Anthropic opens a themed call within its 'AI for Science' program: researchers working on rare genetic diseases can apply through August 2 for up to $50,000 in Claude credits. Two tracks, and a refreshingly honest note about AI's limits.
A consultant describes how AI mania is hollowing out decision-making at large companies. The anecdotes are as absurd as they are revealing — and they raise an uncomfortable question: why does nobody push back?
Ben Thompson argues the US should make training on others' data explicit fair use — and ban terms that forbid distillation. The trigger: Alibaba open-sources Qwen 3.8 Max while Western labs lock their models down.
An email from 2022 surfaced in the Musk v. Altman case. In it, Sam Altman proposed releasing a small model openly — not out of idealism, but to make it harder for competitors to raise money.
Next week the Model Context Protocol gets an update almost nobody will notice — and it still changes a lot. MCP is dropping its clunky session handling, which finally makes it fit for large-scale deployments.
Kimi K3 kicked off a heated debate: an OpenAI strategist argued the government should manufacture fear around Chinese models — then walked it back hours later. Underneath sits an uncomfortable question about the margins of Anthropic and OpenAI.
Anthropic is in talks with Meta over a data center deal worth around $10 billion over two years, per CNBC. The twist: Anthropic would be renting capacity from a direct competitor — and it wants an early-exit option.
OpenAI is rebuilding its desktop app: a global switcher moves between ChatGPT and Codex, Chat and Work land together in Recents, and cloud Work conversations sync across web, mobile and desktop. Live since July 18 for all plans on macOS and Windows.