Anthropic assigned highest junk credit rating in June
The Financial Times reports Anthropic received the highest junk credit rating in June.
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Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall
404 Media reports Character.ai's bankruptcy as an early AI-boom casualty.
Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AI
Nvidia is in talks to acquire Reflection AI, a US open-model startup.
It’s not AI anymore, it’s ‘super intelligence’ (according to the White House)
TechCrunch's Equity podcast covers the White House executive order rebranding AI as 'super intelligence' and CEOs signing a safety pledge.
Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.
Filmmaker Jeff Synthesized won Google’s Future Vision XPRIZE for The Gifted, receiving $2.6 million.
Inside Basecamp Research, the AI startup turning evolution into training data
AI startup Basecamp Research raised $140M from Nvidia and Anthropic to train biological AI models on massive novel genetic datasets for drug discovery.
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OpenAI nabs key Patreon execs ahead of upcoming announcement
OpenAI hires former Patreon co-founder Sam Yam to lead creator product, signaling a push into creator monetization.
OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again
OpenAI backs independent nine-mathematician advisory panel (AGMAI) at IAS to guide how AI math results are reviewed and released.
Grab and OpenAI bring practical AI skills to Southeast Asia
OpenAI and Grab partner to train 30,000 Southeast Asian gig workers in practical AI skills over two years.
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SoftBank to borrow over $11 billion in risky bonds for OpenAI stake
SoftBank plans over $11 billion in junk bonds to fund its OpenAI stake and refinance short-term loans.
Can John Ternus find Apple’s next big thing?
Apple’s CEO John Ternus hosts a major product launch and debuts the iPhone Duo, marking a transition to the AI era.
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Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone
Shopify CEO warns that lazy use of AI tools creates 'slop grenades' that burden colleagues with cleanup work.
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World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets
World model startups AMI Labs and World Labs are staying quiet on product plans, commercializing slowly despite heavy funding and industry buzz.
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Big Tech uses guarantees to keep $300B AI exposure off balance sheets
An FT report says Big Tech firms use guarantee structures to keep roughly $300 billion in AI-related financial exposure off their balance sheets.
Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
Disney hired former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first CTO, despite previously sending the startup a cease-and-desist over copyrighted characters.
Anthropic eyes Nasdaq listing as a second profitable quarter aims to win over investors ahead of a mega-IPO
Anthropic reports a second straight profitable quarter with $11.5B quarterly revenue and prepares a Nasdaq IPO at a possible $2T-plus valuation.
The Rise of the Forward Deployed Engineer — and How To Do the Job Right
Palantir veteran Vinoo Ganesh traces the forward deployed engineer role and shares practices for building effective FDE teams.
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Moonshot serves Claude instead of Kimi and collects exchanges for model training
Moonshot AI reportedly served users Anthropic's Claude instead of its own Kimi model and collected the exchanges for model training.
Anthropic CEOs wife once asked Epstein to fund porn venture – now steers Claude
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's wife Cami Clark once pitched Jeffrey Epstein to fund her porn startup and now informally advises the AI lab.
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Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reiterated at a Goldman Sachs conference that revenue could grow 70% year-over-year next year, reaching roughly $680 billion.
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The Work Now Within Reach
OpenAI argues increasingly capable and affordable AI can expand what workers and businesses accomplish, lowering the cost of growth.
US cyber ambassador nominee Cassady confirmed in Senate
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Inside Cannes, the Advertising Industry’s Biggest Party
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Iranian drone strikes hit Amazon data centers in Gulf, disrupting cloud services
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