Google's AI Engineers Revolt Against Pentagon Weapons Deal
The people building the most powerful AI tools in the world are publicly asking their boss not to sell them to the people with the most powerful weapons in the world.
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Anthropic Pays $400K for Someone to Throw Parties While Building AI to Replace Jobs
The company building AI to replace knowledge work just posted a job that's pure analog: schmoozing humans in conference rooms for $400K. Anthropic is hiring an Events Lead at $320K-$400K to run in-person brand events, from intimate gatherings to large conferences
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OpenAI's 2028 Phone Could Kill the App Store
If OpenAI ships a phone in 2028, the app store dies with it. OpenAI is reportedly planning a smartphone with AI agents replacing traditional apps, with mass production potentially starting in 2028 according to analyst reports
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Elon Musk's Betrayal Case Against OpenAI Starts Monday With Altman on the Stand
The man who warned AI could destroy humanity is now fighting in court to decide who gets to build it. Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman goes to trial Monday, alleging they betrayed OpenAI's nonprofit mission after he invested $38 million from 2015-2017.
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China Just Showed Silicon Valley Who Really Controls AI's Future
The deal that wasn't tells you more about the future of AI than most deals that close. China blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI startup, citing concerns about technology transfer to the US
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Tech Worker Quits Before Getting Fired By Manager Who Believes AI Hype
The first wave of AI displacement isn't coming from agents that work better than humans — it's coming from managers who believe they will.
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OpenAI's $100B Betrayal Goes to Trial as Musk Exposes the Receipts
Two billionaires arguing over who broke the handshake deal isn't news — but when that handshake was supposed to keep AI nonprofit and the trial might expose exactly how OpenAI became a $100B for-profit, the discovery docs are the real story.
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Cohere Buys Germany's Aleph Alpha as Grocery Billionaire Bets on AI Sovereignty
The AI sovereignty race just got its first transatlantic alliance, and it's being funded by a grocery empire. Cohere is acquiring Germany's Aleph Alpha, backed by the Schwarz Group (owner of Lidl), with explicit government support from both Canada and Germany
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Tokyo Is Building What Silicon Valley Can't: Infrastructure for AI Agents
While Silicon Valley debates which LLM will rule them all, Tokyo is building the physical infrastructure for agents to actually do things in the world.
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Federal Agency Declares War on New York to Legalize Debate Betting
The federal government is in a cage match with states over who gets to decide if betting on presidential debates counts as gambling or just really specific financial contracts.
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Trump DOJ Tells Colorado It Can't Regulate xAI for Algorithmic Bias
The federal government just picked a side in the fight over whether states can regulate AI models for bias—and it's not the side that wants regulation.
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DOJ Backs Musk to Kill State AI Laws Before They Spread
When the federal government backs a billionaire's lawsuit against state-level AI regulation, it's not about principles—it's about precedent.
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Musk vs Altman Discovery Could Expose OpenAI's Biggest Secrets
The lawsuit is flimsy, but the discovery is going to be spectacular. Elon Musk and Sam Altman head to court April 27th in Oakland, with Musk claiming OpenAI defrauded him after he left when he wasn't made CEO
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China Just Made Silicon Valley Ask Permission Before Every AI Investment
Beijing just turned Silicon Valley money into a permission slip, and every AI lab from Shanghai to Shenzhen is about to learn what "strategic autonomy" costs.
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Anthropic's Secret AI Model Leaked Hours After Launch
The company that made "AI safety" its brand just proved it can't keep its most dangerous model safe. Unauthorized users accessed Claude Mythos the same day Anthropic announced its controlled rollout to select companies, according to Bloomberg.
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Anthropic's Most Dangerous AI Leaked to Random Discord Users for Weeks
The AI safety crowd keeps warning us about rogue superintelligence, but it turns out the real threat vector is a Discord server and some bored kids with time on their hands.
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GitHub Copilot Cuts Off New Users as AI Infrastructure Buckles
The AI party just hit the open bar limit—and the bartenders are running out of liquor. GitHub Copilot paused new signups and tightened usage limits; Anthropic experimented with pulling Claude Code from low-tier subscribers—both citing resource strain from agentic AI.
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Pentagon Demands $54B to Build Autonomous War Machines
The Pentagon just asked Congress for $54 billion to build autonomous war machines, a 24,000% budget increase that dwarfs every AI investment you've seen in the private sector.
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Musk Builds Anti-OpenAI Alliance With Mistral, Cursor, SpaceX
Musk is assembling an AI coalition to chase down Anthropic and OpenAI, and he's shopping for allies in Paris. xAI has explored a three-way partnership with Cursor and French AI startup Mistral to compete against Anthropic and OpenAI
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Google Bets $100B Cloud Business on AI Agents Nobody Asked For
Google just dropped its bet on the agent economy, and it's not trying to sell you chatbots. Google released new tools for building AI agents designed to automate business tasks, directly challenging OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise automation
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