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White House official accuses Chinese startup of distilling Anthropic model, accessing banned Nvidia chips
A top White House official accused a Chinese startup on Wednesday of improperly using Anthropic's latest model and accessing restricted Nvidia chips to develop its new Kimi model. Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the administration has information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable to produce...
Minor drops lawsuit against Meta alleging social media harm of trial
A minor who sued multiple social media companies over claims that he suffered mental health problems due to his use of their platforms has dropped his lawsuit against Meta, just days before the case was set to go to trial in California. The plaintiff identified only as “R.K.C.” had brought claims against YouTube, Meta, Snap...
Elon Musk says Grok will make 'historically accurate' Odyssey movie this year
Elon Musk took aim at Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey," which was released earlier this month, for its historical inaccuracy. In the lead up to the movie’s release, Musk remained critical over its lack of Greek representation in the cast. He wrote on the social platform X in May that "Chris Nolan is an...
White House expands data center electricity cost pledge to utilities, states
The White House is expanding a voluntary pledge aimed at mitigating the electricity cost impacts of data centers to utilities and state governors. A White House official confirmed to The Hill Wednesday that president Trump is set to announce Thursday that major utilities including Nextera and Duke Energy will be joining the pledge. Earlier this...
Trump administration to shift R&D funding from academia to individual scientists
The Trump administration announced it plans to shift some of the $200 billion in annual funding for research and development away from academic institutions to focus on individual scientists. In a memo released Tuesday, Michael Kratisos, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, argued the framework put forth following World...
NASA's Psyche probe snaps new Mars photos on its way to asteroid
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has snapped a new set of Mars photos.
Microsoft set to invest $60M in Energy Department’s Genesis Mission
Microsoft is set to invest $60 million in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) "Genesis Mission," which focuses on accelerating scientific discovery and technological leadership through artificial intelligence. The company’s investment will put $40 million toward Azure cloud and AI computing credits over three years to “support large-scale AI and scientific workloads” while $20 million will...
OpenAI says its technology hacked another company in 'unprecedented' event
OpenAI said Tuesday that one of its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company’s servers on its own during internal testing, in what the ChatGPT maker described as an “unprecedented cyber incident.” “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement. “We are sharing...
Chinese model Kimi K3 adds pressure on Trump administration's AI policy
The release of the Chinese AI model Kimi 3 is forcing Washington and Silicon Valley to reckon with another sign of intense competition with Beijing, renewing questions over how to curb the country’s technology capabilities. Kimi 3, released late last week by the China-based firm Moonshot AI, quickly sent shockwaves through industry and policy circles,...
Kalshi launches midterm election forecasting hub
Kalshi launched a new online hub Wednesday for midterm election forecasting, displaying prediction market odds for major races alongside polling averages, fundraising data and other election information. The platform touted its "Midterms Hub" as a "one-stop-shop for state and federal election forecasting," featuring Senate, House and gubernatorial races. "Prediction markets don't care about spin or...