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Anthropic Says Small AI Models May Soon Self-Replicate on IoT Devices
Anthropic's frontier red team says small models may be months from copying themselves across cheap Android TV boxes and smart appliances, with no single kill switch.
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Anthropic Replaces Git With Scion After Claude Pushes Merges Past 30,000 a Day
Anthropic says its daily code merges jumped from about 2,500 to more than 30,000 in four months, so a team of seven built Scion, an in-house replacement for Git.
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Amex Publishes a Framework to Stop AI Agents From Buying the Wrong Thing
American Express wants your AI shopping agent to carry a signed record of what you actually asked for, and it can block the charge when the agent goes off script.
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AMD Unveils Helion, a 32,768-Core Rack Bet That AI Agents Need CPUs Too
At the OCP Global Summit, AMD revealed Helion — an open rack-scale blueprint built for running AI agents at hyperscale, with CPU-only configurations packing up to 32,768 Zen 6 EPYC cores.
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XPENG's G9L "AI-Defined" SUV Debuts at the Paris Motor Show
XPENG's G9L flagship SUV makes its global debut at the Paris Motor Show, pitched as an "AI-defined" vehicle.
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SiMa.ai Raises $150M Series C at $1.45B Valuation for "Physical AI"
SiMa.ai raised $150M in Series C financing at a $1.45B valuation to scale its "Physical AI" platform for robots, vehicles, and drones.
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Palantir and Ondas Launch Regna AI for Sovereign Defense AI Models
Ondas and Palantir formed Regna AI, a standalone company that will fine-tune mission-specific AI models for governments to run on their own infrastructure — including drones and ground systems operating with limited connectivity.
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OLED iPad Mini Could Start at $799 — Above the 11-Inch iPad Air
The new OLED iPad mini could start at around $799, per Bloomberg — $50 more than the 11-inch iPad Air.
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Microsoft's Brad Smith Says AI Needs Urgent Global Regulation
Microsoft president Brad Smith told the BBC that AI needs urgent global regulation — "right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI."
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Microsoft Unveils Maia 300, Its Third-Gen Custom AI Chip
Microsoft unveiled Maia 300, its third-generation custom AI chip, and plans to deploy more than a million of them next year.
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Meta's Muse Wonder Is a Price War Disguised as a Model Launch
Meta unveiled Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full — its most capable AI models to date — and priced the launch "meaningfully below" OpenAI and Anthropic.
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IonQ to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Elisity in $1.3B All-Stock Deal
IonQ is buying cybersecurity firm Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3 billion to expand its quantum security business.
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Google Launches Fitbit Edge at $179.99 With a User-Replaceable Battery
Google officially unveiled the Fitbit Edge at $179.99, with pre-orders open today and a first: a user-replaceable battery.
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Ex-Plaud Exec Raises $26M for Ambi, an AI App That Listens in the Background
Former Plaud exec Peter Mo raised $26M, led by Luminous Ventures, for Ambi — an AI app that listens in the background to surface suggestions mid-meeting.
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Cyberattack Shuts Down Refrigerators at Hundreds of French Supermarkets
Attackers hijacked Danfoss refrigeration controllers at hundreds of French supermarkets, triggering forced defrost cycles that spoiled food.