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Stripe: AI startups double $10M ARR in 3 months
AI‑powered startups are hitting $10 M annual recurring revenue in just three months, a trend confirmed by Stripe’s 2025 report, which shows record new‑business sign‑ups, faster growth, and a sharp ris
Pentagon Gives Anthropic Friday Deadline on AI Access
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic until Friday to grant the Pentagon unrestricted AI access or face a 'supply chain risk' designation or a Defense Production Act action, but the compa
India Drives 20% of AI Downloads but Just 1% of Revenue
AI companies are ending free India promotions after the country became the world's largest generative AI app download market in 2025, setting up a critical test of converting massive user growth into
MatX Raises $500M to Build AI Chips Faster Than Nvidia
AI chip startup MatX secured $500 million in Series B funding, led by Jane Street and a fund founded by former OpenAI researcher, to accelerate development of processors claimed to be ten times faster
Moonshine Open-Weights STT Outperforms Whisper Large V3
Moonshine has released its second-generation open-weights speech-to-text models, claiming higher accuracy than Whisper Large V3 at the top end and significantly lower latency through flexible input wi
Pentagon Summons Anthropic Chief Over AI Limits
Anthropic is locked in negotiations with the Pentagon over an AI contract, demanding specific guardrails be implemented. This dispute highlights the growing tension between the rapid advancement of AI
Pentagon pushes Anthropic for unrestricted AI use
Anthropic is locked in high‑stakes talks with the Pentagon over a $200 million contract, with the defense department demanding a blanket “any lawful use” clause that would let it employ the AI for mas
Anthropic-Backed Super PAC Launches Ads for AI
A Super PAC, Public First Action, backed by Anthropic, has launched an ad blitz advocating for AI regulation, signaling a significant escalation of political maneuvering around AI governance. This cam
Anthropic Raises $30B Backed by Dozen OpenAI Investors
A dozen venture capital firms that have invested in OpenAI are also backing Anthropic’s $30 billion fundraising round, raising questions about loyalty and conflict of interest among AI‑sector investor
Anthropic Sues 3 Chinese Firms Over 24K Fake Accounts
Anthropic is accusing three Chinese AI companies, DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, of large-scale data harvesting using approximately 24,000 fake accounts to train their own chatbot models. This highl
Anthropic Accuses 3 Chinese AI Firms of 16M Claude Exchanges
Anthropic accused DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of running industrial-scale distillation campaigns against its Claude model, involving roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts and over 16 million exchange
Companies Use Human Workers to Train AI Robots
Companies building AI humanoid robots rely on massive human data collection and remote tele‑operation, keeping the labor hidden and inflating public expectations of machine autonomy, which misleads in
Sowbot Unveils Open-Hardware Ag Robot with RTK GPS
Sowbot is unveiling an open-hardware agricultural robot, the Open AgBot, built on a stackable dual-SBC compute module with centimeter-accuracy RTK GPS and open-licensed schematics, aimed at sparing ag
Data Justice Act and PADFAA Highlight US Privacy Law Gap
The United States faces a pressing privacy crisis as outdated laws fail to curb government and corporate surveillance, prompting calls for new federal legislation like the Data Justice Act and stronge
Newark High School Pioneers A.I. Literacy
A Newark high school is pioneering 'A.I. Literacy' education, aiming to empower students to actively engage with and shape artificial intelligence rather than passively consume it. This initiative ref
India AI Summit Gets $1.1B Fund, Opens OpenAI Offices
The India AI Impact Summit sparked a wave of multi‑billion‑dollar investments, new office openings, and strategic partnerships, signalling the country’s push to become a global AI hub and positioning
Samsung adds Perplexity to Galaxy AI
Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI for Galaxy S26 users, who can summon the assistant with 'hey, Plex,' as part of a push to build a multi-agent ecosystem where users pick their preferred AI.
DJI patches security flaw exposing 7,000 Romo vacuums
A software engineer’s attempt to remote‑control his DJI Romo vacuum uncovered a flaw that exposed live video, audio and location data from nearly 7,000 devices worldwide, prompting DJI to issue emerge
AI‑generated Croydon videos go viral, spark backlash
AI‑generated videos depicting exaggerated urban decline in Croydon have gone viral, prompting copycat accounts, sparking racist backlash, and drawing attention from high‑profile figures such as Elon M
OpenAI flagged violent chats, didn't alert police
OpenAI’s automated review flagged violent ChatGPT conversations by Jesse Van Rootselaar months before the Tumbler Ridge school shooting, but the company chose not to notify law enforcement, later only
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