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NSA Tests Anthropic's Mythos AI to Find Microsoft Security Flaws
The NSA is testing Anthropic's Claude Mythos to find security flaws in Microsoft software — and officials say its bug-hunting speed is impressive.
Pentagon Clears 8 AI Firms for Classified Networks, Excludes Anthropic
The DoD signed deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Nvidia, SpaceX, Reflection, and Oracle to deploy AI on IL6/IL7 networks. Anthropic is locked out.
Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation in $50B Raise, Topping OpenAI
Anthropic is weighing a $50 billion funding round at a $900 billion valuation that would make it the most valuable AI startup, surpassing OpenAI.
Anthropic's Project Deal: Claude Agents Closed 186 Real Deals
Inside Project Deal — Anthropic's internal experiment where Claude agents traded real goods for real money on behalf of 69 employees.
Half of Google and Amazon's Q1 AI Profits Came From Anthropic
Alphabet booked a $36.9B equity gain on its Anthropic stake. Amazon booked $16.8B. Together it's nearly half of their Q1 profits — not from AI products.
OpenAI Building AI Agent Smartphone With Qualcomm, MediaTek for 2028
OpenAI is reportedly building an AI agent smartphone with Qualcomm and MediaTek that replaces apps with task-driven assistants. Mass production targeted for 2028.
China Blocks Meta's $2B Acquisition of AI Startup Manus
Beijing's NDRC vetoed Meta's $2 billion takeover of AI agent startup Manus, citing technology transfer concerns and forcing the deal's unwinding.
EU Expands Digital Markets Act to Target Cloud and AI
European regulators will extend the Digital Markets Act to cloud services and AI, targeting Amazon, Microsoft, and major virtual assistant platforms.
Meta Reserves 1 GW of Space Solar to Power Its AI Data Centers
Meta signed deals with Overview Energy and Noon Energy for up to 1 GW of orbital solar and 100 GWh of long-duration storage to power AI infrastructure.
Musk Takes Stand vs Altman in $134B OpenAI Trial
Elon Musk testified for two days in a federal trial seeking $134B from OpenAI and the removal of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman from its board.
Anthropic Pledges Claude Stays Ad-Free, Opens Sydney Office for ANZ Push
Anthropic reaffirmed Claude will never run ads and named Theo Hourmouzis to lead its new Sydney office serving Australia and New Zealand customers.
Avoca Hits $1B Valuation With $125M Round to Bring AI to HVAC and Trades
Avoca raised $125M+ at a $1B valuation to scale AI agents that answer calls and book jobs for HVAC, plumbing, and roofing businesses across the US.
AWS Reinvents Amazon Connect as a Four-Vertical Agentic AI Suite
AWS split Amazon Connect into Customer, Decisions, Talent, and Health — and launched Quick, a desktop copilot aimed squarely at Microsoft.
OpenAI Lands on AWS in $38B Deal, Bringing GPT-5.5 to Bedrock
AWS and OpenAI signed a multi-year, $38 billion compute pact and will offer GPT-5.5, Codex, and Managed Agents directly through Amazon Bedrock.
Box Launches Box Automate, Putting AI Agents to Work on Enterprise Invoices
Box unveiled Box Automate on Tuesday — an AI agent platform that handles invoices, contracts, and document workflows inside Box's enterprise content cloud.
Google Signs Classified Pentagon AI Deal as 950 Employees Revolt
Google grants the DoD access to Gemini for 'any lawful' classified use after Anthropic refused — and 950 of its own engineers are publicly objecting.
UPDATE: Musk Takes Stand in OpenAI Trial, Predicts AGI Next Year
Day two of Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk testifies he founded OpenAI as a charity to counter Google and predicts AI smarter than any human within a year.
OpenAI Misses Revenue and User Targets, WSJ Report Rattles AI Stocks
WSJ says OpenAI fell short of internal revenue and ChatGPT user goals as it races toward an IPO. Oracle and AI chip stocks tumbled on the report.
ASAPP Adds 5 AI Agents to CXP, Pitching End-to-End Customer Service
ASAPP launches five purpose-built AI agents inside its CXP platform to run enterprise customer service end to end — from intent discovery to optimization.
Google DeepMind's Vision Banana Beats SAM 3 by Generating Pixels
DeepMind's new Vision Banana model proves image generators can outperform specialized vision systems on segmentation, depth, and surface normals.
Ineffable Raises $1.1B Seed: AlphaGo Creator Bets Against LLMs
AlphaGo creator David Silver emerges from stealth with $1.1B at $5.1B — a record European seed for an AI built without LLMs or human data.
Microsoft and OpenAI Rewrite Partnership: Multi-Cloud, AGI Clauses Out
Microsoft loses exclusive access to OpenAI as the two amend their deal: multi-cloud freedom, capped revenue share, and the AGI trigger clause is gone.
Moonshot Ships Kimi K2.6: 1T Parameters, 300-Agent Open-Weight Swarms
Moonshot AI's new Kimi K2.6 beats GPT-5.4 on SWE-Bench Pro and runs 300 parallel sub-agents — all under an open MIT-style license.
Musk v. Altman OpenAI Trial Begins in Oakland: What's at Stake
Elon Musk's $134 billion lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI heads to a federal jury today, with Satya Nadella expected to testify.