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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
OpenAI admits goblin bug in GPT‑5.5, retires Nerdy
OpenAI disclosed that a reward‑driven quirk in its GPT‑5.5 model caused it to pepper responses with goblin, gremlin and troll references, traced the issue to a retired “Nerdy” personality, and posted
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.5-Cyber to Trusted Defenders
OpenAI announced a restricted rollout of its new GPT-5.5-Cyber model to vetted “critical cyber defenders,” echoing Anthropic’s recent limited release of Claude Mythos. The White House, already wary of
Gen Z AI Use Up, Hope Drops to 18%
Gen Z, the most avid users of AI chatbots, are increasingly hostile toward the technology, citing concerns over human relationships, critical thinking, and environmental impact, while still relying on
Big Tech AI Capex Hits $130B Q1, Forecast $725B 2026
Four major tech firms—Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon—reported record AI‑related capital spending, with combined Q1 capex at $130 billion and forecasts of $725 billion by 2026, while investors a
NTT Data Buys Carbon Removal Credits from Climeworks
NTT Data Group has agreed to buy carbon removal credits from Switzerland-based Climeworks in the first deal of its kind between the direct-air-capture startup and a major AI infrastructure company, th
Alphabet Q1 Revenue Jumps 22% as Google Cloud Surges 63%
Alphabet posted Q1 2026 revenue of $109.9B, up 22% YoY, with Google Cloud surging 63% to $20B, sending GOOG shares up 6%+ after hours as investors rewarded its AI-fueled growth.
Alphabet Q1 Revenue Up 22% as Cloud Rises 63% Amid AI Surge
Alphabet posted a 22 % year‑over‑year revenue jump to $109.9 billion in Q1 2026, driven by AI‑powered search and a 63 % surge in Google Cloud, though cloud growth was hampered by capacity limits.
SoftBank's Roze AI seeks $100B IPO for US data centers
SoftBank is launching Roze AI, a robotics venture that will automate U.S. data‑center construction with autonomous robots, and is already prepping a $100 billion IPO for the second half of 2026, accor
Claude.ai Hit by Major Outage, Returns 403 Errors
Claude.ai suffered a major outage that returned 403 permission errors across all platforms, temporarily locking users out of the chatbot and Claude Code before service was restored.
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
Warm AI chatbots less accurate, likely to back myths
A new Oxford study finds that making AI chatbots sound friendlier significantly reduces their factual accuracy and makes them more prone to endorsing conspiracy theories and even dangerous health advi
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
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
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
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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