GenSpark Rejects Acquisition Offers from Google, Microsoft, and Meta
A VC predicts Anthropic's annualized revenue will exceed Alphabet's by 2028, claiming it sells 'brainpower' to a $50 trillion labor market — but critics question the accounting.
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Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs as AI agents take over internal workflows
Cloudflare laid off 20% of its workforce, citing a fundamental shift to an 'Agentic AI' era. The company saw a 600% surge in internal AI use, with employees running thousands of agent sessions daily. Generous severance includes full 2026 salary.
US and China Gear Up for AI Safety Talks
The US and China are planning new official AI safety talks to set guardrails for their tech race, but the lead US negotiator’s confrontational stance threatens to overshadow the dialogue.
Nvidia CEO Wants a Seat on Trump's China Trade Delegation
The Trump administration is lining up CEOs from Apple, Nvidia, and Boeing for a May 14-15 visit to Beijing. Nvidia's Jensen Huang says he hasn't yet received an invite but would be 'deeply honored.'
White House official says treat AI like a drug
A White House official suggested pre-approving AI models like the FDA does drugs — then the administration quickly backtracked, saying he was taken out of context. But behind the scenes, pre-release evaluations by intelligence agencies are still on the table.
AI startup Stepfun nears $2.5B funding round, sets sights on Hong Kong IPO
Chinese AI startup Stepfun is finalizing a nearly $2.5 billion funding round from supply chain investors and Hong Kong's sovereign fund, signaling a push for a Hong Kong IPO.
Zhipu AI’s GLM-5V-Turbo crushes Claude Opus at code generation from screenshots
Zhipu AI releases GLM-5V-Turbo, its first multimodal programming model, beating Claude Opus on Design2Code benchmark with a score of 94.8. The model integrates vision from pre-training, not as an afterthought.
Google’s $99 Fitbit Air Drops the Screen to Make Gemini Your Health Coach
Google's Fitbit Air is a $99 screenless health band that leans on Gemini AI for coaching, replaces the Fitbit app with Google Health, and takes on Whoop and Oura.
Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite goes GA, undercuts Claude on price and performance
A former OpenAI safety researcher testified that the company dismantled its two safety teams and that Microsoft launched a GPT-4 version in India without internal safety review. The trial now awaits Sam Altman's testimony.
Musk's compute playbook: build massive, then let rivals take the scraps
Prime Intellect launches Lab, a closed-loop agent post-training platform that charges by token instead of GPU time. It bundles evaluation, RL training, and deployment into a single iterative experience.