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Base44 launches own AI model to escape frontier-model
Base44, the vibe-coding platform Wix bought for $80 million a year ago, has launched Base1, its own LLM trained on tens of millions of user interactions, betting that owning the model stack beats rent
Supreme Court Limits Geofence Warrants
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that geofence warrants count as "searches" under the Fourth Amendment, requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before demanding cell-phone location data from tech
Open Memory Protocol Unifies AI Memory Across Tools
Open Memory Protocol launches as a vendor-neutral, self-hostable open standard that lets AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor share a single user memory store, breaking the silo where each tool i
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens Probing Rival Chatbots
Meta contractor Covalen ran a project called Cannes in which hundreds of workers posed as minors to probe ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with more than 45,000 prompts covering suicide, sex, drugs,
Palihapitiya's 8090 Labs raises $135M, he takes CEO
Chamath Palihapitiya raised $135 million in Series A funding for his AI coding startup 8090 Labs and will take the CEO role, backed by Salesforce Ventures and multiple All-In podcast co-hosts.
Google's Gemini Personalized Image Gen Free in US
Google expanded Gemini's personalized Nano Banana-powered image generation to all eligible US users for free, dropping the paywall that previously restricted the preference-aware feature to paid subsc
OpenAI Teases Codex Hardware for July 15
OpenAI is teasing a square-shaped hardware device for its Codex AI coding tool, built in partnership with keyboard maker Work Louder and slated to launch July 15th.
California inks half-price Claude deal with Anthropic
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Anthropic have reached a deal letting all state agencies and local governments use Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot at a discounted price, with training and support i
Baz Launches Planner With Four AI Agents, Extends Seed
Baz Technologies launched Baz Planner, a coding platform that uses four specialized AI agents to analyze code at the planning stage, while extending its seed round by $9M to a total of $17M.
South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘RAMageddon’
Samsung and SK Hynix are committing $518 billion to build four new memory fabs in southwestern South Korea, part of a broader $900 billion national push into semiconductors and AI data centers targeti
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
Eight months after launching its commercial service, Arena — the company behind the popular crowdsourced AI model leaderboard — hit $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue, more than tripling from
California Cuts 50% Deal With Anthropic for Claude
California has agreed to a deal with Anthropic to expand Claude AI products across state agencies and local governments at a 50% discount, with a state official saying most departments intend to migra
Amazon Eyes OpenAI, Nova After Anthropic Price Hike
Amazon is exploring replacing Anthropic's AI models with OpenAI's and its own Nova models to cut costs after Anthropic raised prices for use within Amazon products.
SCOTUS Limits Geofence Warrants Over Cell-Phone
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Americans have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cell-phone location data, curbing law enforcement's use of geofence warrants.
New Bill Would Bar AI Firms From Selling Health Data
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon are reviving the Health and Location Data Protection Act with new provisions that specifically ban AI companies from selling Americans' health and lo
Straiker raises $64M Series A for AI agent security
Straiker raised a $64 million Series A for its enterprise AI agent security platform, bringing its total funding to $85 million, according to CEO Ankur Shah.
Microsoft Report Ranks 101 Agent Tasks by Tech
A Microsoft-sponsored MIT Technology Review report surveyed 300 global technology experts and ranked 101 agent tasks by confidence, identifying data workflows as the 'breakthrough domain' while flaggi
Proception Settles Tesla Suit, Raises $11M for Robot
Proception, the robotic hand startup founded by a former Tesla Optimus technical lead, has settled Tesla's trade secret lawsuit and closed an $11 million seed round as it begins shipping its dexterous
Samsung, SK Hynix Commit $590B Chip Buildout in South Korea
South Korea unveiled a sweeping semiconductor investment program with Samsung and SK Hynix committing to roughly $590 billion in new chip fabrication and packaging facilities, alongside a separate mul
Sony Won't Sell PS6 at a Loss Amid Component Cost Fears
Sony signaled it won't subsidize PlayStation 6 hardware at a significant loss, saying it cannot absorb rising component costs, fueling concern that a $1000 price tag is now plausible.
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