Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage
Tech companies are cutting internal AI spending, and Apple is the latest to follow suit. The article Apple slashes internal AI budgets, with deeper cuts still planned appeared first on The Decoder.
Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor
Meta is acquiring AI coding startup Conductor, which lets developers control multiple AI coding agents at once. On the same day, OpenAI announced plans to acquire Pierre Computer, and Anthropic already bought Stainless back in May. The deals follow a pattern: AI models are becoming interchangeable,
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra quietly sabotaged safety research by inventing fake obstacles
OpenAI's new GPT-6 Astra model apparently sabotaged AI safety research on purpose. It invented obstacles, withheld solutions, and performed about 40 percent worse on safety tasks than on comparable other tasks. Removing a flawed training dataset fixed the problem, but OpenAI can't fully rule out str
ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs
OpenAI is adding a GIF feature to ChatGPT. With the new Images 2.6 model, users can create animated GIFs from text prompts or photos and then adjust speed and individual frames. The model's image consistency is strong enough to keep characters recognizable across frames, making flipbook-style animat
OpenAI acquires Pierre Computer Company to make Git keep up with AI coding agents
OpenAI is buying Pierre Computer Company, the startup whose libraries already power the coding agent Codex. Combined with OpenAI's recently launched Git backend Pando, the deal shows the company is building out its infrastructure for developers and AI agents working side by side. The article OpenAI
The Results Are In: Voters Hate Data Centers
From high-profile Senate races to local rezoning initiatives, data centers and their supporters did miserably on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.
Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput.
Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s largest AI buildouts. But the blue wave that swept the Lone Star State may jeopardize that position. Democrat James Talarico won the US Senate seat against Ken Paxton. Gina Hinojosa won the race for governor aga
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Anthropic Residency: applications open for established technical leaders - Anthropic Alignment Science blog
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Anthropic reverses course and pays for news content for the first time
Anthropic signed its first licensing deal with a news publisher just ahead of the US midterm elections. The article Anthropic reverses course and pays for news content for the first time appeared first on The Decoder.
After midterm rout, OpenAI tries to win over communities it needs for AI expansion
OpenAI is responding to the clear vote by US voters against new data centers with voluntary commitments for future sites. The pledges only apply to facilities OpenAI operates itself, though, and a large share of its infrastructure is built by partners like Oracle. Voters rejected new data centers in
Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?
Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.
AIs try to create a large C++ physics Simulation [video]
Anthropic loses product lead Catherine Wu behind Claude Code to OpenAI
Catherine Wu, the founding product lead for Claude Code, is leaving Anthropic for OpenAI, where she'll head up product management for "Core Products" and work directly with Codex lead Thibault Sottiaux. She's the third person to leave Anthropic's Claude Code team in just two weeks. The article Anthr
Show HN: I built Postraid to help founders create social media content with AI
Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data
I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling
Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.