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Z.ai Releases GLM-5.1 Language Model Under MIT License
Chinese AI company Z.ai has released GLM-5.1, a 754-billion-parameter language model that it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on software engineerin...
Anthropic unveils Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative with Mythos model
Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, a new cybersecurity initiative that includes an unreleased frontier AI model called Mythos Preview. The company says the ...
Anthropic hires Microsoft AI infrastructure chief Eric Boyd
Anthropic has hired Eric Boyd from Microsoft to lead its infrastructure efforts as the AI startup scales to meet growing demand for its Claude models. Boyd spe...
Anthropic's Mythos Preview Model Discovers Thousands of High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Anthropic has released Claude Mythos Preview, a general-purpose language model capable of identifying and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in widely used sof...
Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing with Apple, Microsoft, Google to Secure Critical Infrastructure
Anthropic has announced Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative bringing together Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Micros...
Intel partners with Elon Musk to build Terafab AI chip factory in Texas
Intel has signed on to help design and build Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor facility in Austin, Texas, providing crucial manufacturing expertise for the ambi...
Google Gemini 3 AI Overviews achieve approximately 90% accuracy rate
An analysis of Google's Gemini 3-powered AI Overviews indicates the feature generates accurate responses approximately 90% of the time, according to a report fr...
Meta employees compete on internal AI token usage leaderboard
Meta Platforms has created an internal competition system called "Claudeonomics" where employees earn status rankings based on their usage of AI tokens, accordi...
Indian AI startup Rocket launches McKinsey-style consulting platform
Rocket, an artificial intelligence startup based in India, has launched a platform that generates strategy reports and competitive analysis previously requiring...
Bezos' Project Prometheus recruits xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic from OpenAI
Jeff Bezos has hired Kyle Kosic, a co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI, to join Project Prometheus, the billionaire's secretive artificial intelligence startup, accor...
Super Micro Launches Independent Probe Into Export Control Violations
Server manufacturer Super Micro Computer has begun an independent probe into the indictment of three individuals for export control violations and initiated an ...
Super Micro Launches Internal Probe of Server Sales to China
Super Micro Computer Inc. has established a committee of independent directors and hired a law firm to investigate circumstances surrounding an indictment of tw...
Uber expands AWS contract to run ride-sharing features on Amazon AI chips
Uber is deepening its cloud infrastructure partnership with Amazon Web Services, expanding its contract to run more ride-sharing features on AWS's custom AI chi...
Broadcom extends AI chip partnerships with Google and Anthropic
Broadcom shares rose in premarket trading Monday after the chip designer announced extensions to its partnership agreements with Google and Anthropic. The deal...
Ackman Offers $10.8B for Universal Music Group
Pershing Square Capital Management has submitted a €9.4 billion ($10.8 billion) cash and stock offer to acquire Universal Music Group, according to a statement ...
EU Parliament Blocks Extension of Mass Chat Scanning Program
The European Parliament has voted not to prolong an interim derogation from e-Privacy rules that allowed service providers to voluntarily scan private communica...
U.S. weighs new export restrictions on ASML chip equipment to China
Shares of ASML, the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer, declined following reports that the U.S. government is considering new export restrictions targe...
Wisconsin town votes on first anti-data center referendum in U.S.
Voters in Port Washington, Wisconsin, will decide Tuesday on the nation's first ballot measure specifically targeting data center development, marking an early ...
AI Data Center Startup Firmus Raises $725 Million at $8 Billion Valuation
Australian AI data center startup Firmus is seeking to raise $725 million in additional funding at an $8 billion valuation, according to reports. The company, ...
AI Data Center Builder Firmus Hits $5.5 Billion Valuation
Asia-based AI data center provider Firmus has raised $505 million in new funding led by Coatue at a $5.5 billion post-money valuation. The Singapore-based compa...
Soma Energy Raises $7 Million to Accelerate Data Center Grid Connections
Soma Energy has secured $7 million in funding to accelerate data center grid connections using artificial intelligence. The company, founded by former Amazon We...
Hermeus Raises $350 Million for Autonomous Hypersonic Fighter Development
Defense aviation startup Hermeus has raised $350 million to advance its development of autonomous hypersonic fighter aircraft. The funding comes as the Atlanta-...
Busan's HiveMind accelerator tests whether the city can build global startups, not just fund them
Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is launching an ambitious experiment through its HiveMind accelerator program to determine whether it can cultivate gl...
Pro-Iranian Cyber Group Claims Responsibility for Attacks on Chime and Pinterest
A pro-Iranian cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks that knocked the websites of fintech company Chime and social media platform Pinteres...
FBI Reports Americans Lost Record $21 Billion to Cybercrime in 2025
U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes last year, according to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The record-breaking losses w...
UK warns Russian hackers are hijacking popular routers to steal credentials
The United Kingdom has issued an alert that Russian state-sponsored hackers are compromising widely used internet routers to steal passwords and redirect traffi...
Security Researchers Disclose Grafana Flaw Enabling Enterprise Data Leaks
Security researchers have disclosed a vulnerability in Grafana, a widely-deployed open source monitoring platform, that could allow attackers to extract sensiti...
Security Researchers Demonstrate Root Shell Access via Novel GPU Rowhammer Attack
Security researchers have demonstrated a novel attack method called GPUBreach that exploits Rowhammer vulnerabilities in graphics processing units to achieve ro...
Jones Day law firm hit by ransomware attack exposing client files
Global law firm Jones Day has suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in the exposure of client files, according to a report from The Lawyer. The breach aff...
Cryptographer calls for urgent post-quantum encryption rollout following Google advance
A leading cryptography engineer is calling for immediate deployment of quantum-resistant encryption across global infrastructure, citing new urgency after Googl...
China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Deploy Medusa Ransomware
A threat actor Microsoft tracks as Storm-1175 has been exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities to rapidly deploy Medusa ransomware across enterprise networks, accor...
Jones Day confirms 'limited' data breach following Silent Ransom Group phishing attack
International law firm Jones Day confirmed a limited data breach after being targeted by the Silent Ransom Group in a phishing attack. The breach represents the...
Intel joins Musk's Terafab project alongside Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI
Intel has agreed to participate in Elon Musk's Terafab project, a semiconductor manufacturing initiative that includes Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI as partners. The c...
Pimco in Talks for $14 Billion Debt Deal to Finance Oracle Data Center
Pacific Investment Management Co. is in discussions with Bank of America to provide approximately $14 billion in debt financing for a massive Oracle data center...
Iran threatens attack on OpenAI's Stargate data center in UAE
Iran has issued threats against a major OpenAI data center facility in the United Arab Emirates, marking a significant escalation in regional targeting of criti...
Tesla Rebuilds Silicon Team With Leadership Hire for AI6 and Dojo 3 Chips
Tesla has rehired Anant Nivarti to lead its silicon engineering efforts, including development of AI6 and Dojo 3 chips. The move signals a revival of the compan...
Intel Stock Climbs After Joining Musk's Terafab Chip Manufacturing Project
Intel shares rose after the company announced it would join Elon Musk's Terafab project, a semiconductor manufacturing initiative serving Tesla Inc., SpaceX and...