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Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill
By Luke James Published
The bill amends the Homeland Security Act and covers companies earning at least $500 million in annual revenue from a model trained with compute costing more than $100 million.

Kimi K3 rocks the AI industry as Moonshot AI undercuts closed-source American competitors on price
By Jon Martindale Published
Premium Memory makers are the big winners, regardless of how it works out.

Token amplification and the enduring paradox of the AI economy
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Premium Token amplification creates a paradox in the AI economy, as more capable models beget more complicated tasks.

Linus Torvalds rebukes anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, says 'Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects'
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator and kernel manager, has seemingly taken an accepting stance of AI-assisted tooling.

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets
By Andrew E. Freedman Published
Apple sued OpenAI, including its own former employees, over the theft of trade secrets as both companies build up AI hardware businesses.

Anthropic says it can read Claude's 'thoughts,' as detailed in a new research paper
By Jon Martindale Published
Premium The internal "J-Space" opens up opportunities for greater training, oversight, and understanding how LLM's work.

'Slopfix' software team charges $10,000 a week to delete AI-generated code bloat — ironically, the team uses AI agents to trim messy repositories by up to 65%
By Luke James Published
A software house known as 'Slopfix' has launched a fixed-price service that refactors AI-generated codebases, charging $10,000 for one week of work.

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft's 'world's most powerful AI data center' due to data center noise
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention construction noise and extreme light pollution

The AI tokenmaxxing party is crashing over spiraling costs
By Jon Martindale Published
Premium "Leadership [...] are still asking the question of whether they're getting value from what we're spending."

California drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump prices
By Mark Tyson Published
Californians pay the highest gas prices in the U.S. and a proposed class action says that the issue has been exacerbated by an AI-tool that smartly squeezes customers for the best profits.
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