As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
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Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand
Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban
According to the Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the White House. According to the report, the paper from Amazon claims that, through a series […]
KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations
Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.
OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general
It’s not clear which states are involved, but they’re asking about everything from OpenAI’s ad policies to its handling of health data.
My yard is dying, so I made an app for that
When I returned to my computer five minutes after giving Gemini a lengthy prompt, I had two things: a functional app in a preview window, and a message about a bug. “~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!” Sounded bad! But right below it was a button to fix the bug. Pretty weird […]
Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
On Friday evening, the government ordered Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nations, both inside and outside the US, due to national security concerns. That order included employees of Anthropic. To meet those demands, the company has completely cut off access to the models for all customers. In […]
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don’t think any of us are ready. As far as AI photo editing goes, the new features in iOS 27 are pretty tame compared to what you can do on, say, Google’s Pixel phones. But […]