US to Tell Dozens of Nations to Pick a Side in the AI Race
The US is preparing to warn dozens of countries they must choose between its Pax Silica AI coalition and China's competing framework, or risk exclusion, according...
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OpenAI Disbands Its Catastrophic-Risk Preparedness Team
OpenAI disbanded its Preparedness team, which assessed whether its models could enable catastrophic harm, distributing the work across other teams as it prepares for a major...
Anthropic Investors Eye a Record $2 Trillion IPO Valuation
Investors expect Anthropic to target a valuation of $2 trillion or more in an October IPO, which would be the largest listing in history, driven by...
Alibaba Open-Sources Qwen3.8-Max, Its Largest Model Yet
Alibaba released the open weights for Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model it says trails only Anthropic's Fable 5, its first openly released flagship-class system.
Near-Autonomous China-Linked AI Agents Used to Attack Taiwan’s Government
Suspected China-linked hackers used a team of open-source AI agents to run a near-autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan's government, breaching 85 accounts in what researchers call a...
DeepSeek Moves V4 Pro to General Release at a Fraction of Rivals’ Cost
DeepSeek's flagship V4 Pro left preview as build 0813, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model that nears frontier benchmarks at roughly a sixtieth of Anthropic's Fable 5 pricing.
Researchers Crack Hidden Reasoning in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini
Researchers found a flaw letting them extract the hidden reasoning of Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini by replaying encrypted traces into weaker sibling models, exposing secrets and...
SpaceXAI Releases Grok 4.6, Tuned for Long-Running Agents
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.6, built for long-running agents and visual work, claiming parity with GPT-5.6 Sol on a composite benchmark while keeping its low, efficiency-focused pricing.
Manus to Go Independent Again as Meta Deal Unwinds
Manus said it will soon resume operating as an independent company, confirming the unwind of Meta's $2 billion purchase after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
Spotify Will Badge AI Artists and Cut Them From Recommendations
Spotify will add "AI Persona" badges to AI-generated artist profiles from mid-September and exclude their music from recommendations, as AI tracks flood streaming services.
Cloudflare Launches Kitesurf, a Browser Built for AI Agents
Cloudflare launched Kitesurf, a cloud browser designed for AI agents rather than humans, stripping out tabs and visuals to use up to seven times less memory...
An Unreleased Claude Model Just Made the Most Progress on a 160-Year-Old Math Problem in Decades
An unreleased Claude model raised a longstanding lower bound tied to the Riemann hypothesis from 41.6% to 67.2%, a validated result that stops well short of...