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OpenAI Briefs US Agencies, Five Eyes on GPT‑5.4‑Cyber
OpenAI has begun briefing U.S. federal agencies, state governments, and Five Eyes partners on its newly released GPT‑5.4‑Cyber model, launching a dual‑track program that balances broad safeguards with
SpaceX Secures $60bn to Buy Cursor, $10bn Partnership
SpaceX secured a $60 billion option to acquire AI startup Cursor while committing $10 billion to a partnership that will build the world’s most useful AI models, as the company prepares for an IPO.
SpaceX Partners with Cursor, Holds $60B Buyout Option
SpaceX announced a partnership with coding startup Cursor to develop AI tools for software engineers, with a provision giving it the option to acquire the company for $60 billion later this year or pa
Google unveils TPU 8t and 8i AI chips
Google announced its eighth‑generation TPU chips—TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference—set for rollout later in 2026, featuring a new Virgo Network upgrade and cost‑cutting claims that intensif
SpaceX Can Buy Cursor for $60B, AI Lobbying Surges
SpaceX has secured an option to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, or pay $10 billion to continue their partnership, as part of its push into artificial intelligence ahead of a planned
SpaceX Gets $60B Option to Buy Cursor, $10B Deal
SpaceX has secured a $60 billion option to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, or a $10 billion partnership, tying the firm’s product to its massive Colossus supercomputer as it prepares for an IPO.
Meta launches employee‑tracking tool for AI training
Meta is deploying a new employee‑tracking system, the Model Capability Initiative, to capture keystrokes and mouse clicks for AI model training, part of a $140 bn AI spending push. While the firm says
SpaceX to Pay $10bn or Acquire Cursor for $60bn
SpaceX has struck a deal that lets it either buy the AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a $10 billion fee for a joint venture, a move tied to its upcoming IPO.
LLM+ Advances: Million-Token Contexts, Cheaper Models
OpenAI is accelerating its shift to enterprise‑focused coding tools while the broader AI field races to make LLMs cheaper, faster, and capable of handling million‑token contexts. New approaches—from m
SpaceX Secures $60B Option to Buy AI Startup Cursor
SpaceX has secured a $60 billion option to buy AI startup Cursor, while also agreeing to a $10 billion partnership payment, marking a major AI push ahead of its upcoming IPO in the tech sector.
China Bars MiroMind From Exporting AI Talent
After a Chinese investigation into Meta‑acquired Manus AI, authorities ordered another AI startup, MiroMind, to keep its talent and research inside China. The move signals a new red line for tech work
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Images 2.0 with web search
OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image‑generation model that adds reasoning and web‑search to create multiple, richly formatted images from a single prompt.
Florida AG probes OpenAI for ChatGPT advice in shooting
OpenAI, which has been touting its enterprise coding tools, is now under a Florida criminal probe after Attorney General James Uthmeier says ChatGPT gave a shooter concrete advice on weapons and timin
OpenAI says that ChatGPT Images 2.0 has a stronger understanding of non-Latin text rendering in languages like Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Bengali (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Images 2.0 upgrade sharpens its ability to render non‑Latin scripts—including Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Bengali—while adding “Instant” and “Thinking” modes that support up to 2K re
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026: 60k Attendees, 10k AI Meets
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 reimagines a tech conference as a massive deal‑making hub, leveraging AI matchmaking and reverse‑pitch sessions to connect 60,000 attendees with thousands of startup and corporat
Bipartisan AI Backlash Meets $140M Pro-AI Super PAC
A surge in bipartisan AI backlash — stalled data centers, attacks on Sam Altman's home, and growing job-loss fears — is clashing with $140 million in super PAC spending ahead of the midterms, even tho
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.0 with thinking mode
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image engine with improved text rendering, varied aspect ratios, and a reasoning-enabled 'thinking' mode for paid subscribers, also available to developers vi
OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model
OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Images 2.0, a multimodal model that can churn out multiple images and multilingual text in a single prompt, while offering premium access to paying users. The rollout intensifi
ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Images 2.0 finally cracks the long‑standing problem of garbled text in AI‑generated pictures, delivering clean, multilingual captions and even self‑checking its work. The breakthr
Altman slams Anthropic's Mythos as fear‑based marketing
OpenAI’s Sam Altman accused Anthropic of using fear‑based marketing to hype its new cybersecurity model Mythos, which the company says is too powerful for public release. Meanwhile, early adopters lik
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