Sources: OpenAI agreed to follow US laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, and the DOD didn't budge from its demands over bulk analyzing data
On Friday evening, amidst fallout from a standoff between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced …
A source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected from Americans
Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …
Sam Altman says there is some “AI washing”, where companies blame AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, alongside “real displacement by AI” of some jobs
Hold up, let him cook. — Sam Altman is starting to get the sneaking suspicion that companies might …
Sam Altman says discussions about AI's energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI's environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express.
Sam Altman says currently “the idea of putting data centers in space is ridiculous” and that it is “not something that's going to matter at scale this decade”
Once allies at OpenAI, Sam Altman and Elon Musk are now sharply divided over the future of AI infrastructure.
Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, how China and the US are building the future, and more
danwang.co/2025-letter/ Conor Sen / @conorsen : This is how I learned I'm a better fit for finance culture and tech culture. You only succeed in tech culture by fully embracing th...
Waymo's self-driving cars appear to be bending traffic laws and getting impatient with pedestrians, as the company seeks to make them “confidently assertive”
Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green
An analysis of Waymo data covering nearly 100M driverless miles in four US cities: Waymo cars have far lower crash rates per million miles than human drivers
I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew.
Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal to pay Google ~$1B per year for a 1.2T-parameter Gemini model to help power the new Siri, which is on track for next spring
Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed …
The European Commission considers simplifying the 2009 rule that plastered the internet with cookie consent banners, as it seeks to reduce regulatory burdens
In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered …
Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence”
Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …
In iOS 26 beta 3, Apple dials back the transparency, after user complaints that its new Liquid Glass design language made parts of the UI more difficult to read
5 tips you need to know before trying the public beta Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Is Apple is quietly killing off iOS 26's Liquid Glass design? Ayushi Jain / Digit : Apple releases iOS...
The Colombian navy says it has seized an unmanned narco-submarine that was equipped with a Starlink terminal, enabling the sub to be controlled remotely
The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast.
Study: users in China's Henan province were on average denied access to 5x more websites than a typical Chinese internet user between Nov. 2023 and March 2025
once blocking 10× more domains than the GFW. 👉 https://gfw.report/... [image] @gfw_report : Henan Firewall now has an official Wikipedia page! Huge thanks to @Timfurry233 and many ...
Google says it started testing an AI Mode button on the Google Search homepage with Labs users over the past week, replacing the I'm Feeling Lucky button
Google's stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode. — The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath …
Apple introduces AI-generated summaries of app reviews in the App Store, first available in the US in English, with the latest iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 betas
Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 18.4 beta 2, featuring a new pause/resume button for active downloads in the App Store.
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps when “official government sources” are updated, after Trump signed an EO changing the name
Google said Monday it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps …
Sources: Chinese officials are evaluating an option involving Elon Musk acquiring TikTok US; X would take control of TikTok US and run the businesses together
- ByteDance's preferred strategy is to fight ban, people say — Trump has said he would like to delay ban to seek resolution
Apple announces an AirPods Pro 2 hearing health software update to add features like a “clinical grade” hearing aid mode and a clinically-validated hearing test
Apple has announced some new hearing health related features, coming as a software update for AirPods Pro 2.
Airbnb says New York City's law on short-term rentals has had “predictable” outcomes one year later, as rent prices remain high and housing availability low
The city's short-term stay law was meant to lower rents and open up apartments for full-time residents.