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ARCHIVE SATURDAY, APRIL 18 · 15 STORIES
Anthropic engages with Trump administration despite Pentagon supply-chain risk designation
Anthropic is engaging with high-level Trump administration officials despite the Pentagon's recent designation of the AI company as a supply-chain risk, signali...
Open source desktop client released for AI coding agent platform Kiro
A new open source desktop application called Kirodex has been released, providing a graphical interface for the Kiro AI coding agent platform. The software is a...
Salesforce launches Headless 360, exposing entire platform via APIs for AI agents
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Cerebras files for Nasdaq IPO under ticker CBRS after withdrawing 2024 attempt
AI chip company Cerebras Systems has filed to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CBRS," marking its second attempt after withdrawing an initial public...
Three senior OpenAI executives depart as company shuts down Sora and other 'side quests' in enterprise pivot
Three senior OpenAI executives departed this week as the company shuts down what it internally calls "side quests". consumer-facing moonshot projects that no lo...
FAA seeking AI system to predict air traffic conflicts two hours ahead, with Palantir, Thales and startup competing
The Federal Aviation Administration is developing an artificial intelligence system called SMART that would allow air traffic controllers to predict and resolve...
Zoom partners with Sam Altman's World to verify human participants amid deepfake threats
Zoom has integrated with World, the biometric identity company co-founded by Sam Altman, to let video meeting participants verify they are human and not AI-gene...
Google Assistant phased out as company completes transition to Gemini AI
Google's Assistant voice assistant is undergoing a phased retirement as the company transitions users to its Gemini AI platform, marking the end of a decade-lon...
Meta preparing to add direct messaging to Threads web version
Meta is preparing to add direct messaging functionality to the web version of Threads, closing a nearly year-long feature gap between mobile and desktop users o...
Microsoft offers $2 million sweepstake for Edge browser users with $1 million cash and Mercedes-Benz prizes
Microsoft is offering a $2 million prize pot to tempt users to its Edge browser, including a $1 million cash grand prize and Mercedes-Benz automobiles, in a pro...
Airwallex founder declined $1.2B Stripe acquisition in 2018, now builds $300B payments rival
Airwallex founder Jack Zhang declined a $1.2 billion acquisition offer from Stripe in 2018, choosing instead to build an independent global payments competitor ...
DOJ Declines French Request for Assistance in X Criminal Probe
The U.S. Department of Justice has refused to assist French authorities in a criminal investigation targeting social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter...
Bluetooth tracker mailed to Dutch warship exposes location for 24 hours, prompting security review
A Dutch warship's location was exposed for 24 hours after a journalist mailed a postcard containing a hidden Bluetooth tracker to the vessel, highlighting vulne...
Critical remote code execution flaw discovered in widely used protobuf.js library
A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers that ave...
Data Center Giants Secure EU Secrecy Provision for Environmental Impact Data
Major data center operators including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta have successfully lobbied for a confidentiality clause in European Union legislation t...