Cursor Entered Kimi’s Training Loop for Composer 2
On March 21, Cursor said it “should have mentioned” that Composer 2 started from Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5; Moonshot says Cursor continued pretraining and applied high-compute RL while Fireworks AI served inference. The two accounts name three companies across four operational layers but disclose no routing share, revenue split, or switching terms.
HackerOne’s $81M Bug-Bounty Bottleneck
The report-volume model is breaking under agentic security research. HackerOne paid $81 million in rewards in the past year, up 13% year over year, even as curl moved to end its HackerOne program after a surge of low-quality AI-generated submissions.
Why OpenRouter’s 25T Tokens Need a Workload Ledger
OpenRouter reportedly processes 25T tokens a week across more than 400 models, while DeepSeek V4-Flash lists at $0.14 per million input tokens. Easy switching makes task completion, failures, deployment and review part of every procurement decision.
CXMT Turns 4% DRAM Share Into China Leverage
Reuters put CXMT at 4% of global DRAM in Q2 2025, while Omdia estimated 7.67% in Q1 2026; its Shanghai debut then produced a $487 billion market value. A reported Tencent contract and Apple’s China-market tests show a route into domestic procurement, but not broad qualified capacity or HBM parity.
Alibaba says its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max tops Moonshot's Kimi K3 on some benchmarks and it plans to release Qwen3.8-Max's and Qwen3.8-27B's weights next week
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. released its latest flagship AI model, with performance claims putting it alongside global leaders like Anthropic's Fable.
An analysis of US police and court records: authorities charged or accused 50+ officers of misusing license-plate readers like Flock's, including for stalking
JEFFERSON, Ga. — Marci Bakely couldn't understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was.
Michael Saylor's Strategy sold 1,638 bitcoin for ~$104.7M from July 27 to August 2, reducing its holdings to 842,138, with a $10.9B paper loss at current prices
Quick Take — Strategy has sold 1,638 BTC for approximately $104.7 million, reducing its total holdings to 842,138 BTC.
A detailed look at OpenAI and Anthropic models hacking real targets during cyber evaluations, exposing failures in AI alignment training and supervision
If I had a nickel for every major leading AI lab that sheepishly admitted that the model it thought was sandboxed had …
An unsecured police dashboard exposed China's extensive tracking of foreigners, aggregating data from surveillance cameras, facial recognition tools, and more
An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.
The White House says it has met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models; it did not provide details of the framework
The White House said on Monday it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models …
LLMs are moving from generating artifacts to creating hyper-custom worlds on demand, but can't audit their creations because they can't natively perceive videos
We're starting to leave the territory where you'd test an LLM by e.g. “create an svg of pelican on a bicycle”.
Artificial Analysis estimates DeepSeek V4-Flash's average cost at $0.03 per test, compared with Kimi K3's $0.86, GPT-5.6 Sol's $1.86, and Claude Fable 5's $3.15
A version of Chinese startup DeepSeek's flagship AI model is by far the least expensive to run on benchmark tests among …
Thoughts on Apple Upgrade; sources: MacBook Air is now facing shortages too; Apple wants to turn its future glasses and headsets into health and fitness devices
YouTuber Hank Green faces online criticism for using ChatGPT to research a script, and says interacting with LLMs “is not healthy for me or good for the world”
Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers, recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI chatbots.
Amazon becomes the fifth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple; its stock closed up 4.58% on Monday
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $3 trillion in market value for the first time, becoming only the fifth company to ever reach the milestone.
Two independent teams used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra on the same quantum cryptography problem, filing papers three hours apart, raising questions over scientific credit
An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways …
Sources detail how Tencent's Lightspeed studio has struggled to develop its GTA-like game Last Sentinel, which has burned hundreds of millions over six years
Lightspeed's Last Sentinel burnt through six years of development and hundreds of millions of dollars — Hi everyone.
Leaked doc: Microsoft plans to bring Xbox 360 games to PC, and the games will be able to run on its next-gen Project Helix console, “Xbox PCs”, and handhelds
The disc to digital program seems like it's close to launching, too.
London-based AI chip startup Olix raised $312M led by Fundomo, with participation from Arm, at a $3.3B valuation, up from $1B+ after raising $220M in February
British entrepreneur behind Olix raises $312mn from investors including Arm in effort to take on Nvidia
India proposes extending tax exemptions until 2041 for foreign companies that provide machinery to contract manufacturers, changes that Apple had lobbied for
India has proposed extending tax exemptions until 2041 for foreign companies that provide machinery to contract manufacturers …
Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers …
A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question whether Arcee AI, Reflection AI, Poolside, and Thinking Machines Lab can generate real revenue
Silicon Valley startups are setting up open models, with some operating on shoestring budgets because of limited interest from VCs
Indeed: UK employers are creating jobs for senior staff in software engineering and IT, where AI enhances the value of experience, while cutting back elsewhere
UK employers are creating jobs for experienced staff with artificial intelligence skills and cutting back elsewhere …
Robinhood says Q2 prediction markets revenue rose 10x+ YoY to $156M, topping stock and crypto for the first time, as speculators shift to real-world event bets
Brokerage app Robinhood has quickly become a force in prediction markets, challenging the hold of Kalshi and Polymarket on the popular betting market.
How the government is prioritizing AI data centers over housing in London, Europe's biggest data center hub, as they compete for energy, space, and water
The city has become the largest hub for AI power centres across Europe, competing with homes for energy, space and water.
UK court filing: in July, Apple launched a new legal challenge against the UK government's attempt to create a “backdoor” to access encrypted customer data
iPhone maker files complaint over latest government demand to allow access to encrypted user data
Visa plans to acquire Israeli company BioCatch, which uses AI to detect fraud and distinguish legitimate users from attackers in real time, for $2.4B in cash
BioCatch uses artificial intelligence to detect fraud and distinguish legitimate users from attackers
Court docs: an FBI agent has been charged with amassing ~$1M worth of cryptocurrency, largely by making unauthorized withdrawals from a criminal target overseas
The agent confessed to making unauthorized withdrawals from a criminal target overseas, according to court papers.
Valar, which is making small modular nuclear reactors to power data centers, raised a $1B Series B led by Sequoia at a $6B post-money valuation
Sequoia Capital led a $1 billion funding round for Valar Atomics Inc. that the nuclear startup says will help it shift from demonstrating small reactors to producing them in volume.
The EU's AI Act enforcement powers take effect, letting it evaluate AI models before regional release, restrict EU market access, fine model providers, and more
The European Union gained new powers to inspect AI models, restrict EU market access and fine model providers …
Malaysia shuts down Network School, Balaji Srinivasan's techno-utopian project, over licensing issues; Srinivasan says he is opening a new campus in Kazakhstan
US satellite internet provider Hughesnet files for Chapter 11 after losing subscribers to Starlink and plans to focus on business and government customers
US satellite internet provider Hughesnet has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to Starlink.
Mariana Minerals, which builds and operates mines using its MarianaOS software platform, raised a $310M Series B, bringing its total funding to $400M
The last century was fueled by oil and gas. Turner Caldwell is betting the next century runs on metals.
Horizon3, whose AI penetration testing platform NodeZero helps find and exploit attack paths in production systems, raised a $250M Series E at a $2B valuation
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuation in 14 months.
As Taiwanese server makers expand in Mexico, the country has become the second-largest supplier of servers to the US, behind Taiwan, with $46.9B in YTD sales
Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence produced by widely used crime-lab machines
Researchers found that widely used lab machines produced digital DNA files that are vulnerable to tampering
June, which aims to help enterprise AI deployment by finding bottlenecks and building agents, emerges from stealth with $20M led by Marc Benioff's Time Ventures
It's so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs …
Ofcom Chair Ian Cheshire says he is overseeing a “wide-ranging” review aimed at refitting the regulator to new duties overseeing Big Tech and enforcing the OSA
Ian Cheshire tells FT that watchdog will need ‘more resources’ to enforce online safety rules as it takes on wider brief
Source: Dario Amodei expressed concern about staff coming to Anthropic for the money rather than the mission, as Anthropic, OpenAI, and others battle for talent
China revises its regulations to tighten protection of chip layout designs, including punitive damages for serious infringement, taking effect from October 15
China has revised regulations protecting integrated-circuit layout designs, tightening registration standards and allowing punitive damages …
A profile of Jacob Tsimerman, who won the Fields Medal last week and is taking a leave from the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety
Zenity, which develops a platform for securing AI agents, raised a $125M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, taking its total funding to ~$185M
Israeli cybersecurity company reaches $185 million in total funding as enterprises race to secure autonomous AI agents.
Japanese startups race into defense drone production, as Tokyo seeks to cut reliance on Chinese suppliers, which control 91% of Japan's industrial drone market
TOKYO — Japanese startups are entering defense drone production as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks to reduce dependence on China and expand domestic manufacturing.
A profile of Nanit, a maker of AI-equipped baby cameras for hyper-detailed health data tracking, which says it has 1M daily users and $100M+ in annual revenue
Young parents are increasingly willing to embrace tracking and analytics for their children — part of a broader cultural obsession …
Four US states rolled back or paused data center tax incentives, and nine others are weighing repeal measures, potentially adding 7% or more to equipment costs
Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 93% YoY to $1.94B, vs. $1.8B est., US commercial revenue up 149%, and raises FY 2026 revenue guidance; PLTR jumps 9%+ after hours
Palantir topped second-quarter earnings on Monday and more than doubled commercial revenue growth from a year ago.
Sources: the Trump administration invites staffers from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others to the White House on Tuesday to review the AI oversight framework
The Trump administration has invited staffers from major tech companies including OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to the White House …
Sources: South Korean AI chip designer DeepX raised a ~$29M Series D at a ~$2.2B valuation, and is in talks to raise ~$209M at a ~$2.4B valuation by September
South Korean AI chip designer DeepX Co. has secured fresh funding at roughly four times its previous valuation …
A look at Central Asia's emerging data center race, led by Uzbekistan's 6MW TAS-1 due by year-end and Kazakhstan's 125MW facility with 100K Nvidia chips by 2027
Snap reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.6B, vs. $1.54B est., DAUs up 5% to 493M, vs. 487M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SNAP jumps 10%+ after hours
Snap reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the second quarter and issued a forecast for the current period that topped analysts' estimates.
Apple introduced a cap and a 30-day cool-off period on bug report submissions, citing a deluge of AI-assisted reports; researchers can request higher quotas
Chinese VC firms are rushing to raise new funds after three years of record-low fundraising, amid renewed enthusiasm for China's tech, AI, and robotics sectors
Experts say US law is unprepared for rogue AI agents and models, as recent OpenAI and Anthropic incidents raise questions over legal liability and repercussions
Models from both OpenAI and Anthropic “broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?” www.wired...
Alibaba prices Qwen3.8-Max at $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens via its API, below Kimi K3's $3/1M input tokens and $15/1M output tokens
Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group made its new flagship model, Qwen3.8-Max, widely available on Monday through application programming interfaces …