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China’s AI ecosystem gears up to challenge US

ByteDance is reportedly developing an AI model rivaling Anthropic’s most advanced Mythos system, and DeepSeek is touting its efforts to build a Claude Code challenger.
People interact with a robot at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence conference
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Flock tightens guardrails aimed at stopping cops from abusing its license plate cameras

CEO Garrett Langley pushed back against a “misconception that we are some evil entity that has these diabolical plans.”
A Flock Safety camera is mounted on a pole amid sunflowers in Commerce City, Colorado
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AI trade surges on firms’ cloud earnings

The race to develop ever more sophisticated AI models shows no sign of slowing.
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The gap is widening between corporate AI adopters and laggards

OpenAI’s enterprise customers are shifting toward agents that do work, not chatbots that answer questions, new data suggests.
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India’s IT sector downsizes amid AI disruption

Several large employers have slashed headcount by as much as 6% in 2026.
Workers are pictured beneath clocks displaying time zones in various parts of the world at an outsourcing centre in Bangalore.
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US tech leaders stage data center charm offensive

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay Monday announcing plans for a $1 billion fund to invest in communities that host data centers.
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Tech IPOs set up windfall for effective-altruist philanthropy

A surge in AI-related wealth stemming from anticipated tech IPOs is poised to shower Silicon Valley’s favorite philanthropic movement with tens of billions of dollars.

Apple tests Chinese memory chips

Apple is testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across its product lines, including iPhones and MacBooks, as global tech reckons with an AI-induced memory shortage.

Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier, analysis finds

The leading open-weight AI models are closing the gap on the frontier in cyber capabilities, according to the UK’s AI Safety Institute.

Google doesn’t need the LLM crown

Whoever stands atop the AI race podium isn’t the main point anymore.

Hacks put pressure on third-party model testers

Models from Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI all accessed the internet and compromised outside organizations while undergoing cybersecurity testing with AI evaluation company Irregular.

AI avatars enter the job interview

For some job candidates, using AI in the application process is a reaction to a system that’s grown more machine than human.

DeepSeek warns of price increase

The warning shows how Chinese tech companies are balancing their low-cost reputation with a need to actually make money

The secret ingredients powering AI chatbots

Some US companies are disclosing they use a cocktail of AI, including some Chinese open-source models, to build custom consumer-facing tools.

Demis Hassabis was shifting away from DeepMind CEO duties for a year

The CEO of Google’s AI unit was increasingly unsatisfied with the role of tech executive, preferring a more scientific position, said two people familiar with his thinking.

Google DeepMind boss steps down

Demis Hassabis follows a string of prominent AI executives who have departed DeepMind in recent months.

The White House maintains a little obscurity for AI security

The takeaway shouldn’t be fear that the US government is hiding the ball. It’s that there isn’t a ball to hide yet.

Public records laws must modernize

The public should have greater and more granular visibility into how the technology is being used.