Microsoft Kills Volume Rebates in Name of ‘Transparency’ – Slashdot Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services under Enterprise Agreements by removing volume rebates and standardising prices to…
Sam Altman Says ‘Yes,’ AI Is In a Bubble Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters that AI investment has entered bubble territory. He said investors are “overexcited about a…
Proton Begins Shifting Infrastructure Outside of Switzerland Ahead of Surveillance Legislation Summary Proton has started relocating much of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland in response to proposed Swiss surveillance…
The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale Summary Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos at the CIA’s headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have decoded three of the sculpture’s…
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler Summary WIRED obtained internal emails showing the General Services Administration (GSA) rushed to onboard several AI vendors…
A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Summary SweetREX (SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder, or SweetREX DAIP) is an AI tool being developed by…
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future Summary This WIRED feature by Graham Webster traces the internal US-government drive — led by figures such as Alan Estevez,…
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China Summary Nvidia unexpectedly secured permission from President Trump to resume sales of its H20 AI training chips to China, after…
AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill Summary WIRED reports that Peak, a surprise co-op hit developed by Aggro Crab with…
‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube Summary WIRED investigated a wave of low-effort AI-generated celebrity videos on YouTube—so-called “cheapfakes”—and found more than 120 channels repurposing images, stills…
