White House warms to Anthropic after replacing "weirdo" Dario Amodei in talks
The CEO reportedly clashed with officials over his communication style, leaving Anthropic to send different people into the room
OpenAI debuts Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip to cut ChatGPT costs and reduce Nvidia dependency
The Broadcom-built ASIC is optimized for AI inference
REI pulls AI-generated bike ad after Meta turns it into a two-handlebar monstrosity
AI-generated ads are getting harder to spot, unless they add handlebars to both ends of a bike
Google Home Speaker debuts with Gemini AI and Matter support
The new Google Home Speaker brings Gemini and expanded smart home capabilities, and Matter hub support. Reviews highlight its more natural voice experience, though some note that audio quality doesn't clearly surpass the older Nest Audio.
A legal tech startup is suing the US government for cutting off access to Claude Fable 5
Three days of Fable 5 was apparently not enough
Meta just launched its own-branded smart glasses for $299
Three form factors available in 26 size and color combinations
Gas stations accused of using AI to inflate fuel prices in class-action lawsuit
BP, Circle K, 7-Eleven, Walmart, and others are accused of using algorithmic tools to reduce competition
Meta hits pause on AI training project after employee data became visible company-wide
The company-wide initiative collected keystrokes, mouse activity, and workplace interactions
SK Hynix just surpassed Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company
The chipmaker that nearly went bankrupt in 2002 is now worth $1.35 trillion because of AI
Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs, admits AI is reducing its workforce
The AI jobs apocalypse may not be here, but the cuts keep coming
Anthropic's Mythos AI reportedly cracked NSA classified systems in hours, that would explain the ban
A Senate briefing, a jailbreak, a rushed export ban, and a rare Five Eyes alarm
Why it matters: Ten days ago, Anthropic was happy to announce its most advanced AI model was going public. Today, almost nobody can use it. On June 12, the Trump administration directed the company to restrict Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to US citizens only – unable to verify nationality at scale, Anthropic's only option was a full global shutdown, cutting off allies, researchers, and its own foreign-national employees with 90 minutes' notice. It's the first time the US government has applied export controls to an AI model, and the consequences are still unfolding.
Microsoft researcher builds a working neural network in Age of Empires II using goats
The study is focused on stripping the perceived human-like nature off LLMs
Intel and AMD are teaming up to make x86 CPUs better at AI, without needing a GPU
The new ACE spec won't replace GPUs, but will help with some inference, edge computing, and latency-sensitive workloads
Google is spending billions to turn its TPU chips into a real challenger to Nvidia
Google backs $3.2 billion data center deal to get its chips into Anthropic's hands, mirroring Nvidia's playbook
Yann LeCun says xAI is "kind of a failure" – and the whole AI industry might be headed for a reset
Big quote: Yann LeCun isn't buying the current AI boom – or at least not the way it's unfolding. In a recent interview with CNBC, one of the "Godfathers of AI" and AMI Labs founder took aim at both the business model and the underlying technology of today's leading AI companies, suggesting the industry could be headed for a correction. Along the way, he singled out Elon Musk's xAI as a company facing particular trouble.
Palworld's studio won't use generative AI because "gamers don't want it"
Could we soon see a marketing ploy highlighting games that are "100% made by humans"?
Midjourney wants to scan your body with half a million ultrasonic sensors, at a spa
The AI image company's next act
Just 16% of Americans think AI will benefit society, despite chatbot use climbing to 49% of US adults
Pew's survey shows rising chatbot use alongside fears over privacy, regulation, and AI's long-term impact on society
Tim Cook confirms Apple price hikes are coming, iPhones could jump $200 or more
Even Cupertino can't escape RAMageddon
OpenAI made $13 billion in 2025 and lost $21 billion doing it
AI training, inference, and infrastructure costs continue to outpace its explosive growth
Apple's AI hardware roadmap: camera-equipped AirPods, smart glasses, and foldable iPhones
It's aligning hardware, software, and silicon around visual intelligence and contextual computing
SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, days after record IPO
The deal gives xAI what it couldn't build on its own: a coding tool developers actually use
Nothing CEO warns memory costs now exceed 50% of smartphone's hardware bill
The structural shift is coming, faster than anticipated
A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential
OpenAI starts losing money on ChatGPT Plus once usage tops 11%, Anthropic's Claude is no different
Bottom line: The math behind AI subscriptions is starting to look uncomfortable. Flat monthly pricing helped fuel the rapid adoption of tools like ChatGPT and Claude, but new analysis suggests those fees may not come close to covering the actual cost of heavy use. As users push these systems harder and more demanding AI workflows take hold, the gap between revenue and compute costs is becoming difficult to ignore.
Microsoft president says AI backlash at graduation events should be wake-up call for the tech industry
Young people aren't anti-AI, Brad Smith argues – they're anti-replacement