It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore

AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.

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The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns

penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.

Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

Un0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company’s technology can replicate conventional AI systems.

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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war

As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.

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How to invest when everything is moving too fast

TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Los Angeles late last week brought together two of the more straight-talking investors working in AI right now. They were as entertaining as they were illuminating.

Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero

Superhuman, which also has an AI detection tool as part of Grammarly, has snapped up GPTZero.

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