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Former AI czar David Sacks warned that Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal for 50% government ownership in AI companies amounts to a "stupidity tax" and cautioned against nationalization, as President Donald Trump signaled ope…

The Trump administration is in talks with OpenAI about taking an equity stake in the AI company, according to reports. The discussions, which began in 2025 when CEO Sam Altman proposed the idea, could see OpenAI voluntar…

A developer rebuilt MindPal from a Discord bot into a full web app that provides private AI support with memory, voice input, and structured responses. The app aims to understand users' underlying emotional states rather…

Kilo Code AI announced Saturday that its MiniMax M3 model matched Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 on a code audit test, detecting 13 of 17 planted bugs for $0.07. The open source AI coding assistant company, founded by Scott…

Shieldra.ai has launched, offering healthcare practices and SaaS teams a platform to automate HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance. The tool uses AI for document review, continuous monitoring, remediation tracking, vendor manageme…

Developer Arun Raghunath launched jhansi.io, an open-core cloud sandbox designed to safely execute AI-generated code in production. The platform addresses the gap between AI writing code and running it securely, with a f…

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son revealed on June 5 that an AI model is now designing OpenAI’s next-generation system, based on direct conversations with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company engineers. Son said the development si…

A hidden artificial intelligence stock has surged 5,100% while Bitcoin and Ethereum lost nearly 40% of their value. The stock's massive gains highlight a growing divergence between AI-focused equities and the struggling …

A developer built Delay Mirror, a supply chain security gateway for package managers that blocks downloads of packages published within the last three days, after malicious code was pushed into npm packages through a com…

A developer built PineForge, a transpiler that converts TradingView's PineScript v6 source code into C++ for offline backtesting on any OHLCV CSV data. The system achieved trade-for-trade parity with TradingView on 245 o…

Community members debated the merits of bootstrapping versus venture funding for startup growth, while others shared strategies for building product roadmaps for vibe-coded applications. Discussions also covered maintain…

President Donald Trump said Friday he has discussed potential deals with AI companies that would allow the American public to benefit from AI success, and CNBC reported the administration is specifically negotiating an e…

BullBear.ninja has made its entire platform free, removing all paid tiers and subscription plans to allow unlimited access to features including AI briefs, market summaries, and full financial data history. The company c…

SpaceX is targeting a $1.77 trillion valuation for its planned Nasdaq IPO in June 2026, aiming to raise approximately $75 billion in what could become one of the largest public offerings in history. Morgan Stanley, a co-…

Agentic AI has driven a surge in mobile app development, yet the new applications are failing to attract and retain users. Despite the technological advancements enabling these apps, adoption rates remain low, signaling …

Software engineering leaders are competing to build the most "joyous" products as a new "agent war" begins in the industry. The outcome of this competition will determine which companies win user adoption and market shar…

Neatleaf's "Spyder" autonomous robotic scanner has been deployed in PURPLEFARM's 86,000-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where it continuously monitors plant health metrics includi…

A developer building the resume builder "Here Is My CV" discovered that user frustration centered on ATS compatibility, not customization or pricing as expected. After polling job seekers, the developer found that the co…

Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers have shipped thousands of units for tasks including parcel sorting and coffee making, but most robots remain performative rather than functional for real-world use. Industry experts w…

Roblox released World Research Station, a world model AI game built on newly acquired Morpheus AI technology, which received a 3% rating from players due to extreme input latency, persistent visual glitches, and frequent…