Pentagon gets pwned as breach exposes sensitive data on nearly three million military and civilian personnel

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 acquires AI legend Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

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.

Blockchain-assisted cyberattacks surge fivefold, driven by Iranian and North Korean state actors, Russia-linked groups

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 lists ‘existential risks to humanity’ as one of its risk factors in IPO prospectus

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.

Silicon is starting to design silicon — how AI is being used in chipmaking, from EDA tools to OpenAI’s Jalapeño and beyond
Silicon is starting to design silicon — how AI is being used in chipmaking, from EDA tools to OpenAI’s Jalapeño and beyond

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 patent embeds MicroLEDs in chip packaging — technology may enable embedded optical interconnects through TGVs

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

Early Nvidia advisor says he’s owed $1 billion in stock due to a 1993 vesting error, but Nvidia rejected settlement
Early Nvidia advisor says he’s owed $1 billion in stock due to a 1993 vesting error, but Nvidia rejected settlement

Former Nvidia advisor Eric Gullichsen says a 1993 stock option grant leaves him owed about $1 billion in stock.

Anthropic CEO described Jensen Huang as ‘kind of Trump-like’ during 2022 meeting

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 debuts Autopilot platform for developing chips autonomously using AI

Synopsys unveiled seven AgentEngineer agents on its new Autopilot platform, with general availability planned for the end of 2026.

OpenAI’s custom Jalapeno AI inference ASIC is for OpenAI’s internal use, but company leaves the door open to broader rollout
OpenAI’s custom Jalapeno AI inference ASIC is for OpenAI’s internal use, but company leaves the door open to broader rollout

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.”