Anthropic May Require Some Claude Users to Verify Their Identity
A new Anthropic privacy policy taking effect July 8 lets the company ask some flagged Claude users to upload government IDs and submit biometric selfies.
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ByteDance Unveils Doubao 2.1 Pro and Previews Seedance 2.5 Video
ByteDance unveiled Doubao 2.1 Pro, which it claims beats Claude Opus 4.6 at 80% lower cost, and previewed Seedance 2.5, a 30-second video model.
Google Loses Two Top AI Leaders to OpenAI and Anthropic
The back-to-back exits of Noam Shazeer and AlphaFold's John Jumper expose Google's retention struggles as funded rivals lure away frontier AI researchers.
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Google Invests $75 Million in A24 for DeepMind Filmmaking Partnership
Google is investing about $75 million in indie studio A24, pairing it with DeepMind to build AI filmmaking tools in its first stake in a studio.
OpenAI’s Codex Can Now Learn From Watching You Work
OpenAI added Record and Replay to its Codex Mac app, letting users demonstrate a task once and turn it into a reusable AI skill.
Salesforce to Acquire AI Agent Maker Fin for $3.6 Billion
Salesforce agreed to buy Fin, the customer-service AI company formerly known as Intercom, for about $3.6 billion to strengthen its Agentforce platform.
Nvidia and Firebird Just Signed a $10 Billion AI Deal With Kazakhstan
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Olivia Grant
Kazakhstan's Data Center Valley would deploy 100,000 Nvidia GPUs near cheap power by 2027, though analysts flag execution risk after a history of stalled deals
Z.ai Ships GLM-5.2 Coding Model With 1M Context, No Benchmarks
Z.ai released GLM-5.2, a flagship coding model with a usable 1-million-token context, shipping it to paying subscribers first while withholding benchmarks, an API and open weights.
Tech Layoffs Near 150,000 in 2026 as AI Wealth Surges
Tech firms have cut close to 150,000 jobs in 2026 while citing AI, even as AI-driven IPOs mint vast new fortunes, sharpening questions about who benefits.
After Anthropic’s Newest Models Were Banned Abroad, Europe and Canada Rush to Build Their Own AI
Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 shutdown, the first US export control on an LLM, has Carney and EU lawmakers pushing to reduce reliance on American AI.
Mistral in Talks to Raise €3 Billion at €20 Billion Valuation
Mistral's reported €3 billion round would fund a 1-gigawatt European compute buildout, yet leaves the OpenAI rival far smaller than US and Chinese rivals.
SK Hynix Targets $14 Billion US Listing as Early as August
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Olivia Grant
SK Hynix, Nvidia's largest memory partner and the HBM market leader, awaits SEC clearance for an ADR listing as its stock trades at a persistent Korea discount
Anthropic Launches Claude Corps, a $150 Million Nonprofit AI Fellowship
Anthropic committed $150 million to Claude Corps, a fellowship paying 1,000 early-career workers to spend a year embedding AI in US nonprofits.