Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban
Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban

After Anthropic’s weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while the judicial process plays out. “The Department of War’s records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its ‘hostile manner […]

Siri Reboot, Sora Shutdown, Meta And Google Lose Mental Health Lawsuits

OpenAI shuts down Sora, Meta and Google face a landmark jury verdict, Epic Games cuts 1,000 jobs, Apple retools Siri, and Meta scales back metaverse spending amid AI shift

You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini

Google is launching “switching tools” that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini.

David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar
David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar

David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech billionaire who’d become Silicon Valley’s primary advocate inside the White House and a key architect of its aggressive AI policy initiatives, revealed on Thursday that he was no longer a special government employee – and therefore no longer President Donald Trump’s Special Advisor on AI and Crypto. Sacks’ […]

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing

The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing.

Google is making it easier to import another AI’s memory into Gemini
Google is making it easier to import another AI’s memory into Gemini

After Anthropic updated its tool for copying another AI’s memory into Claude earlier this month, Google Gemini is rolling out new “Import Memory” and “Import Chat History” features on desktop that can help users quickly copy over everything their current AI already knows about them. To use the “Import Memory” tool, users copy and paste […]

Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri
Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri

Apple’s iOS 27 update will allow users to choose the AI chatbot they want to link with Siri. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says third-party chatbots downloaded from the App Store, like Google’s Gemini or Anthropic’s Claude, will be able to fetch replies for Siri – similar to how the […]

Anthropic–Pentagon Dispute Brings A Turning Point For The AI Industry

Anthropic and DoD are in a battle over the acceptable military use of AI models. The case highlights tensions between AI safety, ethics and national security.

Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music
Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music

Apple Music: “What do you want to hear?” Me: “Atmospheric instrumental black metal to write to.” Apple Music: “Here’s three metal songs with vocals, a field recording, an ambient electronic track, and a piece of doom jazz.” I am skeptical of AI’s ability to serve up the music I want to begin with, but even […]

Mistral Releases Open-Weight Voice AI Built For Speed

Mistral releases Voxtral TTS model that’s fast, multilingual and small enough to be practical for voice agents.