News — 2026-10-09

The California State Athletic Commission has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot, deeming the fight 'unsanctioned'. The commission is demanding that the startup stop promoting or advertising any boxing or mixed martial arts contests involving humans in California without approval. Read more

SpaceXAI is donating $1.5 million in Grok tokens to Omarchy, a Linux distro project led by David Heinemeier Hansson, despite his promotion of anti-immigration policies. The tokens will be used to accelerate development and patch bugs. Read more

Clojure's unique features make it an ideal language for developers in the era of language models, allowing for high-level reasoning, declarative programming, and efficient code iteration. Read more

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warns that rapid AI math advances could undermine blockchain cryptography, threatening private-key security, and backs a 'bunker mode' to prepare for potential risks. Read more

A developer's firsthand experience with DeepSeek 4.1 Flash reveals its impressive capabilities and significant cost savings, posing a challenge to the industry's reliance on high-end models like Opus and Anthropic. This Chinese model's performance and efficiency are changing the way developers work, making high-quality AI tasks more accessible and affordable. Read more

Jessica Hische, a Bay Area lettering artist, designed the logo for Meta's new AI assistant Muse, but her work was met with anger and hate from some people due to the controversial nature of AI and Meta. Read more

A new open-source benchmark, Jevman, pits AI decision models against the classic ghosts in Pac-Man. The competition allows developers to test their models' decision-making skills and compare them to others. Read more

Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose the conditions inside and the intentionally dysfunctional legal system designed to keep them trapped in federal custody for months or years. Read more

OpenAI's annualized revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected, with the company telling investors it's approaching $50 billion. This figure is lower than the $70 billion previously reported, which was based on information shared with investors. Read more

Actor Ben Affleck has gone viral for his in-depth understanding of AI technology, showcasing his knowledge of neural networks, machine learning, and more. He recently sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix for a reported $587 million. Read more

USA Today Co. is suing OpenAI for allegedly copying hundreds of thousands of articles to train its AI models, seeking damages of over $250 million. The lawsuit claims OpenAI's unauthorized use of USA Today's content has caused real and continuing harm to its outlets. Read more

Anthropic has launched a new service called OSS Scanner, providing free AI security scans for open-source projects. The scans, powered by Anthropic's strongest models, aim to help projects identify security vulnerabilities, but reports will be generated without human review. Read more

Microsoft is updating its Microsoft 365 Family and Premium subscriptions to allow primary account holders to share AI benefits, including Copilot and AI usage features, with up to five other people on the plan. The changes also include more flexible AI usage and cloud storage, but with some limitations. Read more