AI companies
- Meta is releasing the weights for its Muse Spark Open model, which runs well on new Mac Studios thanks to work with Apple. Bloomberg notes that Meta is keeping its best tech closed.
- The FTC has issued subpoenas to Anthropic and OpenAI over safety incidents. The same roundup reports Anthropic had a $16.8 billion quarter and reported IPO plans, while OpenAI faces a multistate lawsuit.
- Anthropic is also giving METR researchers employee-level access to look under the hood of its systems.
Markets and AI spending worries
- Tech stocks extended their selloff on hot inflation data and AI spending concerns. Nvidia, AMD and Dell fell in a global tech rout tied to AI funding worries, and CoreWeave’s credit default swaps hit distress levels.
- The Dow later rose more than 500 points as investors rotated away from the AI trade.
- TSMC reported a record quarter, with customers fiercely competing for its chip capacity.
Hardware and products
- Amazon launched new “personal AI” devices that can listen to your conversations and take notes.
- Tesla plans to reveal its next-generation Roadster after almost a decade of delays.
- Microsoft says it made Windows 11 faster, especially on PCs with less RAM. Withings will charge new users $100 a year to sync with Apple Health.
Security and policy
- Researchers uncovered zero-click spyware delivered through ordinary online ads, and Cisco and Palo Alto Networks are responding to serious vulnerabilities.
- A report says an Israeli ad-tech firm enabled spyware targeting at least 45 Al Jazeera devices.
- Nvidia and Cisco confirmed multimillion-dollar donations to Trump’s White House ballroom