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Top 10 — News
- Trump administration to cut Anthropic from state contracts and Pentagon supply chain US president implements full ban on agencies using leading AI start-up in feud over military use of its technology
- Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use The move announced on social media comes after a standoff between Anthropic's boss and the Ministry of Defense.
- Suicide forum found to be in breach of Online Safety Act after failing to block UK users Ofcom says that after provisional ruling it could apply to courts to demand internet providers stop access to site A suicide forum linked t…
- MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting…
- Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border Trump admin "incompetence continues to cause chaos in our skies," Duckworth says.
- OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.
- Google Deepmind and OpenAI employees demand Anthropic-style red lines on Pentagon surveillance and autonomous weapons Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon is now rippling through Google and OpenAI.
- OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based o…
- Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis on the $200B AI CapEx, Chip Wars, and Why Google Might Have No Profits in 2027 — In-Context Cooking We’re excited to announce our new show In-Context Cooking where guests cook while chatting about cool topics.
- Video Friday: Robot Dogs Haul Produce From the Field
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AI tools & model updates
- Amazon Bedrock announces OpenAI-compatible Projects API Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI-compatible Projects API in the Mantle inference engine in Amazon Bedrock.
- Comfy-Org/ComfyUI: comfyanonymous/ComfyUI: v0.15.1 Release update (see link for changelog).
- OpenAI Codex and Figma launch seamless code-to-design experience OpenAI and Figma launch a new Codex integration that connects code and design, enabling teams to move between implementation and the Figma…
- ‘Uncanny Valley’: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon.
- anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python: v0.84.0 Release update (see link for changelog).
- BerriAI/litellm: litellm_presidio-dev-v1.81.16 Release update (see link for changelog).
- ollama/ollama: v0.17.4 Release update (see link for changelog).
- vllm-project/vllm: v0.16.0 Release update (see link for changelog).
- langchain-ai/langchain: langchain-core==1.2.16 Release update (see link for changelog).
Full list — News (50)
US president implements full ban on agencies using leading AI start-up in feud over military use of its technology
Streaming company’s decision ends months-long battle to buy parent of CNN, HBO and franchises such as Harry Potter
Investors fret over growing strains in private credit and risks of AI disrupting the software industry
Ellison father and son viewed deal as a matter of survival to compete with tech giants that now dominate Hollywood
Buying WBD for $83bn would have cost the streaming giant financial flexibility and its ability to take on YouTube
Chinese AI group has worked with Huawei to cut reliance on Nvidia chips
Judge rules Virginia does not have right to restrict ‘minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech’
Co-founder of private capital giant stands to make more than $1bn each year from dividends
Donald Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Tehran as Washington and London hold talks about use of Diego Garcia
US president’s comments come as tensions rise during energy blockade and shooting off communist nation’s coast
Donald Trump’s address to Congress has big implications for the midterms.
The policy of taking out top cartel bosses has often resulted in brutal reprisals as new leaders use even fiercer violence to assert control
Republicans target ex-president over ties to late sex offender while Democrats press for answers over Donald Trump
Lenders weigh losses linked to Market Financial Solutions, which financed a Bangladeshi politician’s real estate empire
UK prime minister facing demands from senior colleagues that he should be ‘braver’ and less gloomy
The move announced on social media comes after a standoff between Anthropic's boss and the Ministry of Defense.
The cost of renting privately has surged in the last five years, but tenants may now see a slowdown.
Ofcom says that after provisional ruling it could apply to courts to demand internet providers stop access to site A suicide forum linked t…
If Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros goes ahead it could significantly reshape Hollywood.
Streamer said ‘deal no longer financially attractive’ at price required to match offer by David Ellison’s firm Paramount Skydance has beate…
The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting…
Trump admin "incompetence continues to cause chaos in our skies," Duckworth says.
The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT.
OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.
"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.
Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national se…
"There were assumptions that were made in the strategy that obviously didn’t come to fruition."
Can two declining companies form a profitable one?
Interactions between neighboring materials is mediated by virtual photons.
Director Gore Verbinksi and screenwriter Matthew Robinson on the making of this darkly satirical sci-fi film.
I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it.
Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon is now rippling through Google and OpenAI.
OpenAI closes the largest private financing round in history.
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based o…
We’re excited to announce our new show In-Context Cooking where guests cook while chatting about cool topics.
The Pentagon threatens Anthropic with a law from the Korean War to force the AI company to cooperate.
President Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used…
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Full list — AI tools & model updates (30)
Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI-compatible Projects API in the Mantle inference engine in Amazon Bedrock.
Release update (see link for changelog).
OpenAI and Figma launch a new Codex integration that connects code and design, enabling teams to move between implementation and the Figma…
Release update (see link for changelog).
Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon.
Release update (see link for changelog).
Amazon Bedrock batch inference now supports the Converse API as a model invocation type, enabling you to use a consistent, model-agnostic i…
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life…
Release update (see link for changelog).
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in US West (N.
Release update (see link for changelog).
Today, AWS announces the developer preview of the AWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Java.
Release update (see link for changelog).
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in Africa (Cape Town) region.
Release update (see link for changelog).
Today, Amazon Location launched curated AI Agent context as a Kiro power , Claude Code plugin , and agent skill in the open Agent Skills fo…
Our latest threat report examines how malicious actors combine AI models with websites and social platforms—and what it means for detection…
Amazon Bedrock now enables server-side tool execution through Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway integration with the Responses API.
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Today, AWS announces AWS Observability as a Kiro power, enabling developers and operators to investigate infrastructure and application hea…
Amazon RDS Snapshot Export to S3 is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions, enabling you to export snapshot data in Apache Parquet form…
Release update (see link for changelog).