Hackers have breached the U.S. Department of Defense’s information systems. The Pentagon says that it has already secured the source of the leak, but the records of millions of DoD personnel are now in the wild.
AMD has agreed agreed to buy generative AI world model developer World Labs for $8.2 billion in stock. Legendary CEO and co-founder Fei-Fei Li will join the company as an executive vice president and chief scientist.
A new report says blockchain dead-drop attacks have risen 440%, with state-linked and criminal groups using transactions, smart contracts, and even phantom wallets to hide malware payloads and C2 infrastructure on public blockchains.
Anthropic serves a dire warning in its IPO prospectus, saying how a rogue model could lead to the end of humanity and, consequentially, its business. Nevertheless, investors are still hoping for a $2-trillion valuation once the company goes public.

How close is AI to designing the very same chips it runs on? We explore how artificial intelligence is being used in modern chip design today.
Intel has showcased a patent it filed in 2022 to embed MicroLEDs inside chip packaging. The company suggests this could be used for diagnostic testing, customized lighting on chip surfaces, but perhaps more importantly, an alternative integration for co-packaged optics

Former Nvidia advisor Eric Gullichsen says a 1993 stock option grant leaves him owed about $1 billion in stock.
Author Kevin Roose reports that Nvidia and Anthropic’s CEOs didn’t like each other much during their first meeting in his new book, The AGI Chronicles.
Synopsys unveiled seven AgentEngineer agents on its new Autopilot platform, with general availability planned for the end of 2026.

OpenAI has danced with the idea of a broader rollout of its Jalapeño ASIC, but hardware VP Richard Ho tells us the chip is for internal use “first and foremost.”