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Ford Rolls Out Pro AI Chatbot to 840K Fleet Subscribers
Ford launched Ford Pro AI, a generative AI chatbot that analyzes commercial vehicle telematics data to help fleet managers lower fuel costs and automate workflows, rolling out free to its 840,000+ tel
Jeff Dean Leads 30+ AI Experts in Brief for Anthropic
Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean and over 30 AI researchers from OpenAI and Google filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic in its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of War over a conteste
Anthropic sues Pentagon over AI supply‑chain risk
Anthropic sued the Pentagon on Monday, seeking to block a supply‑chain‑risk designation that it says unlawfully infringes its free‑speech and due‑process rights, and to prevent being placed on a natio
AI Agents Open New Hacker Backdoors: Airia Webinar
Airia is hosting a webinar arguing that autonomous AI agents—capable of sending emails, moving data, and running software—create an attack surface that traditional security tools weren't designed to d
Hyperscale Power raises €5M for smaller transformer
A 140-year-old grid technology is hitting its limits as AI data centers push toward 1-megawatt racks, and a wave of startups — including Hyperscale Power, which just raised €5 million — is racing to r
Nvidia to Launch Open-Source AI Agent Platform NemoClaw
Nvidia is set to launch the open-source AI agent platform NemoClaw, enabling enterprises to deploy AI agents for workforce tasks, with built-in security and privacy tools and chip-agnostic access, as
Anthropic sues US over supply‑chain risk label
Anthropic has sued the U.S. government, claiming the Pentagon’s ‘supply chain risk’ label and President Trump’s directive to bar its AI tools violate the Constitution and harm the company’s contracts.
OpenAI, Google engineers file amicus brief for Anthropic
Nearly 40 OpenAI and Google engineers, led by Jeff Dean, filed an amicus brief backing Anthropic’s lawsuit after the Trump administration labeled the AI firm a supply‑chain risk for refusing to enable
OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo to Bolster AI Agent Security
OpenAI has acquired Promptfoo, an AI security startup, to embed its red‑team and compliance tools into the OpenAI Frontier platform, bolstering safety for enterprise AI agents and addressing rising se
White House targets defiant labs over AI surveillance
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the wor...
Jay Graber Steps Down as Bluesky CEO
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down after nearly five years leading the decentralized social platform, with venture capitalist and former Automattic CEO Toni Schneider taking over as interim leade
OpenClaw spreads in China as AI labs launch tools
China’s AI scene is buzzing as the OpenClaw platform spreads, with labs rolling out turnkey tools and Shenzhen drafting policies to nurture autonomous AI agents. The surge in software stocks reflects
Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork Anthropic Claude
Microsoft announced the rollout of Copilot Cowork, a new AI‑driven assistant for Microsoft 365 that embeds Anthropic’s Claude‑Cowork technology and leverages Work IQ to act on users’ data. The feature
Nscale raises $2B at $14.6B valuation with Nvidia backing
UK-based AI data center startup Nscale raised $2 billion in a Series C led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries, hitting a $14.6 billion valuation with Nvidia among the backers.
Iran-Israel war threatens Gulf $300B AI push
Apple unveiled its $599 MacBook Neo and is reportedly planning three new 'Ultra' premium products, including a touchscreen MacBook Ultra, plus 3D-printed aluminum chassis for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Nitro Commerce Acquires Zodiac Labs AI
Nitro Commerce has bought Gurugram‑based AI analytics firm Zodiac Labs AI, adding real‑time quick‑commerce insights and a smart purchase‑order engine to its suite, and bringing Zodiac’s founder Nikhil
Claude Selected Hundreds of Targets in Iran Strikes
A tweet alleges that Anthropic’s Claude AI helped select hundreds of targets for the opening wave of Iran strikes, possibly including a school where over 100 girls were killed, according to the post.
ModRetro Eyes $1B Valuation
ModRetro, the vintage gaming startup founded by Palmer Luckey, is in talks for a funding round that would value the company at $1 billion, according to the Financial Times.
Study: LLMs from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI aid
A new study shows that leading large‑language models—Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and xAI’s Grok—can be misused to craft convincing, fabricated research papers that non‑resea
Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck’s AI Startup InterPositive
Netflix has acquired Ben Affleck’s AI startup InterPositive, bringing its 16‑person engineering team and post‑production technology to the streamer, while Affleck will join as a senior adviser.
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