Former OpenAI safety employee says company’s safety culture is broken

David Robinson argues that Silicon Valley lacks the wisdom on how to handle AI safely and urges the industry to seek outside experts to help build a culture that prioritizes it.

China stockpiled 343 immersion DUV tools for advanced chipmaking
China stockpiled 343 immersion DUV tools for advanced chipmaking

Centre for Technology & Statecraft (CTS) calls for banning exports of all immersion DUV tools to China, echoes the MATCH Act by U.S. legislators.

Amazon warns $68 billion in blocked data centers threatens US AI lead

AWS CEO warns that growing opposition to data centers could undermine U.S. AI leadership, while defending buildouts against concerns over water consumption, electricity costs, pollution, and community impact.

Russian firm completes country’s first 130nm-capable chipmaking tool, trails modern equipment by 25 years
Russian firm completes country’s first 130nm-capable chipmaking tool, trails modern equipment by 25 years

ZNTC completes development of Russia’s first 130nm-capable lithography stepper, which could be used to produce chips sometimes late this decade, or rather early next.

US Senate kills bill that could potentially shield Americans from skyrocketing power bills due to AI data centers
US Senate kills bill that could potentially shield Americans from skyrocketing power bills due to AI data centers

The U.S. Senate has blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act in a 57-43 vote, killing legislation that would have pushed regulators to consider making data centers pay the incremental grid costs created by their massive electricity demand.

Anthropic reports Florida woman’s Claude ‘diary’ threat to shoot up sheriff’s office, felony charge follows

Anthropic reviewers reported a Florida woman’s Claude threat against the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, leading to a felony charge.

Russia’s uncrewed robot tank fails during debut military display in front of President Putin

Russia’s new Shturm uncrewed assault tank reportedly suffered repeated command-link failures during its Tsentr-2026 debut, forcing organizers to use a human driver before the vehicle eventually got stuck in mud

Robotics startup has real human vs. robot cage match, California responds with cease-and-desist order

The California State Athletic Commission intervened when it saw a human facing off with a humanoid robot inside the fighting ring.

US Army unit deploys drone assembled completely in-house, uses 3D-printed ‘Dragoon Bombs’ with ball bearing shrapnel
US Army unit deploys drone assembled completely in-house, uses 3D-printed ‘Dragoon Bombs’ with ball bearing shrapnel

U.S. Army soldiers are training to assemble drones and 3D-print bomb casings for field use.

AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel

AI Robotics company Figure found a creative way of decommissioning its old F.02 fleet without having to allocate resources for difficult and time-consuming disassembly.