The G7’s AI Safety Table Has an Access Gate
Three frontier-lab leaders reportedly urged US-led collaboration on AI rules at the G7, where allied governments challenged Washington’s block on Mythos 5. The clash exposed the access contest beneath the safety language.
Snap unveils $2,195 Specs, its first “fully standalone” AR glasses, which have a 51-degree field of view, set to ship “this fall” in the US, the UK, and France
The new Specs are priced at $2,195, and you can preorder them starting today.
Google launches Android 17 and Wear OS 7, available first on Pixel devices, with support for the latest AI models, a bubble bar UI, and live updates on Wear OS
Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system, as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7.
SpaceX closed up 4.83% on Tuesday for a $2.65T market cap, just above Amazon's, after popping ~12% intraday and briefly overtaking Microsoft's $2.93T market cap
SpaceX shares popped about 12% on Tuesday, as Elon Musk's rocket builder continued its meteoric rise following a record-breaking IPO on Friday.
India's Telegram ban until June 22 over exam paper leak concerns is a terrible look for the country, sets a precedent, and could happen again if unchallenged
A few additional thoughts on the Telegram ban in India: 1. Is this a permanent ban? It's unusual for the Indian government to issue a press release about the telegram ban: the precedence that I rememb...
Sources: Apple's AirPods with cameras for AI are scheduled to launch in 2027 alongside the 20th anniversary pro iPhones and a second-generation foldable iPhone
Apple Inc.'s upcoming camera-equipped AirPods, a product meant to vault the company into the AI device market …
Z.ai debuts GLM-5.2, saying the open-weights AI model brings improvements to agentic coding and long-horizon tasks, with a 1M context window and an MIT license
We're introducing GLM-5.2, our latest flagship model for long-horizon tasks. It marks a substantial leap in long-horizon task capability …
Sources: Amodei, Altman, and Hassabis called for US-led collaboration on AI rules at the G7 summit; Macron and Modi raised concerns over the US block on Mythos
Dario Amodei is supported by rival Sam Altman in call for international co-operation — Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei …
Epic says Unreal Engine 6, planned for early access in late 2027, will unify UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite, add integrations with Claude and Gemini, more
EPIC CLAIMS UE6 IS “GOING TO CHANGE A LOT ABOUT HOW GAMES ARE MADE” — Epic has detailed Unreal Engine 6 …
Sources: Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis called for a US-led coalition to shape AI rules and standards at a closed-door meeting at the G7 summit on Wednesday
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape rules …
A newly discovered data leak has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs across 194 countries
A newly discovered data leak dubbed “FortiBleed” has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials …
In an interview, Tim Cook says Apple price hikes are “unavoidable” to offset surging memory and storage chip costs, and “the situation has become unsustainable”
The CEO tells the Journal in an exclusive interview that soaring costs make price increases ‘unavoidable’
OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer messaged staff that OpenAI “strongly” told the US government that building AI “requires the best talent from around the world”
The U.S. government's latest battle with Anthropic has revived long-simmering concerns throughout the AI industry …
Joshua Baer, the founder and CEO of Texas accelerator Capital Factory, died on Tuesday night in a business jet crash in Laredo, Texas
Joshua Baer (@joshuabaer), the founder and CEO of Capital Factory, died Tuesday night in a business jet crash in Laredo, Texas, KXAN reported …
Apple's planned move of Hide My Email aliases to private.icloud.com will let services easily distinguish them from normal iCloud email addresses and block them
a small and unimportant announcement appeared in Apple developer news: New domain for Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email.
Snap's stock closed down 8.14% on Wednesday, after the company launched the $2,195 Specs AR glasses on Tuesday; SNAP is down ~41% YTD
Snap's long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, didn't have the best debut. — The company's stock hasn't been on the healthiest trajectory lately.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs a state budget that levies taxes on social media giants, digital advertising, and prediction and crypto markets
The eighth state spending plan of Pritzker's tenure includes additional funding for food assistance in the wake of deep federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump.
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Reality Elite, its new flagship XR chipset, and says it will debut in the compute puck of Xreal's Aura Android XR device this fall
Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon Reality Elite, its new flagship XR chipset, and it will debut in the compute puck of Xreal's Aura Android XR device this fall.
Sensor Tower: ChatGPT's market share fell to 46.4% at the end of May, as Gemini rose to 27.7% and Claude to 10.3%; Grok, Meta AI, and others have less than 5%
More than three and a half years after ChatGPT's initial release, AI assistants are now used by millions of people worldwide, and the competitive landscape is changing fast.
Google's $99 Google Home Speaker, which is built for Gemini for Home and works as a Matter controller, will ship on June 29, nine months after it was announced
The Google Home Speaker is designed for Gemini for Home and its more conversational smart home assistant.
Sources: Apple is testing a second-generation iPhone Air, planned for spring 2027, with a second rear camera for ultrawide-angle photos and better battery life
Apple Inc. is preparing a second-generation iPhone Air for spring 2027, aiming to boost the appeal of the slimmed-down device …
Anthropic pauses its plan to move Claude Agent SDK to token-based billing from June 15, saying “Nothing changes for now”, giving power users a pricing reprieve
On Monday, though, Anthropic abruptly announced it had paused those pricing changes just as they were set to take effect …
Kapwing: in tests, 59% of the first 500 TikTok For You videos shown to a new account were AI slop, vs. 21% slop shown to a new YouTube user via the Shorts feed
In a fresh-account test, Kapwing found 59% of TikTok For You videos were AI slop, roughly three times the rate on YouTube.
Anthropic updates Claude Design with design system imports, bidirectional integration with Claude Code, lower token consumption, and more export destinations
When Anthropic quietly released Claude Design in April as a “research preview,” it generated the kind of instant traction …
Mastodon adds email newsletters, letting writers send their posts directly to subscribers' inboxes, even to readers without a Mastodon account
Mastodon, the open, decentralized alternative to Big Tech apps like X and Threads, is betting that email could help solve the open social web's biggest problem: audience growth.
Sources: Amazon faces a possible FTC lawsuit alleging it misled advertisers; multiple state AGs are involved and the case could seek billions in civil penalties
Amazon.com Inc. is facing a possible lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission that may lead to billions of dollars in civil penalties …
WordPress survey: 60% of US consumers say “AI” in a brand's messaging is a turnoff, and 86% always or sometimes check the source after receiving an AI summary
Getting cited by AI is easier than earning consumers' trust, according to a new report from WordPress VIP …
Kazakhstan signs accords with Firebird on Nvidia-related computing projects that could bring up to $10B in investment, as it seeks to build a Data Center Valley
Kazakhstan signed accords with the startup Firebird Inc. on computing projects involving Nvidia Corp. that could bring …
Shoe company Allbirds changes its name to Smartbird as it pivots to an AI infrastructure company and names ex-AWS exec Nadia Carlsten as CEO; BIRD jumps 39%
Allbirds (BIRD.O) changed its name to Smartbird on Wednesday and appointed former Amazon Web Services (AMZN.O) …
SpaceX agrees to acquire Cursor in an all-stock deal valuing the AI coding startup at $60B, set to close in Q3 2026, or pay a $4B to $10B termination fee
and it proves AI chatbots aren't the future anymoreSamuel Axon /Ars Technica:SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billionRishabh Mishra /Benzinga:Bill Ackman, Chamath Palihapitiya React...
A profile of Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini, who warned about Mythos in March and is now part of an Anthropic team briefing the White House on safeguards
Nicholas Carlini recently rang the alarm about the dangers of AI—and now he's part of a team arguing for the latest models to be released
Uber says it will expand its premium robotaxi service from San Francisco to Houston by mid-2027, in partnership with EV maker Lucid and AV startup Nuro
Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it the second U.S. market under its partnership …
Estonia says it will assign personal ID numbers to AI agents to give them “limited, controllable, and auditable authorizations” as they take actions for humans
Estonia plans to assign personal identification numbers to AI assistants that would give the bots legal rights and hold them accountable for actions taken …
Sources: Meta moved to support KOSA after it was packaged with language preempting state AI laws and a bill that would require app stores to verify users' ages
A children's online safety bill at the center of the White House's push to preempt state regulations on artificial intelligence has an unlikely new ally: Meta.
Sources: Samsung is seeing a rise in advanced chip production requests from BYD, Google, AMD, Tesla, and other companies as AI demand strains TSMC's capacity
TAIPEI/HONG KONG/SEOUL — BYD, Google, AMD, Tesla and others are looking increasingly to Samsung Electronics for contract chipmaking services …
The UK CMA orders Google to provide greater transparency on how its search rankings work and to let users transfer their search data to authorized third parties
Britain's competition watchdog ordered Google to provide greater transparency on how its search rankings work …
Studies: Mira, an AI medical tool developed by researchers in Germany, and Google's Amie matched or surpassed doctors on diagnostic and treatment decisions
Two health models displayed clinical value across a range of diagnostic and treatment decisions, studies show
Trace Finance, which provides stablecoin settlement infrastructure for cross-border payments across Latin America, raised a $32M Series A led by CoinFund
Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph's Editorial Policy …
Microsoft is moving Copilot Cowork to usage-based pricing as it expands its access and is considering a Microsoft-hosted version of DeepSeek as a cheaper option
Docs: audited financial figures show OpenAI spent $34B in 2025, up 172% YoY, including $19B on research and development and nearly $6B on sales and marketing
Microsoft upgrades Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 chips; Pro starts at $1,499 and Laptop at $1,599, both $100 higher than last-gen
Conduct, which uses AI to let companies maintain, change, and modernize their legacy IT systems, raised a $60M Series A, bringing its total funding to $72M
Enterprise IT startup Conduct raised a $60 million Series A co-led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ, CEO Jan Philipp Haas tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Sources: Binance is set to lose permission to serve EU clients from July as its license application, made to Greece's market regulator, is about to be rejected
Databricks says its annualized revenue rose 80%+ YoY to $6.9B, up from $5.4B in Q4; CEO Ali Ghodsi says AI agent usage is increasing costs and lowering margins
Databricks has a unique role in the AI boom. Revenue continues to soar as businesses swarm to the company's data analytics tools.
Paris-based Comand AI, which is developing AI-based command-and-control software for military operations, raised a €32M Series A led by Blossom Capital
French startup emerges at a time when tech sovereignty has become a major talking point in defence
A look at Specs, which have a battery life of up to four hours and a case with four charges, and an interview with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel about the AR glasses
and goal of replacing smartphonesDarius Popa /The Next Web:Snap launches its AR glasses at $2,195 as a consumer product, betting the company on augmented realityDean Takahashi /GamesBeat:Snap sets $2,...
Sources: Trump officials discussed how to structure government equity stakes in AI companies, with Commerce Secretary Lutnick preferring a sovereign wealth fund
Senior Trump administration officials had weighed how to structure potential government equity stakes in major AI companies …
Sources: the Trump administration won't let G7 countries regain access to Mythos 5 as doing so would be “completely illogical”; the UK requested a “carve-out”
Sources: PayPal plans to close its 10-year-old PayPal Ventures arm amid new CEO Enrique Lores' shakeup and has hired Jefferies to explore selling some positions
PayPal is shuttering its 10-year-old venture team amid a broader corporate shakeup, according to five sources familiar with the matter.
A look at Wyoming's Frontier Stable Token, which launched in January and currently has a market value of ~$1M, as other states explore “white labeling” the tech
The state, home of Yellowstone and a refuge of the rich, has become the first in the US to issue its own cryptocurrency.
EigenQ, which makes cybersecurity systems to protect devices from future attacks by quantum computers, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a ~$3B valuation
EigenQ will go public through a merger with blank-check company Silicon Valley Acquisition (SVAQ.O) in a deal valuing the quantum tech firm …
Convey, which is building AI “teammates” to automate workflows for clients like NBCUniversal, Samsara, and TelevisaUnivision, raised a $38M Series A led by a16z
Convey, a startup founded last year that builds AI “teammates,” has raised $38 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Pear VC.
Pramaana Labs, which uses the LEAN programming language to build a deterministic verification layer on top of LLMs, raised a $27M seed led by Khosla Ventures
As enterprises struggle to turn AI pilot programs into functional parts of their business, reliability has taken center stage.
The US government awards $500M under the CHIPS Act to SandboxAQ to use AI models to develop new chemicals and materials for domestic semiconductor manufacturing
The U.S. government awarded $500 million on Wednesday to startup SandboxAQ to develop new chemicals and materials …
Meta says Threads now has 500M MAUs, adds a “Your Algo” tool that lets users privately control what they see in their feed, and launches Communities out of beta
The UK says reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought a carve-out to US export controls imposed on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 are “categorically untrue”
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not sought a carve-out to U.S. export controls imposed on Anthropic's most advanced AI models …
Andera, which uses AI to automate corporate audit and compliance testing, raised a $37M Series A led by Lightspeed
Andera, which uses AI to automate corporate audit and compliance testing, raised $37 million in Series A funding, CEO Aryo Patel tells Axios exclusively.
Sources: Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu is aiming for a Hong Kong IPO as early as year-end at a $70B+ valuation, up from $50B+ in private secondary trades
Known as Rednote, the company's net profit could surpass $3 billion this year — Chinese lifestyle and video-sharing platform Xiaohongshu …
Sources: the US has held off adding DeepSeek, CXMT, and 100+ other flagged companies to its Entity List, last updated in October, the longest gap in 10+ years
The U.S. has held off adding China's AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged …
World models startup Odyssey raised $310M from Amazon and others at a $1.45B valuation and will use AWS as its preferred cloud partner, deploying Trainium chips
Company joins investment arms of Nvidia and AMD in $310mn funding round for Odyssey ML — Amazon is partnering with a start …
Nauk Nauk, which runs an AI video app that turns photos of toys into short animated videos, raised $20M and is coming out of beta; it claims to have 1M+ users
Nauk Nauk has raised $20 million to expand its AI video app that turns photos of toys into short animated videos, co-founder Daniel Liu tells Axios.
Many US lawmakers said this week they had not been briefed on Trump's Fable 5 move, including Ted Cruz, whose commerce committee has jurisdiction over AI policy
Members of both parties said they now see an opening to mobilize their colleagues around legislation that would reclaim congressional authority …
Sources: Jeff Bezos is investing in Cambridge, UK-based CuspAI, which applies generative AI to material sciences, as part of a $400M round at a $2.6B valuation
New financing will more than quadruple the two-year-old AI company's valuation to $2.6bn — Jeff Bezos is investing in UK start …
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says the company is “proactively” reducing its full-time workforce by ~10%, or ~290 employees, in a “flattening” of its org structure
XDOF, which is building data pipelines, collection tools, and annotation systems for robot training data, emerges from stealth with $70M
Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are racing to teach machines to operate in the physical world.
Databricks agrees to acquire Panther Labs, its third cybersecurity acquisition; Panther was valued at $1.4B when it raised a $120M Series B in December 2021
Sources describe Huawei's efforts to rebuild its chip business seven years after the US cut Huawei off from advanced US chips, as it bets on logic-stacking tech
Seven years after being written off the Chinese tech giant is making technical advances that appear to sidestep Washington curbs.
Sources: a new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, a former lead of Alibaba's Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a ~$2B post-money valuation
Tencent Holdings has backed a new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former lead researcher of Alibaba Group's Qwen models …
An interview with SBF about life in prison, his serialized prison memoir titled Manfred, and more, as he praises Trump, becomes a Republican, and seeks a pardon
Ripple acquires a stake in Flutterwave as part of the African payments startup's Series E, valuing Flutterwave at $3.2B
Q&A with Luciana Lixandru, who co-leads Sequoia's global early-stage investment business, on why it is time for “act two” for Europe's tech sector, AI, and more
The global co-lead of the US venture capital firm's early-stage investment business talks about why it is time for ‘act two’ for Europe's tech sector
Melbourne-based Everlab, which is building an AI-powered preventive healthcare platform, raised a AU$65M Series A led by Airtree Ventures
Bland, which uses proprietary, in-house-built voice models to process calls for 250+ enterprise clients, raised a $50M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital
Dealogic: investors have poured $58B across 42 data center deals YTD; Oxford Economics says nearly 850 data centers worth ~$7T are under construction globally
Sector remains hot despite some investors' wariness about tenants such as ByteDance — Data centre deals are weathering a storm …
Nasdaq Private Market sues Hiive, claiming Hiive stole trade secrets and infringed on its IP, poaching two employees in part to access confidential information
Trading platform Nasdaq Private Market alleged that its Vancouver-based competitor Hiive has stolen trade secrets and infringed on its intellectual property in a lawsuit.
Twenty, which uses AI to help US military hackers penetrate adversary computer networks, raised a $100M Series B led by Accel at a $1B valuation
Letter: Hightouch, an ad tech startup valued at $2.75B in April, offers to buy LiveRamp's identity business from Publicis for $800M to $1.2B in cash and stock
Ent Security, which wants to build a new layer of workspace security that reads the intent behind what users and AI agents do, launches with $100M in funding
Limitless Labs, which is developing an AI platform to automate CNC manufacturing, raised a $20M Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital and Square Peg
Trump administration officials say Anthropic must ensure Fable 5's guardrails can't be circumvented before rerelease; experts say that may not be possible
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Bernie Sanders proposes legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed via a one-time 50% stock tax on AI companies that reach $200M in annual AI sales
The idea of the U.S. government taking a stake in the major A.I. labs …
Hydra Host, a marketplace for developers and enterprises to procure GPUs pooled from data center operators, raised a $100M Series A led by Kindred Ventures
A look at chaos inside Anthropic after disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 with less than 90 minutes of notice, as some staff wonder if Trump is bullying the startup
Workers at the artificial intelligence company have been puzzled and increasingly concerned by the administration's move to limit their latest A.I. models.