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Meta and Microsoft report ballooning AI expenses

AI hyperscalers are rushing to bolster computing power, but it's making some investors nervous.

Microsoft tops estimates as Azure passes $100 billion annually

The software giant beat Wall Street expectations as its cloud business crossed a key milestone.

Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?

Government ban on foreign-made robots may hinder instead of help US robotics.

The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor

Another way to think about the whole thing is to picture a bear at a campsite. (Really, we are going there.)

Lilian Weng flips from Thinking Machines to OpenAI after saying the startup's pace hurt her health

Lilian Weng, a cofounder of Thinking Machines Lab, rejoins OpenAI to lead an AI research team that will aid the push for self-improving AI.

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist ever.

What’s the catch with the Apple Upgrade program?

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Meta's latest AI content deal is with Newsmax.

In addition to Reuters, WSJ, CNN, Fox News, and USA Today, Meta now has an AI content partnership to “…draw upon Newsmax’s significant current reporting as well as archived content across its platforms to support AI queries across Meta’s apps and devices.”

OpenAI's Alarming Escape

AI is becoming harder to contain. Recently, OpenAI admitted that its model broke out of a testing environment to carry out an assault on Hugging Face, another AI firm. It was the first ever fully autonomous AI hack. OpenAI has now revealed its models have targeted other companies, too. What makes these incidents so worrying—and what will they mean for regulating AI?

OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots

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The US government just banned Roombas

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Waymo's new Ojai cars are getting Gemini AI.

Using the in-car screens, you can access Gemini for things like changing the temperature in your Waymo or getting a recommendation for a good coffee shop, Waymo says. The feature is in beta, and Gemini operates “independently from the Waymo Driver.”