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Beijing‑based Moonshot AI raised roughly $2 billion in a financing round led by Meituan’s Long‑Z Investment, pushing its valuation to $20 billion. The round also included Tsinghua Capital, China Mobile and CPE Yuanfeng. Founded in 2023 by former Meta and Google Brain researcher Yang Zhilin, the lab’s open‑weight Kimi models have quickly become some of China’s most used large‑language models, driving annual recurring revenue past $200 million. The new capital arrives as global demand for Chinese open‑source AI surges, positioning Moonshot alongside rivals such as DeepSeek, Zhipu AI and MiniMax.Leggi di più

Spotify has launched a command‑line interface that enables AI agents such as OpenClaw, Claude and OpenAI Codex to save generated audio files as personal podcasts in users' Spotify libraries. After installing the free tool from GitHub, users simply add the phrase “and save to Spotify” to their AI prompt, and the resulting briefing appears alongside mainstream shows like The Vergecast. The feature promises seamless integration across devices, giving researchers and hobbyists a quick way to archive AI‑generated audio summaries.Leggi di più

BadCo.AI says the next wave of automotive retail will be driven by AI orchestration layers that stitch together fragmented buyer‑touchpoints. The company’s CRM‑native platform links engagement, decision‑making and execution tools across dealerships, allowing consumers to move through the purchase journey without re‑explaining their needs. Founder and CEO Jim Schrull argues that persistent conversational context across voice, SMS and chat can deliver a smoother, more transparent experience, from real‑time pricing to service updates. The push comes as buyers demand continuous digital interaction and regulators press for clearer pricing disclosures.Leggi di più

Beijing‑based Moonshot AI closed a $2 billion financing round led by Meituan’s Dragon Ball arm, with China Mobile, CITIC Private Equity and other investors participating. The deal values the Kimi chatbot maker at over $20 billion—roughly seven times its December 2024 valuation. Founded in 2023 by three Tsinghua alumni, Moonshot has seen its consumer‑facing Kimi product double annual recurring revenue to more than $200 million in two months. The funding surge places the firm among China’s most heavily backed AI labs and fuels speculation about a near‑term public listing.Leggi di più

Anthropic announced three major upgrades to its Claude Managed Agents—Dreaming, Outcomes, and Multiagent Orchestration—along with public‑beta webhooks. The Dreaming feature runs between sessions, reviewing an agent’s past work to spot patterns and lock in improvements. Outcomes lets developers set quality rubrics that a separate grader enforces, while Multiagent Orchestration enables several Claude agents to collaborate on complex tasks. Available as a research preview on the Claude Platform, the enhancements aim to make AI agents more self‑improving and reliable for developers building long‑running workflows.Leggi di più

Elon Musk's xAI and Anthropic announced Wednesday that the Claude-maker will purchase the entire 300‑megawatt compute capacity of xAI's Colossus 1 data center. The move instantly lifts Anthropic's usage limits and monetizes a key xAI asset, turning the startup from a consumer of AI power into a cloud‑service provider. Musk said the purchase frees up Colossus 1 as xAI shifts its training workloads to a newer facility, Colossus 2, and aligns with the company's broader push toward an IPO and a space‑based data‑center vision.Leggi di più

At the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything conference, media veteran Barry Diller defended OpenAI chief Sam Altman’s character but warned that trust alone won’t safeguard humanity from the coming wave of artificial general intelligence. The IAC and Expedia Group chairman said the real danger lies in the unknown consequences of AI, urging stronger guardrails before the technology reaches a point where it could outpace human control.Leggi di più

Google shut down Project Mariner on May 4, 2026, ending the experimental service that could perform up to ten tasks across the web. The company redirected the feature’s underlying technology into its Gemini Agent, AI‑powered search, and other tools ahead of the May 19 I/O developer conference. Google did not comment on the decision, but the move signals a shift toward integrating agentic capabilities directly into its broader AI ecosystem.Leggi di più

Canada’s privacy commissioner, Philippe Dufresne, concluded that OpenAI failed to comply with the country’s federal and provincial privacy statutes while training its AI models. The investigation found the company collected massive amounts of personal data without adequate safeguards or consent, and that users have no way to correct or delete that information. OpenAI has pledged a series of remedial steps, including new user notices, stronger data‑filtering tools and tighter protections for retired datasets. The findings come amid heightened scrutiny after the firm’s handling of a warning about a shooter in the February 2026 Tumbler Ridge attack.Leggi di più

Industry leaders and scholars warn that without clear standards, AI safety testing could become a political tool. Microsoft, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Center for AI Safety Initiative (CAISI) plan to develop testing methods on the fly, but critics argue that only an independent audit system can prevent government overreach and ensure accountability. Cornell professor Gregory Falco proposes a rigorously enforced audit regime akin to the IRS, urging firms to adopt internal safety checks before deployment.Leggi di più

Snap Inc. disclosed that its $400 million partnership with AI search startup Perplexity has been terminated by mutual agreement. The collaboration, announced last November, aimed to embed Perplexity’s generative search technology directly into Snapchat and generate revenue as early as 2026. Testing never progressed beyond a limited rollout, and both companies said the integration was not a fit for their product goals. Snap now highlights its AI‑Sponsored Snaps and upcoming consumer‑ready AR glasses, Specs, as the next avenues for monetizing artificial‑intelligence features.Leggi di più

Google DeepMind announced plans to use the long‑running space MMO Eve Online as a training ground for its next generation of artificial‑intelligence models. The lab also disclosed a minority investment in Fenris Creations, the newly renamed owner of the game. DeepMind’s CEO Demis Hassabis said the partnership will let researchers explore player‑driven dynamics in a complex virtual universe, while the investment will keep Eve Online’s development independent.Leggi di più

Anthropic announced a deal with Elon Musk’s merged SpaceXAI to draw computing power from the company’s Colossus 1 supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee. The agreement, unveiled at Anthropic’s developer conference, gives the AI lab access to more than 300 megawatts of capacity – roughly 220,000 Nvidia GPUs – to boost its Claude Pro and Claude Max services. SpaceXAI, which is eyeing an imminent IPO, hopes the partnership will validate its push toward orbital AI compute centers. The pact marks a sharp turn from Musk’s earlier criticism of Anthropic’s models.Leggi di più

Elon Musk left OpenAI's board in early 2018 after a heated dispute with co‑founders over control of the nonprofit's future. The disagreement, which began in 2017 when Musk demanded full authority over a planned for‑profit arm, led to a breakdown in funding and eventually a legal battle that began in 2024. Testimony from OpenAI president Greg Brockman, including excerpts from his private journal, revealed the tension behind the scenes. The conflict has resurfaced as courts examine whether Musk’s departure was voluntary or forced, and how the organization’s governance evolved into the AI powerhouse it is today.Leggi di più

Anthropic announced that a new partnership with SpaceX will give the AI firm access to the launch‑provider’s Colossus 1 data center, adding more than 300 megawatts of compute capacity. The boost allows the company to double five‑hour rate limits for paid Claude Code users, lift peak‑hour restrictions for Pro and Max plans, and raise API limits for Claude Opus models. Anthropic also signaled interest in developing gigawatts of orbital AI compute, while SpaceX has filed FCC paperwork to launch a million satellites for a future orbital data center.Leggi di più

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is in talks to raise its first venture‑capital round, aiming for a valuation that could climb from $20 billion to $45 billion. Founder Liang Wenfeng, who controls about 90% of the company, is turning to investors after rival firms began poaching key researchers. The round is expected to be led by the state‑backed China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, with cloud giants Tencent and Alibaba reportedly considering participation. DeepSeek’s efficient large‑language model runs on Huawei chips, positioning it as a strategic asset in Beijing’s push for AI independence.Leggi di più

Braintrust, a platform that helps companies monitor AI models, disclosed an unauthorized access incident in one of its Amazon Web Services accounts. The breach exposed customer API keys used to access cloud‑based AI services. In an email sent Monday, the company asked every client to revoke and replace those keys as a precaution. Braintrust says the incident is contained, the compromised account has been locked down, and internal secrets have been rotated while the cause remains under investigation.Leggi di più

Google's DeepMind unit has acquired a minority stake in CCP Games, now rebranded as Fenris Creations, to use the long‑running space MMO Eve Online as a training ground for its artificial‑intelligence models. The multimillion‑dollar investment will let DeepMind study player behavior on isolated servers, tackling challenges such as long‑term planning and continual learning. Company executives say the partnership could also spark new gameplay experiences, while the deal follows Fenris Creations' recent purchase of the Eve IP from Pearl Abyss.Leggi di più

In a video deposition aired during the Musk v. Altman lawsuit, Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, said CEO Sam Altman falsely told her that the company’s legal team had cleared a new GPT model for release without review by the deployment safety board. Murati confirmed a clash with chief strategy officer Jason Kwon over the model’s safety status and said she forced the board review herself. Her testimony adds to earlier accusations from co‑founder Ilya Sutskever and former board member Helen Toner that Altman routinely misled executives and the board, leading to his 2023 dismissal.Leggi di più

Anthropic announced on Tuesday that it is doubling five‑hour rate limits for Claude Code across its Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans and removing peak‑hour throttling for Pro and Max users. The company also lifted API limits for its Claude Opus models. The changes stem from a new compute agreement with SpaceX that gives Anthropic access to the full capacity of the Colossus 1 data centre, adding more than 300 MW of power and over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs. The boost aims to improve service for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers and marks another step in Anthropic’s expanding AI infrastructure partnerships.Leggi di più