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Musk‑Altman Trial Reveals 2015 OpenAI Mission Emails
During the Musk v. Altman trial, newly released emails from 2015‑16 expose Elon Musk’s hand in drafting OpenAI’s nonprofit mission, governance plan, and early funding, while highlighting concerns from
Sources: SoftBank plans to create an AI and robotics company called Roze in the US to build data centers and list it as early as 2026, seeking a $100B valuation (Financial Times)
SoftBank is preparing to launch Roze, a U.S. AI‑robotics venture valued at $100 billion and slated for a 2026 IPO, while Google is defending its defense contracts and pushing Gemini AI across its prod
Microsoft CEO says it will exploit OpenAI royalty‑free
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says the revamped OpenAI deal gives the company royalty‑free access to the most advanced models through 2032, letting it “exploit” the tech while still profiting from OpenAI’
Alphabet Q1: Cloud revenue up 63%, paid users hit 350M
Alphabet’s Q1 earnings beat expectations, driven by a surge in cloud revenue, a jump in paid subscriptions, and strong AI‑powered search performance, while the company flags capacity limits and lifts
EU Finds Meta in Breach of DSA Over Underage Access
The European Commission issued preliminary findings that Meta is in breach of the Digital Services Act, accusing Instagram and Facebook of failing to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services
New SOB Benchmark Exposes 17-26 Point LLM Value Gap
A new benchmark called SOB reveals that leading LLMs clear 97%+ on JSON schema validation but drop 15-30 points when measured on whether the extracted field values actually match the source, exposing
EU Hits Meta With DSA Child Safety Breach
The European Commission issued preliminary DSA findings against Meta, accusing Instagram and Facebook of failing to prevent users under 13 from accessing the platforms — a charge that could result in
OpenAI sued by Tumbler Ridge over shooter’s ChatGPT
Seven families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims have sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the firm ignored flagged ChatGPT activity and hid the shooter’s new account to protect its IPO, while als
ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO
ChatGPT’s growth is stalling, with April uninstalls up 413% YoY and monthly active users only 78% higher than a year ago, while rival Claude enjoys an 11‑fold surge. Sensor Tower data and internal rep
North Korea AI‑Powered npm Malware Hits Solana
North Korean actors used an npm package seeded by Anthropic’s Claude Opus LLM to steal crypto credentials, linking AI‑generated code to a broader cyber‑espionage campaign. The PromptMink operation, ti
Oracle's $300B OpenAI Bet Makes It AI Bubble Proxy
Oracle has pivoted away from foundation-model development and instead wagered $300 billion on building data centers for OpenAI, making itself the cleanest public-market proxy for the AI boom.
BMW i Ventures Launches $300M AI Fund
BMW i Ventures has unveiled a $300M AI‑focused fund, expanding its portfolio to $1.1B and targeting early‑stage startups in robotics, industrial software, and advanced materials across North America a
John Ternus Tackles iPhone Pricing, US Manufacturing
John Ternus, Apple’s senior VP of hardware, is confronting a perfect storm: memory costs slated to quadruple by 2027, a $180 RAM surcharge that could lock the iPhone 18 at 8 GB, and rising US manufact
China Halts Robotaxi Licenses After Baidu Wuhan Freeze
China has frozen new licenses for autonomous vehicles after dozens of Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis ground to a halt in Wuhan traffic last month, prompting Beijing regulators to halt fleet expansion, ne
EU Charges Meta With Breaching DSA Over Underage Users
The European Commission issued preliminary findings that Meta is breaching the Digital Services Act by failing to prevent children under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, escalating a probe th
Musk Sues OpenAI Over Charity, Judge Curb Social Media
Elon Musk sued OpenAI and its co‑founders, alleging they stole a charity and abandoned the nonprofit mission, prompting a high‑profile trial where a judge ordered both parties to curb social‑media use
Eka Robot Screws Light Bulb with Human‑like Dexterity
Eka’s robot arm can grasp, manipulate, and screw in a light bulb with human‑like fluidity, a milestone that has eluded commercial robots for years. While OpenAI and Google pour resources into scaling
Anthropic’s $30B Growth Shows AI’s Rapid, Opaque Rise
AI’s explosive growth and opaque power are reshaping markets, prompting security threats, and sparking unprecedented economic fallout, as leading firms like Anthropic and OpenAI push models that even
GM Rolls Out Gemini AI to 4 Million Vehicles
General Motors is deploying Google's Gemini AI assistant to roughly 4 million US vehicles via over-the-air updates, while also announcing that its Super Cruise driver-assist system has logged one bill
US has no plan for 2,000 tons of nuclear waste produced yearly
The US has no long-term plan for the roughly 2,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste its reactors produce each year, even as a domestic nuclear revival driven by Big Tech's data-center power dem
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