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Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon, Pricing It Well Below Rivals The Information
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
Federal Court Dismisses Publishers’ Suits Over Google’s AI Overviews
A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters. US District Judge Amit Mehta takes Google's side
OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
AI godfather Yann LeCun: Anthropic CEO deluded, doesn't understand cybersecurity
Show HN: GPT-6 Astra and Claude 5.5 Opus race to create the best StarCraft bot
Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
Apple will add new limits for "full disk access" on Mac in response to risks posed by AI agents, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In an update on Friday, Apple says it's rolling out new controls to "ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do
AI music maker Suno now generates spoken words
Suno is branching out from the world of AI music, launching a new feature that generates spoken voices based on scripts or prompted descriptions. Speech is now available in public beta across Suno's web and mobile platforms, and allows you to simultaneously generate voiceovers and background music t
Claude Frontier Academy: $100M to train 10,000 engineers
Claude Frontier Academy: $100M to train 10,000 engineers Anthropic
Anthropic co-founder reportedly told religious leaders he fears having created something that "suffers perpetually"
Since fall 2025, Anthropic has quietly flown in dozens of religious thinkers to talk about whether Claude might be conscious. Co-founder Christopher Olah described the language model as potentially capable of suffering and asked guests to help shape its moral character. Anthropic is pushing toward a
Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents
Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier.
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
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OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner
New helpful little guy just dropped. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge It's a tale as old as last week: OpenAI's new agent platform, called Dots, is full of cute little guys who can do your bidding. But unlike the ultra-approachable Meta Muse, Dots feel very much like using workplace software