historic telecommunications crash of 2001 is burned indelibly …
Block unveils Dessa, a “true speech-to-speech” AI model trained on “nothing but human conversation” that it says runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better — You have got to listen to these conversations with Block's new Dessa AI model.
Ukraine says Starshield was working normally again on Saturday morning; US officials said Trump asked Elon Musk to restore the service — Speed restrictions imposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX have hampered Ukraine's drone forces since Oct. 14 — KYIV—Ukraine's military Starlink system …
Inside Meta's law enforcement outreach team, which uses AI and human reviewers to analyze social media posts, aiming to prevent threats like school shootings — Algorithmic social media, which has helped create the conditions for the spread of such violence, is reckoning with how it can be part of the solution.
An interview with Intel's leadership, including CTO Pushkar Ranade, on AI chip demand, lessons from 10nm, whether Intel can catch up to TSMC, Terafab, and more — What I learned from touring Intel's most advanced fab and talking to its leadership. — I spent two days touring Intel's …
Sources: Anthropic and London-based PE firm Hg agree to launch a consultancy by the end of 2026 to embed AI consultants and engineers into European businesses — New company backed by Anthropic and UK buyout group Hg will advise companies on how to deploy AI
Anthropic says it partnered with Theorem to use Claude to formally prove security properties at the assembly level across 100+ real-world open-source libraries — Introduction — Even mature, heavily tested software contains bugs, and LLMs are increasingly adept at finding them.
Palantir says that neither the company nor the US government has a “kill switch” for its Maven platform that NATO uses, after Ukraine's Starlink disruptions — US software company Palantir (PLTR.O) sought to reassure Europeans that its military AI system used by NATO has no …
Barclays plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or ~5% of its workforce, by the end of 2026 as part of AI-driven cost cutting, with ~60% coming from support and developers — Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs as AI Starts to Create Efficiency — Video Player is loading. — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 69.77% Playback Rate
Micron and the union of workers at its Taichung facility sign a multi-issue agreement, without giving details, resolving tensions at its largest Taiwan site — Micron Memory Taiwan and a union representing workers at its Taichung operations said on Wednesday they had signed …
The US sanctions MiraclePlus, a Chinese VC firm founded by ex-Microsoft executive Lu Qi, over alleged ties to Zhisuan, accused of stealing Google's AI secrets — Washington has blacklisted a Chinese venture firm established by ex-Microsoft Corp. AI scientist Lu Qi for alleged ties …
A look at Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust, an unusual, opaque five-member trust whose trustees own no equity and hold enormous sway over the company — AI company has shared few details on the dynamics of the five-person trust empowered to shape its board and block major moves
Amir Efrati / The Information : Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, ...
