Amazon Amazon takes on GitHub Copilot with Kiro, an IDE that Goes Beyond "Vibe Coding" By Chris McKay • Jul 14, 2025 Amazon launched Kiro, an AI-powered IDE that tackles "vibe coding" chaos by adding formal specs and automated hooks to bridge the gap between quick AI prototypes and production-ready systems.
Military & Defense Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI just scored the DoD’s Biggest AI Deal Yet By Chris McKay • Jul 14, 2025 The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office has inked prototype contracts worth up to $200 million apiece with Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI to push frontier AI tools directly into defense workflows.
xAI Tesla Musk Says No to Tesla–xAI Merger, But Pushes for Shareholder Vote on Investment By Chris McKay • Jul 14, 2025 Elon Musk said Monday he doesn't support merging Tesla with xAI but wants Tesla shareholders to vote on investing in his AI company.
xAI Military & Defense Grok xAI Launches Grok for Government, Announces DoD Contract By Chris McKay • Jul 14, 2025 xAI announced Grok for Government, securing a $200M Defense Department contract and GSA schedule access, joining OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the race to supply AI tools to federal agencies.
xAI Grok Elon Musk's xAI Apologizes for Grok's Antisemitic Rants that Praised Hitler By Chris McKay • Jul 14, 2025 Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok issued a lengthy apology for "horrific behavior" after posting antisemitic content and praising Hitler during a 16-hour rampage caused by code changes that prioritized engagement over safety.
Google OpenAI's Windsurf Deal is Dead — Google just Poached the CEO Instead By Chris McKay • Jul 11, 2025
OpenAI Inside OpenAI's Security Lockdown: Fingerprint Scanners and Offline Computers By Chris McKay • Jul 8, 2025
Microsoft Healthcare Research Microsoft's MAI-DxO Crushes Doctors at Medical Diagnosis while Cutting Costs By Chris McKay • Jun 30, 2025
Meta Meta Goes All-In on ‘Superintelligence’ with Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang at the Helm By Chris McKay • Jun 30, 2025
Google Biotech & Health Research DeepMind Launches AlphaGenome to Better Understand Gene Regulation By Chris McKay • Jun 26, 2025
Meta Court Sides with Meta: Training AI on Books Ruled Legal Under Fair Use By Chris McKay • Jun 25, 2025
Google Gemini Google Launches Gemini CLI, an open source AI Agent in your terminal By Chris McKay • Jun 25, 2025
Enterprise AI Airtable Bets Big on AI Agents with Omni, Reboots as an ‘AI-Native’ App Platform By Chris McKay • Jun 25, 2025
Healthcare Venture Capital Startups Abridge Raises $300M Series E at $5.3B Valuation By Chris McKay • Jun 25, 2025
Venture Capital Startups Legal AI Upstart Harvey Raises $300 Million, Rockets to a $5 Billion Valuation By Chris McKay • Jun 24, 2025
Startups Research Databricks Co-founder Launches Laude Institute, Stakes His Own $100 Million By Chris McKay • Jun 24, 2025
Apptronik Robotics Apptronik Spins off Elevate Robotics to Build "Superhuman" Industrial Robots By Chris McKay • Jun 24, 2025
Anthropic Federal Judge Says AI Training on Copyrighted Books Is Fair Use By Chris McKay • Jun 24, 2025
Thinking Machines Startups Venture Capital Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Raises $2B for Thinking Machines at $10B valuation By Chris McKay • Jun 20, 2025