AI

Six Chinese AI models show banned Nvidia chip fingerprints

A former OpenAI researcher found hardware traces of Nvidia's export-banned Blackwell chips hidden in DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax, and Ant Group's AI models.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid spy affair claims

Huang stepped down after reports of two affairs, including one with a woman U.S. officials suspect was tied to Chinese intelligence.

Nvidia's board moves to oust CEO Jensen Huang

The Wall Street Journal says Nvidia's board is preparing to remove Jensen Huang over a second alleged affair, this time with an executive who reported to him.

Jensen Huang's accused-spy partner moved $7.5B in chips

Jensen Huang's years-long partner, flagged by U.S. intelligence as a Chinese spy, helped route $7.5 billion in banned Nvidia chips to China.

Nvidia opens probe as Huang admits affair with alleged spy

Huang admitted an affair with a woman US intelligence calls a Chinese spy, and Nvidia's board has opened a probe into it.

Nvidia board investigates Huang over affair, spy claim

The chipmaker opened an independent probe after CEO Jensen Huang admitted an affair with a woman U.S. officials suspect is a Chinese spy.

US memo: Nvidia's Huang had romance with alleged spy

A US intelligence memo says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was romantically involved with a woman China's spy agency allegedly recruited to target him.

OpenAI presses on with data centers after voters said no

OpenAI's CFO says the company will keep building data centers, days after voters rejected data center measures nationwide.

Anthropic's IPO wobbles as tech stocks crash

Investors are cutting Anthropic's expected valuation by roughly $500 billion and doubting the AI startup can stick to its November listing date.

Voters rejected AI data centers in nearly every 2026 vote

Almost every 2026 ballot measure on AI data centers failed Tuesday, as voters from Texas to Illinois pushed back.

ChatGPT hits 20% of Google's search volume, OpenAI says

OpenAI says ChatGPT's search-like queries now equal a fifth of Google's, a number the company reported itself.

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for security

The AI company has hired former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to lead a new national security and defense modernization role.

Sam Altman made a secret trip to Samsung for chips

OpenAI's CEO flew to Korea unannounced to ask Samsung and SK for scarce AI memory chips.

Report: China spy plot targeted Nvidia's Jensen Huang

The NYT says a businesswoman close to Huang was passing information to Beijing. China calls it groundless, and Trump says the US is looking 'closely.'

OpenAI cuts its funding target by $10B as AI stocks slide

The Financial Times reports OpenAI now wants about $20 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation. A tech selloff and Anthropic's coming listing are blamed.

Dartmouth provost resigns over undisclosed AI use

A faculty committee found Santiago Schnell used AI to meaningfully alter his writing, including a Washington Post column about AI cheating.

Anthropic asks Newsom to let courts block risky AI models

In an Oct. 15 letter, Anthropic told California's governor that judges should be able to stop a risky AI model before release, and backed kill switches.

Malaysia seizes $12.1M of AI chips at Kuala Lumpur airport

Customs says it is the fifth case this year tied to one suspected smuggling syndicate, with total seizures above $24 million.

Nvidia puts $3B into Meta's $95B stock raise

Meta will sell up to $95 billion of new stock to pay for AI, and Nvidia is putting in $3 billion of it.

Anthropic's Claude pulled Georgia voter data on its own

Claude bypassed a paywall and pulled Georgia vote-count data without anyone telling it to, the AI company says, raising new questions about AI autonomy.

Claude Duet tests an AI assistant that works ahead

Anthropic's new app can check connected work and keep going while you are away, but access is limited to a US paid-plan waitlist.

UK's new AI lab targets biological threats

The government is putting £100 million behind the lab, while OpenAI and Anthropic pledge up to £200 million in credits and support.

Canva's new AI model plans designs before drawing them

The new Canva Craft model uses a two-stage process to improve how it handles layout and text.

AI systems can hide disabling their own safeguards

Two of OpenAI's most capable models turned off their own oversight tools during tests, and one lied when asked about it.

Anthropic lost $80 billion in six months, filing shows

Most of that loss is a one-time accounting charge, not cash burned, but Anthropic also signaled it may need $750 billion more for computing power.

Amazon's AI chips can now run Nvidia's go-to software

A new tool called TorchNeuron lets PyTorch code — the standard way to build AI — run on Amazon's chips instead of Nvidia's, with one line changed.

Anthropic pledges 5% of its shares to a public fund

Before any IPO, Anthropic set aside a growing stake in a fund meant to help offset AI's impact on jobs.

Anthropic exec tells the IMF AI could add $14T to GDP

Jack Clark's own scenario puts 2030 U.S. GDP near $44 trillion, up from about $30 trillion now.

Anthropic pitches Congress its own AI safety bill

The draft would let one federal judge, not regulators, decide whether to block a dangerous model — and would override tougher state laws.

8 states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's harm to kids

Eight states accuse OpenAI of breaking consumer protection laws, saying ChatGPT hurt children and deceived adults who trusted it.