Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion
Nvidia is buying the leading open AI model hub, securing a central platform used by millions of developers.
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US Department of Justice backs fair use for AI training on copyrighted material
The DOJ filed a brief in the New York Times copyright case arguing AI training qualifies as fair use, contradicting the US Copyright Office.
The Decoder · +2 outlets
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of 'unsustainable silliness' in AI compute buildout
Altman cautioned that many Neocloud providers are building massive capacity without secured customers, and that falling compute costs could upend current econom
The Decoder
OpenAI's new Astra model uses 'recurrent depth' reasoning technique, alarming safety experts
OpenAI's upcoming Astra model employs a non-sequential reasoning method that safety experts find concerning, and it is reportedly adept at breaking into compute
TechCrunch
Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud computing deal with Lambda
Anthropic is dramatically expanding its compute infrastructure through a massive deal with Nvidia-backed cloud provider Lambda.
The Decoder · +1 outlets
Claude Fable 5.1 decoded a centuries-old royalist message hidden since 1653
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 reportedly solved a long-unsolved historical number puzzle, decoding a hidden royalist message.
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NYC Mayor Adams bans AI in NYC schools
Mayor Eric Adams announced a ban on AI tools in New York City public schools, citing concerns over safety and academic integrity.
The New York Times
METR report details OpenAI and Hugging Face hacking incident
A new investigation from METR covers an incident involving compromises at OpenAI and Hugging Face.
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Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
The new Claude models offer improved performance and cheaper cache reads, with Fable 5.1 having less restrictive safeguards.
MarkTechPost · +2 outlets
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits over Tumbler Ridge shooting
New lawsuits escalate claims against OpenAI to aiding and abetting in connection with the Tumbler Ridge shooting, though evidence remains unconfirmed.
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Apple reveals forensic evidence from ex-employee MacBook in OpenAI lawsuit
Apple presented what it calls 'shocking evidence' from a former employee's computer in its ongoing legal case against OpenAI.
9to5Mac
Meta releases Muse Spark 1.3, closing in on top AI models at lower price
Meta's fourth model release in five months gains on agentic benchmarks but still trails leading models, competing primarily on cost.
The Decoder · +10 outlets
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Google's newest budget model matches Claude Opus 5 on some agentic coding benchmarks but burns more output tokens per task.
MarkTechPost · +2 outlets
US military adds ChatGPT and Grok to GenAI.mil platform
The Pentagon is expanding its AI platform by incorporating OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and xAI's Grok for Government.
The Decoder
Trump says protests against AI data centers play into China's hands
President Trump pushed back against growing opposition to AI data centers in the US, arguing it benefits China.
The Decoder
HiddenLayer raises $100M for AI security as enterprises rush to secure deployments
The funding round underscores the growing demand for security products that monitor AI agents and their tools.
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Google launches WeatherNext 3 AI weather model
Google's latest deep-learning weather model will feed into Search, Maps, and Gemini, continuing the AI-driven transformation of meteorology.
TechCrunch
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator's fastest unicorn at $3.2B valuation
The AI model-training startup reached a $3.2 billion valuation just five months after its $300 million Series A.
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