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Meta Reportedly Considers Leasing Computing Power to Anthropic

Sources tell The New York Times that the deal could be valued at $10 billion over two years, with Anthropic paying Meta in monthly increments. Though Anthropic plans to invest $50 billion in building out its own data centers, it has already struck multibillion-dollar deals to access computing power from SpaceX and TeraWulf.

The Backlash to Anthropic's Ad Misses Something Bigger

People were quick to dunk on a recent Anthropic ad, part of a campaign designed to show the company is listening to people’s concerns about AI. The video features audio of people asking questions like “Can AI be trusted?” and “Who’s going to hit the brakes?” over flashing images that included protests, the unhoused, and a flaming home. After pivoting to a warmer tone—"Could AI help people stop feeling misunderstood?”—the ad finishes with the text, “There’s hope in hard questions,” followed by Anthropic’s tagline: “Keep thinking.”

Xi Jinping calls for more open-source AI: 'China is ready to be more open'

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for more open-source AI in a speech on Thursday. He encouraged "open-source, openness, collaboration, and sharing."

Apple strikes deal with MLB to provide every team with iPad Pros

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San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores

Official estimates Google and Apple likely made millions in nudify app fees.

Samsung’s redesigned Z Fold 8 with a wide display just leaked

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David Sacks warns U.S. could lose AI race after Chinese model's breakout

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 has taken the top spot in a front-end coding leaderboard, giving Sacks fresh ammunition against tighter U.S. AI rules.

Axios House: AI is a cybersecurity risk accelerant, experts say

AI is speeding up the pace of digital attacks and the need for resilient systems

Exclusive: OpenAI's CFO pitches a new way to measure AI's value

The framework is OpenAI's response to a growing enterprise AI cost reckoning.

Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM

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Apple and Google ordered to take down AI “nudify” apps.

San Francisco city attorney David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters to both companies, demanding that they remove 13 apps that can be used to generate nude images of someone without their consent, according to a report from Wired. The letters ask Google and Apple to stop “aiding and abetting” the sale of sexualized AI deepfakes, which is prohibited under California law.

Chinese AI models narrow cyber gap with US rivals

UK agency warns cheaper open models could leave companies less time to patch critical vulnerabilities