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Zhipu AI released GLM-5.2, an open-weights model under MIT license that scores 74.4% on FrontierSWE, beating OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and trailing Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 by one point at roughly a sixth of the cost. The mode…
GitLab released version 19.1 on June 18, 2026, introducing AI-powered false positive detection for secret scanning, mandatory GitLab Duo enablement for enterprise governance, automatic code owner reviewer assignment, com…
Financial institutions are adopting agentic security operations centers (SOCs) to counter AI-driven cyber threats, leveraging AI agents that reason across enterprise data to augment human analysts. The shift requires uni…
GitHub announced a new feature allowing open source maintainers to cap the number of concurrent pull requests from users without write access, addressing a surge in AI-generated contributions that overwhelm human review.…
The US government's export control order on the hypothetical Claude Fable 5 model illustrates how AI model access can vanish overnight, posing an operational risk for enterprise builders. Export controls under the Export…
Researchers found that ChatGPT can be tricked into generating sexualized and violent images despite safety filters, using jailbreak techniques that bypass content moderation. The findings raise concerns about AI safety i…
Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed by a 50% tax on the stock of the largest AI companies, giving the American public direct ownership and influence over corporate decision…
At the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis called for a US-led international coalition to shape AI standards, warning of risks like bioterrorism and…
Defense contractor Leonardo is marketing SignalTrace, a technology that pairs automatic license plate readers with sensors to capture unique identifiers from phones, wearables, and other devices, enabling law enforcement…
ECB President Christine Lagarde warned that artificial intelligence could trigger financial crises and called for global AI governance modeled on Cold War-era nuclear non-proliferation treaties. The ECB has stress-tested…
Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said at the Data + AI Summit that the proliferation of AI agents from vendors like Microsoft, Snowflake, and AWS is creating a 'quagmire' of lock-in and compatibility issues. Databricks' answer …
Microsoft is integrating Chinese AI models from DeepSeek into its Azure platform while its partners OpenAI and Anthropic warn about intellectual property theft. The tech giant tests DeepSeek-V4 for its Copilot applicatio…
Pinole appointed Naomi Kelly as city manager despite her ties to a San Francisco corruption scandal involving her husband, former SFPUC chief Harlan Kelly, who was convicted of bribery and bank fraud. The council voted 4…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to revoke access to its Claude Mythos and Fable 5 AI models after concerns over SK Telecom's alleged ties to China and Amazon-identified vulnerabilities. Anthropic disabled the …
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled a hawkish stance at his first press conference, emphasizing a strong commitment to the 2% inflation target and dismissing dovish expectations. Markets reacted negatively, with t…
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced free admission to more than 30 state historic parks through the rest of 2026, offering free Historian Passports to commemorate America's 250th birthday and Juneteenth. The progr…
A developer argues that the biggest privacy risk with AI is not what users explicitly disclose, but what AI can infer from patterns in their behavior. Over months, an AI might deduce a user is planning to move to Germany…
DSC Holdings, a Chinese AI-powered used-car tech platform, set terms for a $51 million US IPO on Nasdaq under ticker $DSC, despite a 29% revenue decline in 2025. The company secured rare approval from China's Securities …
Epoch AI has introduced a taxonomy modeled after the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET system, mapping over 60 discrete tasks in AI research and development to track how quickly the field is automating itself. The framewo…
A new report examines the failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance, established over 60 years ago to help workers displaced by globalization, and draws lessons for policymakers preparing for potential job losses from artif…