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Neostellar’s Willy Lee on AI Landscape Ahead of Anthropic Pre-IPO Investor Day
Willy Lee, Principal at Neostellar, says attention on Anthropic’s potential IPO risks obscuring broader AI investment and adoption. He cited nearly $200 billion in U.S. venture capital deployed in the first half of the year—more than 74% of the prior year’s estimated total. He speaks with Scarlet Fu & Hema Parmar on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Meta Releases New AI Model Called Muse Wonder
Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook, has released a long-awaited artificial intelligence model called Muse Wonder. This model is said to be competitive with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude. Meta stock rose on the news. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Staggering Costs of a Single Data Center, From Land to Chips
Roughly $750 billion. That’s how much Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google owner Alphabet Inc. are expected to devote to capital expenditures this year alone. That’s more than the entire gross domestic product of Ireland or Belgium. More than half of what all of the companies in the S&P 500 Index spent in total last year. Enough to cut a $5,500 check for every household in the US. Ian King, Bloomberg News US Semiconductor Reporter & Lynn Doan, Bloomberg News Managing
Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police
“I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.
Claude sent a false homicide tip to police – and it’s part of a troubling AI pattern
Models routinely take shortcuts to pass evaluations. Who gets to decide what incidents are innocuous?
OpenAI Adds New Irish Roles in Boost to Firm’s EU Headquarters
OpenAI announced it would add new jobs in Dublin, a further sign of rapid growth at the ChatGPT-maker’s European headquarters.
Anthropic AI Model Goes Rogue, Gives Cops a Fake Tip
Anthropic PBC said its Claude AI model went rogue and carried out unintended actions on the digital systems of outside organizations. In one example, the AI model gave police in Philadelphia a fake tip on a homicide case. The police took no action. Other unintended behaviors were also noted. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
T-Mobile Rises on Upgrade; IonQ to Buy Elisity | Stock Movers
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Amazon (AMZN) shares are moving on news it's in negotiations to acquire Decart AI, an artificial intelligence startup, in a deal that could be valued at around $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. The purchase could be wrapped up soon if the negotiations don’t collapse, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. - IonQ (IONQ) shares are moving after it agreed to buy Elisity for as much as $1.3 billion in an all-stock transaction to expan
Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
Microsoft is announcing its third-generation Maia in-house AI chip today, designed to be the "primary AI inference system" for Microsoft's products and services. Maia 300 not only improves the cost and efficiency of running AI workloads in the cloud, it's also more capable of handling the latest reasoning models and agentic tasks. Maia 300 will […]
Nate Soares on How AI Really Could Kill Us All
Since the Hugging Face incident, concerns over AI doomsday scenarios has entered the mainstream. But of course, some people have been warning about this for years, long before LLMs or ChatGPT. In their 2025 book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, Nate Soares and Eliezer Yudkowsky spelled out their vision of humanity's inevitable demise once superintelligent AI is built. In this episode, we speak with Soares, who serves as president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, about why he be
Firmus IPO Debacle Raises the Bar for Asia AI Deals in Pipeline
The collapse of Firmus Grid Ltd.’s initial public offering is reverberating through Asia’s booming market for share sales, making investors far pickier about artificial intelligence infrastructure deals that hinge on future earnings.
IMF Chief Alarmed at ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’ of AI for Jobs, Taxes
The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned of the disruptive threat from artificial intelligence to the labor market and taxation, urging policymakers to rethink education and act now to help society adapt.
TikTok’s Chew and Microsoft’s Althoff Warn About Runaway AI Hype
The world may be overexcited by the potential of artificial intelligence and overlooking its immaturity, tech leaders warned on Monday, arguing that cybersecurity is a bigger near-term issue than AI developing too quickly.
IT Distributor Asbis Targets Data Centers and AI to Sustain 476% Stock Rally
Warsaw-listed electronics distributor Asbis Enterprises Plc is prioritizing sales to data centers and artificial intelligence infrastructure projects to sustain its breakneck stock rally.
DBS CEO Tan Says Market Is Repricing Risks on AI Financing
The market is repricing the risks around investments related to the buildup of artificial intelligence that could lead to more discipline in financing, according to DBS Group Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Tan Su Shan.
Will the HomeView be Apple’s first smart home success?
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date.
Amazon Is in Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart, WSJ Reports
Amazon.com Inc. is in negotiations to acquire Decart AI, an artificial intelligence startup, in a deal that could be valued at around $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI
When President Donald Trump announced his plans to rebrand artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," you'd be forgiven for being skeptical that it would catch on. While most of the broader population is sticking with AI, some of Silicon Valley's most powerful are falling in line and trying to give Trump the great AI rebrand he […]
Xpeng Says It Can Quickly Adapt Car Autopilot Systems for Europe
Xpeng Inc. can rapidly adapt its advanced driver-assistance technology to European roads using relatively small amounts of data, allowing it to modify its software capabilities for different markets without rebuilding them from scratch.
Is AI Crowding Everyone Else Out of the Bond Market?
Hyperscalers, data centers and chip companies are borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars to finance the AI buildout, turning the technology boom into one of the biggest new forces in corporate credit. Investors are still buying, but rising concentration, complex data-center financing and competition with government borrowing are raising a harder question: how much AI debt can the market absorb? (Source: Bloomberg)
Apple Smart Home Launch Oct. 13 Plans; HomeView Has Mid-November Release
Fresh details on Apple’s HomeView, HomePod mini and new Apple TV, including release dates, colors, chips and features.
These execs think voice AI hasn’t reached its ChatGPT moment yet
Voice AI's often misses important points for its context layer, and causes the whole pipeline to break
Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating
I'm embarking on a journey I've so far been hesitant to go on: actually using AI on the regular. Giving my most personal data to cloud services has been a major hold up for me, but it's increasingly possible to run powerful models locally to see what they're capable of. Is this tech so useful […]
Foresight AI Brings Gremlin Agents to Reliability Engineering
Reliability management company Gremlin has announced the general availability of Foresight AI, an agentic product that analyses services for potential failures, recommends changes and reruns tests to check that a fix works. By Matt Saunders
AWS Introduces Enhanced Custom Event Buses for EventBridge
AWS recently announced enhanced custom event buses for Amazon EventBridge, allowing organizations to share a centralized bus across accounts with ordered delivery, simplified subscriber management, event replay, content-based deduplication, and a new publisher/subscriber-based pricing model. By Renato Losio
Apple Supplier Luxshare Expects No Material Impact From US Probe
Apple Inc. supplier Luxshare Precision Industry Co. is facing a US patent investigation into data-center power technologies following infringement allegations by Vicor Corp., according to a filing on Saturday.
Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’
In a lengthy post on X, Microsoft's CEO laid out his views on the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models and how to confront those risks. Nadella says we can no longer accept a world where AI is treated as a "set of nested black boxes" whose advice and actions we simply accept or […]
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’
In a Saturday morning post, Microsoft's CEO wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI.
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe
Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?
Nvidia Explores Deal Options With Reflection AI, Financial Times Says
Nvidia Corp. is in talks to boost its investment in Reflection AI or offer the startup computing power, a move that would strengthen ties with a key developer of open-weight models, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Microsoft CEO Nadella Calls for ‘Emergency Brake’ on Advanced AI
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said companies should treat powerful artificial intelligence models as potential insider threats, assume they could be compromised and create an “emergency brake” system to prevent agentic models from going rogue.
Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AI
Nikon says the video that originally won first place in its Small World in Motion contest "did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI." BBC reports that the original first place video from Dr. Ning Xu claimed to show "tiny, hair-like structures called cilia moving in the airway of a child with the […]
Android Bench 2 Adds Support for Long-Horizon Tasks, Agentic Evaluation, and Continuous Scoring
Google has released Android Bench 2.0, a major update to its benchmark framework for evaluating AI models and agents on Android development tasks. The update introduces long-horizon tasks (LHTs), agent-based evaluation, and continuous scoring to better assess performance on complex, multi-step development tasks. By Sergio De Simone
3 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Meet the startups before they hit mainstream
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13-15 in San Francisco. Over 300 startups will show what they’ve built to 10,000 tech leaders. Plus, 250+ speakers are ready to share insights across 200+ sessions. Register before doors open to save up to $100 and get a second pass at 50% off.
Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
After a recent spate of high-profile incidents in which AI agents escaped containment, Anthropic is cutting off internet access for all internal evaluations. In a report Friday, the company detailed "unintended model actions," including submitting a false tip regarding an unsolved murder, that led to the decision. Although the impact of these behaviors was minimal […]
Trump’s AI Liability Push Opens Blame Game for Models Gone Rogue
The Trump administration’s embrace of legal liability to enforce artificial intelligence safety sets the stage for future conflicts over who foots the bill when AI models go rogue: the companies that design the systems or the people that deploy the technology.
The Race for AI Supremacy Raises Safety Concerns
Technology Journalist and Author Kevin Roose tells Bloomberg This Weekend that a relatively small group of researchers and executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind has driven the race toward artificial general intelligence, raising questions about who controls the technology and its potential risks. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Roose discusses his new book, The AGI Chronicles, and the challenges of regulating increasingly capable AI systems as developers pursu
AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?
At this year's OpenAI DevDay, CEO Sam Altman unveiled the company's new AI agent Dots - and told the crowd that the company wants to "set a new standard for privacy in frontier AI." OpenAI would spend the day taking veiled shots at Meta's Muse, its primary competitor, for failing to keep users' data safe. […]
Ring’s new smart lock has a manual fallback that can’t lock you out – how it works
The brand just announced a smart lock with a manual ‘power dial’ that charges the device in case it dies.
Cloudflare Traces Turns the Proxy Layer into OpenTelemetry Spans, with New Volume-Based Pricing
Cloudflare has put Traces into open beta, extending automatic tracing from Workers to security rules, transformations, cache, routing and origin handling as OpenTelemetry spans. Traces accept and forward W3C traceparent headers, and Trace Rules allow targeted sampling. Pricing moves to ingestion and retention volume from December 1. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead
Anthropic said it "turned off live internet access" for "all our internal evaluations" until further notice.
Anthropic Cites New AI Misbehavior, Some on Government Sites
Anthropic PBC said its Claude AI model carried out additional unintended actions on the digital systems of outside organizations, including some US government agencies’ websites, prompting a warning from the Trump administration for artificial intelligence companies to secure their systems.
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com on July 18th, but the investigators never reviewed it because it was marked as […]
OpenAI's $70B Run Rate Meets AI's Infrastructure Challenge
loomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down OpenAI's latest annualized revenue, expected to reach or exceed $70 billion by the end of the year. Plus, Oracle keeps several data centers on track by relying on truck deliveries of natural gas, and a conversation with Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman on the mega AI IPO pipeline and the future of physical AI. (Source: Bloomberg)
Anthropic and OpenAI Use Different Revenue Calculations, Clouding AI Valuations
When measuring the race between artificial intelligence leaders OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, investors have run into a problem: The two private companies calculate a closely watched revenue figure differently.
From Anthropic to Waymo: Kleiner Perkins Bets on AI’s Next Act
Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman says AI is still in the early stages of reshaping the economy, with opportunities extending from frontier models like Anthropic to consumer agents, autonomous vehicles and robotics. He discusses why the firm sees physical AI as a potential source of the next trillion-dollar companies, the rapid growth of leading private AI businesses, and why he’s increasingly optimistic about both the IPO and M&A markets. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloo
Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects
Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get "thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost." That could mean open-source projects get alerted about possible security issues sooner, but the trade-off is that OSS Scanner's […]
OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
It had previously been reported that the AI lab's annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims it's a whole lot less than that.
Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust?
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access […]
Amazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents want your credit card
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access […]
Github Migrates Copilot Runtime to Rust with AI-Assisted Rewrite
GitHub migrated more than 800,000 lines of Copilot runtime code from TypeScript and Node.js to Rust in about 14.5 weeks using AI-assisted development. The incremental migration used N-API interoperability, automated testing, human review, and 128 pull requests while continuing to ship releases. By Leela Kumili
OpenAI Targets $70 Billion in Annualized Revenue by Year-End
OpenAI is expecting to reach or exceed $70 billion in annualized revenue by the end of the year, driven largely by growth in its enterprise business. Ed Ludlow reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Andreessen Horowitz Backs Jev Maker at $7.5 Billion Value
TypeSafe AI, the startup behind Jev, a new artificial intelligence model that went viral after it launched only a few weeks ago, has raised about $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation in a financing led by Andreessen Horowitz.
OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers
OpenAI is standing firm on its decision to fire three safety researchers after an investigation found they committed "a significant breach of trust." In a post on X on Friday, the company said Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni were dismissed for violating "clear policies on handling sensitive information." It insisted the decision was […]
How AI Is Upending the World of Mathematics
Last month, OpenAI announced that it had produced an AI-generated proof for the Navier-Stokes problem. LLMs used to be bad at counting, but now they are solving math problems that have stumped humans for decades. Meanwhile, at universities, the problem of AI in education continues: Now that LLMs can do a student's homework, teachers are struggling to keep up. It is clear that AI is very quickly changing how math is taught and how it is practiced by professionals. Justin Solomon, who is the assoc
Nvidia-Backed Firmus IPO Collapses as AI Valuation Concerns Grow
Firmus abandoned its attempt at one of Australia’s biggest-ever initial public offerings, after the Nvidia-backed data center company failed to lure global investors who’ve grown increasingly skittish over frothy AI valuations. (Source: Bloomberg)
HashiCorp Relased Terraform Google Cloud Provider 8.0 in General Availability
HashiCorp has announced the general availability of version 8.0 of the Terraform provider for Google Cloud. The major release updates the default load balancing for two Compute Engine resources. It also removes resources linked to retired Google Cloud services. By Claudio Masolo
OpenAI Expects $70 Bln Annualized Revenue by End of 2026
OpenAI is expecting to reach or exceed $70 billion in annualized revenue by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The company's annualized revenue was roughly $50 billion at the end of September, the people said. Bloomberg's Neil Campling breaks down the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)
OpenAI Expects $70 Billion in Annualized Revenue by End of 2026
OpenAI is expecting to reach or exceed $70 billion in annualized revenue by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter, driven largely by growth in its enterprise business.
Nvidia-Backed Lumentum Sold Out of AI Server Parts Till 2029
Lumentum Holdings Inc.’s optical components are “completely sold out” through early 2029 on demand from tech companies clamoring for faster AI data centers, according to its chief executive officer.
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he's more than just a Hollywood star.
Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses
Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The agent can delegate work to subagents, use multiple AI models, and even gets its own workplace identity, complete with an email address.
Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference
Anthropic's updated usage policy explicitly prohibits users from repeatedly abusing Claude in extreme cases, though ordinary frustration and criticism are still allowed. The new rules also address election interference, deceptive campaigns, weapons software, and surveillance.
Nvidia-Backed Firmus Is Set to Postpone IPO, Weigh Private Round
Australian data center company Firmus Grid Ltd. is set to postpone its initial public offering, and the company is weighing a private funding round instead, according to people familiar with the matter.
Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
Anthropic is making changes to its usage policy for the first time in over a year to reflect new and high-risk cases of misuse - including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health and financial uses. But one of the most significant changes prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude. Last August, […]
AI Model Evaluator Arena Valued at Over $3 Billion in Round
Arena Intelligence Inc., the startup behind a popular artificial intelligence model leaderboard, has raised $200 million in funding at a $3.1 billion valuation and plans to expand into measuring AI safety, tapping into growing demand to evaluate the technology’s performance and risks.The financing, set to be announced Thursday, was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital. The startup was previously valued a
Former OpenAI, Cognition Staffers Want AI to Help Run a Business
A group of former employees from some of the fastest-growing artificial intelligence firms, including OpenAI and Cognition AI Inc., are starting a new company to create AI agents that can help run a business, joining a crowded field of services using the technology to streamline work. Hone is set to announce Thursday that it has raised a $60 million seed round to develop AI agents that essentially serve as professional staffers, fielding long-running tasks over the course of weeks or even mo
Google is launching a one-stop Gemini agent for your work tasks
Google is launching a "universal" Gemini AI agent that can work across apps and devices in the background. The tool, announced as part of the Gemini at Work event on Thursday, will be available within the Gemini Enterprise app, allowing users to chat with the Gemini agent and assign it tasks from a single interface. […]
JPMorgan Private Bank Says AI Set to Drive Strong Earnings
Nataliia Lipikhina, head of EMEA equity strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, discusses how artificial intelligence continues to underpin global equity markets, particularly the tech sector. "I think the market comes to realization that actually the AI story continues," she tells Bloomberg Television. "Demand is still really strong, and supply is still constrained," Lipikhina adds. (Source: Bloomberg)
Finland’s Data Center Tally Tops €67 Billion on AI Boom
Finland’s data center boom is gathering pace, with several new projects unveiled since after Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced its biggest-ever European investment in the country last month.
Cloudflare Open Sources Decision Models for AI Agents
During its recent “Birthday Week”, Cloudflare announced Clef, a set of open-weight AI models designed to choose between predefined options rather than generate text. Cloudflare released 9B- and 27B-parameter models, along with a platform for adapting them to specific decision-making tasks. By Renato Losio
Isomorphic Labs Seeks Funding at Valuation of $40 Billion
Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery startup spun out of Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind, is in early talks to raise new funds at a valuation of at least $40 billion, according to people familiar with the effort. Bloomberg's Neil Campling has the details. (Source: Bloomberg)
Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs in Funding Talks for at Least $40 Billion Value
Isomorphic Labs, an Alphabet Inc. company using artificial intelligence to discover drugs, is in early talks to raise new funds at a valuation of at least $40 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Broadcom Holds Early Talks About Financing for OpenAI Chips
Broadcom Inc., fresh off the launch of a $60 billion debt financing to help fund Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence build-out, is already sketching out plans for its next blockbuster deal.
Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11
Microsoft revealed the specs and price for its Surface Laptop Ultra, AI PCs that run on Nvidia chips that are designed to run AI models and agents.
ChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and buttons
OpenAI is launching a new Intelligent UI feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to answer your questions with interactive visuals. The update, which is rolling out to all users alongside GPT-6, gives ChatGPT the ability to combine a text response with diagrams, charts, forms, tappable buttons, and more. In a blog post explaining the […]
Microsoft Says New Laptop With Nvidia Chip Outperforms MacBooks
Microsoft Corp. revealed pricing and availability for a new flagship laptop built on Nvidia Corp. chips, saying that the machine outperforms a comparable Apple Inc. model on some AI tasks.
ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface
OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.
SpaceX Seeks $40B for Nvidia Chips as AI Megadeals Loom
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow takes a look at SpaceX in talks with banks and investors to borrow $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia. Plus, Apple plans its entry into the smart home space with a doorbell, thermostat, and other accessories developed with LG; and JD Moriarty, Vice Chair and head of Global Tech Equity Capital Markets at Bank of America Securities, discusses the upcoming mega AI IPO pipeline. (Source: Bloomberg)
ChatGPT is getting college planning tools
OpenAI is bringing new tools to ChatGPT for Teens, a mode for teens introduced in August with safeguards and break reminders, to help users with the college application process. "College Planner brings together application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial-aid steps for schools on a student's list in one plan," OpenAI says. "Students applying to several […]
Muse launches on the iPad
After launching nearly a month ago and spending several weeks as the top free app in Apple's App Store, the latest update to Meta's Muse iOS app introduces native support for the iPad. A Mac version of Meta's agentic AI tool (designed to compete with OpenClaw, ChatGPT's Dots, and Grok Bot) was released about a […]
SpaceX Reported to Be in $40 Billion Nvidia Chip-Financing Talks
Elon Musk's SpaceX is in talks with banks and investors to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia. Sarah Frier has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Google, Unity Launch Platform to Create Video Games From Prompts
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and gaming tools developer Unity Software Inc. announced a new platform that will allow people to create video games from simple text prompts, marking the latest incursion of generative artificial intelligence into artistic and creative industries.
ChatGPT for Teens Is Not Safe for Kids, Common Sense Media Report Says
OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens — which the company rolled out in August as the default way for kids ages 13 to 17 use its popular chatbot — is too risky for children, according to a new report from Common Sense Media.
ChatGPT for Teens is an ‘unacceptable risk,’ says Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that offers reviews of apps, services, and entertainment with a focus on youth safety, today said that OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens is an "unacceptable risk." ChatGPT for Teens, introduced in August, has guardrails for teens and is designed to help students learn, but Common Sense Media says that the teen […]
SpaceX Eyes $40 Billion Deal to Buy Nvidia Chips
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks with banks and investors to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia, people familiar with the matter said. Pimco is one of the investment managers looking at the deal, according to the people. Bloomberg's Anthony Stephens reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Spanner Omni Reaches GA, Replacing Google's Atomic Clocks and File System with Software
Google has made Spanner Omni generally available, running its distributed SQL database on-premises, across clouds or on a laptop. Doing so meant replacing Colossus with a Colossus-like abstraction layer and TrueTime with software-based time synchronization. There is no availability SLA, and practitioners are pricing the move in tail latency and operational toil. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Ray Dalio Warns AI Bubble Is Approaching Burst Point
Billionaire Ray Dalio warned that artificial intelligence is a “classic bubble” that is nearing a bursting point thanks to rising interest rates and the need to turn wealth into cash.
OpenAI drops another batch of mathematical breakthroughs
OpenAI has revealed solutions to a number of long-standing mathematics problems produced by an unreleased frontier model in a batch of 722 manuscripts, covering 372 result families that group related papers. It extends a run of breakthroughs that have both impressed and unsettled parts of the mathematical community while raising questions about research ethics and […]
Musk’s SpaceX in Talks to Borrow $40 Billion to Buy Nvidia Chips
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks with banks and investors to raise $40 billion of debt to buy chips from Nvidia Corp., people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the insatiable demand among AI developers for more computing power.
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU
Like other solutions, it is not especially reliable, and it's easy to circumvent.
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.
Use Gemini for free? You’ll soon be limited to its weakest AI model
Google is cutting off free users from the Flash and Pro models. AI Plus subscribers are losing out too
OpenAI, Anthropic Lead Consumer AI Spending: A16z
Andreessen Horowitz partner Olivia Moore says consumer AI adoption is growing, but fewer than 5% of consumers are paying for even one AI product. She discusses why OpenAI and Anthropic dominate spending, with a small group of power users paying as much as $1,000 a month, and why AI’s next consumer opportunity could come from new business models and categories beyond productivity - including social, entertainment, health and other “multiplayer” experiences. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech.
Anthropic, OpenAI Can Both Win AI Race: T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price partner Emma Norchet says Anthropic is entering “act two” of its growth story, moving beyond its early success in coding toward becoming an AI layer through which businesses can execute entire workflows. With multi-billion-dollar positions in both Anthropic and OpenAI, Norchet explains why T. Rowe Price doesn’t see frontier AI as a winner-take-all market. Norchet discusses where she sees the next opportunities for Anthropic, and why public-market investors will have an appetite for
Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
"We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone."
Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals
French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both American and Chinese rivals.
Google is about to remove free access to Gemini Flash and Pro
Starting on October 9th, anyone using Google Gemini on a free plan will be limited to the Flash Lite model. Free users can currently choose from Gemini Flash Lite, Flash, and Pro, but now you'll need a $4.99/month Google AI Plus subscription to access the standard Flash model. However, that subscription is also getting a […]
Nvidia Heads for $6 Trillion Value With Chipmaker Back at Record
Nvidia Corp. is on the verge of becoming the first company with a $6 trillion market capitalization as investors rotate back into the artificial-intelligence chipmaker.
AI Firms Face Scrutiny in Australia
Australia is stepping up scrutiny of artificial intelligence, with representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google facing questions from a parliamentary inquiry. The hearing comes after OpenAI revealed their technology breached Australian government agencies earlier this year. Director of the AI Institute at the University of New South Wales, Sue Keay joins "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" to discuss safety concerns, regulation and whether Australia risks missing out on the benefits of A
OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Hack, Pledges Faster Disclosure
OpenAI on Tuesday reiterated its apology for its artificial intelligence models breaching Australian government websites, pledging to work to prevent similar incidents and to respond faster if they do occur.
Cloudflare Introduces CLI for AI Agents, Sunsetting Wrangler
Cloudflare recently launched the open beta of cf, a new open-source, agent-focused command-line interface for interacting with Cloudflare services through a unified CLI. Written in TypeScript, it provides structured output and command discovery to make Cloudflare’s APIs easier for both developers and AI agents. By Renato Losio
OpenAI's Kwon Apologizes for Australian Hack
Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports from Sydney after OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon apologized to an Australian parliamentary inquiry following an unauthorized breach of a government site by an AI agent. (Source: Bloomberg)
Gemini Call for Me might tell your mom you’re running late
Google may be expanding its "Call for Me" AI feature beyond business calls so you can use it to send messages to friends and family. Android Authority reports finding a "Gemini Calling" introductory screen in an APK teardown with examples that include "Call Mom and tell her I will be 15 minutes late" and "Call […]
OpenAI in $30 Billion Round Talks With UAE Funds, BlackRock
OpenAI is in talks with multiple investment funds from the United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi-based MGX, to help anchor a $30 billion round of financing for the ChatGPT maker, according to people familiar with the matter.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
Nvidia-Backed Reflection Unveils Open AI Model, Taking on China
Reflection AI, an artificial intelligence startup from two former Google DeepMind researchers, has unveiled a new open-weight model that it says rivals leading options in the US and China.
OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or exceeded" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also the basis for the watermarking Anthropic announced in August. Like OpenAI, Anthropic […]
OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide
An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide. When Guiducci confronted Altman about the incident, the publicist warned Guiducci about running out of time, saying she'd like to "move on" to another topic. The interruption came […]
Ex-Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Testifies at NYC Council AI Hearing
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned that the race to develop artificial intelligence poses risks that the industry itself doesn’t fully understand, at a New York City Council hearing where lawmakers weighed whether to impose their own safeguards on a burgeoning global business.
OpenAI is sticking more ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI's latest ad format will put images of sponsored products and services on your screen. The ads, which OpenAI will begin testing in the US later this month, will "initially" appear when you generate images with ChatGPT, according to an announcement on Monday. The company first brought ads to ChatGPT in February. Until now, ChatGPT's […]
How I made a paid Mac app in 11 days with Claude – without writing a single line of code
Claude helped me vibe-code a Mac app and pass Apple’s review in less than two weeks. Come with me on my journey from idea to purchasable App Store product.
Article: The Platform Engineering Playbook for Production LLMs
In this article, author discusses his experience with AI agent hallucinations in an inventory recommendation system and how this problem was solved by treating the LLM stack as a platform infrastructure concern instead of as an application one. He makes a case for a shared LLM platform with common services like prompt registry & versioning, schema enforcement and token cost attribution by request. By Aditya Mulik
Aspire 13.6 Adds Persistent Dashboard Telemetry and First-Party Java and Rust Hosting
Microsoft has released Aspire 13.6. The dashboard now stores telemetry in SQLite and keeps up to ten completed runs per application. The release adds prerelease hosting packages for Java and Rust, portable volume paths, and new CLI options. Breaking changes include automatic TLS for local MongoDB resources and a new default Cosmos DB emulator image. By Almir Vuk
Nvidia Partner Hon Hai Beats Sales Estimates Due to AI Frenzy
Nvidia Corp. partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue, signaling sustained and elevated spending on global AI infrastructure.
Nvidia’s Valuations Show AI Rally Isn’t a Bubble, DBS Says
Nvidia Corp.’s price-to-earnings multiple and projected 70% earnings growth for next year demonstrate that artificial intelligence-driven technology stocks remain far from bubble territory, DBS Group Chief Investment Officer Hou Wey Fook said.
Cloudflare Plans Public Certificate Authority to Issue Quantum-Safe TLS Certificates
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Malaysia Plans First AI Law in 2027 as Scrutiny Intensifies
Malaysia plans to introduce its first dedicated artificial intelligence law in early 2027, as governments worldwide step up efforts to regulate the technology that’s drawing growing scrutiny over its risks and potential misuse.
David Ellison’s Plan for Warner Bros. Is No Longer a Secret
Ellison has to pay down billions in debt while also investing in a streaming build-out
US Lead in AI Over China Narrows After DeepSeek Gains, BI Says
American AI companies’ performance lead over China narrowed sharply in past months to a record low after labs such as DeepSeek gained ground, threatening US tech supremacy, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.
Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?
On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.
AI Whistleblowers, Google, OpenAI, Meta to Face New York City Council
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who warned that artificial intelligence could become too powerful for humans to control, will testify Monday at a New York City Council hearing alongside representatives of some of the world’s biggest AI companies.
Google's Android Security State Libraries Enable Component-Level Security Verification
Google's AndroidX Security State libraries enables apps to verify security patch status at the individual component level, rather than relying on a single, device-wide security patch date. By Sergio De Simone
NJ’s lieutenant governor told PBS, AI says he didn’t commit sexual harassment
New Jersey's lieutenant governor Dale Caldwell was forced to resign on September 25th after an investigation found he had sexually harassed a staffer and repeatedly violated ethics rules. The now-former Lt. governor has been making the media rounds trying to clear his name. But he took a particularly odd tactic during an interview on NJ […]
AI Stocks Drive an Increasingly Divided Market
Schwab Head of Macro Research and Strategy Kevin Gordon tells Bloomberg This Weekend that AI-related technology stocks are supporting the broader market even as many individual companies have suffered significantly larger declines, highlighting increasingly narrow market leadership. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Gordon says a gradual Federal Reserve tightening cycle and a labor market that avoids widespread layoffs could support stocks, while investors are increasingly fo
An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat
StarSkirmish pits AI-made StarCraft-playing bots against one another, as well as against human-made bots. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 were essentially tied as the best-performing AI-made bots, but they couldn't top Stardust, the top-rated human-made bot. On Friday, GPT was facing off against Claude and the human-created bot Pluto, but according to Kotaku, […]
Apple’s John Ternus Leads Design; Touch-Screen OLED MacBook Pro Gets Lighter
Also: A big update on the touch-screen MacBook Pro.
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Has Rare Cautionary Note on AI Safety
SoftBank Group Corp. chief Masayoshi Son — one of AI’s fervent believers — said that even he’s worried about safety risks as machines quickly gain more abilities.
Britain’s Reliance on US Cloud Giants Alarms Its Politicians
The UK’s dependence on big American cloud providers poses “a strategic and economic vulnerability” to the country, politicians warned, as US authorities have the power to switch off Britain’s public services or demand personal information under federal law.
Pizza Bot: Open-Source Inbox for Background AI Agents
A team of developers working at AWS recently open-sourced Pizza Bot, a self-hosted application designed to let AI agents run tasks in the background and return results through an inbox-style interface. Agents can perform scheduled or webhook-triggered work, delegate tasks to specialized workers, and pause for human approval when needed. By Renato Losio
Korea Orders Security Checks After Finance-Sector Data Leaks
South Korean regulators urged financial institutions to promptly complete internal security inspections and report the results to authorities after a series of cyberattacks led to personal data breaches across the industry.
New Archestra's OpenAPPA Saturates Two Major Security Benchmarks with a 0% Attack Success Rate
Archestra released OpenAPPA, an open-source security engine designed to stop data exfiltration caused by prompt injection or model hallucination. The team reports zero successful attacks when running security benchmarks Bench-Corp (20 multi-step enterprise workflows) and AgentThreatBench, versus 10% for Claude Code’s auto mode and 31% for Microsoft FIDES. By Bruno Couriol
US AI Task Force to Report on Technology’s Risks, WSJ Says
A new White House task force will produce a report assessing risks posed by artificial intelligence and what responsibility the US federal government should have over the technology.
Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
"...we were making history."
Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs
The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers.
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
Engineering Production Systems for an Agentic Era: QCon San Francisco 2026
QCon San Francisco 2026 will bring together practitioners from Airbnb, OpenAI, Netflix, Honeycomb, and other engineering organizations to share how they are building, operating, and evolving production systems as AI agents take on a larger role. By Artenisa Chatziou
OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’
By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.
GitLab Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation Enables Unauthenticated Data Exfiltration
CVE-2026-85706 is a critical GitLab path-traversal vulnerability that has moved beyond theoretical risk into confirmed exploitation. It affects self-managed GitLab CE/EE and could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the GitLab. By Sergio De Simone
An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm
David Robinson used to write the safety reports that accompanied every major model release at OpenAI. This week, he resigned from his position and is now speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic. It's understandable if you're feeling a bit cynical about everyone suddenly coming out of the woodwork to warn about how dangerous […]
OpenAI Employee Quits With Call for Nuclear-Level Safeguards
An OpenAI employee focused on AI safety has quit the company and warned that top artificial intelligence firms aren’t doing enough to mitigate the technology’s risks, joining a growing chorus of employees raising alarms from within the industry.
Presentation: Building GenAI Platform at DoorDash
Swaroop Chitlur and Sidd Kodwani share DoorDash’s journey building an internal GenAI platform. They discuss core architectural bets, transitioning from vendor-first setups to open-weights models, navigating LLM and agent gateways, and balancing accuracy, latency, and cost for over 5,000 internal users. By Siddharth Kodwani, Swaroop Chitlur
Istio 1.31 Adds Agentgateway Waypoints and Moves Release Artifacts off Google Cloud
Istio 1.31 adds agentgateway waypoints in ambient mode, with a canary configuration fix included in 1.31.1. It also ends the publication of images and Helm charts to Google Cloud, requiring repository migration ahead of the 13 October outage test and signing-key updates for teams verifying images. By Mark Silvester
War, Cyber Attack May Spark Next Financial Crisis, RBI Says
The next financial crisis could originate from a source outside the world of finance, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said Saturday.
AI Agents Are Disrupting Open Source Security Disclosure
A recent article by Anil Madhavapeddy argues that AI agents can turn publicly available clues about software vulnerabilities into working exploits, reducing the effectiveness of traditional disclosure embargoes in open source projects. The author highlights the need for faster patching and release processes as the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation shrinks. By Renato Losio
Taiwan Foreign Minister to Visit Arizona to Deepen Economic Ties
Taiwan’s foreign minister is set to visit Arizona for meetings with local officials and semiconductor companies, underscoring Taipei’s effort to deepen economic ties with the US as President Donald Trump seeks to stabilize relations with China.
Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets
Meta now lets you make your own Muse gadgets that feature the company's new AI agent with code that the company open sourced. The company suggests projects like loading Muse on a color E Ink display to show reminders, adding it to an HDMI stick so you can display Muse on a big screen, or […]
Apple to Tighten Mac Data Controls in Guard Against AI Agents
Apple Inc. said it plans to introduce new privacy controls for Mac users, warning of the growing risks around granting broad data access to third-party software, including artificial intelligence agents.
Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
Apple will add new limits for "full disk access" on Mac in response to risks posed by AI agents, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In an update on Friday, Apple says it's rolling out new controls to "ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do […]
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
This new ChatGPT scam tricks you into installing malware – how to spot the trap
This authentic-looking scam starts with a sponsored Google link – and it’s catching people off-guard.
OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner
It's a tale as old as last week: OpenAI's new agent platform, called Dots, is full of cute little guys who can do your bidding. But unlike the ultra-approachable Meta Muse, Dots feel very much like using workplace software that happens to be able to order you a burrito - emphasis on work. OpenAI announced […]
Call it AI, call it Super Intelligence, only 2% of consumers are buying it
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called “morally binding.” Trump also signed an executive order officially rebranding AI as “super intelligence,” and meanwhile, Meta and OpenAI are putting friendlier faces on their AI products, even as the biggest money […]
It’s not AI anymore, it’s ‘super intelligence’ (according to the White House)
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called “morally binding.” Trump also signed an executive order officially rebranding AI as “super intelligence,” and meanwhile, Meta and OpenAI are putting friendlier faces on their AI products, even as the biggest money […]
Lockheed Taps OpenAI to Solve F-35 Challenges
Lockheed Martin is taking a model-agnostic approach to AI, using 55 different large language models across its business while applying the technology to everything from internal operations to autonomous weapons systems. SVP of Technology and Strategic Innovation Sarah Hiza discusses how Lockheed tests AI before deploying it, the growing role of autonomy and crewed-uncrewed teaming, and reveals that OpenAI is working alongside the F-35 team to tackle complex math and physics challenges tied to ad
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI
Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for $299.99.
OpenAI DevDay 2026 Recap for Developers
OpenAI announced a series of product and developer updates at DevDay 2026, including GPT-6.1 Sol, computer use for the Agents API, cloud-based Codex environments, a Decisions API, and new plugin capabilities for ChatGPT. By Daniel Dominguez
AI music maker Suno now generates spoken words
Suno is branching out from the world of AI music, launching a new feature that generates spoken voices based on scripts or prompted descriptions. Speech is now available in public beta across Suno's web and mobile platforms, and allows you to simultaneously generate voiceovers and background music to accompany them. "Music will always be at […]
Docker Sandbox Kit Spec: Packaging AI Agent Permissions as OCI Images
Docker has announced that it is bringing the Sandbox Kit Specification to the CNCF, aiming to make what an AI agent may access as portable as the agent itself. By Claudio Masolo
DigitalOcean Managed Agents Brings Managed Cloud Infrastructure to AI Agents
DigitalOcean recently launched DigitalOcean Managed Agents in public preview, offering a managed cloud infrastructure layer for AI agents with isolated microVM runtimes, governed tool access, and serverless AI inference. By Sergio De Simone
Nidec Is in Talks With MUFG Bank, SMBC to Renew Credit Lines
Nidec Corp. is in talks with MUFG Bank Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. to renew committed credit lines that currently total ¥600 billion ($3.8 billion), the company said on Thursday.
Amazon to Move $8 Billion of Chips Off Its Books, FT Says
Amazon.com Inc. is exploring a deal to shift about $8 billion worth of top-end Nvidia Corp. chips off its balance sheet, according to the Financial Times.
Man Charged by US With Illegally Shipping Nvidia Chips to China
Federal prosecutors arrested a California man on Thursday on charges of smuggling computer servers containing $300 million worth of Nvidia Corp. artificial intelligence chips to China in violation of US export controls.
Nvidia Faces Questions Over China AI Chip Smuggling Cases
Nvidia’s AI chips keep making their way to China despite US curbs. Officials are asking why the company missed red flags.
Chinese State-Backed Firm Disclosed Nvidia Blackwell Chips Deal
A Chinese financing company owned by several local government entities has funded the purchase of restricted Nvidia Corp. chips, according to documents filed with Beijing regulators, suggesting state support for an illicit trade that Washington worries is fueling China’s AI progress.
OpenAI and Meta Push Ahead With AI Agents, Testing Public’s Trust
Top artificial intelligence firms are working to convince people to use their tools for more sensitive tasks.
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you
OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.
Factory and Cognition CEOs Feud Over ‘Unethical Conduct’ Claims
The head of artificial intelligence coding startup Factory is publicly feuding with the top executive at larger rival Cognition AI Inc. over allegations that a Factory adviser was involved in what he described as “unethical conduct” allegedly connected to Cognition.
AI Folks Don't Really Understand Intelligence Says Mukunda
A vast majority of Americans favor requiring artificial intelligence companies to meet independent safety benchmarks for their models, even if those standards mean slowing development of the technology, according to a new poll. Bloomberg Opinion Columnist and Lecturer at Yale School of Management Gautam Mukunda joins to discuss AI. (Source: Bloomberg)
Markets Face Rising Yields, AI Risks
Get a jump start on the US trading day with Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." A new quarter begins with stocks battling a relentless rise in yields. Micron fuels the AI trade, Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon, and Netflix plots its next act. Plus, Citi’s Kate Moore on why she's betting on stocks, Carlyle’s Mark Jenkins joins us to talk about hidden AI credit risks, and Aston Martin CEO Adrian Hallmark unveils the company's newest luxury SUV as it embarks on the road to a turnaround. (Sour
OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free?
At OpenAI's annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals - primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a "real-deal AI" agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, "inspired by the cool agents that we […]
How to Develop Software Engineering Skills in the Age of AI
Software engineering skill development requires slowing down. Generative AI has changed the landscape of skill development for software engineering. Tools and AI can accelerate outcomes, but they may not support skill development. Engineers must understand how systems work to learn things. Senior developers can coach juniors by using learning techniques. By Ben Linders
OpenAI Accuses Moonshot of Mass AI Data Extraction
OpenAI accused Moonshot AI of being responsible for a wide-scale effort to extract data from its GPT artificial intelligence systems. In a blog post Wednesday, OpenAI disclosed that it observed thousands of attempts by users associated with Moonshot to decipher hidden information about how its models reason through problems. Neil Campling reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Tencent-Backed AI Cloud Unicorn Said to File for Hong Kong IPO
Infinigence AI, a Chinese AI cloud infrastructure provider, is preparing for a Hong Kong listing as early as the first half of next year to capitalize on demand for computing resources to power artificial intelligence models and agents.
Microsoft’s Trillion-Dollar Quarter Shows AI Trade Won’t Quit
With Microsoft Corp.’s best quarter for decades in the books, Wall Street is betting the stock can keep rallying as the tech giant’s standing in the artificial intelligence landscape continues to improve.