AI infrastructure mega-deals: Qualcomm nears $4B Modular acquisition; SpaceX signs $6.3B compute deal with Reflection
Qualcomm is in late-stage talks to acquire AI chip startup M…
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Anthropic introduces mandatory identity verification on Claude — government ID + selfie required
Claude users will be phased into a verification flow powered by Persona, requirin…
AlphaFold creator and Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic
One week after Transformer co-author Noam Shazeer joined OpenAI, Google has lost another def…
Transformer co-author Noam Shazeer leaves Google to join OpenAI
Shazeer, co-author of ‘Attention Is All You Need’ and Gemini co-lead, is joining OpenAI alongside former Trump Whi…
Empirical evidence shows AI dependency degrades professional skills
A Nature-featured study found that physicians’ adenoma detection rate during colonoscopies dropped from 28.4%…
World model startup Odyssey reaches $1.45B valuation, backed by Amazon
Odyssey has raised a major round from Amazon, GV, NEA, and others, cementing itself as a leading player in…
Anthropic blocks advanced model access after White House clash
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter demanding Anthropic restrict foreign access to frontier models like…
India accelerates AI sovereignty — Sarvam AI reaches unicorn status
Indian AI startup Sarvam AI has raised $234 million in a Series B round led by HCLTech, reaching a $1.5 billio…
AI IPO rush reshapes tech's hierarchy from FAANG to MANGOS
With SpaceX completing the largest IPO in history and making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, Anthropic and Op…
US government orders Anthropic to block foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — AI export controls are here
The Trump administration issued an export control directive forcing A…