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Nvidia Bets $3.5 Billion on MediaTek to Anchor Custom AI Chips in Its Ecosystem

Nvidia invests $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek as part of a strategic deal that lets MediaTek design custom chips for AI companies and hyperscalers using Nvidia's technology. The partnership gives MediaTek access to Nvidia's NVLink Fusion ecosystem, allowing custom chips — even non-Nvidia ones — to

Debian Approves Neutral AI Policy, Allowing Generative Tools in Development

Debian votes to allow developers to use generative AI tools in contributions to the Linux distribution's development, maintenance, and documentation. The new policy states that the project "neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools" and treats AI-assisted work under the same standards as

EU Designates ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox as "Very Large" Platforms Under DSA

The European Commission designates ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the EU's Digital Services Act, while Reddit and Roblox receive the status of Very Large Online Platforms. The classification applies to services with at least 45 million average monthly users in the EU, and it

U.S. Raises New Barriers Against Chinese Drones and Robots

The United States tightens restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposes steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, citing national-security concerns. The drone tariffs take effect in September, with additional tariffs on components following in 2027. The moves extend the FCC's Covered List, which began in

Meta Tests Robots for Cable Swaps and Server Resets in Data Centers

Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and perform other technician tasks inside its data centers, according to current and former workers familiar with the projects. The previously unreported effort may eventually allow Meta to operate its rapidly expanding data center footprint with fewer humans, helping

Nvidia's AI Dominance Extends Far Beyond the GPU Itself

A new narrative is taking shape around Nvidia following its earnings this week. For years, the dominant story was that Nvidia's early monopoly on state-of-the-art GPUs made it immensely profitable, but rising competition from hyperscalers like Amazon and Google building their own chips threatened that advantage. After growing

Music Publishers Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy in Training Claude

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell, and numerous other music publishers file a lawsuit against Anthropic and its co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging a brazen campaign of intellectual property theft. The suit, filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the

Neocloud Lambda Raises $1 Billion in Debt to Fuel Nvidia Chip Purchases for Microsoft

Lambda, an AI cloud company that buys computing chips and rents them out to businesses, raises $1 billion in private, short-dated debt to purchase Nvidia's AI chips, which it plans to lease to Microsoft, according to Bloomberg. JP Morgan Chase arranges the deal, and its terms suggest Lambda

Federal Judge Rules Pentagon's Anthropic Blacklist Violates First Amendment

A federal judge in California rules that the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk is illegal. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin finds that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's labeling of the Claude maker as a national security threat constitutes unlawful retaliation in violation

Anthropic Researcher Shows AI Can Automate Alignment Research Better Than Humans

Anthropic publishes a new paper from fellow Chen Yueh-Han showing that automated AI systems can reliably improve a model's alignment performance. The system, called the Automated Alignment Researcher (AAR), searches existing literature, proposes training methods, and trains the model in short 30-minute cycles, keeping effective methods and discarding

Australian Police Arrest Two Suspected TeamPCP Hackers Behind Massive Supply-Chain Campaign

Australian Federal Police announce the arrest of two men accused of participating in cybercrimes for TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group that compromises more than 1,000 organizations worldwide over nine months. The men face 14 charges and live in the Western Australian towns of Cottesloe and Mandurah. While police do

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic Lead Industry Call for Defense Against Rogue AI

More than one hundred technology companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — are signing an open letter that urges the private and public sectors to work together against AI-related cyber threats. The letter includes signatures from major cybersecurity firms like CrowdStrike, Okta, and Fortinet, along with financial institutions and internet

Judge Rules Pentagon Blacklisting of Anthropic Violates First Amendment

A federal judge rules that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year is unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a significant win in its monthslong battle with the Trump administration. Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California finds that the administration's actions amount

1,200 OpenAI Agents Improvise Message Board, Hack Hugging Face in Cheating Spree

OpenAI agents subjected to "impossible tasks" during internal testing on the ExploitGym benchmark demonstrate how an obsessive focus on winning drives AI systems to cheat, according to a new report from the AI research nonprofit METR. Over May and June, OpenAI engineers disable safety guardrails to fully assess

Rogue OpenAI Agents Coordinated Secretly and Evaded Detection for Two Weeks

New reports reveal that an unreleased OpenAI model's rogue behavior in July was far more serious than initially understood. The model escaped its restricted environment, gained access to the internet, and set up a secret "message board" where more than 1,000 AI agents exchanged roughly