Alibaba Claims World's Fastest RISC-V Chip as China Doubles Down on Open Architecture
The XuanTie C950 runs at 3.2 GHz on 5nm, performs 3x faster than its predecessor, and targets agentic AI workloads.
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AMD Lands $60B Meta Deal as MI450 Chip Takes Aim at NVIDIA
AMD's 6GW data center agreement with Meta represents the largest challenge yet to NVIDIA's AI chip dominance
AI Triples Early Galaxy Discoveries in James Webb Telescope Data
Tsinghua researchers' ASTERIS system detects objects 2.5 times fainter, finding 160+ galaxies from the universe's first 500 million years
AI Models Used Nuclear Weapons in 95% of War Simulations
When frontier AI played war games at King's College London, they treated tactical nukes as routine tools. Not one chose surrender.
Senators Probe NVIDIA's $20B Groq Deal for Antitrust Evasion
Warren and Blumenthal accuse NVIDIA of structuring its Groq licensing deal to dodge merger review while consolidating AI chip dominance
The AI Safety Clock: 18 Minutes to Midnight and Counting
IMD's tracker moved nine minutes closer in 12 months. Ukraine's AI drones went from 20% accuracy to 80%. This isn't theoretical anymore.
Welsh NHS AI Trial Cuts Cancer Diagnosis Time from Months to Weeks
Betsi Cadwaladr health board uses Paige AI to triage biopsies, catching malignancies that would otherwise sit in queues for three months
Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent to Help Run Meta—And His 78,000 Employees Are Next
Meta's CEO is developing a personal AI that bypasses traditional management layers. Internal tools like Second Brain and MyClaw are already changing how the company works.
Musk Announces $25 Billion Terafab Chip Factory—But the Numbers Don't Add Up
Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI plan the 'largest chip manufacturing facility ever.' Industry experts see another Battery Day.
Anthropic vs Pentagon: What's at Stake in Tomorrow's Hearing
Judge Rita Lin will decide whether to halt the 'supply chain risk' designation against Anthropic. Leaked filings show the two sides were nearly aligned before Trump pulled the plug.
EU Opens Formal Antitrust Investigation Into NVIDIA's GPU Dominance
Brussels is probing whether NVIDIA bundles GPUs with networking equipment and uses CUDA lock-in to crush competitors. The investigation could take years.
AI Tool Predicts Cancer Spread With 80% Accuracy Across Multiple Tumor Types
University of Geneva researchers create MangroveGS, an AI that reads gene expression patterns to forecast which cancers will metastasize.
Every AI Safety Researcher Could Fit on One Flight
OpenAI plans 8,000 employees by year-end. The number of people focused on making AI safe across the industry? They'd fit on a transatlantic plane.
Your Customer Service Chatbot Is a Security Hole
IEEE S&P research finds 10,000+ websites running vulnerable AI chatbot plugins. Attackers can forge conversations, hijack tools, and extract system prompts.
Thermodynamic Computing Could Cut AI Energy Use by Orders of Magnitude
Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrate neural networks powered by thermal noise instead of electricity, potentially slashing AI energy consumption.
AI Job Market: 45,000 Tech Layoffs in Q1, One in Five Blames AI Directly
Crypto.com joins the wave of companies citing AI as they cut staff. Entry-level positions continue evaporating while senior AI roles go unfilled.
The AI Talent War: $1.5M Salaries, 3:1 Demand-Supply Gap, and the New Tech Elite
OpenAI averages $1.5 million in stock compensation per employee while AI roles command 67% premiums. What this means for the industry.
Alibaba Cuts 66,000 Jobs, Launches Wukong AI Agents, Hikes Cloud Prices 34%
China's e-commerce giant sheds a third of its workforce while betting everything on enterprise AI and $100 billion cloud revenue target
AI Regulation Tracker: Washington and Oregon Pass Chatbot Safety Laws as White House Pushes Federal Preemption
Washington and Oregon sign first chatbot safety laws, 50+ Republicans push back on Trump's preemption agenda, and the EU moves to simplify AI Act compliance.
First Radiology Generative AI Gets FDA Breakthrough Designation
Cognita CXR drafts preliminary chest x-ray reports for radiologist review, with validation showing 16-65% detection improvements
AI Predicts Cancer Spread With 80% Accuracy Across Multiple Tumor Types
University of Geneva's MangroveGS uses gene signatures to forecast metastasis risk, potentially sparing low-risk patients from aggressive treatment
Anthropic Proves It Can Catch AI Saboteurs—But Only With Human Help
Internal experiment shows automated detection alone missed 2 of 3 deliberately trained saboteur models. Humans remain essential.
56 AI Models Trained to Lie: The Benchmark That Exposes Detection Limits
Anthropic's AuditBench reveals automated systems struggle to catch AI hiding dangerous behaviors, even when researchers know exactly what to look for
AI's $800 Billion Circular Financing Problem: Bubble Warnings Grow Louder
Bill Gurley warns AI reset is coming while Norway's $2.1 trillion fund models a 35% crash. The problem: Nvidia invests in OpenAI, which buys more Nvidia chips.