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Waymo Robotaxis Return to Freeways Amid Scrutiny
The freeway pause — and its restart — comes amid increased scrutiny into Waymo and other robotaxi operators, particularly over how these self-driving vehicles behave in certain high-traffic situations and around emergency responders.
Lilian Weng Leaves Thinking Machines, Joins OpenAI as VP of AI Safety
Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
Ansible: Simplify IT Automation with SSH and Plain English
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Apache Ossie: Standardizing Semantic Metadata for AI and BI
Apache Ossie, industry wide specification effort to standardize how we exchange semantic metadata across analytics, AI and BI platforms, providing a vendor neutral, single source of truth for semantic data
OpenAI CEO Proposes 5% Equity Donation to US Fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussions about letting the public share in the financial gains from the AI boom.
Wisk Aero Accused of Firing Manager Over Safety Concerns
A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.
Anthropic and Samsung Collaborate on Custom AI Chip
The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.
IQM, Europe’s First Public Quantum Company, Uncertain Future
IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.
South Korea's Tech Giants Invest $550B in AI Memory Fabs
The world's two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.
Anthropic Partners with California for AI Infrastructure
As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.
Waymo and Uber End Phoenix Partnership, Uber Seeks New AV Partner
Uber said it is readying the launch of a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in the city, but did not name the partner.
Xenoeye: Analyze Networks with NetFlow, PostgreSQL, Grafana
Xenoeye: Network Analysis with NetFlow, PostgreSQL, and Grafana Xenoeye is an innovative tool for network analysis, leveraging the power of NetFlow for data col…
TinyAgents: Rust-Based Recursive LLM Harness for AI Infrastructure
TinyAgents: Revolutionizing AI Infrastructure with Rust Based Recursive LLM Integration TinyAgents, a cutting edge solution in AI infrastructure, leverages Rust…
OpenPilot: AI-Powered Robotics OS for 300+ Cars
openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars.
SpaceX, Reflection AI Sign $150M Monthly Compute Deal
Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
Groq Raises $650M, Hires Execs After Nvidia Deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and is hiring new execs.
Nvidia's New Cooling System Reduces Data Center Water Use
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI's biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
Microsoft and Chevron's Major US Gas-Powered Data Center Project
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
Tesla Autopilot Investigation: What Happened in Texas Crash?
Whether the Autopilot system was truly active, overridden, or malfunctioning likely won't be resolved until investigators finish combing through the vehicle's data logs.
SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60B in Stock to Boost AI Division
The deal is supposed to help SpaceX's struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI.
Probably Raises $9M for Reliable AI Infrastructure
Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
Rust-Based Modular Networking Stack: n0-computer/iroh
IP addresses break, dial keys instead. Modular networking stack in Rust.
AI-Powered Geothermal Energy Startup Secures $54M Funding
SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.
Oracle Security Bug Exploited in Mass-Hacking Campaign
The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it's exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.
Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus Secures $12B for Physical AI
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
ZeroFS: Use S3 as Primary Storage for AI Infrastructure
Revolutionizing AI Infrastructure with ZeroFS: Leveraging S3 as Primary Storage In the realm of AI infrastructure, efficient and scalable storage solutions are …
Starlink's India Hurdles May Impact SpaceX IPO
Problems with Starlink's India expansion could challenge SpaceX's IPO growth story.
AI Data Centers Drive Automakers Into Energy Storage
Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.
Cybercriminals Breach Oracle PeopleSoft Servers at 100+ Organizations
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
Anthropic Partners with TCS for Enterprise AI Deployment
The partnership will see TCS creating a business unit focused on deploying Anthropic's AI models to its customers.
Nucleus: Nix-Native Container Runtime for Enhanced Security
Nucleus: Nix Native Container Runtime for Enhanced Security Nucleus is a cutting edge container runtime built on top of Nix, designed to elevate the security po…
Ustps and USSH: Secure AI Infrastructure Protocol
Understanding Ustps and USSH: Bolstering AI Infrastructure Security In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), securing infrastructure is paramo…
Artie: Self-Serve Real-Time Data Replication to Warehouse
Artie: Self Serving Real Time Data Replication to Your Warehouse Artie, a state of the art platform, revolutionizes data management with its innovative self ser…
Apple's Swift-Powered Tool for Linux Containers on Mac
A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.
Trump Eyes Equity in OpenAI for American AI Success
President Donald Trump said he's discussing deals "where the American people can benefit from the success of AI."
Sriram Krishnan Exits White House AI Advisor Role for New Venture
Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump's AI policy.
Kyushu: Self-Hostable WASM Sandbox for JavaScript Workers
Kyushu: Self Hostable WASM Sandbox for JavaScript Workers Kyushu is a cutting edge WebAssembly (WASM) sandbox specifically designed for JavaScript workers. This…
TurboVec: Rust-Based Vector Index for AI Infrastructure
A vector index built on TurboQuant, written in Rust with Python bindings
GM's New Battery Facility Accelerates Electric Future
GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to making that happen.
IBM Whistleblower Accuses Company of Covering Up Data Breaches
IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s — a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering it up.
Waymo Repurposes Robotaxi Batteries for Grid Storage
The company announced a deal with B2U Storage Solutions to repurpose the battery packs as Waymo pulls them off the road.
Helion Secures $465M for Microsoft Fusion Power Plant
Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky to Launch New AI Lab
The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready.
AirTrunk Plans $30B AI Data Center Expansion in India
The Australian data center operator plans to set up 5GW of capacity in India.
Embedding 685M Public Texts in 32 Minutes with AI
Revolutionizing Text Embedding: Processing 685M Public Texts in 32 Minutes with AI In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, efficiently handling large volumes…
NVIDIA Cosmos: Open Platform for Physical AI Development
NVIDIA Cosmos is an open platform of world models, datasets, and tools that enables developers to build Physical AI for robots, autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure, and more.
Alphabet Raises $85B for Google's AI: Investor Interest Soars
If Alphabet's record-breaking $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.
Uber's 500 Data-Capturing Vehicles for AI Infrastructure
The modified Ioniq 5 will be loaded with sensors to capture data for Uber's new AV Labs division.
Lovable Boosts AI Infrastructure with Google Cloud Expansion
Lovable and Google signed an expanded multiyear deal that involves a 5x expansion of Lovable's footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.
Mnemo: Local-First AI Memory Layer for LLMs
Mnemo: AI Memory Layer for Local First LLMs Mnemo is an innovative AI memory layer designed to enhance the performance of Local First Language Learning Models (…