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Lilian Weng Leaves Thinking Machines, Joins OpenAI as VP of AI Safety
Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
Microsoft's AI Investments: $3.2B from Anthropic, Mixed Results from O
When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing.
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.
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.
Mistral AI: Open Source Models and Funding
Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontier AI in the hands of everyone.”
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.
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."
OpenAI Preps for September IPO After Legal Win
A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership, and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.
Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic's Pre-training Team
Pre-training is responsible for the large-scale training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to the company. It's also one of the most expensive, compute-intensive phases of building a frontier model.
Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI in Business AI Adoption, Ramp Data Shows
A survey compiled from fintech firm Ramp’s clients’ expense data shows 34.4% of participating businesses are paying for Anthropic services, more than any other AI lab, while only 32.3% pay for OpenAI.
Elon Musk Testifies on xAI's Grok Training with OpenAI Models
"Distillation" is a hot topic as frontier labs try to prevent smaller competitors from copying their models.
Elon Musk's xAI Uses OpenAI Tech for Training
Elon Musk's xAI: Leveraging OpenAI for Advanced Training Elon Musk's new venture, xAI, is making waves in the artificial intelligence (AI) community by utilizin…
Microsoft's Nadella: Ready to Leverage OpenAI Deal for Cloud Customers
Microsoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. "We fully plan to exploit it," Nadella said.
Amazon Launches OpenAI Models on AWS After Microsoft Deal
A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.
OpenAI Teams Up With MediaTek, Qualcomm for AI-Powered Phones
OpenAI Collaborates with MediaTek and Qualcomm for AI Infused Smartphones In a groundbreaking partnership, OpenAI has joined forces with MediaTek and Qualcomm t…
Arc Gate: AI Tool Achieves Perfect Safety Benchmarks
Benchmarked on 40 out-of-distribution prompts, indirect requests, roleplay framings, hypothetical scenarios, technical phrasings. The stuff that slips past everything else. Arc Gate: P=1.00, R=1.00, F1=1.00 OpenAI Moderation API: P=1.00, R=0.75, F1=0.86 LlamaGuard 3 8B: P=1.00, R=0.55, F1=0.71 Zero false positives. Zero misses. Blocked prompts average 329ms and never reach your model. Detection overhead is \~350ms on top of your normal upstream latency. Sits in front of any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. No GPU on your side. One env var to configure. GitHub: https://github.com/9hannahnine-jpg/arc-gate Live dashboard: https://web-production-6e47f.up.railway.app/dashboard Happy to answer questions.
OpenAI Allowed to Sell on AWS in Microsoft Deal
OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft get more cash in a revenue-share agreement.
Deepseek API Middleware: Streamline Client Protocols
Deepseek to API: A lightweight, high-performance full-stack middleware converting client protocols to universal APIs. Supports multi-account rotation, compiled binaries, Vercel Serverless, and Docker. Compatible with Google, Claude, and OpenAI API formats.