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AI industry leaders are calling for a coordinated slowdown in AI development, citing safety risks. The article notes that while safety is the stated reason, there may be ulterior benefits for the industry.

AI Policy • Ars Technica AI

OpenAI employs hundreds of contract workers to read and rate real ChatGPT conversations, which are anonymized but may contain sensitive data. The practice aims to reduce flattery and human-like behavior.

AI Ethics • The Decoder

A cross-party UK parliamentary committee warns that existing laws are not equipped to handle AI-related human rights risks, including discrimination, privacy, and accountability. The report calls for a new AI bill to address the scale and seriousness of these threats. Viewers learn why regulators are pushing for dedicated AI legislation rather than relying on current frameworks.

AI Policy & Regulation • BBC News

China's Foreign Ministry has rejected U.S. AI safety warnings as 'fearmongering' aimed at preserving American advantage. State media accuses Anthropic CEO Amodei of waging a 'silent AI Cold War'.

AI Policy • The Decoder

DeepSeek has started routing all V4-Pro API traffic to V4.1-Flash at Flash pricing until V4.1-Pro ships. The operational cutover affects pinned Pro model IDs.

AI Models • Pandaily

Moonshot AI has fully rolled out Kimi K2.8 Preview for Kimi Code and Work users, with coding and agent gains near flagship K3, adjustable thinking, and 1M context on all tiers.

AI Models • Pandaily

ByteDance's Doubao Phone Assistant has launched its consumer version, adding screen-based Q&A, local search, and voice activation. The 'operate phone' feature is in beta.

AI Applications • TechNode

Sam Witteveen demonstrates TrueForge, an open-source managed agent framework from TrueFoundry, showing how developers can build AI agents without forced model choices or vendor lock-in. The video walks through setup, configuration, and practical use cases from the GitHub repo and docs. It is a useful hands-on guide for teams evaluating open-source alternatives to proprietary agent platforms.

Open Source AI / Tutorial • Sam Witteveen

Z.ai • Combined financing

Z.ai completed a combined financing round of around $5 billion, including about $2 billion from a share placement and roughly $3 billion through convertible bonds, to fund next-generation GLM foundation models.

Open Cosmos • Unknown

Open Cosmos secured €300 million in funding to expand satellite manufacturing capacity and accelerate deployment of its connectivity and Earth observation services.

Cornelis • Unknown

Cornelis, spun off from Intel in 2020, raised $205 million led by IAG Capital to build networking technology that helps AI chips communicate more effectively.

Tandem Health • Series B

Swedish healthtech startup Tandem Health raised $100 million in Series B funding led by the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund, a new investor.

ORCL

Larry Ellison canceled a planned sale of 50 million Oracle shares worth around $7.5 billion, which Oracle had previously disclosed.

Superhuman → Fathom

Superhuman acquired YC-backed notetaker Fathom, which has over 400,000 monthly active users, as productivity platforms push for agentic work.

OpenAI → Glass Imaging

OpenAI reportedly agreed to buy smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million; Glass Imaging was founded by former Apple engineers who developed Apple's Portrait Mode.

Productivity

Simon Willison released commit-rewriter 0.1, a tool that uses AI to rewrite git commit messages.

Productivity

shot-scraper 1.12 enables automated screenshots of web pages, useful for AI vision workflows.

Productivity

Laurie Voss writes that the cost of writing software has collapsed, making everyone a product engineer.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told President Trump that the company won't let an AI slowdown happen, pushing back against calls from Elon Musk and Sam Altman to slow development. Huang's comments signal a major industry divide over the pace of AI advancement.

Policy • TechCrunch

Apple has finally shipped its rebuilt Siri AI, built on Google's Gemini models and running partly on-device and partly through Private Cloud Compute. Early testers praise multi-step requests and screen context, but report hallucinations and gaps with some tasks. The new Siri is not available in the EU.

Product • The Decoder

In this BBC interview, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explains why AI is advancing faster than any previous technology and why a kill switch may be necessary. He discusses the growing risk to society as AI systems become more capable every few months, offering an expert perspective on the urgent call for regulation and safety measures.

AI News • BBC News

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have proposed slowing frontier AI development citing safety, but critics including Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez call it a 'cartel by another name' designed to shut out competitors. The debate highlights growing skepticism about the motives behind the slowdown initiative.

Policy • The Decoder

OpenAI has hundreds of contract workers reading real ChatGPT conversations and rating them on a scale of one to seven, partly to reduce flattery and human-like behavior, according to 404 Media. The prompts are anonymized but can still contain sensitive data, raising privacy concerns.

Privacy • The Decoder

Meta launched its new Meta One subscription bundles that pair standalone app subscriptions with extra AI usage, following the release of its do-everything AI assistant Muse. The bundles are available globally starting today with tiers for individuals, creators, and businesses.

Business • The Verge

Microsoft introduced a new AI code of conduct that lays out general principles for its AI models, including supporting humans rather than replacing them and specific safety constraints like not hacking systems or tricking humans. The code aims to guide responsible AI development.

Policy • TechCrunch

Fireship breaks down Anthropic's 154-page report on how hackers, scientists, and rival AI labs are abusing Claude, and explores why researchers are leaving the company. This technical analysis gives developers insight into real-world AI safety challenges and the pressure inside leading AI labs.

AI Development • Fireship

Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) • Series A

AIUC, a startup founded by an early Anthropic hire and former METR COO, raised $40 million in Series A funding led by Ribbit Capital with participation from First Harmonic to rein in rogue AI agents.

Exein • Unknown

Italian startup Exein raised a $270 million round led by Headline at a $1.7 billion valuation, riding the physical AI wave.

Profound • Series D

Profound raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after its $96 million Series C.

CADDi • Series D

CADDi, which sells AI tools to help manufacturers organize engineering and production data, raised a $114M Series D at a $1.2B valuation.

OpenAI → Glass Imaging

OpenAI is acquiring smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, according to a report. Glass Imaging was founded by former Apple engineers who developed Apple's Portrait Mode.

Productivity

Create a project rules file for Claude with coding conventions, file structure, and constraints. Update it as the project evolves.

Prompt Tips

When you see a useful ChatGPT prompt on Reddit, copy it and run it yourself to learn how it behaves.

Productivity

Use atomic, dependency-free, composable code tools to speed up AI development work.

Productivity

Take an AI fluency assessment to find the gap between what you think you know and what you actually know.

Productivity

Use one continuous AI agent instead of many sub-agents to reduce overhead and speed up code review.

Google DeepMind introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new variants of its Gemini model family. The announcement adds live-interaction and extended-reasoning capabilities to the lineup.

AI Models • Google DeepMind

DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash achieved code execution on all 11 vulnerable targets in Enclave AI's hacking benchmark, while all four fixed targets remained secure, according to Enclave's audit. Accepted runs cost $4.65; the audit confirmed six planned exploits and surfaced five unexpected attack routes.

AI Security • Enclave AI

BBC News covers the intensifying debate over AI safety, including President Trump calling fears a 'hoax' and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urging more public trust in AI labs. Viewers get a concise overview of the political and industry divisions over AI guardrails.

AI Policy • BBC News

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that AI agents 'escaping their environment' are just a preview of what's coming, citing autonomous hacking and self-improving models as immediate risks. She plans to invite major frontier labs to talks and use the EU AI Act to help set global AI safety standards.

Policy & Regulation • The Decoder

According to The Information, Apple is planning to re-enter the server market and may partner with Nvidia, driven by growing demand for AI compute. Apple retired its Xserve line in 2011 and has largely stayed out of enterprise hardware since.

AI Infrastructure • The Verge

Anthropic launched Claude Docs and Slides, letting users create documents and presentations through Claude chats that can be exported, edited, and shared. The company is also merging regular chats and Cowork into 'one Claude' to simplify the product.

AI Products • The Verge

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and X all publicly agreed it's time to slow AI development and introduce regulation before control is lost. The Verge frames this as the latest chapter in a history of AI executives calling for regulation while profiting from AI.

Policy & Regulation • The Verge

Sky News technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe explains the economic and geopolitical forces that make slowing down the AI race so difficult. Using the analogy of Prozac and generic drugs, the video shows why AI companies feel trapped in relentless competition between the US and China.

AI Economics • Sky News

Productivity

Use the Gemini Live audio tool for real-time voice conversations with Gemini.

Productivity

Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude interface.

Creativity

Recreate animations with Claude Code and Opus 5 by providing a detailed prompt.

Productivity

Usage limits can be eaten quickly during long tasks.

Productivity

Track actual weekly usage numbers to plan AI work.