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This free Android assistant fixes my biggest Gemini frustration - and keeps my data private
With Google set to retire Assistant, and Gemini not exactly the replacement many of us want, Dicio is a solid option. There's one catch.
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have "more to react to," as reported earlier by GeekWire. Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last […]
OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT-5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed
OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.
Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.
Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.
Google Debuts New Gemini Flash While Top AI Model Still Delayed
Alphabet Inc.’s Google released another installment of its workhorse Gemini Flash artificial intelligence model, but didn’t say when it would release its most powerful AI model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, which has been hampered by delays.
Anthropic in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for $6 Billion
Anthropic PBC is in talks to buy the artificial intelligence startup Decart AI for about $6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the Claude maker’s largest known acquisition. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow joins to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)
Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public
Rapid revenue growth fuels hope Claude maker's IPO is the biggest listing in history
Microsoft is combining its Copilot apps ahead of a ‘super app’
Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single "super app" interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the "Microsoft Copilot" name but features an updated app icon. The single […]
Anthropic's Claude Breaches Sandbox During Model Security Evaluations
Anthropic conducted an audit of 141006 evaluation runs after OpenAI's sandbox escape disclosure. The review identified three incidents where Claude models accessed the internet due to misconfigurations. These incidents involved unauthorised attacks on live targets. Anthropic has suspended offensive evaluations and plans to enhance security measures and collaborate with external auditors. By Olimpiu Pop
Presentation: Migrating Uber Eats Feeds to Webview
Nick DiStefano shares how Uber Eats migrated from traditional native app screens to a native-driven, single-page WebView architecture. He explains key strategies for engineering leaders and software architects looking to bypass native release cycles, manage cross-platform state, build generic native-web message bridges, and execute large-scale UI migrations without degrading metrics. By Nick DiStefano
Okta targets AI agent token costs with MCP scoping
Okta says identity-scoped Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool lists can reduce AI agent token costs. Each model call made by an AI agent can include schemas, names, descriptions and parameters for every tool exposed by a MCP server. Okta calls the resulting prompt overhead the “tool tax”: tokens consumed as a model considers tools, including […] The post Okta targets AI agent token costs with MCP scoping appeared first on AI News.
Anthropic Eyes $6 Billion Offer For AI Startup Decart
Anthropic is in talks to buy the AI startup Decart, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Matthew Bloxham explains that Decart's so-called world models could reduce the cost of training AI by making chips more effective and that the deal could provide an important boost to Anthropic's growth. (Source: Bloomberg)
Can India Meet AI’s Power Demands? | Emerging
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a new layer of strategic infrastructure, but it's hungry for power. In this episode of Emerging, Bloomberg's Menaka Doshi explores how the AI boom is reshaping electricity demand and whether it could strain power grids already challenged by rising temperatures and rapid economic growth. Featuring Tata Power CEO Praveer Sinha and Mohit Bhargava of the India Energy & Climate Center, the conversation examines whether India can generate enough power for th
Flipkart Founder’s Navi Said to Hire Banks for $315 Million IPO
Fintech startup Navi Ltd. is preparing to formally kick off the process for an initial public offering in India, seeking to raise as much as 30 billion rupees ($314 million), according to people familiar with the matter.
Anthropic Said in Talks to Buy Startup Decart for $6 Billion
Anthropic PBC is in talks to buy the artificial intelligence startup Decart AI for about $6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Streaming platform says user-generated content "may be used for future Gen AI model improvements."
CoreWeave Warns of Difficulty If It Must Shift From Nvidia Chips
CoreWeave Inc. is warning investors of the time and money it may take to shift from its exclusive use of Nvidia Corp. artificial intelligence chips.
Nvidia Taps Wall Street for $500B Funding
US investment giants including Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, and Brookfield are partnering with Nvidia to source $500 billion in financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Bloomberg's Michelle Davis reports on "Bloomberg Deals." (Source: Bloomberg)
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Alitmeter Capital.
DeepSeek Publicizes Efforts to Challenge Anthropic’s Claude Code
DeepSeek has set up an official social media account and posted job listings for a new team focused on helping develop artificial intelligence agents that can take on services like Anthropic PBC’s popular Claude Code.
Spotify Builds External Index to Enable Low Latency Point Queries on Its Data Lake
Spotify introduced external indexing architecture for Apache Parquet data lakes that enables low-latency point queries without replicating datasets into operational databases. The approach maps lookup keys to Parquet files and row locations, allowing targeted reads from cloud object storage while supporting analytics, machine learning, AI applications, and online services from the same datasets. By Leela Kumili
Everything announced at Made by Google ’26: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, Pixel Tag, and tons of Gemini features
From the Pixel 11 series and a brand new competitor to Apple’s AirTag, here are all the announcements from the Made by Google 2026 event.
Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startup
Remember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog? Well, surprise: He's launched a startup. That entrepreneur is Paul Conyngham, who says he is launching Gamgee to offer "personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs." But his ambitions go well […]
AI Coding Startup Lovable Raises $400 Million at $13.3 Billion Valuation
Swedish coding startup Lovable has raised funding at a $13.3 billion valuation, bringing in fresh capital to compete with larger rivals like Anthropic and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Tech Investments Boost Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund
Norway's sovereign wealth fund delivered its strongest quarterly performance in six years, driven by its exposure to major technology companies including Nvidia Corp., Apple Inc., and Microsoft Corp. Additionally, the fund's CEO Nicolai Tangen highlighted the positive impact of Asian tech stocks on overall profits. Bloomberg'sHeidi Taksdal Skjeseth reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Ex-Alibaba AI Architect Wins Tencent, HSG Backing for New Lab
The former architect of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s flagship model has founded a startup to build AI agents, securing backing from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Chinese venture heavyweights.
Nvidia Partner Hon Hai Scores Profit Beat on AI Spending Surge
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported a better-than-expected increase in quarterly profit, signaling robust global demand for AI hardware.
Counterpoint's Shah on Nvidia, Circular Deals
Neil Shah, Vice President at Counterpoint, discusses the outlook for Nvidia and the circular deals underpinning the AI boom. He speaks with Shery Ahn on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)
Redpoint’s Brescia on Nvidia’s $500B Funding, AI Capex
Erica Brescia, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, discussed Super Micro's robust business model and strong market position during the segment. Despite recent volatility, Super Micro benefits from significant pricing power and a durable business model as a key supplier of hardware components essential for AI-driven growth. She speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn't the first AI app to hit it. OpenAI's ChatGPT […]
OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems.
Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users
Google also shared numbers of how people are actually using the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking directly to the assistant using the voice feature. Plus, Gemini now generates more than 150 million images every day, according to Google.
SpaceXAI Unveils Grok Bot to Work Like a Team of AI Agents
SpaceXAI is rolling out new artificial intelligence software that’s designed to act like a team of AI agents fielding assignments throughout the day, marking the latest bid by Elon Musk’s company to keep pace with Anthropic PBC and OpenAI.
Nvidia Taps Wall Street for $500 Billion Funding Commitment
US investment giants including Apollo Global Management Inc., Blackstone Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management are partnering with Nvidia Corp. to source $500 billion in financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow joins to discuss this as well as Intel raised $20 billion in an upsized share sale, a third more than it was targeting when it announced the deal Monday morning. (Source: Bloomberg)
OpenAI Executive Brad Lightcap Leaves to ‘Start Something New’
OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap is leaving the artificial intelligence company to start a new project, months after he stepped away from his role as chief operating officer.
Rocket Lab Drops on Launch Pushback; Riot Platforms' Anthropic Deal | Stock Movers
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms (RIOT), a Bitcoin mining company that recently began selling AI data center capacity. Riot disclosed it had secured a 20-year deal to supply 191 megawatts of capacity from its Rockdale, Texas, campus to a “leading frontier AI” company. - Rocket Lab (RKLB) shares drop as much as 5.7% after the company’s Neutron timeline softened, with an analyst saying that while Neutron remains on track to reach l
Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
Anthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, in an effort to comply with European rules for AI transparency. "Generated text will carry embedded watermarks, and generated files will include digitally signed provenance metadata where supported," Anthropic says on a new Claude support page. The changes are invisible to human […]
Apple's iPhone Manufacturing Adds to Growing India Supply Chain: Live Q&A
How Apple’s massive manufacturing expansion in India is reshaping the future of global technology supply chains, on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 10:30am HKT, 8am IST.
How AI is changing the vulnerability response timeline
Artificial intelligence is giving security researchers new ways to examine code, trace unusual behaviour and identify flaws that conventional tools may overlook. The pressure is particularly visible around Zero-day vulnerabilities, a recent Minimus analysis considers how container composition, dependency records and rebuild speed affect the response after an unknown flaw is exposed. Faster analysis helps only […] The post How AI is changing the vulnerability response timeline appeared first on A
India’s Banking Regulator Urges Lenders to Accelerate AI Spend
Indian lenders need to accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence by investing in technology and infrastructure besides training workers to upskill, central bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said Tuesday.
Making Sense of the Multibillion-Dollar Numbers of Nvidia Deal, Intel Share Sale
Nvidia is becoming the "banker of choice to the AI ecosystem" as it seals $500 billion commitments from Wall Street giants. Meanwhile, Intel is looking at its first share sale since the 1970s. Bloomberg's reporters and market watchers make sense of the multibillion-dollar figures, with one noting the capital raise could be a "double-edged" sword for Nvidia. (Source: Bloomberg)
VinSpace Signs Launch Pact With SpaceX for 2027 Mission
VinSpace Joint Stock Co., a unit of Vingroup, signed an agreement with SpaceX to launch its first satellites next year, as it seeks to build a domestic space business spanning satellite manufacturing, operations and data services.
OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer
San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again.
Anthropic Strikes $9 Billion Cloud Deal With Riot Platforms
Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining company that recently began selling AI data center capacity, people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the Claude maker’s efforts to secure enough computing to meet its customers’ demand.
As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model
OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it.
Nvidia Taps Wall Street for $500 Billion Funding
US investment giants including Apollo Global Management Inc., Blackstone Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management are partnering with Nvidia Corp. to invest $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure. (Source: Bloomberg)
Google’s AI Team Tells Job Seekers Its HR Filters Are Unreliable
Alphabet Inc.’s Google pitches its artificial intelligence tools to corporate clients as a way to more quickly sift through a mountain of job applications to find the most promising candidates. Some of its own AI researchers don’t want to rely on these tools when recruiting.
Nvidia to Team With Wall Street on $500 Billion Funding Package
A group of US investment giants are nearing a partnership with Nvidia Corp. on $500 billion in funding for the buildout of AI infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter.
GameStop’s Cohen Said to Weigh Pulling $56 Billion EBay Bid
GameStop, led by Chief Executive Officer Ryan Cohen, is considering withdrawing its $56 billion bid for eBay Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg's Bailey Lipshultz joins to discuss this as well as how Switch filed confidentially for a US IPO, joining its data center peers in tapping demand for exposure to the artificial intelligence theme. (Source: Bloomberg)
EY Launching Unit to Keep a Lid on Artificial Intelligence Costs
EY is hiring a head of “agent economics” to oversee the growing ranks of its AI-powered workforce, in a sign that white-collar companies are increasing scrutiny on whether their investments in AI technology are justifying the huge cost.
AI Cloud Provider Lambda Taps Loans for Nvidia-Tied Chip Deal
Lambda Inc., an AI cloud-computing provider backed by Nvidia Corp., is selling a leveraged loan to finance a chip deal as the risky debt market becomes a new front in the borrowing binge to finance the artificial intelligence buildout.
Meta Muse Glimmer brings local AI agents to consumer GPUs
Meta is releasing Muse Glimmer under an Apache 2.0 licence for local AI agents that can run on a consumer GPU. The company’s Superintelligence Labs has released the 30-billion-parameter model’s weights on Hugging Face. Meta says developers can use it for local coding, function calling, local agents, and LLM-as-a-judge evaluation. The release targets an operational […] The post Meta Muse Glimmer brings local AI agents to consumer GPUs appeared first on AI News.
Presentation: Leveraging Adversary Emulation for GenAI Red Teaming
Kennedy Torkura discusses practical GenAI red teaming techniques to safeguard LLMs and knowledge bases against security threats like data poisoning and LLMjacking on AWS. He explains how engineering leaders and architects can bridge traditional cloud security with MITRE ATLAS frameworks to proactively identify vulnerabilities, implement guardrails, and secure production AI applications. By Kennedy Torkura
JPMorgan Strategists Raise S&P 500 Target as AI Capex Pays Off
JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists raised their S&P 500 Index forecast for a second time in two months, citing strong corporate earnings and the payoff from massive artificial intelligence spending.
GitHub Code Quality Targets Maintainability as AI-Generated Code Increases
GitHub Code Quality is now generally available on GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team. The service combines CodeQL analysis with AI-assisted detection of maintainability and reliability problems, then uses Copilot Autofix to suggest changes for review in pull requests, according to an announcement from GitHub. By Matt Saunders
AI Safety Fears Grow After Multiple Breaches
The infiltration of Hugging Face by OpenAI's agents has put AI-enabled cyber attacks into the spotlight. The incident and similar breaches reported by Anthropic PBC and Meta Platforms Inc. have fueled calls in Washington and Silicon Valley for more thorough safety reviews of artificial intelligence models. Bloomberg's Jordan Robertson reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Google Releases Angular v22 with Stable Signal Forms, OnPush by Default and Experimental WebMCP
Angular v22, Google's TypeScript-first framework, has introduced API stabilizations, ergonomic templates, and tooling enhancements for AI integration. Key developments include the stabilization of Signal Forms, improved change detection strategies, and a new @Service() decorator for dependency injection. The release supports TypeScript 6 and removes deprecated features. By Daniel Curtis
Shein Valued at $22 Billion to $25 Billion Ahead of IPO, BI Says
Shein Global Holdings Ltd.’s fast-fashion niche supports a valuation of $22 billion to $25 billion, Bloomberg Intelligence said, putting a fresh marker on one of the biggest questions surrounding the retailer as it prepares for one of the year’s biggest initial public offerings.
DeepX CEO on Business Strategy, New Funding
Lokwon Kim, Founder and CEO at DeepX, discusses the chip designer's business strategy and latest funding. He speaks with Shery Ahn on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)
India’s UPI Payments Developer Targets Diaspora For Growth
The operator of India’s ubiquitous mobile payments network plans to tap the country’s vast overseas diaspora as a springboard for global expansion, aiming to make the platform a preferred way to transact money across borders.
Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.
Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models.
Apple Explores Apple Watch Shake-Up; Company Prepares for September iPhone Event
Also: The company’s big iPhone event approaches.
AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before ChatGPT became a thing, […]
Made by Google 2026: How to watch and what to expect from at the Pixel 11 event
Google is set to announce its Pixel 11 series phones - here's what we know.
China AI Chip Designer Moore Threads Plans Hong Kong Listing
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Moore Threads Technology Co. said it plans to list in Hong Kong at an “appropriate time” after its shares have surged more than 420% since their Shanghai debut last year.
Stripe Uses Graph Search and State Machines to Automate Database Remediation
The engineering team at Stripe recently described how they automated database incident recovery by modeling their global infrastructure as a graph. Using graph search algorithms together with state machines, the team computes and executes remediation plans automatically. By Renato Losio
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.
OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide
NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.
Stanford Evo 2 AI model generates phages against E. coli
Stanford researchers have synthesised nearly 300 phages from DNA sequences produced by the Evo 2 generative AI model. Laboratory testing narrowed the group to 16 phages that showed particularly strong E. coli-killing activity. The work centres on bacteriophage ΦX174, pronounced “FYE-ex-1-7-4”. Brian Hie, an assistant professor of chemical engineering and Dieter Schwarz Foundation Stanford Data […] The post Stanford Evo 2 AI model generates phages against E. coli appeared first on AI News.
Instacart Builds Blueberry, an AI-Powered Assistant to Help On-Call Engineers Investigate Incidents
Instacart introduced Blueberry, an AI-assisted incident response system that helps on-call engineers investigate production issues faster. It combines AI agents, operational data, and historical incident knowledge to generate grounded root cause hypotheses in Slack. It uses parallel subagents, MCP integrations, and incident history to reduce investigation time while keeping engineers in control. By Leela Kumili
I compared Google's pricier Pixel 11 series to Samsung's Galaxy lineup - here's the better value now
The Pixel 11 may cost more, but Google's software advantage may make it worth it for you.
ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic
TikTok owner training a model with 10 trillion parameters.
Apple rushes out emergency fix for screen sharing flaw on Macs - update ASAP
The updates were unexpected. Apple must have considered this flaw serious enough to warrant an immediate fix.
AI Is Transforming Incident Response - but the Hardest Problems May Still Belong to Humans
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how engineering teams respond to production incidents, offering the ability to summarize incident channels, analyze unfamiliar code, suggest remediation steps, generate pull requests, and increasingly assist with diagnosis. By Craig Risi
An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, […]
Before Q, K, and V: Reconstructing the Transformer
Many Transformer explainers start with the finished architecture. We ask why it looks the way it does. The post Before Q, K, and V: Reconstructing the Transformer appeared first on Towards Data Science.
The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success
About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.
Singapore to Ensure AI Helps Workers Worried About Jobs, PM Says
Singapore is benefitting from the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and the government is making use of the technology to ensure higher productivity and better jobs for workers who are worried about their livelihoods, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said.
DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists
Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.
Presentation: Keeping ChatGPT Fast as AI Development Accelerates
Martin Spier explains how agentic workflows dramatically increase code change volume at OpenAI. He discusses the hidden systemic performance costs of rapid shipping beyond GPUs, and shares how deploying always-on AI agents automates profiling, regression detection, and continuous optimization to maintain product speed and scalability at massive global scale. By Martin Spier
Cloudflare's Precursor Detects Bots and AI Agents Through Continuous Behavioral Analysis
Cloudflare recently introduced Precursor, a client-side behavioral analysis engine that continuously evaluates session interactions, such as mouse movements and keyboard timing, to improve detection of sophisticated bots and AI agents without relying solely on one-time challenges like CAPTCHAs. By Renato Losio
GitHub Hardens npm and Actions Defaults, Drawing Debate over Delays versus Signing
GitHub consolidated the npm and Actions changes it shipped from March to July 2026 against supply chain attacks, several of which alter defaults rather than add options. Hacker News discussion focused less on the individual controls than on whether waiting periods are the right instrument, or a substitute for author-side package signing. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world systems.
Data Center Firm Switch to File Confidentially for IPO
Switch Inc. filed confidentially for a US IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, joining its data center peers in tapping demand for exposure to the artificial intelligence theme.
Cloudflare Launches Persistent, Stateful, Computer-like Environments for Agents
Cloudflare has introduced Cloudflare Computer, a new open-source runtime designed to give AI agents something closer to a real "computer" instead of just ephemeral containers. It leverages Cloudflare isolates for fast serverless execution, making agents cheaper, faster, and more scalable, according to the company. By Sergio De Simone
JPMorgan Boosts Tech Bond Sales Outlook as AI Debt Binge Expands
JPMorgan Chase & Co. sees bond sales from technology-related firms exceeding half a trillion dollars this year, as hyperscalers’ appetite to deploy capital for the artificial intelligence buildout shows no sign of abating despite growing investor fatigue.
OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful
OpenAI says it is pausing "internal activities" around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows its recent disclosure that OpenAI models accidentally hacked Hugging Face. Anthropic and Meta have also since admitted that they had AI models that went rogue […]
OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.
OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the company —undermine its claims that the allegedly stolen information was properly protected.
OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New Astra Model Over Cyber Concerns
OpenAI is pausing some internal work around one of its upcoming artificial intelligence models to implement stricter safeguards after the system was found to be significantly more adept at cybersecurity tasks.
What’s behind the Google AI shake-up
Some of the biggest names on Google's AI team got new jobs this week. In some cases, including for legendary Googler Jeff Dean, those jobs are no longer at Google. Given that Google's models seem to be behind the best of what's coming out of anthropic and OpenAI, is this a sign of Google in […]
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently.
What DeepMind's Shakeup Means for the UK's AI Ambitions
Demis Hassabis' departure as head of DeepMind has weakened London's bid to stay in the AI race. Mark Bergen explains the "gravitational shift" happening at Google. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers
Historian Jill Lepore has a theory about why tech companies often use soaring language to describe their products — almost as if they’re forming a new government. And whether you’re thinking of Twitter’s old “town hall in your pocket” or Anthropic’s Claude constitution, it’s a theory that doesn’t paint Silicon Valley in a very flattering light. In Lepore’s upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, the Pulitzer […]
US Reviews China’s Offshore Access to Nvidia Chips After AI Breakthroughs
A key US agency is reviewing how Chinese AI firms acquire and access Nvidia Corp. chips overseas, following a spate of technological breakthroughs that highlighted their ability to use the cutting-edge hardware despite Washington’s restrictions on shipments to the Asian country.
AI Is Creating More Jobs Than It Cuts in India, Nomura Says
India, the world’s back office for many global companies, is emerging as a key test case for artificial intelligence’s impact on employment, with AI-related hiring outpacing job losses so far, according to Nomura Holdings Inc.
Rootly Drops Small PR Rule as Agentic AI Changes Code Review Economics
Incident management platform provider Rootly has published an account of its decision to drop its long-standing small pull request rule, arguing that the practice no longer serves its purpose now that AI agents generate most of its code. The company describes a shift from measuring PR size to assessing blast radius, with feature flags and rollback capability taking precedence over line counts. By Matt Saunders
China’s Top AI Model Evaded Testing Environment, Researchers Say
Chinese firm Moonshot’s latest artificial intelligence model broke out of a cyber-testing environment, researchers said, in the latest incident that raises concerns about how well AI companies control their technology.
Azure API Management Adds Dedicated AI Gateway Tier, Governing Models and MCP Tools
Microsoft released a dedicated AI Gateway tier of Azure API Management in public preview, with a control plane built around models, MCP servers and tools rather than APIs. It fronts Foundry, Bedrock, Vertex AI and OpenAI behind one endpoint, with policy cards instead of XML. Architects welcomed the consolidation while questioning where the governance boundary sits. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
AI Data Center Group Firmus Draws $2 Billion From Coatue, Nvidia
AI data center company Firmus raised $2 billion in a funding round backed by Coatue Management, Nvidia Corp., Blackstone Inc. vehicles and Jane Street, the company said.
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.
Google’s Shakeup Complicates Race With OpenAI, Anthropic
The tech giant is entering a new period of transition.
Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker
The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display" that's battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The device, expected to launch in 2027 for a price over $300, reportedly "will have a unique look, […]
Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude
Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.
ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users
OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats
OpenAI is making a big change for ChatGPT users on its free and Go tiers: starting next week, users on those tiers will be able to have unlimited text chats with the chatbot, according to OpenAI. Right now, you may run into rate limits if you do too many text chats on those tiers, but […]
Sequoia Capital's $10 Billion Plan for the AI Economy
Sequoia Capital has backed many of the defining companies of the last half-century, from Apple and Google to Nvidia and SpaceX. Now, co-stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady join Bloomberg to discuss the firm's next chapter, why it made a franchise-defining investment in Anthropic, its renewed focus on semiconductors, and how Sequoia is adapting its investment philosophy for the AI era. They join Ed Ludlow for an extensive exclusive interview on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
Google’s DeepMind Shakeup Weakens UK Bid to Stay in AI Race
For years, Demis Hassabis was the only executive to oversee a US technology giant's artificial intelligence development from outside the country. Now, no one does.
Taught by AI pioneers, Stanford's free online course takes you far beyond ChatGPT
Most AI courses teach today's tools, but this free Stanford classic by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun dives into the deeper foundational ideas you need to truly understand artificial intelligence.
SoftBank Secures $10 Billion Margin Loan Backed by OpenAI Stake
SoftBank Group Corp. has secured a $10 billion margin loan backed by its stake in US tech giant OpenAI, marking another fundraising milestone in its bet on artificial intelligence.
OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as "meritless." In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup's employees as theft, and "generic" product development information […]
SoftBank Profit Beats Expectations
SoftBank Group Corp. reported a smaller-than-expected decline in quarterly net income, helped by a rally in its chip-stock holdings. OpenAI’s Japanese backer is in the spotlight alongside concerns about climbing debt levels that AI service providers are taking on to spend on data centers and other infrastructure. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
OpenAI Asks Judge to Toss Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit
OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker’s allegations are meritless.
Siemens Is Winning Customers in China, CEO Says
Siemens Chief Executive Officer Roland Busch says the company is "very competitive" in China, where the automation business is doing "very well." He also comments on the data center business. Busch speaks on Bloomberg Television after Siemens raised its earnings expectations for a second time this year due to a surge in data center spending and higher returns from selling software to industry. (Source: Bloomberg)
OpenAI Models Joined Forces Months Ahead of Hugging Face Hack
OpenAI said the artificial intelligence models behind an attack on Hugging Face Inc. began communicating with each other through undetected message boards, working together to break out of their testing environment as early as May.
Google Shifts AI Leadership to California in Race Against Anthropic, OpenAI
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is concentrating its artificial intelligence leadership at its Mountain View, California, headquarters to gain momentum in the accelerating race against Anthropic and OpenAI to build the world’s dominant AI models.
Meta AI Model Accessed Internet, Hacked Outside Firm
Meta Platforms Inc. said one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet and hacked into an outside service’s systems during cybersecurity testing, following other recent incidents across the AI industry that have escalated concerns about companies’ control over their technology.
Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.
Google's AI shake-up: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart
Google's AI brain drain continues.
Amazon's Zoox Robotaxi Enters the Commercial Race
Zoox is entering a new phase of its business as it's getting ready to launch paid robotaxi rides in Las Vegas, becoming the first company in the US to charge for rides in a purpose-built, steering wheel-free autonomous vehicle. Zoox CEO Aicha Evans joins Bloomberg to discuss pricing, expansion plans and production ramp-up. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
Cybersecurity Concerns After OpenAI, Anthropic Tests
Evidence of OpenAI and Anthropic models using deception to carry out unsanctioned hacks has alarm bells ringing. Jordan Robertson explains why researchers shouldn't be surprised. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt
Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and intensified pressure for greater oversight of frontier systems. According to a report from the UK's AI Security […]
Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team
Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.
Yann LeCun Joins New AI Investing Firm 224 Ventures
Meta Platforms Inc.’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, often called one of the “godfathers of AI,” is joining a new venture firm to invest in artificial intelligence startups.
Ponytail Agent Skill Corrects Its Own Benchmark After Contributor Challenge
A single-author repo of instruction files, not code, Ponytail passed 44,000 GitHub stars in nine days by making coding agents stop over-building. Its headline claim of 80-94% less code came from a flawed baseline; after a contributor said so, the maintainer rebuilt the benchmark as a real agentic run and published a lower figure of 54%. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
SkiaSharp 4.0 Establishes Milestone-Aligned Release Cadence
Microsoft and Uno Platform have released the first stable versions in the SkiaSharp 4 series, beginning with SkiaSharp 4.148.0 and followed shortly afterward by 4.150.0. A 4.151.0 prerelease line is also available, demonstrating the project’s new approach of aligning package versions and release cadence with upstream Skia milestones. By Edin Kapić
Nvidia Partner Hon Hai’s Sales Rise 54% on Strong AI Demand
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported a 54.2% increase in monthly sales, signaling sustained demand in global AI infrastructure buildout by customers such as Nvidia Corp.
Moove Hits $2.1 Billion Valuation in Mubadala-Led Fundraising
Moove has closed a $250 million investment round led by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, which will help the vehicle-financing and fleet-management startup add services for self-driving cars and expand into new geographies.
Moonshot Backer Monolith Seeks to Raise $500 Million in New Fund
Monolith Management, which backed artificial intelligence sensation Moonshot, wants to raise $500 million for a new fund focused on Chinese AI, according to people familiar with the matter.
SoftBank Earnings to Test Appetite for AI Bets Beyond ChatGPT
SoftBank Group Corp.’s stock faces a critical test this week as investors seek reassurance that the company’s AI value extends beyond its debt-fueled bet on embattled ChatGPT operator OpenAI.
OpenAI, Anthropic Model Tests Reveal More ‘Unsanctioned’ Actions
Artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic PBC carried out “unsanctioned” actions — including hacking a website and attempting to inject harmful code into software during safety testing — reinforcing fears that neither the creators nor seasoned researchers of these systems can predict their actions in testing.
AMD’s data center business is booming while gaming takes a backseat
Driven by demand for AI capacity, AMD's data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest earnings report, reaching $6.7 billion. That's up from $5.8 billion in Q1, and jumping 107 percent from the $3.2 billion it reported for the same period a year ago. During Tuesday's earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su said […]
Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta.
Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents.
Apple Asks Judge to Bar OpenAI From Using Alleged Trade Secrets
Apple Inc. asked a federal judge to immediately order OpenAI to stop using what it calls stolen trade secrets, the latest salvo in its lawsuit accusing the artificial intelligence company of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal proprietary information about upcoming products.
OpenAI Settles Worker Discrimination Allegations With DOJ
A unit of OpenAI has reached a settlement with the US Justice Department to resolve allegations that the California-based artificial intelligence company discriminated against US workers.
Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI
Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information.
OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal"
“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker says.
OpenAI drags Apple’s lawsuit into the court of public opinion
Apple's legal battle against OpenAI just got messier now that the ChatGPT-maker has publicly aired receipts to counter Apple's version of events. In a blog post published overnight titled "Apple is getting this wrong," OpenAI said that Apple's lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets is "careless, aggressive, and oddly personal," sharing iMessage and email […]
eslint-rspack-plugin 5.0.0 Ships as a Pure ESM Package, Aligning with the Rstack Ecosystem
Version 5.0.0 of eslint-rspack-plugin has been released as a pure ESM package, aligning with the Rspack ecosystem and removing its CommonJS build. The plugin continues to integrate ESLint in the build process but may affect build times. Users are advised to consider separate linting commands for efficiency. The project is open source and available via npm. By Daniel Curtis
Apple’s India Sales Top $10 Billion on Widening Retail Push
Apple Inc. exceeded $10 billion in annual sales in India for the first time last fiscal year, underscoring surging demand for its pricey devices in a market where it’s steadily ramping up its retail network.
Huawei’s Top Scientist Warns of Chip Limit Nvidia Will Soon Face
Huawei Technologies Co.’s top semiconductor scientist warned of the looming physical limits Western chipmaking giants including Nvidia Corp. face in their pursuit of more powerful processors, in a rare public appearance streamed in China.
Swarm of OpenAI Agents Exploit Artifactory Zero-Day to Escape Sandbox and Breach Hugging Face
Security disclosures highlighted vulnerabilities in AI evaluations of autonomous cyber capabilities. Notably, OpenAI’s models escaped sandbox isolation, breaching Hugging Face’s systems. The incident involved a multi-stage attack, revealing flaws in evaluation containment and prompting calls for stricter infrastructure controls and local incident response tools. By Olimpiu Pop
Chinese Startup AI² Robotics Is Said to Consider Hong Kong IPO
Chinese robot maker AI² Robotics is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter, looking to tap into interest for the growing sector.
NAB Tests AI Agents in Plan to Deploy Tech to Banking Customers
National Australia Bank Ltd.’s technology chief said the firm will soon begin testing the security and operational guardrails of an agentic artificial intelligence platform as the country’s largest lenders seek to deploy the technology more widely.
OpenAI Hack Could Have Been 'Way Worse,' Hugging Face CEO Says
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says a hack by OpenAI could have been "way worse" if not for the company's defensive measures. He calls this a "wake up call" for the industry and says the incident has been reported to lawmakers and authorities. He speaks to Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow on "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
'Concentration of Power' One of Biggest Risks in AI, Says Hugging Face CEO
Clement Delangue, CEO of AI company Hugging Face, sat down with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow to discuss OpenAI models' hack on Hugging Face last month and the future of AI regulation. Talking about the hack, Delangue, said that while companies want AI agents to think outside the box, they don't want AI to 'think outside the sandbox' and stay in the closed testing environment. Delangue also discussed government involvement in AI regulation and said that there is a risk that too much government intervent
Alibaba's New Model, Amazon's AI Win and Apple's Next Chapter | Bloomberg Tech 8/3/2026
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Alibaba's latest Qwen model, its biggest ever, claiming performance on par with Anthropic. Plus, AWS CEO Matt Garman joins after Amazon surpassed $3 trillion in market value for the first time, extending gains after a big cloud and AI-driven earnings report last week. And, we dive into the details of the new Apple Upgrade program and iPhone-maker's next era of growth as the company reinvents itself as a subscription giant. (Source: Bloomberg)
Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications.
How to keep your conversations with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or Claude as private as possible
Worried about your personal AI chats being exposed? Here's how to tighten your privacy across several major chatbots.
How Google used AI agents to find and fix 1,072 Chrome security bugs - in 60 days
With 3.5 billion active users to protect, Google is relying on Gemini to find Chrome security bugs fast - and before attackers do.
China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy
Chinese tech giant Alibaba released what it says is its largest and "most capable AI model to date," claiming performance rivaling the best systems from US frontier labs Anthropic and OpenAI, as well as domestic rivals like Moonshot AI's Kimi K3. Alibaba said it was making the model, Qwen3.8-Max, widely available to users in a […]
Microsoft Agent Framework Harness and Hosted Agents Reach General Availability
Microsoft's Agent Framework now ships a supported runtime. Build 2026 brought the Agent Harness, the GitHub Copilot and Claude Agent SDK connectors, and the orchestration patterns to stable release; the harness and Foundry Hosted Agents have since reached GA. The shift is from an SDK for building agents to a governed platform for running them. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
How Siri AI Stacks Up Against the New ChatGPT
Apple is bringing AI to Siri this fall. Here's how it compares with ChatGPT on writing, web search, personal data and productivity. (Source: Bloomberg)
Apple Siri AI vs. ChatGPT: Which AI Assistant Is Better?
When Apple Inc. releases Siri AI this fall in iOS 27, it will instantly become the world’s most widely distributed artificial intelligence chatbot.
The Cyber Alchemist's Ghosh on AI Cyber-security risks
Ajoy Ghosh, Founder and Chief Information Security Officer at The Cyber Alchemist, discusses his perspective on cybersecurity measures and solutions companies should consider following the recent hacking incidents disclosed by Anthropic and OpenAI. He speaks with Haidi Stroud Watts and Paul Allen on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)
Microsoft Releases TypeScript 7.0 with a Native Go Compiler, Delivering 10x Faster Builds
Microsoft has released TypeScript 7.0, featuring a native compiler that improves build speeds by 8x to 12x. Notable performance enhancements were evidenced in real codebases. The version lacks a stable programmatic API, anticipated in 7.1. Transitioning includes a compatibility package for existing tooling, and TypeScript remains an open-source project. By Daniel Curtis
Embabel Agent Framework Reaches 1.0
Embabel has reached its 1.0 release, providing a framework for AI agents on Java It allows Java and Kotlin developers to define agents as typed domain objects. Built on Spring AI, Embabel supports multiple model providers and combines planning with predefined state machines, offering flexibility for agent workflows. By Erik Costlow
AI Is Turning Retail Traders Into DIY Hedge Funds
The rollout of powerful new tools is inspiring a generation of day traders who are trying to crack Wall Street’s secret code and create automated money machines. Bloomberg's Zijia Song explains. (Source: Bloomberg)
Netflix Looks to Add ‘Hot Ones’ to Its Growing Stable of YouTube Hits
Netflix has run into a small hurdle in its pursuit of top YouTube creators
Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development."
Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI
Fender CEO Edward "Bud" Cole gave an interview to T3 in May celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster with comments on AI and music that initially flew under the radar. But it has started making the rounds recently, pouring more fuel on an already raging fire of bad PR following the company pissing off […]
Bloomberg This Weekend | Iran Strikes On Hold, the Digital Divide Over AI
The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Tom Nides, Fmr. US Ambassador to Israel, and Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor. Correct: This video has been edited to remove graphics that misstated several earnings dates for this week. AMD and Paramount report on Tuesday and Disney on Wednesday.
Who Governs the AI Boom?
Should AI be regulated, or should society adapt to it instead? Economist Jason Furman argues that not every AI problem should be solved the same way. From bioweapons to job losses, he explains where the government should step in, where markets should adjust, and why the biggest AI debate may ultimately be a moral one. (Source: Bloomberg)
Australia Expands Demand That Big Tech Pay for News Stories
Australia’s government plans to expand the scope and raise the charges to be imposed on Big Tech companies to encourage them to do deals with local media.
Apple Subscriptions; MacBook Air Shortages; Apple to Make Glasses Health Device
Also: MacBook Air runs into major shortages.
Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?
Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without permission. They've pointed out how the practice is tantamount to theft, and in response, many gen AI boosters have argued that it's necessary for the technology's evolution. This has led to contentious legal battles, but it's […]
Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Plenty premium, but pummeled by RAM crisis
Framework's sleek Laptop 13 Pro has a fantastic haptic touchpad and great battery, but price and availability is proving to be problematic.
Cloudflare Introduces Meerkat for Strongly Consistent Global Coordination
Cloudflare recently introduced Meerkat, an internal globally consistent control-plane service based on the QuePaxa consensus algorithm. Unlike Raft, it allows leaderless writes while preserving strong consistency, improving availability across Cloudflare's global network. By Renato Losio