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US warned Anthropic of China breach, but firm refused to fix Fable 5 jailbreak, says David Sacks
David Sacks said the US government warned Anthropic that Claude Fable 5 had been jailbroken and that CEO Dario Amodei refused to fix the flaw.
AI cryptomining network's 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs allegedly burn 112 megawatts of power on ‘zero useful AI computation’
A preprint claims Pearl’s AI mining network consumes 320,000 GPU-equivalents and 112 MW while producing no verified useful AI computation.
Hardcore SpongeBob speedrunners smudged Xbox optical disks with sweat and grease to exploit 'lag clip' trick
A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.
Dev releases ‘unblockable’ ASCII video stream software, stoking fears of unstoppable ads
A new and unique video streaming solution is pitched as a 'high-performance, real-time ASCII video rendering engine' that can be used to broadcast 'an unblockable video stream.'
More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026
This could put a dent towards the availability of compute in the future.
AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support
Powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor and 128GB of unified memory, AMD's developer kit arrives as a direct competitor to Nvidia's DGX Spark, which recently saw a price increase to $4,699.
Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products'
Netgear filed counterclaims against TP-Link in federal court in Delaware on June 11, accusing its larger rival of false advertising under the Lanham Act.
Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU pricing to $13,250
Nvidia now sells the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell graphics cards for $13,250, while partner offerings start at $11,359.99.
AI costs spike as subscriptions hit pricing wall
A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost as much as $14,000 in API pricing.
Ukraine used 10 AI-controlled ‘Terminator’ drones to kill Russian soldiers two years ago, marking first autonomous killings of humans
A watershed moment occurred on the battlefields of Ukraine in 2024 when 10 fully autonomous AI-controlled quadcopter drones were sent to the front lines against Russia with ‘Terminator Mode’ engaged.