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The U.S. government's June 12, 2026, restriction on Anthropic's Mythos models has eroded trust in closed-source AI, accelerating a shift toward open-weight models from China. Companies like Palantir and Meta are question…
A new AI-powered platform lets ecommerce sellers generate realistic user-generated content (UGC) video ads in minutes using AI actors, voiceovers, and product demos, replacing traditional creator-based production that co…
An AI startup founder argues that companies should hire for obsession rather than résumé credentials, citing the example of an 18-year-old community ambassador who became head of community and later a founding engineer. …
OpenRouter and Andreessen Horowitz analyzed over 100 trillion tokens of real-world LLM usage, finding that open-weight AI models now account for roughly one-third of all token volume. Chinese open-weight models surged fr…
A small product studio is building AI-augmented tools for thinking, deciding, and acting under uncertainty, focusing on narrow domains where judgment matters more than raw output. The studio has shipped tools like Lens (…
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on July 10, alleging that former Apple employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu systematically stole trade secrets related to hardware design and manufacturing to jumpstart OpenAI's device de…
Demand for grade-A office space in Beijing's Zhongguancun district rose in the first half of 2025, driven by expanding AI and semiconductor firms, making it the only submarket to post rent growth. Knight Frank reported a…
AI agent marketplaces are emerging as platforms where autonomous AI agents can be bought, sold, and transacted with each other, moving beyond human-driven app stores. Companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Google have la…
Apple is suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of hardware trade secrets, claiming a pattern of theft by former Apple engineers who joined OpenAI and IO Products, the hardware startup by former Apple designer Jony Ive that…
Anthropic is reportedly targeting a $3 trillion valuation as AI companies pursue trillion-dollar IPOs, while Mark Zuckerberg's price war on AI models and China's potential end of open-source AI reshape the industry. Trum…
VeriTest's AI Evaluation Platform, built by Lena, generated only $22K in quarterly revenue against $200K in costs, while an underfunded methodology system costing $9K per quarter supported $3M in annualized delivery. Len…
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is consolidating control over the company's most profitable products, including ChatGPT, after applications chief Fidji Simo stepped down due to chronic illness. The power grab positions B…
Tripplet, a small independent AI platform, launched a workspace combining chat, code, and research with four specialized models led by Astro 5. The platform offers free access without an account, enabling users to build …
Meta Superintelligence Labs launched Muse Spark 1.1, an upgraded coding agent model that scored 69 on the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, approaching GPT-5.5's performance while undercutting competitors on pricin…
Meta Platforms shares surged 15% in the best weekly rally since early 2024, closing at $669.21 on July 10, after the company launched Muse Image AI tool, upgraded Muse Spark, and announced plans to produce custom Iris AI…
Carlo Valenti built a 15,000-line transformer engine in C called TRiP during his lunch breaks and weekends while caring for his toddlers, aiming to understand AI from the ground up. The project, which became the basis fo…
Together AI and AppsFlyer top Green Flag Digital's Q3 2026 ranking of private tech companies, which weighs funding, web traffic, and brand search volume. Together AI leads on the strength of an $800M funding round and co…
Insilico Medicine's AI-discovered lung fibrosis drug, Rentosertib, has entered Phase III clinical trials for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, marking a rare late-stage test for AI drug discovery. The company claims it is t…
Founders must now optimize for AI chatbots like ChatGPT rather than traditional search engines, as Gartner predicts a 25% drop in search volume by 2026 and Google's AI Overviews produce zero-click results for 80-83% of q…
SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in the largest foreign listing on Wall Street, with shares jumping 13% on Nasdaq debut. Chairman Chey Tae-won said the memory chip shortage will persist beyond 2030, driven by demand from AI…