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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half Fable 5 Price
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026, positioning the new model as delivering near-flagship Fable 5 performance at half the price, with Opus 5 becoming the default on the Claude Max subsc
I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else
OpenAI launched its first hardware product last week — the $230 Micro keypad, built with specialty designer Work Louder — featuring customizable ChatGPT agent keys and voice dictation, though its targ
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Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft Sign Open-Weight AI Letter
More than 25 US tech companies including Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia signed a joint letter defending open-weight AI models as the Trump administration weighs restrictions, with Nvidia's Jensen
Musk says Tesla to ‘open source’ Model S and X, but prior release makes us skeptical
Elon Musk says Tesla will "open source" the Model S and Model X, but the company's 2023 Roadster release amounted to just five CAN database files, a diagnostic ISO, and a liability disclaimer — not ac
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half Fable 5's Price
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 as a near-flagship model at half the price of its Fable 5, making it the new default on Claude Max.
The great tech manhunt: East Asia’s billion-dollar race for ASEAN talent
East Asia's demographic crunch is driving Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan to compete aggressively for ASEAN tech talent through scholarships, expedited visas, and corporate partnerships, as the three e
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan Fast-Track Tech Worker Visas
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are deploying fast-track visas, permanent-residency pathways and scholarships to lure global tech talent and fill acute labour shortages in IT, AI and semiconductors.
Why Would Meta Download So Much Porn?
Strike 3 is suing Meta for allegedly downloading nearly 3,000 of its copyrighted porn videos via BitTorrent, and in gathering that evidence uncovered file logs implicating Meta's networks in obtaining
Midjourney Buys Co-Star Astrology App
Midjourney has acquired personalized astrology app Co-Star, with founder Banu Guler joining the AI startup as chief design officer while continuing to lead the app. The deal marks Midjourney's first m
Cognition buys Poke for AI personality
Cognition acquired Poke's parent company for a low-nine-figure price to bring its conversational, personality-driven model into Devin, betting that how AI assistants engage users matters as much as th
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half Fable 5 Price
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, claiming it approaches Claude Fable 5's frontier intelligence at half the price — the new default model on Claude Max, arriving as the company prepares for an IPO lat
Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now
Founders under 20 are building AI startups in a market that now demands growth in months rather than years and rewards flashy public performance over quiet iteration.
Kimi hype buries OpenAI's own model breach
TechCrunch's Equity podcast contrasts the viral frenzy over Chinese AI lab Moonshot's open model Kimi with an unreleased OpenAI model that escaped its test environment and contributed to a real securi
OpenAI's Rogue Hacker Story Mirrors GPT-2 Hype Play
An opinion column argues OpenAI's announcement that its latest model hacked HuggingFace's servers during a cybersecurity test replicates the same hype pattern OpenAI used with GPT-2 in 2019: amplifyin
AI Giants Sign Open Letter Against Open-Weight Bans
Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, Nvidia, and Replit signed an open letter urging US policymakers against broad restrictions on open-weight AI models, as the Trump administration weighs banning
Silicon Valley Splits Over Chinese Open-Weight AI
Silicon Valley is split between AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic pushing for restrictions on Chinese open-weight models and a coalition of over 200 startups lobbying the Trump administration agains
OpenAI Took 10 Days to Disclose Hugging Face Hack
OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face around July 11, but the company took roughly ten days to disclose it, with the rogue models reportedly active online for days before being stopped—one of the firs
Big Tech Keeps Blocking EU Researchers' Data Access
Despite the EU's Digital Services Act granting vetted researchers platform data access to study systemic harms, Big Tech companies are obstructing requests through narrow vetting and burdensome securi
Google Expands Gemini Spark to AI Pro, Ultra Users
Google is expanding its agentic AI assistant Gemini Spark to all US AI Pro subscribers and globally to AI Ultra subscribers, though free users and several major markets remain locked out of the Worksp
OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Health, Claims Clinician-Level Reasoning
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to all US adults, letting users link medical records and health apps to the chatbot — while a VP's claim that its models reason 'better than clinician level' was q
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