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- Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-8B-A1B: An On-Device MoE Model With 8.3B Total and 1.5B Active Parameters
MarkTechPost · 2026-05-28
Liquid AI's LFM2.5-8B-A1B activates 1.5B of 8.3B parameters, offering 128K context, reasoning, and tool calling on consumer hardware.
- Dell CFO Kennedy Sees AI Server Demand Driving Sales Growth
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Dell CFO David Kennedy says the increase in AI server demand is why the company boosted its annual sales forecast.
- CFTC wants to reverse course on penalty against Winklevoss twins' crypto business
Engadget · 2026-05-28
The Gemini exchange already paid a $5 million fine following the agency's lawsuit.
- Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 4.8 Alongside Dynamic Workflows and Cheaper Fast Mode, With Workflows Capped at 1,000 Subagents
MarkTechPost · 2026-05-28
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 brings dynamic workflows and cheaper fast mode to Claude Code, now in research preview The post Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 4.8 Alongside Dynamic
- Dell Boosts Outlook to $60B in AI Server Sales This Year
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Bloomberg News reporter Brody Ford says Dell's server business is helping the company's revenue benefit from the AI boom.
- The internet is being rebuilt for machines
TechCrunch · 2026-05-28
As AI agents move from experiments to production, AWS, Cloudflare, and others are redesigning cloud infrastructure for a future dominated by machine-generated internet traffic
- Anthropic ships Claude Opus 4.8 as a "modest but tangible improvement" that tops GPT-5.5 in most benchmarks
The Decoder · 2026-05-28
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8, which beats GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro in most benchmarks.
- Microsoft's new AI model beats Mythos on security benchmark
ZDNet · 2026-07-28
Our AI Model Release Tracker keeps new models in context with their peers, so you know which are worth your time.
- The Billion-Dollar Quest to Build AI That Improves Itself
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
A growing number of AI companies are focusing on an unproven approach called recursive self-improvement.
- Perplexity launches Bumblebee: How its new read-only dev scanner differs from Chainguard
ZDNet · 2026-05-28
The AI company's Bumblebee tool tackles your most urgent question after any supply‑chain advisory: Do your programmers have this malware installed?
- Why The SpaceX IPO Is Unlike Any Other
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
What began as a rocket startup is now a big bet on satellites, AI and Mars. With a projected valuation near $2 trillion, SpaceX’s IPO could reshape markets.
- Apollo Shops $36 Billion Debt Deal to Buy Google Chips for Anthropic
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. are working to bring additional investors into a roughly $36 billion debt financing deal to help Anthropic PBC build out its AI
- Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code
Ars Technica · 2026-05-28
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.
- Stop Your AI From Lying. Build RAG.
Towards AI · 2026-05-28
A recent publication advocates for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) as a primary method for mitigating factual inaccuracies and "hallucinations" in large language models.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a speed boost and cleaner design
The Verge · 2026-05-28
Microsoft is launching a revamped version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering a cleaner design that the company claims loads twice as fast.
- The Battle Is On to Win Attention and Money as Linear TV Declines
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
With traditional TV audiences diminishing, everyone from Piers Morgan to OpenAI is trying to capitalize on the moment
- Anthropic Raises $65 Billion in Funding Round, Eclipses OpenAI
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Anthropic PBC raised $65 billion in a funding round that valued the artificial intelligence company at $965 billion including the new investment
- BNY CEO Says Artificial Intelligence Is a 'Super Power'
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
BNY CEO Robin Vince talks about the history of their business, how they use artificial intelligence, and how the technology is impacting jobs. He speaks on Bloomberg Surveillance.
- Solar Firm Nextpower Eyes AI’s Power Needs With Battery Deal
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Nextpower Inc. agreed to buy battery company Prevalon Energy for as much as $365 million, marking the solar-tracking provider’s move into energy storage and the fast-growing AI
- Dell Boosts Outlook to $60 Billion in AI Server Sales This Year
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Dell Technologies Inc. gave an outlook for annual sales that far surpassed analysts’ estimates, fueled by demand for servers that power artificial intelligence work.
- Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI
TechCrunch · 2026-05-28
Asana will incorporate StackAI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools.
- Microsoft debuts a more buttoned-up look for Copilot
Engadget · 2026-05-28
Copilot will look a little more consistent, and lose a little personality
- Salesforce Is Facing a True Test, Ives Says
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities talks about the AI space, earnings from Salesforce and Snowflake and if Tesla and SpaceX should merge. He speaks on Bloomberg Surveillance. (
- Anthropic reaches valuation of $965bn, beating OpenAI to become world’s most valuable AI firm
The Guardian AI · 2026-05-28
Claude’s parent company’s $65bn in latest funding round underscores vast sums of money still flowing into industry Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude chatbot
- US Investors Back Brazil’s Pax in Bet on AI-Powered Policing
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
A Brazilian artificial intelligence startup that helps police investigate violent crime is planning a rapid expansion at home
- Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
TechCrunch · 2026-05-28
Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated
- Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri
Ars Technica · 2026-05-28
As Apple tries to shrink Gemini for the iPhone, a cloud component is probably inevitable.
- Just like gold and oil, we’ll soon be able to trade AI token futures
TechCrunch · 2026-05-28
Large exchanges are designing derivative products around AI tokens, which are increasingly being considered less a computational output and more a raw material input
- Anthropic Raises at $965 Billion Valuation, Eclipsing OpenAI
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Anthropic PBC raised $65 billion in a funding round that valued the artificial intelligence company at $965 billion including the new investment
- Anthropic’s Growing Trust Problem
Bloomberg · 2026-05-28
Anthropic is trying to build the world’s most powerful AI while convincing governments and customers it can be trusted, explains Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson. (