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OpenAI

Inside OpenAI's Security Lockdown: Fingerprint Scanners and Offline Computers

By Chris McKay • Jul 8, 2025

OpenAI has dramatically overhauled its security operations with biometric scanners, isolated systems, and military-grade protocols after alleging that Chinese startup DeepSeek improperly copied its AI models using distillation techniques.

Microsoft Healthcare Research

Microsoft's MAI-DxO Crushes Doctors at Medical Diagnosis while Cutting Costs

By Chris McKay • Jun 30, 2025

Microsoft researchers developed an AI system that achieved 85.5% accuracy on challenging medical cases versus 20% for human physicians, while reducing estimated diagnostic costs in a controlled study.

Apple

Apple Considers Powering Siri with AI from OpenAI or Anthropic

By Chris McKay • Jun 30, 2025

Apple is exploring using Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's ChatGPT to power Siri instead of its own AI models, marking a potential retreat from in-house development after repeated delays and quality issues.

Meta Goes All-In on ‘Superintelligence’ with Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang at the Helm

By Chris McKay • Jun 30, 2025

Meta has folded every AI team into a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs—run by Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang and GitHub alum Nat Friedman—as Mark Zuckerberg races to build AI capable of out-thinking humans.

Google Biotech & Health Research

DeepMind Launches AlphaGenome to Better Understand Gene Regulation

By Chris McKay • Jun 26, 2025

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model decodes how mutations affect non-coding DNA, potentially transforming our understanding of disease.

Court Sides with Meta: Training AI on Books Ruled Legal Under Fair Use

By Chris McKay • Jun 25, 2025

Creative Commons Unveils Framework to Signal AI Use Permissions

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

Google Robotics

Google Announces On-Device Gemini Robotics Model

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

Startups

This 6-month-old AI startup just sold to Wix for $80 million

By Chris McKay • Jun 19, 2025

Amazon

Amazon CEO tells Staff AI will Shrink Company's Workforce in Coming Years

By Chris McKay • Jun 17, 2025

OpenAI Military & Defense

OpenAI Awarded $200M US Defense Contract, Announces OpenAI for Government

By Chris McKay • Jun 17, 2025

AI Policy

NY Lawmakers Pass Landmark Bill Targeting Frontier AI Risks

By Chris McKay • Jun 13, 2025

Meta Scale

Meta Bets $14.3 Billion on Scale AI—and Its CEO—to Lead New Superintelligence Lab

By Chris McKay • Jun 12, 2025

OpenAI

Barbie Could Get an AI Upgrade Thanks to Mattel's New OpenAI Partnership

By Chris McKay • Jun 12, 2025

Google

Google's AI Can Now Predict Hurricane Paths 15 Days Out — and the Hurricane Center Is Using It

By Chris McKay • Jun 12, 2025

OpenAI Op-ed

Sam Altman says the Singularity is Here, and it's Disappointingly Boring

By Chris McKay • Jun 11, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI Just Made o3-pro Available to More People and Cut the Price by 87%

By Chris McKay • Jun 10, 2025

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Inside OpenAI's Security Lockdown: Fingerprint Scanners and Offline Computers

Microsoft's MAI-DxO Crushes Doctors at Medical Diagnosis while Cutting Costs

Apple Considers Powering Siri with AI from OpenAI or Anthropic

Meta Goes All-In on ‘Superintelligence’ with Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang at the Helm

DeepMind Launches AlphaGenome to Better Understand Gene Regulation

Court Sides with Meta: Training AI on Books Ruled Legal Under Fair Use

Creative Commons Unveils Framework to Signal AI Use Permissions

Google Launches Gemini CLI, an open source AI Agent in your terminal

Airtable Bets Big on AI Agents with Omni, Reboots as an ‘AI-Native’ App Platform

Abridge Raises $300M Series E at $5.3B Valuation

Legal AI Upstart Harvey Raises $300 Million, Rockets to a $5 Billion Valuation

Databricks Co-founder Launches Laude Institute, Stakes His Own $100 Million

Apptronik Spins off Elevate Robotics to Build "Superhuman" Industrial Robots

Google Announces On-Device Gemini Robotics Model

Federal Judge Says AI Training on Copyrighted Books Is Fair Use

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Raises $2B for Thinking Machines at $10B valuation

This 6-month-old AI startup just sold to Wix for $80 million

Amazon CEO tells Staff AI will Shrink Company's Workforce in Coming Years

OpenAI Awarded $200M US Defense Contract, Announces OpenAI for Government

NY Lawmakers Pass Landmark Bill Targeting Frontier AI Risks

Meta Bets $14.3 Billion on Scale AI—and Its CEO—to Lead New Superintelligence Lab

Barbie Could Get an AI Upgrade Thanks to Mattel's New OpenAI Partnership

Google's AI Can Now Predict Hurricane Paths 15 Days Out — and the Hurricane Center Is Using It

Sam Altman says the Singularity is Here, and it's Disappointingly Boring

OpenAI Just Made o3-pro Available to More People and Cut the Price by 87%