- 01 Anthropic says paid Claude subscriptions have more than doubled this year, even as outside estimates put total consumer users between 18 million and 30 million.
- 02 All but two of xAI’s original 11 co‑founders had departed before this week, and the last reported co‑founder has now left.
- 03 A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the Pentagon’s ban while litigation proceeds; the case follows weeks of dispute over a supply‑chain designation.
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- 01 OpenAI's newly announced Foundation will invest at least $1 billion across health, economic opportunity, AI resilience, and community programs.
- 02 The administration's President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will include top executives such as Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang, even as Congress moves to codify safety limits around military AI.
- 03 AI startups continue to attract funding: Granola jumps to a $1.5B valuation, Mirage and others raise growth rounds, and privacy-focused rivals emphasize local-first designs.
- 01 OpenAI announced it is winding down Sora and its social video app despite a recent Disney licensing tie-up.
- 02 Anthropic launched an ‘auto mode’ for Claude Code to let models act with limited autonomy while keeping safety controls.
- 03 Sift’s founders are porting the data and infrastructure used at SpaceX to help factories scale advanced manufacturing.
- 01 ChatGPT and Gemini are adding richer shopping features and merchant integrations, even as OpenAI pulls back on some instant-checkout plans.
- 02 Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork now perform actions on users’ computers with reduced confirmation in an ‘auto’ mode that preserves built-in safeguards.
- 03 OpenAI released prompt-based teen safety policies and open-source tools to help developers moderate age-specific risks in AI experiences.