US orders federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek AI from their systems
The DHS ban cites national security concerns and extends to third-party services built on DeepSeek technology.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that would block a model only after 50+ deaths
The proposal appears protective but bars federal agencies from blocking a model release without a judge's permission, drawing criticism.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
SpaceX AI business sales jump over nine times as company posts $4.4B quarterly net income
AI was the engine behind SpaceX's third-quarter profitability, an unusual result for a launch company.
TechCrunch · +3 outlets
Sam Altman pitched three AI safety endgames, including one firm able to shut down rivals' GPUs
The internal presentation floated an IAEA-style watchdog, a merger of major labs, or one dominant company as paths to safe AI.
The Decoder · +5 outlets
Ken Griffin says AI is 'almost certainly' in a bubble right now
The Citadel founder's warning echoes growing investor caution, and New York's budget office warned an AI bubble burst could drain state coffers.
Bloomberg.com · +5 outlets
US Army's ECHOTRIBBLE program would deploy self-spreading AI agents to attack enemy networks
Internal documents describe worm-like AI agents designed to neutralize targets, including air-gapped systems, raising expert alarm.
The Decoder · +4 outlets
UN warns AI is on track to crowd out human decision-making in warfare
A new UN initiative aims to address the military uses of AI as autonomous systems gain ground.
UN News · +2 outlets
Google open-sources TorchTPU, a native PyTorch backend for Cloud TPUs
The move, with Meta, joins Amazon in attacking Nvidia's developer stronghold by easing the path off its GPUs.
MarkTechPost · +14 outlets
DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer inference framework behind its fastest model
The vLLM-based system targets Nvidia and Huawei chips and adds pricing pressure on Western AI providers.
MarkTechPost · +8 outlets
OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio to bolster its biotech business
Orchestra's team and technology will work on Rosalind, OpenAI's AI model for life sciences research.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
AI is now a top 10 fear among Americans for the first time
Surveys show rising public unease, with most North Texans wanting limits on AI and critics asking why Democrats have not acted.
Popular Science · +14 outlets
Meta's Muse hits 10M US downloads in 40 days, retaining users better than AI rivals
The AI companion joins an exclusive group of apps reaching that milestone, including Meta's own Threads.
TechCrunch · +2 outlets
Meta Muse exposed users' personal and business secrets when sharing conversations
Meta suspended the sharing feature while it investigates the privacy flaw.
Ars Technica · +9 outlets
Mistral launches Voxtral 3, a full real-time voice agent stack in 50+ languages
The release combines speech-to-text, text-to-speech and a voice agent SDK, as ElevenLabs also shipped speech-to-speech models.
The Decoder · +4 outlets
HHS to make sole-source award to Anthropic ahead of broader AI competition
The federal health agency is moving directly to Anthropic before opening wider competition for AI services.
FedScoop · +1 outlets
Workday and Anthropic link AI tools for HR and finance
The partnership brings Claude into enterprise HR and finance workflows, with Cisco providing agent identity controls.
IT Brief UK · +14 outlets
Anthropic's cloud partnerships are getting messy as it struggles for compute before IPO
Cloud providers increasingly view Anthropic as a competitor, and Eric Schmidt reportedly holds about 1% of the lab ahead of a planned November IPO.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets
Otter.ai raises $320M from General Catalyst's growth fund for its meeting tool
The non-dilutive capital comes from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund, which returns value based on marketing results.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets