Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale
The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic’s white-hot compute-gobbling streak.
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OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought
In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of a restricted environment, figured out how to get access to the internet, allowed AI agents to talk to each other using a secret “message board,” and hacked into the internal systems of a different AI lab, Hugging Face. It took nearly two weeks for OpenAI to […]
All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens
Meta just agreed to make sweeping changes for teens as part of a child safety settlement reached with attorneys general across the US. Under the agreement, Meta must apply new safeguards across Instagram and Facebook that will change how teens interact with the social media platforms, as well as restrict their use during certain times. […]
Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI
Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture.
How do we explain OpenAI’s executive exodus?
Was Greg Brockman the right executive all along?
Amazon knocks $150 off Pixel 11 phones, with up to $200 in gift cards
If you’ve been on the fence about Google’s latest Pixel phones, this might be your best chance to save some cash. Amazon is offering an extra $150 off the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL when you use the coupon code PIXEL11 at checkout. While the discounted price appeared at checkout […]
OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach
The report, which spans several discrete cybersecurity compromises, is the most complete accounting of the incident to date.
Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.
Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations
The company won’t say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated.
Being a mom is hard — the heat is making it harder
It’s 8:52 AM and 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius) where I live in Southern California. My husband just came back from a morning outing with our four-month-old. “How was the botanic garden?” I ask him. “It was okay. It was just too hot,” he tells me. I didn’t expect us to spend so much of […]