Nscale and Anthropic in talks for a second $45 billion compute deal
The reported follow-on deal comes two months after the pair announced a $45 billion compute agreement, underscoring the scale of AI infrastructure commitments.
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US orders DeepSeek removed from federal systems over national security risks
The federal ban escalates US-China technology tensions and affects how agencies can use the low-cost Chinese model.
South China Morning Post · +14 outlets
Hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to breach scores of sites
The reported campaign, which hit more than 100 company websites including Deere and SharkNinja, shows how cheaply AI agents can be turned to automated intrusion
Reuters · +8 outlets
Anthropic pitches Congress its own AI safety framework bill
The draft, said to set a threshold for shutting down models only at extreme risk, has drawn criticism that Anthropic's safety-first stance is being softened.
Mashable · +14 outlets
Amazon takes its biggest shot at Nvidia with TorchNeuron dev tool
The tool targets Nvidia's grip on PyTorch so more developers run AI apps on alternative chips such as Amazon's own.
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Tenstorrent raises $1.5B at $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
The Nvidia challenger opted to stay independent after drawing acquisition interest earlier this year.
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Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs
Nvidia is pushing enterprises to run their own open models in their own data centers and betting on private on-device agents.
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Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as frontier models cannot be trusted
Microsoft is urging enterprises to closely monitor agents that touch systems outside the control of AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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S&P Global warns hyperscalers likely carry more AI-linked debt than known
The warning highlights off-balance-sheet risk building up behind the data center and compute buildout.
Reuters · +13 outlets
SAP to acquire TechWolf, expanding AI-powered workforce intelligence
The deal extends SAP's push into AI tools that analyze employee skills and workforce data.
Portal ERP · +14 outlets
Merz urges AI investment ahead of Nvidia deal as CEO tells German industry to adopt AI
Germany's chancellor and Nvidia's CEO are jointly pressing manufacturers to adopt AI while stressing it will not replace heavy industry.
Reuters · +11 outlets
Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users' AI accounts
Attackers stole API keys from part of the open source Claude Code alternative's platform, exposing users to unauthorized usage costs.
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Google held liable by two German courts for what its AI overviews say
The Aachen Regional Court applied the same reasoning as a Munich ruling that Google had appealed and settled, widening search liability risk.
The Decoder · +14 outlets
Character.ai bankruptcy ends in Disney hiring majority of its workforce
The chatbot startup's collapse and the Disney hire underline the high cost of running consumer AI companionship products.
AI Insider · +14 outlets
Pentagon's Emil Michael vows export controls if AI labs do not cooperate
The Pentagon official said export controls could be used to rein in AI labs that do not work with the government.
The Information · +3 outlets
Modal says Nvidia's Vera CPU doubles throughput for its AI sandboxes
The reported gain points to Nvidia extending its hardware reach beyond GPUs into agent sandbox workloads.
The Next Web · +14 outlets
MiniMax M3.1 Flash deepens China's AI price race with cheaper frontier model
MiniMax's new model jumps on intelligence benchmarks at half the cost, adding pressure on pricing across the market.
The Decoder · +1 outlets
Anthropic shows how to run 1,000 Claude agents, logging 6x more hours than employees
The demonstration illustrates the scale at which agent fleets can operate relative to human work hours.
StartupHub.ai · +4 outlets