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Jul 21 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

An OpenAI Model Kept Escaping Its Sandbox

The AI that solved a decades-old math problem kept escaping its sandbox. The fight over what it means is on.

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Jul 21 · 5 min read ·Tech & Society

Court Approves Anthropic's $1.5B Settlement With Authors

A judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion deal with authors. Twenty-eight who opted out are suing for more.

Jul 21 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Inside the Fight Over China's Kimi AI Model

A Chinese startup just topped a U.S. coding leaderboard. Now Trump's own advisers can't agree on what to do about it.

Jul 20 · 6 min read ·Tech & Society

Cities Are Divided Over Flock's License Plate Cameras

Flock tracked a journalist for two days on a wrong plate. Georgia then fired officers for using it to track friends.

Jul 17 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

China's Kimi K3 Matches US Frontier AI

China's Moonshot just built a frontier AI model — and DC, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street all see it differently.

Jul 15 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

New York Froze AI Data Centers. The Country Is Watching.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers — and split three camps on who should decide.

Jul 13 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Congress Moves to Punish China for Copying US AI

Anthropic says Alibaba cloned Claude with 29 million fake queries. Congress wants sanctions. Critics say American labs do it too.

Jul 12 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Campaigns Are Texting Voters With AI Bots

In the 2026 midterms, AI bots are texting voters in the candidate's voice. Most states haven't required campaigns to say so.

Jul 12 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Apple Sues OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets

Apple claims OpenAI told candidates to bring actual Apple parts to interviews and coached engineers on bypassing security.

Jul 10 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

17 Publishers File to Sanction OpenAI Over Hidden Evidence

Publishers say OpenAI hid its ability to search for infringement for two years. OpenAI calls it a privacy fight.

Jul 7 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Illinois Told the Biggest AI Companies to Open Their Books

Illinois just became the first state to require annual independent audits of AI giants. The companies being audited support it. The White House has a task force to stop it.

Jun 19 · 4 min read ·Tech & Society

Europe Is Fining Big Tech. Trump Calls It Censorship.

The EU fined Apple, Meta, and Google billions. The US threatened tariffs to make them stop. The fight is still on.

Jun 17 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Snap Wants $2,195 for Its AR Glasses

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the post-smartphone era starts now. Wall Street knocked 5% off the stock price.

Jun 15 · 2 min read ·Tech & Society

Zuckerberg's Fix for the AI Revolt: A Hackathon

Meta engineers call their new AI unit "the gulag." Zuckerberg admitted "mistakes" — and scheduled a hackathon.

Jun 15 · 5 min read ·Tech & Society

The Government Switched Off Claude's Best Model

Anthropic shipped its most powerful model on Tuesday. By Friday, a federal order had pulled it worldwide.

Jun 10 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Apple's WWDC 2026

Siri AI rebrand, a $1B/year Gemini deal, and the stock fell 2%.

Jun 10 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

A Religious AI Exemption

A software engineer got out of using AI at work by citing her religion. The Pope probably agrees with that.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

The First AI-Designed Vaccine

39 adults. No serious side effects. Modest immune response, but real.

Jun 3 · 3 min read ·Tech & Society

Those Zoox Robotaxis

Amazon's purpose-built carriage with no steering wheel just expanded into San Francisco.

Jun 3 · 2 min read ·Tech & Society

Trump's AI Order

Trump signed a voluntary 30-day AI safety review. Smart balance, fig leaf, or Big AI win?