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5 May 2026: Trial Witness Warns of AGI Arms Race as Enterprise AI and SMB Tools Expand (AM)
Stuart Russell warns of an AGI arms race at the OpenAI trial, as Anthropic and OpenAI push enterprise AI and…
4 May 2026: Pentagon Signs Military AI Contracts With Seven Tech Firms as Anthropic Steps Aside
The Pentagon has signed military AI contracts with seven tech giants while Anthropic steps aside on ethics. Plus Harvard's AI…
4 May 2026: AI Beats Doctors in Harvard Triage Test, GPT-5.5 Hits Mythos Cyber Bar (AM)
OpenAI's o1 beat ER doctors in a Harvard study, while AISI confirms GPT-5.5 matches Mythos Preview at the cybersecurity frontier.
3 May 2026: Harvard Study Finds AI More Accurate Than Emergency Room Doctors
A Harvard study found AI beat ER doctors at diagnosis, the Oscars banned AI-generated actors, and the Pentagon signed AI…
3 May 2026: Replit Hands Out a Free AI Agent Day as the Oscars Bar Synthetic Actors
Replit unlocks Agent free for 24 hours, the Oscars bar AI actors and screenplays, MoonPay's MoonAgents Card lets agents spend,…
3 May 2026: Pentagon Spreads AI Contracts as the Oscars Bar Generated Actors (AM)
The Pentagon awards classified-network AI deals to Nvidia, Microsoft and AWS while the Oscars bar AI-generated actors and scripts.
01 May 2026 PM: Musk testifies on Grok, Anthropic chases $900B, OpenAI tightens ChatGPT security
Musk admits xAI distilled Grok from OpenAI models. Anthropic races to a $900B round. OpenAI brings hardware keys to ChatGPT…
1 May 2026: Grok Distillation, Anthropic’s $900B Round, ChatGPT Adds Yubico (AM)
Elon Musk testifies xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models, Anthropic eyes a $900bn raise, and ChatGPT now supports Yubico hardware…
30 April 2026: OpenAI Explains the Goblin Glitch, Anthropic Eyes $900B (AM)
OpenAI publishes a candid post-mortem on GPT-5's quirks while Anthropic circles a $900B valuation, plus Microsoft Copilot tops 20m users.
29 April 2026 PM: Scout AI’s $100m War Bet, OpenAI Lands on AWS, and Google Translate Turns 20
Scout AI raises $100m for military AI agents, OpenAI models arrive on Amazon's cloud, and Google Translate hits 20 with…