Musk and Altman go to court
The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI is officially upon us. And it is going to be a mess. As the two sides fight over the early days of AI, who deserves credit and cash for what, and more, we're lik
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The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI is officially upon us. And it is going to be a mess. As the two sides fight over the early days of AI, who deserves credit and cash for what, and more, we're lik
Bloomberg: Musk v. Altman: Musk testifies he's suing OpenAI because “it is not okay to steal a charity” and its pivot sets a concerning precedent for philanthropic efforts — Elon Musk testified Tuesda
Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg: Musk v. Altman: the judge asks Elon Musk and Sam Altman to “control your propensity to use social media to make things worse”, as opening statements begin — The judge ove
Native Deployment Checks can now be run on every Vercel deployment, processing linting and typechecking in parallel with the build process. These built-in checks integrate with existing integrations (
Neanderthal and modern human brains from the same time period had similar sizes , though average Neanderthal brain volume was roughly 1410 cm³, higher than the mean value for humans today . However, w
Now Available on Qdrant Cloud: GPU Indexing, Multi-AZ, and Audit Logging We’re excited to announce some Qdrand Cloud upgrades to address AI workloads that write continuously, must meet higher uptime S
Mobile app security company NowSecure Inc. today announced Mobile App Risk Intelligence, new capabilities that are designed to give enterprises evidence-based visibility into third-party mobile apps a
Nvidia Corp. today launched a powerful reasoning artificial intelligence model that unifies text, vision and speech, capable of acting as the “brains” of faster, smarter agentic AI applications. Dubbe
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open multimodal model with a 30B-A3B hybrid MoE architecture; the Nemotron 3 family saw 50M+ downloads in the past year — Nvidia Cor
AI agent systems today juggle separate models for vision, speech and language — losing time and context as they pass data from one model to the other. Unveiled today, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is an
Today, we are excited to announce the day zero availability of NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. In this post, we walk through the model architecture and key capabilities of N
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, a compact multimodal AI model, is now available for deployment on Vultr's cloud infrastructure, enabling developers to run efficient vision and language tasks at scale. Th
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is a 30B hybrid mixture-of-experts model that brings multimodal perception and reasoning into a single system, natively supporting text, image, video, and audio inputs whil
Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: NXP reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to 3.18B, vs. 3.15B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; NXPI jumps 13%+ after hours — NXP Semiconductors NV jumped in l
Seth Fiegerman / Bloomberg: OpenAI describes a report that it has missed internal goals as “prime clickbait” and says its consumer and enterprise businesses are “firing on all cylinders” — OpenAI push
OpenAI announced the availability of its models, including Codex, and managed agent capabilities on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. This integration enables AWS customers to access OpenAI's
Will Knight / Wired: OpenAI's Codex instruction set contains a line, repeated several times, that forbids Codex from randomly mentioning goblins, gremlins, and other creatures — “Never talk about gobl
This article discusses the practical implementation of AI systems in government agencies to detect and prevent fraudulent activities, likely covering deployment challenges, best practices, and real-wo
OpenAI outlines its commitment to implementing safety measures and responsible practices in the development and deployment of AI systems to protect users and communities. The statement likely covers O
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Parallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and which offers web search tools for AI agents, raised a 100M Series B at a 2B valuation — Parallel
Artificial intelligence-based human resources company Phenom People Inc. announced today that it has acquired Plum.io Inc., a psychometric-based talent assessments company that measures the durable sk
Enterprise AI orchestration has become the defining challenge of the agentic era — not because the models aren’t ready, but because most enterprises aren’t. The whole software stack is being reimagine
NASA officially delayed Artemis III to no earlier than 2027 in December 2024 , with the launch currently targeted for Q2 2027 . The mission will launch crew on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket car
In an indication of how rapidly the world of artificial intelligence is evolving, Amazon Web Services Inc. today unveiled an expanded portfolio of offerings designed to move agentic AI up the software
Lenny Rachitsky / Lenny's Newsletter: Q&A with Evan Spiegel on why distribution is the most important moat in consumer tech, investing in Specs, 2026 as a “crucible” moment for Snap, and more — Snap's
Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman about OpenAI's new partnership with AWS, Bedrock Managed Agents, Trainium chips, and more — As I noted yesterday, today's Strate
Open-source vector database startup Qdrant Solutions GmbH today announced three new enterprise-grade capabilities on its cloud service to address performance, availability and compliance requirements
Five months in, I think I've decided that I don't want to vibecode — I want professionally managed software companies to use AI coding assistance to make more/better/cheaper software products that the
Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query. — OpenAI Codex base_instruct
Luke Kawa / Sherwood News: Robinhood reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to 1.07B, vs. 1.14B est., and crypto revenue down 47% to 134M, vs. 147.6M est.; HOOD drops 6%+ after hours — The brokerage just repor
Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. fell more than 8% in late trading today after the financial services company reported earnings and revenue below analyst expectations in its fiscal 2026 first quarter.
SAS Institute Inc. is using its SAS Innovate conference this week to introduce a sweeping set of product updates aimed at helping enterprises operationalize artificial intelligence with stronger gover
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: Seagate reports Q3 revenue up 44% YoY to 3.11B, vs. 2.96B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and adjusted EPS above estimates; STX jumps 13%+ after hours — Seagate Technology (S
This Databricks resource explains how to securely transmit first-party conversion data to Snapchat using the Snapchat Conversions API through the Databricks Marketplace. It likely covers integration s
Unified identity security company Silverfort Inc. today announced that it has acquired Fabrix Security Ltd., an artificial intelligence-native identity security company, for an undisclosed price. Foun
Autonomous drone startup SkyfireAI Inc. today announced that it has raised 11 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its dual-use, artificial intelligence-native platform for autonomo
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snap launches AI Sponsored Snaps, a conversational ad format in Snapchat's Chat tab that lets users talk to brand-specific AI agents for product recommendations — Snapchat an
Erin Woo / The Information: Source: Google signed a deal allowing the US DOD to use Google's AI for “any lawful government purpose”; Google says the agreement amends an existing contract — Google and
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans an AI overhaul for photo editing in iOS 27, including using on-device AI models to extend, enhance, and reframe photos — Apple Inc. is planning a major ov
Financial Times: Sources: Goldman Sachs stopped its bankers in Hong Kong from using Anthropic's models; Anthropic says its models were never officially “supported” in Hong Kong — Employees were unable
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: Sources: Google dropped out of a 100M Pentagon challenge to create tech for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms, following an internal ethics review — Google abruptly
Bloomberg: Sources: Polymarket has discussed lifting the prohibition on US-based customers with the CFTC, as it seeks to bring its main exchange back to the US — Polymarket is taking steps to try to b
Karen Freifeld / Reuters: Sources: the US Commerce Department last week ordered multiple chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China's second-largest chipmaker, Hua Hong — The U.S. Depart
Nellie Peyton / Reuters: South Africa withdraws its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it contained fictitious sources that appeared to have been AI-generated — South Africa has wit
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to €4.5B, MAUs up 12% to 761M, above 759M est., and forecasts Q2 operating income below est.; SPOT falls 10%+ pre-market — Spotify Techn
Zoox approached robotaxi design by prioritizing autonomous operation requirements over traditional vehicle constraints, with sensor placement as a foundational design decision. Sensors positioned on t
Lovelace AI Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today with an approach to enterprise artificial intelligence that it says is necessary for high-stakes decision-making, particularly in environments wher
We present StereoFoley, a video-to-audio generation framework that produces semantically aligned, temporally synchronized, and spatially accurate stereo sound at 48 kHz. While recent generative video-
Taylor Swift has been at the center of AI imitation controversies for years, and now, she's become the latest celebrity who's escalating attempts to protect herself from AI copycats. As usual, however
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s futu
Lily Hay Newman / Wired: The FIDO Alliance launches two working groups to establish industry standards for securing AI agent transactions; Google contributes the Agent Payments Protocol — AI agents ma
Google LLC and Anthropic PBC are two of the most powerful forces shaping enterprise AI. As agentic deployments demand platforms that are both capable and safe to build on, the Google-Anthropic partner
The expansion of AI infrastructure across the United States has sparked significant debate between urban and rural areas, with large tech companies and the federal government advocating for data cente
Together AI announced immediate availability of NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Nano Omni model to developers through its platform on the day of its release. The Nemotron 3 Nano Omni is a lightweight multimodal m
Samantha Subin / CNBC: True Anomaly, which makes autonomous spacecraft and software for the US Space Force, raised a 650M Series D at a 2.2B valuation, bringing total funding to $1B — True Anomaly, a
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune: US prosecutors allege Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen known as Bouquet, is a Scattered Spider member; he was arrested in a Helsinki airport — The
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: US startup Poolside debuts its first open-weight model, Laguna XS.2, a 33B-A3B-parameter MoE model, and Laguna M.1, a proprietary 225B-A23B-parameter MoE model — The AI rac
Welcome to the agentic era! Last week, leaders from our public sector customer and partner ecosystem took the stage at Google Cloud Next to share how they are leveraging AI and agents to scale their i
What's new in pip 26.1 - lockfiles and dependency cooldowns! Richard Si describes an excellent set of upgrades to Python's default pip tool for installing dependencies. This version drops support for
The modern data stack might already be the new legacy. In response, Google Cloud is rebuilding for a world where AI agents — not humans — are the primary users of data infrastructure, unveiling an age