The industry asked for a brake, the White House called it an overreaction
Amodei's slowdown proposal produced an unexpected consensus in the industry. On the political side, Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson push back.
Policy
Epoka — What's happening in AI, without the noise.
RubyGems published the tally of the May attack: more than 500 packages removed
RubyGems released new details about the attack on its package repository in May. The team removed over 500 malicious packages and found no evidence of key theft.
Safety
Nvidia opened its supply chain to Palantir: 1.3 million parts in a single rack
Nvidia and Palantir announced a partnership bringing AI into supply chain planning. The first application area is Nvidia's own manufacturing network.
Companies
Is the voice on the phone really your relative? A family password against voice cloning
Voice cloning tools have made the scam call in a relative's voice easy. This guide covers the security word method and the limits of it.
Safety
Google undercut the voice agent market: 1.38 dollars an hour
Google DeepMind released two new audio models. Both are native speech-to-speech and priced at 1.38 dollars an hour, well under the rival offering.
Models
Meta put a price on social media: Premium at 19.99 dollars a month
Meta opened Meta One, a subscription spanning four of its apps. It launched with more than 50 features, and subscriptions plus trials have reached 15 million.
Products
The robot that squats when a person approaches: Digit 5 aims to remove the fence
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, its first humanoid engineered to work safely near people. The robot takes different precautions depending on how close someone is.
Research
The startup selling visibility to AI engines reached 1.8 billion dollars
Profound, which works on visibility inside AI engines, reached a 1.8 billion dollar valuation with a 180 million dollar Series D.
Companies
US data centres could burn more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035
BloombergNEF projects US data centre natural gas use reaching 18 billion cubic feet a day by 2035, nearly double its forecast from nine months earlier.
Policy
A hotline for agents: one that witnesses misbehaviour can now report it
Two platforms have opened where agents witnessing misbehaviour can file a report. One uses the address line so agents with restricted internet can still signal.
Safety
A 30-day log retention decision pulled three major customers back
AI labs tell corporate customers their data is not used for training. But a retention period alone turned out to be enough to shake that trust.
Policy
The AI graveyard: someone started keeping a list of the projects that died
A running list has been started for AI projects that shut down or missed expectations. Projects from the largest companies appear on it too.
Companies