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Google's star AI researcher Noam Shazeer just left for OpenAI.
"Noam was working on pre-training at Gemini… And pre-training is something that Google is viewed to be really strong at. And OpenAI is viewed to have been kind of weaker at.”
It’ll help as “OpenAI tries to catch up to Anthropic’s most advanced models." — @erinkwoo
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An audit of Anthropic customers’ bills uncovered invoicing errors, finding about $1.7 million in mistaken overcharges.
The Information’s Laura Bratton explains how those errant changes could happen:
"Maybe there was an AI agent that continued to retry a task that it was completing incorrectly and a customer didn't realize that the AI agent kept trying over and over again, and they were getting charged for it."
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SpaceX’s rapid IPO suggests OpenAI and Anthropic could make their prospectuses public within weeks.
Read more: thein.fo/4eB1zzD
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Sam Altman’s decision to stagger OpenAI’s latest model release at the government’s request shows the power of pragmatic leadership.
Dario Amodei may face the same test as Anthropic clashes with regulators over Fable.
Read more: thein.fo/4evHyvI
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We identified 300+ bans on data center development that state and local governments throughout the U.S., with 75+ more under consideration.
See the comprehensive map of data center bans: thein.fo/3QoAxUl
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AI agents are moving from reactive assistants to proactive workforces.
Allie K. Miller, AI Advisor & CEO of Open Machine, explains how her army of 34 AI agents operates:
"They're completing tasks proactively. I think that's one of the bigger shifts that has come from the OpenClaw era, which is that we're moving into a world that is much more proactive, much more asynchronous."
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SpaceX’s xAI is leaning into Grok’s image and video tools as OpenAI and Anthropic hold back on visual AI.
Much of Grok’s demand, though, appears tied to adult content that could create legal and reputational risks.
Read more: thein.fo/4oKXPjT
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Robin Zeng, exacting and detail obsessed, keeps a stranglehold over a market that touches everything from AI data centers to electric cars.
Even if Silicon Valley wanted to, it couldn't live without him.
Full story: thein.fo/44sQA6O
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Exclusive: DeepSeek raised $7.4 billion after Anthropic’s Mythos preview convinced CEO Liang Wenfeng that China’s top AI lab needed far more money to compete.
More details: thein.fo/4gMTjzc
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The move raises the question of whether the government’s oversight of these new models is actually voluntary, as the Trump administration has insisted.
More analysis: thein.fo/4eMVlgc
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Exclusive: Google is reorganizing its recently launched strike team working on AI coding tools to try to catch up with Anthropic in the most lucrative AI applications.
Full story: thein.fo/4uV7w0s
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Since the start of the year, cities, towns, counties and states across America have slammed the brakes on allowing new data centers in their backyards.
We've created a comprehensive map of state and local measures across the country to block or pause data centers.
See the map, and read our analysis: thein.fo/3QoAxUl
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Kalshi has topped $2 billion in annualized revenue, putting it within striking distance of far older finance companies.
But its $22 billion valuation depends on whether investors see it as a brokerage, exchange or betting app.
Read more in our Finance newsletter: thein.fo/4aPfCR6
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Google is pushing publishers to give it broad rights to use their content for AI, including model training.
The push comes as publishers say search traffic from Google has fallen sharply.
Full story: thein.fo/4vBHn8c
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SpaceX’s rapid IPO suggests OpenAI and Anthropic could make their prospectuses public within weeks.
Read more: thein.fo/4eB1zzD
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Sam Altman’s decision to stagger OpenAI’s latest model release at the government’s request shows the power of pragmatic leadership.
Dario Amodei may face the same test as Anthropic clashes with regulators over Fable.
Read more: thein.fo/4evHyvI
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We identified 300+ bans on data center development that state and local governments throughout the U.S., with 75+ more under consideration.
See the comprehensive map of data center bans: thein.fo/3QoAxUl
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Whop built a fast-growing marketplace around digital goods, from trading groups to sports-betting advice.
Its next test is whether a company born in sneaker bots and online hustles can compete with Stripe and Shopify.
Full story: thein.fo/3QStDqu
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Since the start of the year, cities, towns, counties and states across America have slammed the brakes on allowing new data centers in their backyards.
We've created a comprehensive map of state and local measures across the country to block or pause data centers.
See the map, and read our analysis: thein.fo/3QoAxUl
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SpaceX’s xAI is leaning into Grok’s image and video tools as OpenAI and Anthropic hold back on visual AI.
Much of Grok’s demand, though, appears tied to adult content that could create legal and reputational risks.
Read more: thein.fo/4oKXPjT
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Exclusive: DeepSeek raised $7.4 billion after Anthropic’s Mythos preview convinced CEO Liang Wenfeng that China’s top AI lab needed far more money to compete.
More details: thein.fo/4gMTjzc
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