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At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's cofounder—a "weirdo," per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.

<p>Fund manager Geoff Wilson says he did not watch full video and deleted it after ‘inappropriate associations were identified’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The fund manager Geoff Wilson, a prominent public critic of the government’s

Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI's inference systems.

<p>For those of us who can’t drive due to disabilities, the drawbacks of these vehicles are vastly outweighed by the possibilities they offer</p><p>The robotaxis are coming! The robotaxis are coming! Well, actually, they’re already here. Until now they’ve been the stuff of science fiction, but this summer<strong> </strong>London’s streets have seen Silicon Valley-based company Waymo testing out self-driving cars. It hasn’t been the smoothest of introductions – from cars getting stuck in <a href=

OpenAI is adding custom hardware to its tech stack. The "Jalapeño" chip, developed with Broadcom, is tailored for large language model inference and is set to run at scale by late 2026. The article OpenAI and Broadcom unveil "Jalapeño," a custom chip built for LLM inference appeared first on The Decoder .

OpenAI deployment chief Arnaud Fournier explains in an interview how DeployCo wants to embed AI deep inside large corporations using its own engineers. He talks about explosive Codex growth, the feedback loop from customers back into model development, and why he thinks the price of AI intelligence has dropped sharply. The article OpenAI's deployment chief on Codex growth, falling AI prices, and the ROI question appeared first on The Decoder .

Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.

<p>About 1,600 workers signed petition against tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and computer screen content</p><p>Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has paused a program that tracked employees’ computer activity amid data privacy concerns and a staff backlash.</p><p>The owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp had introduced a tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and content displayed on computer screens in order to collect data for training its AI models.</p> <a href="https://w

Language models may write cleaner prose than most humans, but ask one for 100 arguments on a topic and they'll all cluster together. Human reasoning is far more diverse, says Pangram CEO Max Spero, and that's what might give AI away. The article Pangram CEO says language models give themselves away by making the same arguments appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>A court in Germany found that Google was responsible for what its chatbots say in search summaries. This is the accountability we need</p><p>Earlier this month, a German court <a href="https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/">ruled</a> that Google is liable for its AI search summaries. Rejecting defenses like “users can check for themselves”, and that they generally know “that information generat

Samsung Electronics is expanding employee access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, giving staff wider use of AI tools for technical and non-technical work. According to OpenAI, the deployment covers all Samsung Electronics employees in Korea and all Device eXperience employees worldwide. The DX division includes smartphones, consumer electronics, and home appliances. Samsung plans to use […] The post Samsung opens ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex access after AI restrictions appeared first on AI News

Claude Tag lets teams bring Anthropic's AI into Slack by tagging @Claude in any channel and assigning it tasks. Internally, the tool already generates 65 percent of the code on Anthropic's product team, the company says. The article Claude Tag embeds Anthropic's AI in Slack, already writes 65 percent of internal code, company says appeared first on The Decoder .

Mistral AI has released OCR 4, a new model that reads text from documents like PDFs, Word files, and PowerPoint presentations. The article Mistral's new OCR model beats competitors in 72 percent of blind test cases, company says appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>The writer who coined the word ‘enshittification’ tells us why AI will never deliver what it promises – and why it still appeals so much to those in power</p><p>A “centaur”, in automation theory, is a person assisted by a machine, and a “reverse centaur”, hero of Cory Doctorow’s new book, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence">The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After

Anthropic launched a beta version of its Claude Tag feature for Enterprise and Team tiers, shifting its chat model into shared Slack channels. Moving away from traditional isolated chat boxes, users pull the artificial intelligence model into active group threads by typing @Claude. The integration allows any team member in the channel to delegate a task, review […] The post Anthropic drops ‘workplace AI agents’ directly inside Slack appeared first on AI News .

<p>When workers had cameras attached to them, they found it funny at first. But novelty soon turned to concern</p><p></p><p>The first time the factory supervisors handed garment worker Lalita* a head-mounted camera, she burst out laughing. “The way people mount a CCTV camera on a wall, they mounted one on us,” she says.</p><p>The 32-year-old had been working at the garment factory on the outskirts of Delhi for nearly a year when management asked workers on her line to strap small cameras to thei

The all-cash deal gives MoEngage access to technology that assigns AI agents to individual customers.

Order warns of national security risks if post-quantum cryptography isn't adopted in time.

Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.

Anthropic’s new Claude Tag brings an always-on AI teammate to Slack. But beyond productivity, the feature is a strategic play to capture organizational context, institutional knowledge, and enterprise workflows.

Omio integrates OpenAI models across its engineering operations to accelerate travel product development and launch booking interfaces. The multimodal travel platform coordinates operations with over 3,000 transportation providers across 47 countries. Omio explicitly rejects the superficial addition of technology to outdated internal processes. The company’s CTO, Tomas Vocetka, requires all internal functions to completely redesign […] The post Omio scales travel product development using OpenAI

I Am Frankelda, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and From Russia With Love are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month.

<p>Losses spread globally as investors questioned soaring valuations and spending on AI infrastructure</p><p>A tech sell-off shook global markets on Tuesday as attention turned away from developments in the US war with Iran and toward the future of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai">AI</a> companies and chipmakers that have driven stock markets to record highs.</p><p>The tech-heavy Nasdaq index opened 2% lower on Tuesday. The Dow and S&P 500 were also down

<p>AI company ElevenLabs unveils its officially licensed replica of the iconic actor’s voice in a retelling of Homer’s epic poem, while director who previously recorded the star recalls real-life experience</p><p>Next month, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster version of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/06/flogging-a-wooden-horse-how-faithful-will-christopher-nolans-odyssey-be">The Odyssey</a> is set to storm cinemas around the globe. Auguries suggest the almost three-hour drama wi

The new Meta-branded glasses have the same camera, microphones, and chatbot as the Ray-Bans. They come in three styles, one of which was codesigned with Kylie Jenner.

Cursor has revealed new details about its first AI model trained entirely in-house and announced two new products. The article Cursor announces its own AI model, a new Git platform, and a mobile app appeared first on The Decoder .

Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI .

<p>While tech companies and Trump have been pushing teachers to use AI in the classroom, many argue that there is little evidence that it would actually help children</p><p>In October, Kelly Clancy’s son received an assignment in sixth grade at a middle school in Brooklyn, New York, to create a science experiment and then ask Google Gemini, an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai">artificial intelligence</a> chatbot, for feedback, she said.</p><p>Clancy, who h

<p>Study warns AI datacenters are vulnerable to the climate hazards that their global greenhouse gas emissions bolster</p><p>Amid rising concern that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai">artificial intelligence</a> boom is fueling the climate crisis, a new report has found that nearly 80% of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datacenters--us-">datacenters</a> are also exposed to extreme climate hazards, including flooding, extreme winds and wild

OpenAI is expanding its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative with an updated Codex Security plugin, the full GPT-5.5-Cyber model, and a partner network with more than 25 security firms and several governments. The focus shifts from finding vulnerabilities to patching them automatically. The article OpenAI says new GPT-5.5-Cyber outperforms Anthropic's Mythos on cybersecurity benchmark appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>Sarah Hanson Young’s warning comes as David Pocock urges government to prevent firms using Australian content to train AI models</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The independent senator David Pocock has challenged the Albanese governm

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The global surge in AI cyber threats is no longer a distant problem for corporate data centres, according to an urgent public warning from the world’s most powerful intelligence alliance. On June 22, 2026, the cybersecurity chiefs of the Five Eyes nations—comprising the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—issued a rare joint intelligence briefing stating that upcoming artificial […] The post Top spy agencies say AI cyber threats will impact you within months. Here’s why appeared first on

<p>I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of AI in general. But could I be seduced?</p><p>I received a text message from my editor: “Um, is it unethical to ask you to get an AI bf?? You can prob say no.”</p><p>Resentment. Contempt! Sorrow. Unease. I love text messaging. I have text message exchanges with, let’s say, 15 people a day. If you want me to do something, you should ask via text message. My editor knows this. She also knows, though it’s m

OpenAI is attempting to tackle the security issues of the open source software community.

US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.

<p>Barrister who was given material produced by Garfield AI says advocacy at trial ‘remained fundamentally human’</p><p>An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial has been won using an AI lawyer.</p><p>A freelance HR consultant, Tamires Camal Taquidir, paid the firm, Garfield AI, about £400 to send a legal letter and then issue court proceedings over an unpaid debt of £7,000.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/te

Employees had previously raised concerns about the initiative, which involves collecting workers’ keystroke data to train AI models.

Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.

Google Deepmind has made the Interactions API the default interface for Gemini models and agents. It replaces the old generateContent API and uses a simplified schema with typed steps instead of role-based structures. New agent features will only ship through this API going forward. The article Google makes Interactions API the default interface for Gemini models and agents appeared first on The Decoder .