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OpenAI launched a limited, US-only preview of its GPT-5.6 model after the U.S. government requested early access due to national security concerns over cybersecurity capabilities. The Office of the National Cyber Directo…
Katie Porter, after losing the California governor race, plans to continue teaching at UC Irvine School of Law and focus on family. She sees the loss as an opportunity to reset and engage in policy work outside elected o…
A mistrial was declared Friday in the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, accused of starting the Palisades fire that killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of structures, after the jury deadlocked 10-2 in fa…
Hideo Kojima's 2001 video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty predicted the AI crisis of the 2020s, including algorithmic surveillance and the manipulation of identity through simulated realities. The game's mechani…
OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.6, a new generation of models comprising three tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—in a limited preview due to coordination with the U.S. government. The models introduce new reasoning modes and are pric…
OpenAI released a limited preview of the GPT-5.6 series with three tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—after the White House requested restricted access. The flagship Sol tier features new reasoning modes and is priced at $5 inpu…
OpenAI released a limited preview of GPT-5.6 on June 26, 2026, introducing a three-model suite (Sol, Terra, Luna) with pricing roughly half that of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. The launch came less than 24 hours after the…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 remains offline on Day 14 after a US Commerce Department export control directive banned the model globally on June 12, 2026, citing a jailbreak that allowed codebase vulnerability scanning. An…
Donald Trump returns to the Washington Hilton on Friday for his first speech at the site since an assassination attempt in April, when a man with a shotgun tried to breach security. The Secret Service has increased secur…
Elon Musk agreed with Tim Cook that the memory chip shortage is unprecedented, calling it the biggest price jump he has ever seen. The AI boom has strained memory chip production, leading to skyrocketing costs and price …
Amazon Web Services raised prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by roughly 20% starting in July, following a 15% increase in January, citing supply and demand dynamics. The hikes reflect memory chip shortages and strong…
OpenAI announced a limited preview of the GPT-5.6 series, including flagship model Sol, balanced model Terra, and fast/affordable model Luna. Terra matches GPT-5.5 performance at half the cost, while Luna offers strong c…
Billionaire Mark Cuban advised the AI industry to improve public relations over data centers, but his comments sparked backlash as data centers faced a brutal week with political losses, local government restrictions, an…
Texas faces a looming infrastructure crisis as data center demand surges, with ERCOT receiving grid-connection requests totaling 439 gigawatts—five times the state's peak demand. Analysts warn that water consumption coul…
Pope Leo's new encyclical on AI shifts the Overton window on AI ethics, raising the political and reputational cost of vague governance. Yvette Schmitter of Fusion Collective outlines four concrete moves for leaders to e…
OpenAI is delaying the public release of its GPT-5.6 AI models at the request of the Trump administration, citing cybersecurity concerns. The company will initially share the models with a small set of US government-appr…
OpenAI announced three new models—GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna—and will initially limit access to a small group of trusted partners at the request of the U.S. government, following a White House request made in consultat…
OpenAI delayed the public launch of GPT-5.6 at the U.S. government's request, limiting initial access to vetted partners shared with authorities. The move reflects Washington's concerns over national security risks from …
California voters will decide in November on a one-time 5% tax on billionaires after backers of the initiative declined to withdraw it by the deadline, despite opposition from the state's governor. The tax, which has spa…
Ben Thompson shares his experience with 'vibe coding' an app for organizing his garage, highlighting the fun and potential of AI technology. Apple's Siri AI will not launch in Europe due to the Digital Markets Act, as di…